New Stout Fights Ruleset (Adopted from High Rollerz BJJ)

We want our matches to be submission focused for a spectator friendly event

Sub Only Regulation with 6 minute matches, banning toe holds, heel hooks & estima locks in gi matches. (Reaping is allowed in both gi & nogi).

Banned Techniques

• No twisting leg locks (heel hooks, toe holds, estima locks) at blue or purple belt nogi
• No twisting leg locks in gi
• No slams to purposefully cause damage to head or spine allowed at any level or slamming out of submissions.

Overtime

• Each competitor will start in back control for a one minute overtime period. Match will continue for the duration of the overtime period even with an escape from back control. Match automatically ends with a submission
• If no submission occurs after two back control starts (one for each competitor) then there will be a third one minute overtime period. Third overtime period competitors will start on feat with sudden death points scoring. First competitor to score a takedown, sweep, pass or submission win
• A snapdown and spin behind for control will constitute a takedown.

Referees Decision

• If no points are scored or submission occurs during overtime periods, the match goes to a referee's decision. There are two criteria for determining a winner.
• First criteria: Whichever competitor had a higher number of legitimate submission attempts which were defended.
• Second criteria: If no submissions were attempted during the match, then the competitor who exhibited more positional control for a longer duration of time will win.
• Referees decisions are by nature subjective so we ask competitors to be as active as possible in attempts to secure a win via submission to avoid this outcome.

Stalling

• If a competitor is verbally warned for stalling three times they are disqualified automatically
• What constitutes as stalling:
• Purposefully pushing opponent out of bounds
• Passivity (No offensive attempts from one or both competitors)

Out of Bounds

• If a competitor runs out of bounds to escape a submission attempt, referee will call time and reset in the center on the feet
• Competitor who ran out is given one runout only per match
• A second runout results in a disqualification
• If during the course of the match the competitors go out of bounds due to activity (No runout), the match resets in the center:
• In a dynamic position (i.e. a scramble) match restarts on feet
• In a static position (i.e. a guard, side control, etc.) match restarts as close as possible in the position in the middle of the mat