Berkut – ACBJJ Lightweight Grand-Prix

 

The ever growing combat sports promotion Absolute Championship Berkut Jiu Jitsu (ACBJJ), often referenced as Fight Club Berkut or Berkut Grand Prix, is returning with its jiu jitsu league in what promises to be one of the biggest light weight tournaments of the year.

Held in Moscow – Russia, the event will jump-start the 60 kilogram (132 lbs) and 65-kilogram (143 lbs) divisions of the league. The 60-kilogram division offers plenty of potential dream match-ups by being slightly above the rooster weight limit, this way leaving the possibility of clashes between the most competent ‘galo’ competitors and the smaller men in the light-featherweight category.

This likelihood of dream match-ups also translates to the under 65 category, with plenty of possible matches between light feather, feather and even light-weights.

This new ACBJJ / Berkut Grand Prix will not be your average sport jiu jitsu event, having in their rule-set quite a few distinct changes when comparing to your traditional IBJJF setting. The biggest changes are:

THE BEKUT GP RULES:

– No advantage points given

– Matches will be decided in 3 rounds of 5 minutes (1 minute rest between rds)

– Final match will be decided in 5 rounds of 5 minutes (1 minute rest between rds)

– Round winner will be decided under a 10-9 system similar to mixed martial arts (MMA) bouts.

Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) is Russian mixed martial arts, kickboxing and brazilian jiu-jitsu organization and one of the leading promotions in Europe. ACB has also held events in United States, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Georgia, Netherlands, Belgium, Tajikistan, Austria, France, Belarus, England and they have planned events in South Korea, China, and Kazakhstan.

Defending Champions ACB:

Category	Weight limit	Champion	Date of Title
Heavyweight	120 kg	Denis Goltsov	18 December 2016 (ACB 50-Stormbringer)
Light heavyweight	93 kg	Thiago Silva	13 January 2017 (АСВ 51)
Middleweight	84 kg	Vacant
Welterweight	77 kg	Brett Cooper	18 December 2016 (ACB 50-Stormbringer)
Lightweight	70 kg	Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov	22 June 2014 (ACB Grand Prix Berkut 9)
Featherweight	66 kg	Marat Balayev	18 December 2016 (ACB 50-Stormbringer)
Bantamweight	61 kg	Petr Yan	15 April 2017 (ACB 57)
Flyweight	57 кг	Askar Askarov	22 October 2016 (ACB 48-Revenge)

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