Craig Jones added a $50,000 submission bonus to get the motion extra thrilling on day two of Craig Jones Invitational 2 in Las Vegas, and B-Workforce’s Victor Hugo cashed an additional six-figure money — on high of the his staff’s $1,000,000 prize for profitable the Quintet-style problem.
B-Workforce and Workforce Australasia battled for a spot within the closing and Hugo, a 5-time IBJJF world champion, scored huge for his staff with an arm-triangle choke over Fabricio Andrey. Workforce Australasia’s Belal Etiabari, who suffered a damaged foot within the quarterfinals on Saturday, determined to compete both option to try to get his staff to the $1 million duel. Hugo, nevertheless, secured one other arm-triangle choke to get B-Workforce over — and money $100,000 alone within the semifinals.
New Wave earned the opposite spot within the closing by eliminating Workforce Americas on Saturday night time’s quarterfinals and following it up towards Atos within the semifinal on Sunday. Luke Griffith completed Diego Pato with a rear-naked choke earlier than tapping to an armbar towards Felipe Pena, however the deciding victory got here with an armbar by his teammate Giancarlo Bodoni towards Ronaldo Junior.
B-Workforce chosen Chris Wojcik as its first consultant within the closing, and New Wave threw in a lighter, but tremendous harmful jiu-jitsu nice Mica Galvao within the pit towards him. Galvao labored on high for many of the match, and Wojcik managed to outlive a last-second ankle lock to get each eradicated.
Hugo returned after two submissions within the semifinals, and New Wave countered with a sturdy veteran Vagner Rocha. After surviving a rear-naked choke try from Kaynan Duarte within the semifinal, Rocha additionally wouldn’t faucet to Hugo from the identical place. Hugo attacked the ankle within the closing minute, however Rocha slipped out.
Ethan Crelinsten (B-Workforce) vs. Dorian Olivarez (New Wave), a rematch from a previous ADCC trials, was the third contest within the closing duel. After placing on an ideal efficiency within the earlier stage, Olivarez received the mount and smashed him with continuous motion but in addition failed get a submission.
New Wave nonetheless had their two heaviest grapplers nonetheless on deck, and picked two-time ADCC world champion Giancarlo Bodoni to enter the pit with a giant weight benefit over Jozef Chen on the second-to-last match of the night time. With one other draw, it was right down to CJI openweight champion Nicky Rod and 2024 ADCC silver medalist Luke Griffith to try to resolve it without having the judges.
Rodriguez and Griffith wrestled on the toes for over three minutes with out both athlete securing a takedown. Rodriguez lastly took his opponent to the mat after a physique lock and rapidly went to aspect management. Rodriguez locked a choke from north-south place and launched it to get the mount, however Griffith once more escaped. Time ran out, once more, and the staff duel went to the judges’ scorecards.
After a brief break, it was introduced that each one three judges scored B-Workforce vs. New Wave a 47-47 draw. The standards decided that the ultimate match would then be the tiebreaker, and Rodriguez’s efficiency over Griffith received B-Workforce the general victory — and the $1 million.
Helena Crevar shines for six-figure examine
CJI’s first ladies’s $100,000 event had Helena Crevar stroll away with the prize after tapping out Andre Galvao’s daughter Sarah Galvao with a third-round straight ankle lock within the closing. On Saturday, Crevar gained a call over Adele Fornarino whereas Galvao eradicated Ana Carolina Vieira on the opposite semifinal, additionally through choice.
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