GRAPPLERS GRAND PRIX ROCKAWAY

Welcome to Grapplers Grand Prix

Grapplers Grand Prix Events 

When:              Sunday, August 27, 2023

Where:            Pure MMA, 41 Pine Street, Rockaway, NJ 07866

Grapplers Grand Prix is a Gi and No Gi Double Elimination Style Tournament designed to be a very friendly development event for beginners along with providing opportunity for competition for the Advanced Grappler.  Our events will provide the following professional services to give the Novice and Advanced Grappler the experience he or she needs to advance to the next level of competition.

-          Smoothcomp / Online Tournament Bracketing and Scoring System

-          Experienced Referees to Judge Your Matches

-          1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Award Medals

-          Live Streaming of Matches

-          Grappler will know when and what mat they will compete on

-          First Div $65 Early Bird, $75 Normal & $85 Late Registration. If You Add Second Div It's Discounted To $20 For No Gi Div

More Info Here: 

Rules: https://drive.google.com/file/d/152dNacvbkhNid_Swxng2vy7PP-_qT6PW/view

Please read the following rules and regulations to be followed by our Referee for any Grapplers Grand Prix events.

Gi & Uniforms

Ø  The Gis will not be checked or measured before the tournament, but our referees have the right to ask a competitor to change his/her Gi if the referee feels it is inappropriate.  This situation can happen if: the Gi is obviously too short or too long, there are too many patches on the Gi preventing the opponent from gripping it, the top and the pants are of different colors or the Gi shows visible tears, is wet or dirty, or emanates unpleasant odors. 

Ø  Competitors may wear a rash guard under their gi but no shirts. 

Ø  For NoGi Men divisions, athletes have to wear board shorts without pockets or with pockets entirely stitched shut and reaching at least halfway down the thigh and at most to the knee. Attached metal or plastic of any kind that may hurt the opponent is expressly forbidden on the board shorts. Spats can be worn under the shorts if selected. Athletes also must wear a rashguard. This rash guard or shirt does not need to meet any color requirements. Athletes cannot compete shirtless or wearing a loose shirt of any kind. 

Ø  For NoGi Women divisions, athletes have to wear board shorts or lycra elastic pants without pockets or with pockets entirely stitched shut and reaching at least halfway down the thigh and at most to the knee. Attached metal or plastic of any kind that may hurt the opponent is expressly forbidden on the board shorts. Athletes also must wear a rashguard. This rash guard does not need to meet any color requirements. Athletes cannot compete wearing a loose shirt of any kind.

Hygiene

Ø  Athletes’ finger and toe nails should be trimmed and short.

Ø  Long hair should be tied up so as not to cause opponents any discomfort. 

Ø  Athletes will be disqualified if they are wearing hair dye or makeup that stains their opponent’s Gi or the mat surface during a match. 

Ø  Athletes presenting skin lesions, or any other skin condition shall be directed to the tournament medical staff. Under any circumstances, the medical staff has the final say on whether to allow an athlete to compete or not.

Weigh-ins

Ø  You must check-in and weigh-in anytime up to at least 60 minutes before your scheduled division start time. We ask that you make sure to be present in the venue at least 60 minutes prior your division start time as well in case we are able to get head starts on certain division.

Ø  There will be a 1-pound allowance.

Ø  If an athlete does not make weight on his first attempt, he/she has until the end of the designated period to make weight. Abusive usage of our scales (every five minutes) will not be permitted though.

Ø  Athletes who fail to make weight during the designated period will be disqualified and will not be moved up to another weight division. Athletes who are disqualified will not be eligible for a refund. It is the athlete’s responsibility to make the weight class they signed up for, or have changed to a higher weight class by that event’s change deadline.

Ø  All competitors competing in Gi divisions weigh-in WITHOUT their Gi on.

Ø  An athlete who competes in both their Gi and NoGi divisions only weigh-in once.

Extra Requirements

Ø  Use of any foot gear, head gear, hair pins, jewelry, cups (genital protectors) or any other protector fashioned of hard material that may cause harm to an opponent or the athlete him/herself is forbidden. Also forbidden is the use of head wear – be it bandages, hoods or an elastic cap.

Ø  The use of joint protectors (knee, elbow braces, etc.) that increase body volume to the point of making it harder for an opponent to grip the Gi are also forbidden.

Competition Guidelines

Match Times

Ø  The time limit for every Adult fight in the tournament, including the round robin & the finals, will be White Belt 5 Min, Blue & Purple 6 Min, Brown and Black 7 Min

Ø  The time limit for every Teens fight in the tournament, including the round robin & the finals, will be 5 minutes.

Scoring

Ø  Matches follow traditional BJJ point scoring: 4 for the mount, 4 for the back, 3 for a guard pass, 2 for a takedown 2 for a sweep, 2 for knee on belly, and 2 for a solid submission attempt that was stopped out of bounds.

Ø  All positions must be held and controlled for 3 seconds.

Ø  There is no “Advantage” scoring.

Ø  A first penalty will result in a warning, a second penalty will result in the opponent being given 2 points, a third penalty will result in disqualification.

Ø  If a match finishes in a draw, the referee of the match will declare a winner by Referee Decision at their discretion.

Ø  A match will be deemed over immediately if a competitor taps out, screams, or verbally gives up during the match.

Awards

Ø  The three top-placed athletes in each division shall receive medals. The champion shall receive a gold medal and the runner-up shall receive a silver medal. A third-place fight will determine the bronze medal winner.

Ø  The prizes shall be awarded according to the results proclaimed by the referees. Exchanging placement at the moment prizes are awarded is expressly forbidden.

Format

Ø  Competitors from every division will be pooled with opponents within their own division for an opportunity of getting up to 2 to 3 matches in a round robin or in a bracket of 6 or more it will be a true double elimination allowing someone who loses his first match a chance to win gold.

Ø  If a competitor has to forfeit some of his matches, due to injury, his opponent will be declared the winner unless we can match up competitors who were to face that opponent. Although we understand perfectly that competitors might have to forfeit matches, we expect competitors to complete all their matches as respect to their opponents.

Ø  Because of the round robin format, teammates might end up being matched against one another. We put extra effort on such a situation not happening but depending on the number of competitors or teammates in a division, there might be no way to prevent it (Example: 5 competitors in a division but 2 of them are teammates). Although we encourage teammates to face each other, we also understand that some competitors might be adamant about not doing it. We will allow teammates not to face each other but we absolutely need a winner and a loser because of the round robin rankings. 

Ø  In the case of tiebreakers, the following algorithm will be utilized in order: Most Wins > Most Submissions > Head To Head Match > Most Points Scored.