Join us on Sunday, September 29 at the Landing Kitchen in Bala Cynwyd for Our Fall Absolute Open!

The first round or this tournament will be a round robin tournament and will be broken up into brackets based on competitors closest in weight. In divisions (by belt level, age or sex) with 5 or less total competitors, a true round robin will be utilized and best record within the bracket will be the winner, 2nd best second place, etc. In divisions larger than 5 competitors, we will partial round robin brackets of 4 matches each. Winners from each bracket will then compete to determine overall first and second place and the 2nd place from each sub-bracket will compete for 3rd place overall. This will allow us to guarantee matches and still give our competitors the opportunity to move outside their normal weight classes for an extra challenge! Weigh-ins will be from 9-10 am the day of the event. Please make sure you are checked in by 10 am so we can complete bracketing! Rules meeting and Rules meeting will start at 11 AM.

Fee to participate is donation based. No donation is required but any support of our platform is deeply appreciated and can be paid through Venmo (@thefightfortomorrow). Last 4 digits to verify are 9292.

logistics

  • Date: September 29,2024

  • Location: The Landing Kitchen, 617 Righters Ferry Road, Bala Cynwyd PA

  • Parking: Plenty of parking will be available in the lot.

  • Fee: Fee to participate is donation based. Donations support the gym and our upcoming tournament series and can be paid at time of registration but are not required to compete.

    Venmo is: @thefightfortomorrow. Last 4 digits to verify are 9292.

  • Weigh-ins: 9-10am the day of the event (9/29/2024)

    • Although this is an absolute bracket, weights will be recorded in the case that there are larger divisions. In brackets larger than 8, competitors round robin will be as close in weight as possible for the initial round robin and then medal rounds will be done among the winners of each to determine the overall winner.

  • Rules meeting: 11am

  • Competition: Rounds start immediately after the rules meeting

match length

  • 5-minute matches with first to score sudden death overtime in case of a tie. The overtime period will be an automatic continuation of the match, there will be no reset. First points scored wins the match.

Prohibited moves

  • All submissions are legal from Blue belt up. No twisting leg locks for White belts

  • No slams

  • No eye pokes, small joint manipulation (fingers), striking of any kind or biting.

scoring

  • Top position - 2 points

    • 2 points will be given to the person who is in top position after going from standing position to the ground.  If you pull guard and accept bottom position, 2 points will be awarded to your opponent as soon as they engage to pass.

    • Any change in position from bottom to top (sweep or reversal) will result in two points to the competitor who ends up on top unless the person on top goes to bottom to attack a submission. Points for reversal will only be given after the submission fails.

  • Neutral position - 1 point

    • Awarded when going from your back to a neutral standing position

  • Full guard recovery

    • 1 point will be awarded if you escape a dominant position that has scored for your opponent and are able to recover full guard (closed guard, double butterfly, or opponent disengages to standing to begin passing again) with upper body control must maintain for 3 seconds to score

  • Passing to side control or north south (requires 3 second pin to score) - 2 points 

  • Mount or back mount - 2 points (Requires 3 second pin to score)

  • 2 points will be award for 3 seconds control from the back including if the bottom player turtles to avoid a pin or if the top person spins behind and has both legs and arms behind/ under the arms of the turtling opponent.(i:e snap down or a defended take down attempt. (this counts as a pass) hooks are not needed to score from the back

  • Back with hooks - will result in 2 points being given. A fully locked body triangle will be counted as a score-able control position

  • There are no advantages

  • You can not go in and out of mount to continue racking up points, points will not be given again unless your opponent completes a reset to neutral, half or full guard (recovery point will not be given for half guard or one butterfly)

Decision

At the completion of each bracket,  The winners will be decided on the following criteria.

  • 1 - Win loss record 

  • 2 - If win loss record is even, The tie breaker will be whomever won the match between the two with the tied records

  • 3 - in the event records are tied and there was not a heads up match between the top two records, a match between the top two will take place for a true first

  • If two brackets per belt, (divisions of more than people) #1 from each will compete for 1st or 2nd, number two from each will compete for 3rd

  • Divisions with two people will be one and done or best of three and that will be decided by the competitors before the competition begins