Eddie Bravo tried several times to integrate this particular ruleset. The first time he tried it several years ago he hasn’t managed to gain much of an audience. However since he’s been quite successful in setting up the must watch Submission only tournament Eddie Bravo Invitational.
It was there that he opted to give his vision another platform and gotten much of the media attention for it. Back then he explained:
“Now those 3 special matches are gonna be a 4 men combat jiu-jitsu tournament. I had this cleared through the commission years and years ago but it kinda got stalled some of the rules. They wouldn’t let me .. They didn’t want to do it outside a cage. And they didn’t want to give me more than 3x 3 minute rounds. EBI was always about having combat jiu jitsu. Jiu Jitsu with some palm strikes”
We first heard rumblings Garry Tonon would be involved earlier in the month:
It’s confirmed I’m doing combat JJ at @EBIJJOFFICIAL, I promise 0 Submissions and all tko’s via slaps.
— Garry Tonon (@Garry_Tonon) August 3, 2017
However it looks as though the format has changed. The Combat Jiu-jitsu Worlds announcement reads:
The first 8 man Combat Jiu Jitsu Worlds tournament is here and is stacked! First off featuring the 3x EBI Champion Garry “The Lion Killer” Tonon, joining him are EBI veterans and Pro MMA fighters Rafael Domingos and Nathan Orchard, also BJJ Superstar AJ Agazarm makes his CJJ Debut, PLUS 4 UFC veterans 2 of them TUF Winners step on the stage with TUF 6 Champion Mac Danzig, TUF 14 Champion Diego Brandao, Cole Miller and Vagner Rocha | Don’t miss Combat Jiu Jitsu Worlds 1 this Sunday November 12th save the date more info to come soon… @garrytonon @rafaeldomingosjj @nateorch10p @thefloridaboy @danzig_mma @colemillermartialarts @diegobrandaofng @vagnerrocha_vrma (Competitor list)| @eddiebravo10 @victordavilaufc @ebiofficial #CJJ #CJJW1
Sloth Jiu-Jitsu: you can be slow and unathletic and still kick butt in Jiu-Jitsu.
