Craig Jones Invitational | Day One |

[@openmatjiujitsubrisbane]

27:13 Nicky Rodriguez v Max Gimenis 44:54 Owen Livesey v Mahamed Aly 1:13:58 Adam Bradley v Kyle Boehm 1:40:03 Pat Downey v Luke Rockhold 2:14:52 Victor Hugo v Lucas Kanard 2:25:04 Inacio Santos v Pedro Alex 2:50:26 Daniel Kerkvliet v Fellipe Andrew 3:15:34 Joao Rocha v William Tackett 3:50:53 Nicky Rodriguez v Owen Livesey 3:59:53 Adam Bradley v Pat Downey 4:26:48 Lucas Kanard v Inacio Santos 4:52:19 Fillipe Andrew v Joao Rocha 5:27:04 Tye Ruotolo v Jason Nolf 5:50:43 Roberto Jimenez v Levi Jones-Leary 6:03:58 Lucas Barbosa v Kenta Iwamoto 6:25:49 Andy Varela v Jozef Chen 6:55:03 Kade Routolo v Matheus Diniz 7:33:39 Magid Hage v Eoghan O’flanagan 7:42:58 Andrew Tackett v Nicky Ryan 8:09:40 Gabi Garcia Interview 8:17:58 Tye Ruotolo v Levi Jones-Leary 8:43:43 Jozeph Chen v Lucas Barbosa 9:06:39 Kade Ruotolo v Tommy Langaker 9:29:50 Eoghan O’flanagan v Andrew Tackett Cheers, @openmatjj

[@samhumes]

Someone pin this comment!

[@secretstravel]

Pin plz!!

[@tvskat]

Saint🎉

[@bjjblog]

LOL. I was like 17 minutes late. Should have skipped my breakfast and immediately start working :D

[@LopezMagno]

Many Thanks

[@dizzydean]

First time I watched 9 hours of grappling and most matches were so entertaining. I almost feel guilty watching this for free. I actually might make a donation as appreciation.

[@234i9]

They have sponsors u know

[@VegaH_]

@@234i9their also accepting donations it’s a charity tournament 1st

[@WarmEmpanada]

I agree. I was more entertained by CJI Day 1 than I am by most UFC cards nowadays and I don’t even train grappling

[@Indianajones420]

I made a small donation.

[@blakeforrest6382]

They don't need your donations. Craig will be rolling in it from this

[@rickjitsu91]

1 million views Great day for jiu jitsu Thank you Craig, can’t wait for Saturday

[@TrismegistusH]

And it was 10 hours long

[@thatguitarguyguy]

That’s low compared to ADCC

[@fich1111]

​@@thatguitarguyguywhere do you get that info? I've searched for adcc viewing figures from previous years and can't find anything at all. Be interested to see how it's actually comparing

[@Phlegmcandango]

@@fich1111 thats the problem with PPV, ADCC don't want to reveal how much money they've made because that reveals how little the competitors are getting paid.

[@stupidbro2301]

​@fich1111 It is far more than ADCC. We can not say how many people watch ADCC, but we can do maximum. You can watch ADCC only with an annual subscription, which is 150 USD. By Flosports public part of accounting the revenue of Flograppling is bellow 5 mil USD. So even if all revenue of Flograppling came from the subscriptions (which is not) and their revenue bellow 5 mil was 4 999 999 USD the maximum people who can watch ADCC is 33 000 on official stream.

[@JHONZAXIZ]

The compétition started at midnight here in europe now its 10am in the morning and now i'll go to work without sleep but its worth it, this is a history for bjj world

[@tns2853]

Could've watched after work or while working losing sleep in over a KZbin video geez you got much to learn 😅

[@mistaschaub3280]

I hope you don't operate heavy machinery

[@mistaschaub3280]

Be even worse if you're a heart surgeon

[@JHONZAXIZ]

@@tns2853 hahaha I was too excited😅

[@diogolmbhz]

Same!!! It was very exciting and now I feel like a zombie 😅😅

[@ramonveltmeijer9961]

The only thing i was scared about is the production being low quality but the production absolutely delivered!

[@MrNemesis85]

Sometimes as big moves happened the camera angle would shift, and I would miss the details of the move. Other than that small thing, production was amazing.

