Accidental knee to face in BJJ match

[Jason Hyatt]

there's a common grip escape where you put your knee onto their wrist and pull your hand back while pushing their hand away with your knee. it looked like he let go of the dude's wrist just as the other guy was throwing his knee up to begin the grip escape. some guys like to grab your wrist, yank you down, and then shoot low after they release you and you recoil upward...

if both things happen at the same time... well you end up with a wild knee and a dude dropping a level to say hi to it. it happens.

Thanks for the clarification. I've spent very little time at all in the gi much less on standing grip breaks.

[AJ Camacho]

Anybody know what the ruling was? IMO, the knee was accidental. The guy instantly stopped tugging, said, "oh, crap", and backed off. The guy who slapped him should be DQ'ed for unsportsmanlike conduct and intentional striking. This is a combat sport. It sucks that you got kneed, but grow up. How strong the knee was is irrelevant. Ask for a point deduction and a minute to compose yourself, and move on.

i believe the slapper was DQed. i thought i found a post from the OP further down the comments section where he said that.