The Craig Jones Invitational 2 (CJI 2) will host a $1 million team tournament, and a few of the teams involved are hosting “Trials” events to fill up their line ups for August.
ADCC legend Lachlan Giles will be coaching the Australasia team, and he will be hosting a Trials event that starts on FRIDAY, May 9, 2025, at 10 p.m. ET. There will be a free live stream of the event, which will be embedded below.
The current Australasia team for CJI 2 has Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) stars Levi Jones-Leary and Lucas Kanard taking their 77 kg and 88 kg slots, respectively. This trials event will determine their 99 kg and +99 kg slots.
They will also have a “wild card” pick for 66 kg, which has already been selected and will be revealed during the event as well.
Quick results: Team Australasia final CJI 2 line up
- 66 kg: (Wild card pick)
- 77 kg: Levi Jones-Leary — CJI 1 finalist
- 88 kg: Lucas Kanard — 2024 ADCC trials winner
- 99 kg: (Trials winner)
- +99 kg: (Trials winner)
- Coach: Lachlan Giles
CJI 2 Australasia Trials Rules and Competitors
Three quarters of the normal CJI pit will be used for this trials event at the Absolute MMA St-Kilda gym.
16-man tournament qualifier
Rules: IBJJF point system, with submissions scored as well. Wrestling-style stalling calls, where if you get called for stalling you have 30 seconds to score points or else you get points deducted.
Winner of the 16-man tournament makes it to the 6-man round robin.
Competitors list: Tito Carley, Anton Minenko, Kenta Iwamoto, Harry Grech, Thomas David, Josh Shipton, Burak Sarman, Alex Hungahunga, Harry Caesar, Siraj Soufi, Adnan Larry, Urosh Culic, Josh Schofield, Mathew Oxenham, Duke Didier, Kit Dale.
6-man round robin
The top two grapplers get the two spots at -99 kg and +99 kg.
Rules: Submission only rules. If there’s a tie for the second and third spot, only then will judges try to score their earlier matches and decide a winner.
Competitors list: Declan Moody, Bob Frias, Alibi Orazbek, Kaya Rudolph, Belal Etaibari, and the 16-man tournament winner.
CJI 2 Australasia Trials free live stream, how to watch, start time
The CJI 2 Australasia Trials will happen at the Absolute MMA St-Kilda gym in Australia this weekend. For those in the US, the live stream will be broadcast starting FRIDAY, May 9, 2025, at 10 p.m. ET in the US.
In local Australia time, the event will be 12 pm AEST on May 10, 2025.
A free live stream of CJI 2 trials will be on the B-Team YouTube channel, which will also be embedded here once it becomes available.
CJI 2 Australasia Trials Full Results
16-man tournament:
Tito Carley
Anton Minenko
Kenta Iwamoto
Harry Grech
Thomas David
Josh Shipton
Burak Sarman
Alex Hungahunga
Harry Caesar
Siraj Soufi
Adnan Larry
Urosh Culic
Josh Schofield
Mathew Oxenham
Duke Didier
Kit Dale
6-man round robin tournament:
Declan Moody
Bob Frias
Alibi Orazbek
Kaya Rudolph
Belal Etaibari
(16-man tournament winner)
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This story originally appeared on MMA Mania