[@lnw_art4346]

I would have preferred some more personality and passion in the commentators. Eddie bravo would have been great imo

[@DondeCake]

​@lnw_art4346 oh god no. Please for the love of leglocks, no

[@fruitlandgrizzly]

​@@lnw_art4346absolutely not

[@B-RaDD]

​@@lnw_art4346literally one of the commentators is who Eddie bravo uses for his CJJ tournaments

[@scottwarrington2728]

Love the mat layout and judging system. No boring stop start.

[@TitanIapetus]

The slanted walls are the standard now. Just head and shoulders above the standard mat layouts! Backing up and not engaging is unbelievably detrimental! It's perfect. 🤙🏼 I was extremely critical of having a 10 point must system and rounds. But after watching that last night I'm more than willing to admit that I was wrong. The format worked great!

[@miguelladinodevera614]

​@@TitanIapetusCraig knew he hit gold doing Karate Combat's Pit Submission Combat. He subs Phil Rowe with an on the wall flying triangle choke and he gets the idea that slanted walls r the best.

[@bjjblog]

0:00 Intro 28:40 Nicky Rodriguez vs Max Gimenis 46:10 Owen Livesey vs Mahamed Aly 1:14:40 Adam Bradley vs Kyle Boehm 1:41:10 Pat Downey vs Luke Rockhold 2:16:15 Victor Hugo vs Lucas Kanard 2:25:45 Inacio Santos vs Pedro Alex 2:51:30 Daniel Kerkvliet vs Fellipe Andrew 3:18:45 Joao Gabriel Rocha vs William Tackett 3:52:15 Nicky Rodriguez vs Owen Livesey 4:01:50 Adam Bradley vs Pat Downey 4:28:05 Lucas Kanard vs Inacio Santos 4:53:00 Fellipe Andrew vs Joao Gabriel Rocha 5:28:30 Tye Ruotolo vs Jason Nolf 5:53:25 Roberto Jimenez vs Levi Jones-Leary 6:05:00 Lucas Barbosa vs Kenta Iwamoto 6:29:15 Josef Chen vs Andy Varela 6:58:00 Kade Ruotolo vs Matheus Diniz 7:09:30 Renato Canuto vs Tommy Langaker 7:34:20 Magid Hage vs Eoghan O’Flanagan 7:43:15 Andrew Tackett vs Nicky Ryan 8:19:10 Tye Ruotolo vs Levi Jones-Leary 8:44:35 Josef Chen vs Lucas Barbosa 9:07:35 Kade Ruotolo vs Tommy Langaker 9:33:05 Eoghan O’Flanagan vs Andrew Tackett Thank you, Craig Jones and the team behind CJI for such a great production. The host, Alex Wendling ❤, was amazing and held everything together very well. Here is my little contribution to the success of this event :) Oss! 🤙

[@wushu297]

Commenting to boost

[@bjjblog]

@@wushu297 ❤

[@GeorgeMcG90]

Spoils the winner of each match. Could of put quarter final 1 etc with time stamp

[@WP.Maestro]

💯

[@whodunitpros8555]

Thanks Mate!

[@mmomus5863]

First time I watch a high quality production bjj stream with actually exciting matchups and matches

[@sammcmillan545]

Yeah my worry for this was the production and pacing. Both were smashed out the park fair play to everyone involved

[@aaronkinder2807]

With solid audio quality, good transitions between segments, good commercials, interviews that weren't constantly repetitive, I could go on... FloGrappling should be taking some freaking notes and using ChatGPT to help them strategize improving. I'm about to cancel my subscription.

[@jeffsstt]

For free!

[@RTUK1]

Yeah it beats Flo

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

Same for me and that’s what’s going to make the sport more popular is by just like any professional sport having thousands and thousands of people watch it that don’t compete. Just the average guys that go to work every day and just want something enjoyable to watch on TV. That’s what makes sports very popular.

[@wushu297]

Without question or hyperbole, this was the greatest jiu jitsu tournament I've ever seen. Did not expect some of those wins but now I have new people to be excited about. I hope every other tournament is watching and taking notes. This ruleset is the best and most watchable for non practitioners that has ever been put together.

[@paulg5220]

Yes sir!

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

Seeing Hugo lose first rd was nuts! With the million dollars on the line, you never know

[@LopezMagno]

Game changing. paradigm shifting history in the making. One million+ views. No lasers, no pyros just Jiu Jitsu excellence .

[@Azul_blue1923]

They had some pyros

[@Tech-qq7yz]

Little pyros

[@FentonMulley-cz8pv]

I million views in a night and the adcc replay going for 24/7 for a month hit only 600k. I loved adcc, but this is the new wave. So happy to see it.

