The road to CJI 2 is beginning with the first official CJI trials happening in Australia, under the guidance and structure of Lachlan Giles, one of the best coaches and grapplers ever from the region. These trials will determine their team for the CJI Quintet event at -99kg and +99kg in a unique way. We will cover all the action live as it happens on the B-Team’s YouTube channel (free for everyone to watch). Everything kicks off Friday at 10pm EST (local Melbourne time, Saturday noon).
The Australia/Asia regional team already has three spots decided. The -66kg grappler will be someone from outside the region, fulfilling the one wildcard allotment they get, and the other two spots will go to CJI 1 originals who have had world-level success. Whoever gets most submissions at the event also wins $5,000 – as sponsored by instructional site SubMeta.
-66kg: A non-regional wildcard pick-77kg: Levi Jones-Leary-88kg: Lucas Kanard-99kg: Vacant+99kg: Vacant
There’s basically three stages to these trials;
A sixteen man bracket with a single winner who advances to aSix man round robin tournament, with points given and taken away based on submission wins (five men already have been chosen for this round)Lachlan decides who the best options for -99kg and +99kg will be
We’ll be updating this page through the day with all the most recent results and notable moments from the day. Most recent results at the top. Running blog at the top, full match by match results are at the bottom.
Elimination Tournament
Six Man Round Robin TournamentDeclan Moody, ADCC trials winner & #13 ranked at 220lbsRoberto Bob-Frias, ADCC trials winnerAlibi Orazbek Kaya RudolphBelal EtaibariTournament WinnerSubmission Count
We’ll be keeping a running list of whoever scores the most submissions and wins the $5000 bonus.
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