Craig Jones Invitational

Craig Jones Invitational is a planned international submission grappling tournament to be held 16–17 August 2024 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The winner in each weight division will receive $1 million prize money, and the event will be streamed on YouTube for free.

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).

There will be two men's divisions: men −80 vkg and men 80+ vkg, and the winner of each bracket will be awarded $1 million. Each participant will receive $10,001 for competing.

During Joe Rogan podcast episode JRE MMA Show No. 157, Craig Jones brought $1 million in cash to promote the tournament.

A best submission bonus $50,000 was announced on June 23rd 2024.

The dates and location were selected to overlap with ADCC 2024, which will be held 17–18 August, 2024, also in Las Vegas.

Participants
There will be two men's divisions: under 80 kg and over 80 kg. Each men's division will have 16 competitors. Separate from the men's divisions, Craig Jones will face Gabi Garcia in an inter-gender superfight, Ffion Davies will face Mackenzie Dern in the women's superfight, and Mikey Musumeci was originally announced against an unconfirmed opponent. Later, Musumeci withdrew from the event when his opponent did not come to a contractual agreement.

Men under 80 kg

 * Andrew Tackett
 * Nicky Ryan
 * Jozef Chen
 * Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa
 * Renato Canuto
 * Matheus Diniz
 * Eoghan O’Flanagan
 * Tommy Langaker
 * Levi Jones-Leary
 * Jason Nolf
 * Andy Varela
 * Kade Ruotolo
 * Tye Ruotolo
 * Roberto Jimenez
 * Magid Hage
 * Kenta Iwamoto

Men over 80kg

 * William Tackett
 * Luke Rockhold
 * Nick Rodriguez
 * Mason Fowler
 * Joao Gabriel Rocha
 * Victor Hugo
 * Owen Livesey
 * Fellipe Andrew
 * Max Gimenis
 * Adam Bradley
 * Inacio Santos
 * Pat Downey
 * Pedro Alex
 * Kyle Boehm
 * Mahamed Aly
 * Daniel Greg Kerkvliet

Superfights

 * Ffion Davies vs. Mackenzie Dern
 * Craig Jones vs Gabi Garcia