Events

1st South East Pro Gi & NoGi BJJ Championships
Entry is NOW OPEN for the 1st Pro Sport Grappling South East Pro Gi & NoGi BJJ Championships in Brighton on Sunday 8th October 2023 and to celebrate we are offering a huge 50% Discount for the first 100 entries. £20 Kids and £25 Adults. Plus the first 50 entries also get a FREE event T-Shirt. After this standard entry fee’s will apply as below.

Early Bird £20 Kids – £25 Adults – First 100 entries only (+ FREE T-Shirt for 1st 50 entries)
Standard £40 Kids – £50 Adults until 17th September
Late £45 Kids – £55 Adults Until 4th October

SOUTH EAST PRO GI & NO GI BJJ CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION

Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre, Moulsecoomb Way, Brighton, BN2 4PB – October 8th 2023

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WHAT TO EXPECT
50% Discount on the first 100 entries
Free event T-Shirt (worth £15) for 1st 50 entries
Cash Prize Absolute Divisions
Professional LIVE broadcast of Absolute Divisions by Fightworld TV
Discounted entry if entering both Gi & NoGi or Absolute divisions
Discounted Event T-Shirt if ordered with entry
Pro Rule set for all divisions
Giant TV Scoreboards on all areas
Internet based event management system to keep the event schedule on time
Huge LED Wall showing live schedule and mat times
Sports specialist Paramedics
IBJJF Full 8m size Pro mat areas
Custom Podium and Medals
National level referees and officials
Official event photographer
Official event Videographer
On-Line registration
On-Line Schedule in real-time
On-Line results in real-time
Warm Up area & Bull Pen
Metal crowd safety barriers

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OTHER INFORMATION
There is free parking at the venue & other paid parking locally

2023 South East Pro event T-Shirts will be available at £15 on the day or £10 if pre-ordered with entry.

Spectators pay on the day £5

Doors open 9.00am with first match at 10.00am.

Junior – Juvenile – Adult – Master 1-7

Kids divisions will be in the morning where possible

Registration fees will be offered at a discounted rate, then a normal rate, then a late entry rate. Please enter early for the best price.

Registration open until 04/10/2023 (or when capacity is reached). Please read our Refund/ Credit Policy page for details on cancellation.

You can make changes to your registration via your Smoothcomp account until midnight on 4th October 2023. Event organisers may make changes to your division but it is the athlete’s responsibility to move divisions if they wish.  Instructions on how to make changes here https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/89-how-to-change-weightclass-or-cancel

Team trophies will be given to the top three teams based on medal totals.

NEW Live Broadcast Adult NoGi Absolute Divisions with Cash Prize.
Our new adult male & adult female absolute divisions are Open Weight & Open Grade under IBJJF Black Belt NoGi rules. These 2 divisions will be Live broadcast by a production & camera team from Fightwortld.TV to our Pro Sport Grappling Facebook Page and YouTube Channel. The prize for both absolute divisions is £300. Please note there must be at least 8 participants for the prize money to be given. Numbers less than 8 will still run and be broadcast but without prize money. Discounted entry will apply if also entering other divisions.

Gi & NOGI rules: Please read our Pro Rules page for full information on our rule set.

REFUNDS: Please see our refund/Credit policy page for details.

We run a Smart Registration and Smart Weigh-In system which speeds up entry and uses your Smoothcomp ID barcode. Please have this ready on arrival at the venue. This can be found on your Smoothcomp account section. There is also a video here on how to obtain this. https://vimeo.com/user169054688/prosportsmartweigh-in

Weigh ins are half an hour before the start of your match time.

Pro MMA fighters, competitive wrestlers and Judo Black belts must fight blue or above or face DQ.

NoGi Competitors must wear rash guard and appropriate shorts/spats

Please make sure you register in the correct weight division as failure to make weight will result in DQ without refund. There is NO TOLERANCE on weight categories and weigh ins are with Gi and Belt for all Gi divisions and with Shorts/Spats and Rash Guard for NoGi.

All competitors will be weighed just before they compete, there is no early weigh in available.

In the case of one athlete in a division please indicate on registration if you wish us to change your division or refund. If indicated we will attempt to move you to the next available category. Please note that you can only move up a division NOT down.

DISCOUNTS: We off a discount for entering both Gi and NoGi or Absolute divisions and this will be calculated and applied at checkout.

COMPETITOR LISTS: Competitor Lists will be live after the early bird time period and can be viewed by checking out the registrations tab on the event page.

BRACKETS and SCHEDULE: 48 hours prior to the tournament, the event brackets and tentative schedule will be released. You will be able to locate both on the event page brackets and schedule tab. We will have a giant live schedule screen in the sports hall plus remote TV’s with the same information on. You can also monitor when your matches are coming up by checking the tab on your mobile device during the competition. We will also make an announcement in the venue to report to weigh-in. If a competitor does not report for weigh-in when called they will be DQ without refund so please be at the mat on time for your matches.

We hope you enjoy this Pro Sport Grappling event.