Ironborn Championship of the Universe

Seventh round of one of Europe's only tournaments following Eddie Bravo Invitational rules.

FEATURES:

- No points. Just submissions.

- EBI overtime rules

- Complimentary open class with prize money - 5,-€ of every admission go into the pot. 650,-€ the last time!

- Beginner friendly division structure

- Double K.O. system. Every fighter is guaranteed two fights or get your money back.

- Sane ruleset

- Great & fun atmosphere

- Pro division competes first to allow coaches to have their heads free

- Clean toilets

- Weigh-Ins all day

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Admission Fees:

Early Bird: 35,-€ Both: 50,-€ + get a free Event-Shirt

Early Registration: Gi/Nogi: 35,-€ Both: 50,-€

Late Registration: Gi/Nogi: 45,-€ Both: 60,-€

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Rules:

DIVISIONS:

Kids: 7-9 years of age, 10-12 years of age, 12-15 years of age

Various weight classes

Novice: Up to six months of grappling. All grappling (judo, wrestling, etc.) and MMA counts. White belts only!

Beginner: Up to two years of grappling. All grappling (judo, wrestling, etc.) and MMA counts. BJJ white belts and Luta Livre orange belts at max.

Advanced: Up to five years of grappling. BJJ and Luta Livre bluebelts at max.

Expert/Pro: All professional fighters (includes MMA) and purplebelts and up.

„Sandbagging“ will not be tolerated and lead to instant disqualification of the whole team, retroactively as well and will also mean exclusion of all following events.

WEIGHT CLASSES:

-65kg, -70kg, -75kg, -80kg, -85kg, -90kg, -95kg, -100kg, 100kg+

Please take note that we will put together weight classes and/or divisions where it makes sense. All weight classes and divisions will be finalized on competition day.

FIGHT TIME:

Kids:

7-9 years - Three minutes

10-12 years - Three minutes

Kids 7-12 years will have no overtimes. A ref decision will be made if no submission took place and the competitor with the most initiative will win. If the decision is too close, there will be a fight for the "golden point" where the first clear action (takedown, sweep, submission) will win the fight.

13-15 years - Four minutes plus one overtime (capped at 1:30), four minutes plus one overtime in finales.

Novice: Five minutes plus one overtime (capped at 1:30), five minutes plus three overtimes in finales

Beginner: Five minutes plus one overtime (capped at 1:30), five minutes plus three overtimes in finales

Advanced: Seven minutes plus one overtime (capped at 3:00), Seven minutes plus three overtimes in finales

Expert/Pro: Seven minutes plus one overtime, ten minutes plus three overtimes in finales

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END OF A FIGHT:

In general:

One fighter isn't able to continue with the fight because of injury, unconciousness, cramp or any other reason.

One coach decides to give up the fight.

The referee decides to disqualify a fighter.

The referee decides that one of the fighters is not able to continue the fight.

The referee decides that the current situation poses an unbearable threat to the health of one or both fighters.

In beginner class referees might decide to stop a fight rather early in order to keep the fighters and their health safe. If you are not OK with this, please register for advanced class.

In regular time:

One of the fighters submits verbally or through double tap on his opponent, himself or the mat. Loud expression of pain is recognized as a verbal submission.

Overtime:

Procedure:

The referee tosses a coin. The winning fighter chooses to start from „backmount“ or „spiderweb“ and takes the dominant position.

The referee starts the fight and a timer. The time will be stopped either if there is a submission or when the fighter in the non-dominant position has escaped.

The fighters switch position and the fight is restarted. If the submitting fighter started from the non-dominant position, the fight ends immediately.

Scenarios:

There was exactly one submission: The dominating fighter wins.

There were two submissions: The fighter who was able to dominate the fastest wins the fight.

There was no submission and the round cap is not reached: There will be another round.

There was no submission and the round cap is reached: All escape times will be added and the fighter who took the least amount of time to escape wins. In case the time cap was reached as well, a ref decision will take place.