Famed jiu jitsu practitioner Craig Jones will maintain the two-day Craig Jones Invitational from the Thomas and Mack Heart in Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend.
Craig Jones from B Group Jiu Jitsu is a two-time ADCC silver medalist. Disenchanted with athlete pay at ADCC, he determined to host a match wherein all invited athletes obtain a better minimal payout ($10,001) than the male winner of ADCC ($10,000).
The winner in every weight division will obtain $1 million prize cash.
The primary day of the Craig Jones Invitational on Aug. 16 will begin at 6 p.m. ET, and the second day will start at 8 p.m. ET.
Watch beneath:
Match Bracket:
Craig Jones Invitational Outcomes Beneath:
Foremost Card:
Over 80kg first spherical:
Nicky Rod defeated Max Gimenis through submission (rear-naked choke) — Spherical 2, 1:45
Owen Livesey defeated Mahamed Aly through unanimous resolution (29-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Adam Bradley defeated Kyle Boehm through break up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Pat Downey defeated Luke Rockhold through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-25, 30-26)
Lucas Kanard defeated Victor Hugo through submission (heel hook) — Spherical 1, 1:10
Inacio Santos defeated Pedro Alex through break up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Fellipe Andrew defeated Daniel Kerkvliet through unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Joao Gabriel Rocha defeated William Tackett through unanimous resolution
Beneath 80kg first spherical:
Tye Ruotolo defeated Jason Nolf through submission (kneebar) — Spherical 3, 4:16
Levi Jones-Leary defeated Roberto Jimenez through submission (inside heel hook) — Spherical 1, 1:53
Lucas Barbosa vs. Kenta Iwamoto
Jozef Chen vs. Andy Varela
Kade Ruotolo vs. Matheus Diniz
Renato Canuto vs. Tommy Langaker
Magid Hage vs. Eoghan O’Flanagan
Nicky Ryan vs. Andrew Tackett
Over 80kg quarterfinals:
Nicky Rod defeated Owen Livesey through submission (rear-naked choke) — Spherical 1, 3:41
Adam Bradley defeated Pat Downey through break up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Inacio Santos defeated Lucas Kanard through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Fellipe Andrew defeated Joao Gabriel Rocha through unanimous resolution
Beneath 80kg quarterfinals:
TBD