Absolute Submission Challenge
November 28th

Date:
November 28th, 2009
Weigh-In: 11:00 am
Fights Start: 12 noon

Location:
BDB Martial Arts
#1 - 3300 14 Ave NE
Calgary, AB

Weigh-ins start at 11am
Rules meeting at 12 noon
Fights start soon after.

Admission:
$30 for competitors

This No-Gi tournament is designed to provide competitors with a lot of experience; it will follow a round robin format ensuring that each competitor fights everyone in his division once. Guaranteeing competitor’s the most for their money!

Point System:
Each fight will be scored as either a draw or a win by submission. There will be no points given out during the match.

You will receive
- 3 points for a win by submission
- 1 point for a draw
- 0 for a loss

Each competitor will fight every other competitor in their weight class once. Your total points will then be added together to determine your score for the day. The competitors with the 3 highest scores in each division will receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals.

Rules:

• This No-Gi tournament will be open to all competitors.
• The cost to enter is $30.00 (Cash Only Please!) Once the fights start there are no refunds.
• Matches start from standing.
• Fighters who move onto or outside the border when standing can (at the discretion of the referee) be restarted in the centre of the mat.
• If fighters move outside the area while on the ground (both fighters have at least one knee down) then the action is frozen and they are moved back to the centre of the mat in their current position.
• Deliberately or repeatedly moving outside the area will be considered as stalling and penalized accordingly.
• The referee can stop or restart a match at any time if he considers it necessary for safety reasons.
• The referee's decision is final and non-negotiable.

Ways to win:

• Submission (physical or verbal tap-out)
• Referees Stoppage (medical or rule infringement)
• Corner stops fight.

Fouls & Illegal Techniques:

• striking
• biting
• fish hooking
• gouging (including chin in eye socket, thumb in armpit or between ribs etc)
• hair pulling
• heel hooks (or other locks designed to apply twisting pressure to the knee)
• small joint manipulations (fingers, thumbs and toes)
• point of elbow pressure on head or throat
• squeezing wind pipe with hand
• deliberately throwing or slamming an opponent onto their head
• deliberately or repeatedly moving outside the designated mat area
• stalling or refusing to engage with an opponent.
  

Weight Classes:

For Men:

• Everyone will weigh in, and then will be divided into several divisions of 5 people.
• Our goal is to get 4 matches for each competitor

For Women:

• Everyone will weigh in, and then everyone will be divided into divisions of 5 people.
• Our goal is to get 4 matches for each competitor

ATTN: Women may choose to fight in the Male division.

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