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IBJJF Announces 8 Man Invitational for $50,000 Cash Prize

IBJJF Announces 8 Man Invitational for $50,000 Cash Prize

 

The IBJJF is giving back big time to its champions in 2016. Professional Jiu-Jitsu has finally arrived.

IBJJF has just announced the launch of the 2016 IBJJF Pro League GP. Some of the best Jiu-Jitsu athletes in the world will be fighting in 8 men bracket format for a US$50,000 money prize (1rst place $40K and second place $10k) to be held on July 9th. Las Vegas /UFC Fan Expo.

Confirmed competitors: Marcus Buchecha, Bernardo Faria, Xande Ribeiro, Joao Rocha, Romulo Barral + 2 more TBA.

This puts the IBJJF GP on the same level as EBI (50,000$ but tournament winner gets paid $12,500 for each submission in regulation and $0 for submissions in OT) and ADCC (First place – $40,000 absolute, $10,000 weight) and above Abu Dhabi World Pro$30,000 (absolute), $8000 (weight).

This comes 2 days after the IBJJF also awarded the best ranked black belt adult athletes of the 2015/2016 season.

The winners were Paulo Miyao and Mackenzie Dern  who received $15,000.

Joao Miyao who was ranked second was awarded $4,000, and Bernardo Faria who came third, won $1,000.

For the females, Andresa Correa (2nd) won $4,000 and Bia Mesquita (3rd) won $1,000.

 

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See complete ranking.

For the first time ever, you will be able to able the 2016 IBJJF worlds from June 1-5th on FloGrappling.com with multi-mat technology and live commentary.

 

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