Description
🥋 SAMURAI SUBMISSION SERIES 1
📍 Tempe, AZ | 🗓️ October 4th, 2025 Hosted at Performance AZ
Arizona’s most intense and uncompromising grappling tournament. No points. No decisions. Only the submission survives.
🗡️ TOURNAMENT FORMAT & RULES
- 100% Submission-Only Format No Points. No Overtime. No Judges. Every match must end in a submission.
- Guard Pulling is BANNED All competitors must engage on the feet and utilize takedowns.Pulling guard will result in a warning or immediate DQ at the referee’s discretion.
- All competitors must engage in takedowns.
- Legal Techniques: ✅ Heel hooks ✅ Neck cranks ✅ Wrist locks ✅ Spine locks ✅ Slams out of submission ✅ Twisters ✅ Anything goes. Use at your own risk.
- Match Durations: Superfights – 7 minutes Main Event Bracket – 10 minutes Main Event Final – No Time Limit
- Match Outcomes: Superfights: If no submission, result is a draw Main Event Bracket: If no submission, both athletes receive a double disqualification and are removed from the bracket No overtime in any match
- Main Event Matchups Drawn Live: All bracket matchups will be drawn randomly, 1 hour before the tournament begins Competitors must be ready for anyone, anytime
🏆 PRIZES
- 🥇 Main Event Champion: $1000 Cash Samurai Submission Series Katana Sword Custom championship spotlight poster
- ⚔️ Spirit of the Oni Award: Given to the most dominant and savage competitor Receives the ceremonial Red BMF Katana
- 💥 Submission of the Night: $200 Bonus for the most technical or brutal submission
- 🧒 Youth Division Awards: Custom prizes including nunchucks and traditional gear
- 🎟️ Spectator Raffle: Every spectator ticket = 1 free raffle entry 3-Piece Samurai Sword Set will be raffled live at the event Extra entries sold at the venue
📸 MEDIA & PROMOTION
All fighters will be featured in high-quality promotional artwork. To be included, please DM us:
- Full name
- Age
- Grappling style
- Team/gym
- A forward-facing photo on a solid background
📣 SAMURAI SUBMISSION SERIES
This is not a game of advantage or strategy. This is about dominance, danger, and finishing the fight. Register now. Step into the cage.
⚠️ DISCLAIMER
By registering for Samurai Submission Series 1, all competitors acknowledge and accept the following:
This is a no-points, submission-only tournament where all submissions and takedowns are legal including heel hooks, slams, neck cranks, and other high-risk techniques.
Competitors enter at their own discretion and assume full responsibility for their safety. You are expected to:
- Protect yourself at all times
- Tap early to avoid serious injury
- Understand that no technique is restricted unless specified by your age division
The referees are present for safety enforcement but the ultimate responsibility lies with the competitor.
By signing up, you agree to waive liability from event organizers, referees, sponsors, and the venue for any injuries sustained during competition.