[@x3frankV]

1.5 million views & only shy of 50k likes come on people

[@Jordan-sy7my]

OP has had 229 concussions and went through his entire toolbox to come up with that comment 😂

[@Schwerthase]

As a 43 old blackbelt with a shitty cardio I will always cheer for Nicky Ryan. One of us! ;)

[@arenscott4934]

😆

[@rojofish504]

Hahaha I felt this

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

Haha that poor kid he’s only 23 he needs to work on his cardio. He’s got good skill but he’s just nervous of losing energy.

[@zezuntxiduntxi]

yeahh... but he basically has no meniscus on 1 leg, and no ACL on the other....

[@yogurtstains]

The ZYN master Nicky Ryan died after his first and only match. RIP

[@peterllacuna1627]

I can’t believe the best professional BJJ tournament is broadcast for free on the best platform, with the best production I’ve ever seen, and the perfect rule set to make the sport finally entertaining enough to make me lose sleep. 😅 Craig Jones has finally won the elusive #1 title in jiu-jitsu!

[@mistaschaub3280]

Thank you Craig. This is the first time I've actually enjoyed watching jiu jitsu

[@jacobday3826]

Never seen an EBI, WNO, or Quintet? They're fantastic!

[@simonmoylan4014]

100% I dunno this layout is so much better I think letting them have a short break so it's not just 2 men getting exhausted on each other and the point system

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

@@jacobday3826 the good thing about this promotion is it brought a lot of fans who never watched a single jujitsu match before. It’s already at 1.5 million views. I guarantee you 70% of those viewing. Probably never watched a match before.

[@TheKnowledgeofGoD]

This was one of the best productions for jiujitsu I’ve ever seen!

[@B-RaDD]

And it was their first event so hopefully they can keep doing this every 2 years. Maybe even every year.

[@Dahn.Baern.]

Craig Jones, of all people, has completely and totally revolutionized this sport.

[@BaxterThewall]

Then you're not alone in greatly underestimating him 😊

[@Dahn.Baern.]

@@BaxterThewall there’s not a soul alive who would’ve said a few years ago that any single BJJ guy could have made this happen. Craig was just the conduit for his Saudi donator.

[@kfork814]

@@Dahn.Baern.how you finna assume that

[@limit420]

@@Dahn.Baern. you're right, some random saudia donor came up with this whole plan to help a sport he has nothing to do with... Definitely wasn't Craig's idea that he simply needed financing for

[@coreyfgraves]

You did it Craig! Athletes can get paid, competitors can joke around and not take themselves seriously, multirounds allow the matches to develop, sloped walls keep the action and the 10 point system is intuitive for the audience!

[@ricardobjj24]

I'm a jiu jitsu nerd so today felt like Christmas morning. Great competition

[@alienboitv648]

10x better than ADCC 👑 go 🇺🇲

[@yustinlee]

I’ve never watched a single grappling match in my life but I watched the hell out of this

[@lacika2481]

Thank you for making it free 🎉🎉🎉

[@legitprowrestling6653]

Craig Jones has saved Jiu Jitsu! This is way more exciting to watch than ADCC!

[@notalano]

Shoutout to the chat, 105k live was most I saw. 78k nerds till the end 3:45am EST. Surprising numbers.....tomorrow we try to pump those up Shoutout to Craig, baby ya done it. Doing jujitsu proud son

[@RAZZLE69DAZZLE69]

122k was the most i saw bout 2 hours in

[@lmGenisys]

I think I saw 119k peak at some point

[@mmarconi7578]

Peak was above 120k

[@GurpinderJohal]

120k peak seen here

[@mrslimwrists9121]

Yeah I saw it peak above 120k

[@biashacker]

Main Take Away from CJI Day 1: The Alley BJJ Pit is a perfect grappling space for jiu jitsu.

[@ObscureOcelot17]

Agreed. It also acted as a deterrent for people not wanting any part of it. Crazy how they CAN actually stay in the middle…

[@ioannisplatikostas9676]

World is changing folks...free gifts for everyone!! Thank u Craig you've got some balls..

[@richardsanchez5444]

"no deeck but he got da bawlz"

[@LJ2K2025]

I was never into watching the sport of bjj, but personalities like Craig made it interesting, and I enjoy watching it now and appreciate the elite level skill and I feel invested in individual personalities like from the B team. ✌️

[@nourdinemazali493]

This must be a turning point for BJJ! LFG🔥

[@thatguitarguyguy]

Why?

