Description
Who Are We
"By Athletes, For Athletes"
Bellingham Submission Challenge is a unique tournament offering the chance to compete in an exciting and dynamic format. These will be submission and pin-only grappling matches with the athlete having the chance to win by submission, or by positional dominance.
When and where
Battle Open will be held on Saturday, July 12th.
Weigh in begins 10 am, rules meeting will be at 12 pm. Matches start at 1 pm.
The event will be hosted at Bellingham Mixed Martial arts:
2694 Roeder Ave,
Suite 101,
Bellingham, WA 98225
Weigh-in and check in
Weigh ins will be held between 10 am and 12 pm on the day of the event (Saturday, July 12th). Once the rules meeting has begun no further weigh ins will occur.
Athletes are expected to weigh in ready in their competition gear (Rash Guards and shorts or spats/Singlet). Once an athlete has weighed in they are good to go and do not need to weigh in again.
If an athlete fails to make weight by 12 pm they will be disqualified. If an athlete needs to move weight division this must be communicated to event staff before 12 pm.
Bracket points and determining the winner
All brackets are round-robin. This means that each athlete will have a match against each other athlete in that bracket (maximum 4 matches in one division).
To determine bracket progression:
- 3 points for a win (submission, pin, or referee's decision).
- 1 point for a draw (no submission at the end of the regulation period).
- 0 points for a loss.
The athlete with the highest point total once all matches in a bracket are complete will be assigned 1st place, with the athlete earning the next highest point total in 2nd place, and so on.
Brackets with 6 or more competitors will be split into two round-robin pools. The top two competitors from each pool will advance to a 4-person single elimination bracket to determine final placement.
Any point ties will be decided by head-to-head match results. If the head-to-head match results were a tie (no submission in regulation time) the athlete with the lowest total match time in regulation competition will be awarded the victory.
