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The Polaris Professional Jiu Jitsu Invitational is a professional grappling / jiu jitsu league based in the UK. The events feature a number of superfights between athletes as well as ongoing elimination and title fights for the various weight category championships.

Polaris features both gi and no gi matches, using its own ruleset.

Rules
Polaris Judging System for Exhibition Bouts and Superfights

Bout Duration: 15 minutes (1o minutes for preliminary matches)

Method of victory: Submission or Judges’ Decision

The ruleset is designed to allow the athletes to use the skills they have obtained in their chosen grappling art, to bring excitement to the audience and showcase grappling in the most dynamic and interesting way possible, and to determine a winner in cases where there is no submission victory.

Three judges decide the winner of the bout based on the following guidelines, positive and negative.

The categories are in descending order of importance with A being the most important and carrying the most weight.

For:

A) Effective Attacks and Aggression Note on submission attempts:
 * Legitimate submission attempts that cause the opponent to apply effort to escape
 * Pushing the pace of the bout
 * Initiating exciting exchanges
 * Taking risks in an attempt to gain a takedown, advantageous position or submission attempt

The definition of a legitimate hold is that the opponent has to apply effort or take a risk in order to escape. If a fighter uses a submission attempt as a positional stalling tactic (e.g. holding on indefinitely to a submission that they are not able to finish) then this would not be looked upon favourably.

B) Escalating Positional Control C) Effective counter attacks and dynamic escapes Against:
 * Takedowns
 * Sweeps
 * Improving position in order to set up a submission
 * Effectively countering takedowns
 * Reversals
 * Spectacular escapes

D) Stalling and Passivity E) Poor sportsmanship / fouls
 * Not capitalising on good positions
 * Constantly moving backwards
 * Exiting the competition area
 * Being overly defensive and unwilling to take risks
 * Not attempting to advance position
 * Attempting illegal submissions or manoeuvres
 * Striking
 * Any other breach of the rules
 * In extreme cases the referee may disqualify or indicate that the judges are to mark a fighter down, at his discretion