2024
Background
Craig Jones from B-Team Jiu-Jitsu is a two-time ADCC silver medalist. Disappointed with athlete pay at ADCC, he decided to host a tournament in which all invited athletes receive a higher minimum payout ($10,001) than the male winner of ADCC ($10,000). [6]
The two men's divisions scheduled for the 2024 tournament were under 80kg and over 80kg, and the winner of each bracket was to be awarded $1 million. Each men's division bracket had 16 competitors. Each participant received $10,001 for competing. [7]
On JRE MMA Show No. 157, an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast, Jones brought $1 million in cash to promote the tournament. [8]
A best submission bonus of $50,000 was announced. [9]
The dates and location were selected to overlap with ADCC 2024, which was held August 17–18, 2024 in Las Vegas.
Separate from the men's divisions, Craig Jones was scheduled to face Gabi Garcia in an intergender superfight, and Ffion Davies was scheduled to fight Mackenzie Dern in the women's superfight. [10] A superfight with Mikey Musumeci was also announced, [11] but ultimately did not occur due to a lack of a contractual agreement with Musumeci's planned opponent. [12] Mason Fowler was scheduled to fight in the over 80kg bracket but later withdrew from the competition due to injury. [13] [14]
Results
Over 80kg tournament
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nick Rodriguez | Nick Rodriguez | Nick Rodriguez | Nick Rodriguez | Nick Rodriguez |
 Max Gimenis | ||||
 Owen Livesey | Owen Livesey | |||
| Mahamed Aly | ||||
| Adam Bradley | Adam Bradley | Adam Bradley | ||
| Kyle Boehm | ||||
| Luke Rockhold | Pat Downey | |||
| Pat Downey | ||||
| Victor Hugo |  Lucas Kanard | Inacio Santos | Fellipe Andrew | |
| Lucas Kanard | ||||
| Inacio Santos | Inacio Santos | |||
| Pedro Alex | ||||
| Daniel Greg Kerkvliet | Fellipe Andrew | Fellipe Andrew | ||
| Fellipe Andrew | ||||
| Joao Gabriel Rocha | Joao Gabriel Rocha | |||
| William Tackett | ||||
Under 80kg tournament
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tye Ruotolo | Tye Ruotolo | Levi Jones-Leary | Levi Jones-Leary | Kade Ruotolo |
| Jason Nolf | ||||
 Roberto Jimenez | Levi Jones-Leary | |||
| Levi Jones-Leary | ||||
| Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa | Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa | Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa | ||
 Kenta Iwamoto | ||||
 Jozef Chen | Jozef Chen | |||
| Andy Varela | ||||
| Kade Ruotolo | Kade Ruotolo | Kade Ruotolo | Kade Ruotolo | |
| Matheus Diniz | ||||
| Renato Canuto |  Tommy Langaker | |||
| Tommy Langaker | ||||
| Magid Hage | Eoghan O’Flanagan | Andrew Tackett | ||
| Eoghan O’Flanagan | ||||
| Andrew Tackett | Andrew Tackett | |||
| Nicky Ryan |
Superfights
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Ffion Davies [17] def. 
Mackenzie Dern [18] -
Craig Jones def. Gabi Garcia [19]
Reception
The event raised $500,000 for Tap Cancer Out charity. [20] The event's free YouTube stream was seen by over 100,000 concurrent viewers on both days of competition. [21]
The Craig Jones Invitational won both the Promotion of the Year and Fight Card of the Year awards at the 2024 Jits Magazine BJJ Awards. Kade Ruotolo vs. Andrew Tackett from the event's −80kg tournament won Jits Magazine's Match of the Year award. [22]
