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Originally Posted by
Jason Mallory
ADCC, Metamoris, EBI. I get your point. Rose... talk to Rickson so he does it right like Gracie Nationals.
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Originally Posted by
John Mejia
ADCC/Metamoris/EBI can't challenge IBJJF it's completely different. You're talking about 3 tournaments where the competitiors are hand selected.
Five grappling is the closest thing thats coming to challenge the IBJJF, Hopefully Rickson can get enough money to dethrone the IBJJF Cartel.
Exactly. The prestige is there, but those mentioned are invitationals, not open tourneys. I believe the reason why Rickson wants this format its because he believes the points system is teaching guys to tailor their JJ for points more than subs. A competition with enough prestige and a different ruleset could effectively change people's whole styles. Or at least give an outlet to to those who agree with his philosophy that the sub is the most important.
I still think it's worthwhile to support it even while they're still working out the bugs. They're going to need data to figure out the forumula. They need competitors. Not just that, but I think 10th planet's style of attacking would do well under that format. It's not sub only, but it's something.
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