[@Munted846]

@@thatguitarguyguy tomorrow there’s going to be 2 people who won a million dollars… stream had over a million views… both seem fairly significant

[@JacobsNews]

​@thatguitarguyguy because that wall makes it better than any eventof the past 🎉

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

@@thatguitarguyguy how about the fact it’s already at 1.5 million views lol

[@thatguitarguyguy]

@@youtubeconnollyfamily “lol” what’s adcc at? “Lmao”

[@CoachZahabi]

Best event format I've seen yet! Love it!!! ❤❤❤

[@nickahrens5869]

Sensei 🙏🏼

[@redhaegar]

Shoutout to the woman presenting and interviewing the athletes. Such energy! She was on point and got opinions. So rare.

[@gundropmusic]

fr. she was great. so many of the livechat comments were negative. but thats sadly cuz there are a lot of sexist incels in the community

[@solup7991]

Honestly i really didn't like her either. She has some very awkward comments, like the cancer one with joao gabriel rocha. Like why would she mention it for no reason? Even joao said he doesn't like to mention it...

[@Koko161081]

Mat-walls, round system, and per-round-scoring made all the difference. Finally a non-boring bjj tournament. Craig’s the (gay)man!

[@Budsport_TV]

10 hour free stream on day one with over a million views off the bat, +7,500 tickets sold. Thats called a home run folks. RIP ADCC

[@dntas9548]

If they can do it yearly that would be amazing, even if they lower the prize to 100k.

[@aaronkinder2807]

​@@dntas9548 I would like to see them expand to have a couple women's divisions and possibly a third day. It would also be cool if they could start before 5pm my time lol, but that's just me being selfish.

[@miguelladinodevera614]

​@@dntas9548it would be nuts if they can keep the grand prize at 1M every year. Big thing is if they'll ever increase the show-up money maybe even double it. Heck it would be crazier if they doubled both the show-up money and the grand prize every year hence.

[@toddwinchell6337]

I'd like to know if offering it for free is a good thing. I wonder if it was PPV, how many views they would get

[@I3uzzKillinton]

Here's the thing we don't want ADCC to die we want it to get better. Having two large tournaments handing out real money, one earned the other invitational would be great for the sport.

[@NollaGirl504]

Craig, thank you so much for putting this together and paying these amazing athletes for what they do. Im getting my Blue Belt soon, bjj is tough!!! They deserve to be paid properly, this is all nothing without these incredible athletes. ❤

[@leeroc.1063]

What an epic format. Many thanks Craig!

[@lewisdavies8830]

This is legendary. A one million dollar troll campaign.

[@thechamp0203]

Can’t lie I didn’t expect for production to be this good for a free show. And the matches were very entertaining as well!

[@rst0278]

Shout out to Craig Jones! I'm almost 29 years old, I fell in love with Jiu Jitsu back in 2010 In short, I won't start talking much but this is a first time i'm watching a Jiu Jitsu event and this is a pretty enterteining unlike events which happens because of "Wikipedia record" lol in Craig Jones we Trust, bravo and thank you!

[@madbowler6]

This mat concept with the slanted wall is GENIUS!! Absolutely no stoppages for restarts. The match goes until submission, time runs out, or if there's a blood stoppage. Any other tournament has constant restarts for going out of bounds. This is absolutely genius!!

[@VadimTitko]

The best BJJ event I ever watched. And for free!

[@levishepard3696]

Nicky Ryan really knows how to break your heart every time

[@joebeast15]

That was definitely disappointing. I have no idea what was wrong with him, he looked bad.

[@bkabara]

Woke up at 3 AM drove 5 1/2 hours from Phoenix to Vegas…left event at 1am. Best decision I made this year! LFG!

[@paulg5220]

Heck yeah! Love for the game

[@fmcdomer]

Day 2?

[@bkabara]

Just arrived at Thomas and Mack! Day 2 should be amazing

[@Hitchenz]

Alexandra Wendling is doing an amazing job, really impressed

[@frankiecal3186]

Renato Laranja would do it way better.

[@Danieltbnt]

​@@frankiecal3186maybe he'll be on Sunday 🤷

[@judahgrubi8113]

I agree she smashed it

[@Mattchew2232]

Definitely enjoyed the format and aesthetic more than ADCC. Great job, everyone, and thank you so much for providing this for free.

