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The 2024 Craig Jones Invitational was an international submission grappling tournament held August 16–17, 2024 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States.
The winner in each weight division received $1 million prize money. The event was streamed live on YouTube for free, and over 100,000 concurrent viewers watched on both days of competition. The event also raised $500,000 for charity in the process.
Background
Craig Jones from B Team Jiu Jitsu is a two-time ADCC silver medalist. Disappointed with athlete pay at ADCC, he decided to host a tournament in which all invited athletes receive a higher minimum payout ($10,001) than the male winner of ADCC ($10,000).
The two men's divisions scheduled for the tournament were under 80kg and over 80kg, and the winner of each bracket was to be awarded $1 million. Each men's division bracket had 16 competitors. Each participant received $10,001 for competing.
On JRE MMA Show No. 157, an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast, Jones brought $1 million in cash to promote the tournament.
A best submission bonus of $50,000 was announced.
The dates and location were selected to overlap with ADCC 2024, which was held August 17–18, 2024 in Las Vegas.
Separate from the men's divisions, Craig Jones was scheduled to face Gabi Garcia in an intergender superfight, and
Ffion Davies was scheduled to fight Mackenzie Dern in the women's superfight. A superfight with Mikey Musumeci was also announced, but ultimately did not occur due to a lack of a contractual agreement with Musumeci's planned opponent. Mason Fowler was scheduled to fight in the over 80kg bracket but later withdrew from the competition due to injury.
Results
= Over 80kg
== Under 80kg
== Superfights
=Ffion Davies def. Mackenzie Dern
Craig Jones def. Gabi Garcia
References
External links
Official website
Craig Jones Invitational on Instagram