Ocean BJJ Pro kicks off live this weekend from Sardinia, Italy with no-gi action featuring World Champions & European stars. Everything kicks off on September 21st at 1pm CT, with two men's brackets and two smaller women's brackets.

The men's divisions will be sixteen-man brackets, meaning 4 victories for gold. 12 of the athletes will be local representatives and the remaining 4 will be featured professionals. The women's brackets will be four women each.

The featured professionals will be;

-80kg

• Fabyury Khrystyan
• Tarik Hopstock
• Espen Mathiesen
• Marcin Held

+80kg

• Sebastian Rodriguez
• Tommy Langaker
• Luccas Lira
• Manuel Pilato

The brackets will be randomly drawn with each featured athlete in their own quarterfinal. To win their divisions, each featured athlete will have to beat two of the other elite professionals. For a local athlete to win, they will likely have to beat three - a monumental task that could launch any of them to international notoriety.

Rules

These rules are according to the Ocean BJJ Pro website.

• There will be one ten-minute period. Finals "may have a different duration".
• Submission attempts are worth 1 point
• A stabilized, controlled guard pass, sweep, or takedown will be worth 1 point
• A stabilized controlled mount, back take, or knee on belly will be worth 1 point
• There are no DQ's for going out of bounds in a submission
• Hand blocking the airways & gripping the throat is illegal

Prizes

• Each winner of the 2024 featured brackets will receive a prize of 10,000 euros each.
• There will be a 1,000 euro prize to whoever wins the "best" submission, the fastest submission, and for the first person to beat a featured guest.

Tune in 1pm Central for the kickoff of Ocean Pro, as some of the best in the world hit the mats at one of the most beautiful locations on Earth.