B-Team Wins $1M Prize, Defeats New Wave At CJI 2 In Razor Thin Decision
B-Team Wins $1M Prize, Defeats New Wave At CJI 2 In Razor Thin Decision
Nick Rodriguez clinched the $1 million prize for his team at CJI. Victor Hugo made a bonus $100k with submissions. Helena Crevar beat Sarah Galvão for $100k
The long awaited B-Team vs New Wave team duel went down to the wire in the final of the Craig Jones Invitational 2, which went to five consecutive double elimination draws. But the decision — which came down to technicality — awarded $1 million to the B-Team on the heels of Nick Rodriguez' performance in his head to head match against Luke Griffith.
Update (Sept. 1): Following the controversial decision, Craig Jones announced on his Instagram that he would also award $1 million to the New Wave Team
After none of the five final matches ended in decision, the result went to the judges' scorecards, which made nothing any clearer as the three judges unanimously called it a draw, 47-47. By technicality, the duel was decided by the score of the final bout in the duel, Rodriguez vs Griffith, called a 10-8 by all three judges.
B-Team was carried at points by its wild card, Victor Hugo. Big Man Flow collected two submissions on day two, arm triangles over Fabricio Andrey and Belal Etiabari, both of Team Australasia in the semifinals. That leaves him $100,000 richer, as Craig Jones issued a $50,000 bounty on every submission during the team tournament on Sunday.
New Wave and Atos athletes also earned submission bonuses in their head to head semifinal. Luke Griffith earned $50,000 for his submission over featherweight Diego Pato. Giancarlo Bodoni won a bonus for his armbar over Ronaldo Junior. And Felipe Pena earned a bonus for his armbar win over Luke Griffith.
Helena Crevar Wins $100k With Aoki Lock Over Sarah Galvão
Helena Crevar submitted budding rival Sarah Galvão in the final of the four women bracket for $100,000 at CJI 2, applying an Aoki lock in the third round after a big takedown from the Atos representative.
Crevar had taken the advantage on the scorecards, holding off Galvão's passing pressure with leg attacks. Galvão had her best action of the night to start round three shortly before she fell into Crevar's sharp finishing leg attack.
Earlier in the women's bracket, Crevar won a decision over ADCC champion Adele Fornarino. Galvão showed moments of brilliance in her decision victory over ADCC champion Ana Carolina Vieira.
One Buggy Choke Wasn't Enough, Craig Jones Needed El Segundo vs Chael Sonnen
Craig Jones took longer to walk to the mat in his superfight against Chael Sonnen than he did to submit him. After a takedown for Sonnen, Jones launched a buggy choke, which rendered the Bad Guy unconscious.
The crowd pleaded for another round, and the athletes obliged. History repeated itself, as Sonen scored another takedown, and Jones, another sleeper buggy choke.
Full Results From CJI 2 $1M Quintet Tournament
B-Team def New Wave | Final
- Nick Rodriguez vs Luke Griffith - double elimination draw (scored 10-8)
- Jozef Chen vs Giancarlo Bodoni - double elimination draw
- Ethan Crelinsten vs Dorian Olivarez - double elimination draw
- Victor Hugo vs Vagner Rocha - double elimination draw
- Chris Wojcik vs Mica Galvão - double elimination draw
B-Team def Team Australasia | Semifinal
- Vagner Rocha vs Kaynan Duarte - double elimination draw
- Mica Galvão vs Lucas Hulk Barbosa - double elimination draw
- Luke Griffith def Diego Pato via rear naked choke
- Felipe Pena def Luke Griffith via armbar
- Dorian Olivarez vs Felipe Pena - double elimination draw
- Giancarlo Bodoni def Ronaldo Junior via armbar
New Wave def Atos | Semifinal
- Chris Wojcik vs Lucas Kanard - double elimination draw
- Nick Rodriguez vs Kenta Iwamoto - double elimination draw
- Ethan Crelinsten vs Declan Moody - double elimination draw
- Victor Hugo def Fabricio Andrey via katagatame
- Victor Hugo def Belal Etiabari via katagatame
B-Team def Daisy Fresh via last man standing
- Jozef Chen vs Max Hanson - double elimination draw
- Nick Rodriguez def Brandon Reed via rear naked choke
- Nick Rodriguez vs Michael Pixley - double elimination draw
- Chris Wojcik vs Jacob Couch - double elimination draw
- Dante Leon vs Victor Hugo - double elimination draw
Team Australasia def 10th Planet (Unanimous Decision: 40-36)
- Lucas Kanard vs PJ Barch - double elimination draw
- Declan Moody vs Ryan Aitken - double elimination draw
- Fabricio Andrey vs Alan Sanchez - double elimination draw
- Belal Etiabari def Geo Martinez via ankle lock
- Kyle Boehm def Belal Etiabari via inside heel hook
- Kenta Iwamoto vs Kyle Boehm - double elimination draw
Atos def Team Europe (Unanimous Decision: 49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
- Lucas Barbosa vs Pawel Jaworski - double elimination draw
- Ronaldo Junior vs Charles Negromonte - double elimination draw
- Kaynan Duarte vs Owen Jones - double elimination draw
- Felipe Pena vs Marcin Maciulewicz - double elimination draw
- Diego Pato vs Paul Ardilla - double elimination draw
New Wave def Team America (Unanimous Decision: 40-36, 39-37, 39-36)
- Luke Griffith vs Pat Downey - double elimination draw
- Elijah Dorsey vs Vagner Rocha - double elimination draw
- Giancarlo Bodoni def Gavin Corbe via rear naked choke
- Taylor Pearman def Giancarlo Bodoni via inside heel hook
- Dorian Olivarez vs Taylor Pearman - double elimination draw
- Mica Galvão vs Deandre Corbe - double elimination draw
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