Watch the break down of the Quintet-style rules that’ll keep matches moving and eliminate the boring stalling bullshit
Finally, someone made grappling rules that don’t suck.
CJI just dropped their official rules video explaining how CJI 2 actually works, and it’s refreshingly simple: 5-on-5 team format with winner stays on elimination. No complicated point systems, no boring stalling, just pure grappling until someone gets submitted or time runs out.
How It Actually Works
Each team sends out one grappler. They fight until someone gets submitted or the time limit hits. Winner stays on the mat, loser’s team sends out their next guy. Keep going until one team runs out of grapplers.
It’s the Quintet format that actually works because it rewards finishing fights instead of playing patty-cake for twenty minutes hoping for an advantage.
Why This Doesn’t Suck
The beauty of winner-stays-on is that it forces action. You can’t just stall and hope for a decision because there is no decision. Either you submit someone or you get submitted. Either you advance or you go home.
No judges, no bullshit scoring, no arguing about advantages. Just grappling until someone taps.
The Anti-Stalling Solution
This format kills the boring defensive grappling that ruins most tournaments. When you know the winner stays on and keeps fighting, you can’t just play defense and hope to survive. You have to actually try to win.
Plus, watching one dominant grappler run through multiple opponents is way more entertaining than watching two guys stare at each other for fifteen minutes.
Team Strategy Gets Real
The 5-on-5 format makes team selection actually matter. Do you send your best guy first to try and run the table? Save him for last as your anchor? Send out your most aggressive finisher to set the tone?
There’s actual strategy involved instead of just throwing your best grapplers on the mat and hoping for the best.
Bottom Line
CJI’s rules are what every grappling tournament should use. Simple, action-forcing, and designed to entertain people instead of putting them to sleep.
The Quintet format with winner-stays-on elimination is proven to work. It creates exciting matches, rewards aggression, and eliminates the stalling that makes most high-level grappling unwatchable.
This weekend in Vegas, we’re going to see what grappling looks like when the rules actually make sense.
Are you ready for some actual entertaining grappling? CJI 2 kicks off tonight.
