Events

Location: David Ross Sports Village, University of Nottingham

Address: Beeston Ln, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom

Doors open 9am, first match is 9:30am

Rules: We follow IBJJF rules/points, the only difference is there are no advantages.

Registrations: Normal registration – 1 or 2 divisions (Gi + Nogi) £45 until Mar 16th

Late registration – 1 or 2 divisions (Gi + Nogi) £65 until Mar 26th

Absolutes: £20

Spectators £5 cash at the registration desk

Offer: Brown/Black Belts 50% off. Pro MMA Fighter 50% off.

In order to claim this discount, email us before payment is made & we’ll verify your registration – GrappleCityorg@gmail.com

Changing divisions: After late registration closes, all competitors (or coaches, parents) have until 5PM the following day to make any changes. These changes can be made by logging in & modifying your details. After this change deadline, it will no longer be available to access & change. Competitors who are on their own in a division can change to move up a division or cancel their registration for a full credit. Check out: https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/89-how-to-change-weightclass-or-cancel for more.

Refund policy: Refunds are available up until the end of the early bird date via logging into your smoothcomp a/c. From the normal reg deadline until the tournament itself, only full credits for future tournaments will be issued. If your opponent doesn’t show up on the day you will receive a full coupon credit.

If the registration deadline passes & there is no one in your division, we will aim to move you to a different divison where possible (you will receive communication in relation to this).

If this is not feasible a credit will be raised in line with our refund policy. This can be used on any of our tournaments.

Brackets & Schedule: Event brackets will be released at 12 midday on Mar 28th. You can see when your match is on by monitoring your smoothcomp page. TV screens in the venue on the day will also show this.

For brackets larger than 8 people, we move to a multistage pool (4 people) with a semi-final & a final. Guaranteeing 3 matches (even if you lose all 3) with 5x matches if you get to the final. This can occur across multiple divisions & the absolute.

On the day registration: Prepare your smoothcomp ID by visiting smoothcomp.com/id & having QR code ready to scan at the barcode scanners at the front of house.

Weigh Ins: You can weigh in at any point throughout the day however it’s best to aim to weigh in at least 45 mins before your first match. You only need to weigh in once (without Gi on) for both divisions.
If you miss weight, you will be offered to move up divisions.

Medals: We recently changed our medal design & we now have truly beautiful medals ready to put around our podium finishers necks! We can’t wait for you to see them.

Lifetime Pass: If you would like details on purchasing a lifetime pass to our tournaments, email grapplecityorg@gmail.com

Referee: If you are Purple belt or higher & would like to referee/scoreboard/be a staff member at our tournament, please get in touch via GrappleCityorg@gmail.com