[@devinlyster6798]

Have never watched BJJ longer than maybe 1 match. You have made a new fan 7 hours later!

[@jylpah]

Finished watching the whole stream. Amazing fights. Wonderful spirit. Great cause.

[@bloop2880]

ONE MILLION VIEWS

[@graychev]

So far *

[@fresh0678]

Even the adcc competitors are watching. Gordon included

[@Louisesyoutube]

1.3 mil 🎉

[@kevivtawar7716]

BJJ is famous now thanks to Craig fucking Jones! what a blessing it is to see it live on your phone for free! The athletes are happy( those who went to semis) the fans are happy!

[@leonaj.5835]

Everyone gets 10k +1 dollar, so they're all winners even those who didn't go through the semi finals

[@kevivtawar7716]

@@leonaj.5835 very well said!

[@sprengt]

Langaker vs Ruotolo never dissapoints. Warriors

[@d0nttreadonm3]

I would like to support CJI with this comment. Craig has done a very good job to organize such a beautiful event. 🖤

[@AN043V3R]

I fucking love Levi Jones-Leary. Beautiful guard work displayed.

[@gabrielx8699]

In person you can really appreciate his discipline and decision making.

[@wushu297]

Had no idea who he was going in but he is insanely good. I'm already a huge fan.

[@MrJumboHumbo]

him and Lucas Kanard had incredible guards.

[@fresh0678]

​@@LocalChokerthis is why submission only ruleset is the way to go

[@LocalChoker]

@@fresh0678 either way, sitting to your ass straight off the whistle should be penalized

[@kevineichorn5654]

How TF did Craig Jones Pull off an event like this first try?? He must have hired the UFCs production team or something!! Best grappling event coverage & production ever by far! As far as watching it on “tv” goes (I wasn’t there)

[@japiro14]

I think the production is most likely the easiest part. especially when people know that it's for charity and the athletes are being properly paid.

[@kevineichorn5654]

@@japiro14 when compared to a Jake Paul boxing event or even other current boxing events this better and can tell it was well put together… I think he might just be taking over the BJJ game

[@deadbythirty4254]

This event was so successful bc of a ton of teamwork, nothing this big is achieved alone. Glad they knocked it out 💪🏼

[@GeorgeMcG90]

Found jiu jitsu through Gordon Ryan, staying with it because of Craig Jones and all of B-Team. What a show, cant wait for day 2!! New jiu jitsu fan for life

[@kriskros4749]

I'm not even a jiu-jitsu guy and i've watched it. Done great job with both promotional and event making. Well Done!

[@daretimilehin4981]

I have actually been so impressed. Its crazy how far a little online trolling, a personality, pettyness and 3 million will go. This has been a joy to watch as a BJJ fan. Production was also very good . Very high level matches and upsets. Commentary a bit weird at times but great effort from the guys on the desk. Looking forward to day 2.

[@MessianicJewJitsu]

Love the long form and commentary. This is like listening to a beisbol game on the stereo. Thank you for having a good commentary team

[@depmaudoofal74]

At one point I saw 124K steaming live. That was awesome to see. It stayed over 100K for the majority of the event. We watched the entire first day. It was a lot of fun. ❤😊

[@firstname2853]

I love this rule set. Craig jones you are a legend this truly smashes ADCC I hope they continue this event and its not a 1 time deal. This is AWSOME.....

[@jbains786]

No pay walls. High quality Jiu Jitsu. Thank you for this!

[@jakek5447]

Thank You Craig Jones.

[@bkabara]

Levi is the Dark horse! His guard is sick!

[@joebeast15]

I’m rooting for him for sure

[@FX_Taylor_B]

Thank you for the free viewing. Finally get to watch a comp start to finish seamlessly. CJI fo lyf.

[@benmicallef9428]

Thanks Craig Jones for giving us this great event to watch for free. So so good.

[@chrisprobasco8447]

The rule set is fantastic and promotes action. Even my wife was up watching with me late last night.

[@paulg5220]

Wow! Incredible show. Only day 1 too? We need the Alley in regular competitions. I saw zero referee interference or resets. I didn’t know it was even possible.

[@TheHannibalTV]

Good to see grappling getting bigger

[@Fishyfishcakes88]

Production / direction during the fights was great. High quality gear congrats boys

[@nicmarley12241990]

Kade is so badass! Dudes aggressive as hell he never backs off! All love for his brother too. Super exciting to watch

[@dnd6075]

loved the speed of which the next match was executed. andrew tackett ive never seen before he was really exciting to watch, very reckless!

[@errgo2713]

Binged the whole 9hrs from 06:00 (Taiwan). Absolutely amazing. Got to comment for posterity.

[@dylangools1086]

Yep!! This dominates adcc in every way!! Love it!!

[@Thunderstick-y8h]

This was a huge success !! Thanks for providing free content !!

[@johnswick7108]

I’m so happy this has 1.3 million views already

[@ELIROCKSYOSOCKS]

Was an awesome show, Craig Jones is seriously the man!

[@jbortiz98]

Can’t wait for tomorrow!

[@TommiHammer801]

What an event! Thank you Sir. The positive vibes are wild ❤

[@dr.fistingstein1566]

I was supposed to get my life together today but stayed up all night watching CJI. Now I’m back in rehab and they are taking my phone as I typ

[@molobeats2880]

as a non bjj practitioner this format was especially exciting to watch, especially the nicky ryan match lol

[@artemlobov3685]

The incline wall is a smart idea, prevents the ref having to constantly bring fighters to the centre when being of bounds.

[@billyphantha]

watching this makes me really hate the out of bounds and resetting. Thanks Craig! Good show.

[@j.espinoza7304]

We love you craig

[@Cenyon]

This is so much fun, love them taking the slanted walls from Karate Combat and the round/scoring system from MMA.

[@yewwinmcgregor4042]

Good Onya Craig! Huge success. Mo and Gordon are seething. 😂

[@eivojc6241]

Awesome show! Thanks for the sponsors, producer, Craig and the team of CJI!

[@zezuntxiduntxi]

CJI will change Grappling for the better. Thank you Craig Jonsey

[@MrNemesis85]

Awesome production! Tacket Ruotolo should be finals. Amazing stuff, wonder who takes it all. Nicky Rod is so determined. Tackett and Ruotolo have that fighters edge. Hulk so seasoned. Amazing amazing stuff. WOOOOOH!

[@jeffsstt]

The brothers thing is magic. Brothers with a common goal are army

[@angelaldana6078]

Commentary was some the best I’ve ever heard the way they talked about the individual backgrounds and some of their history makes a casual like me get personally interested wanting to watch more

[@Arizmi]

One of the first times BJJ has ever been watchable

[@Sharon-music]

Absolutely Brilliant. I totally love the format, mat and judging i completely understand whats going on and love that the ref almost never has to step in.

[@XxKiprotichxX]

This is already better than adcc and we're just halfway through 🎉

[@FitKaurTraining]

Great production quality, solid rule set and entertaining matches! It doesn’t get better than this!!

[@frankiecal3186]

Nolf match was 🔥

[@toomanyfingusernames]

Agreed. They both showed such grit!

[@gabrielx8699]

The Brazilian stalling was such a problem. I realised their style of BJJ is what’s killing viewership.

[@Thegarf954]

Hell yeah! Nose beers for everyone!

[@diegosanchez6305]

Great to see that he pulled this off

[@frankiecal3186]

Nicky Rodriguez is on 🔥

[@Stahlvanten]

Thank CJI for giving us this.

[@squishypillow3162]

Respect to Kade for complimenting Tye immediately after his win

[@Senth99]

Don't blame him; Tye looks upset from getting injured. Mostly likely we would have a final with these two.

[@AhPhoey]

William Tackett was a beast. Out weighed by 60lbs and gave Rocha all he could handle.

[@joebeast15]

Yeah they weren’t even close to being in the same weight class

[@AhPhoey]

@@joebeast15 I think he was the smallest heavyweight, followed closely by Pat Downey

[@WilliamNelson-im3rc]

My head hurts so bad not even hung over just watched cji all night

[@slizzmo]

Me too man and have to get ready for promotions tomorrow at my gym

[@fdcox1971]

I was really worried about injuries, but this was fantastic. Very well done. Lots of great events occurring concurrently. In addition to CJI, the Shaw Classic's Strongest Man on Earth is being held in Colorado and streaming on PPV (which is used for the prize money). It's the CJI of strongman and is definitely worth a look if you enjoy those competitions as well.

[@cameronlucero9879]

Woke up to seeing 1.3 million views, baby we did it

[@sebastianbroscheyoga]

Awesome job by nolf! Imo it shows that wrestling like judo is a bit hampered by a narrow rule set, and with the freedom of sub grappling it's harser for the specialists to adapt. Huge props to nolf though, what an absolute unit!