Craig Jones

Why are you going to do ADCC? And I just simply made a video saying, no, probably not. Probably not. It'd be nice to make some more money. And then I listed a bunch of sports, such as cock bar, that you get paid more to win cock bar. In the villages of Kazakhstan, the payment structure is higher.

And I received a very aggressive response, not from any of Sheikh Tanun's people, but from basically who runs the event today. One of those guys amongst giving me death threats said, hey, T-Mobile costs $2 million. You don't know what you're talking about in terms of business and production. And he's probably right. But to me, $2 million is a waste of money for a jiu-jitsu event.

And I received a very aggressive response, not from any of Sheikh Tanun's people, but from basically who runs the event today. One of those guys amongst giving me death threats said, hey, T-Mobile costs $2 million. You don't know what you're talking about in terms of business and production. And he's probably right. But to me, $2 million is a waste of money for a jiu-jitsu event.

And I received a very aggressive response, not from any of Sheikh Tanun's people, but from basically who runs the event today. One of those guys amongst giving me death threats said, hey, T-Mobile costs $2 million. You don't know what you're talking about in terms of business and production. And he's probably right. But to me, $2 million is a waste of money for a jiu-jitsu event.

I don't think we're at that level yet. That's where the UFC hosts events. $2 million, that's an expensive, expensive venue. So we argued a bit on the internet. And he said, hey, if you don't like it, why don't you go get $2 million and put on your own tournament? And I said... I might just do that. And one of my anonymous friends kindly donated a $3 million budget.

I don't think we're at that level yet. That's where the UFC hosts events. $2 million, that's an expensive, expensive venue. So we argued a bit on the internet. And he said, hey, if you don't like it, why don't you go get $2 million and put on your own tournament? And I said... I might just do that. And one of my anonymous friends kindly donated a $3 million budget.

I don't think we're at that level yet. That's where the UFC hosts events. $2 million, that's an expensive, expensive venue. So we argued a bit on the internet. And he said, hey, if you don't like it, why don't you go get $2 million and put on your own tournament? And I said... I might just do that. And one of my anonymous friends kindly donated a $3 million budget.

And I actually messaged him before the show to say, hey, we won't reveal your identity because obviously anyone that has money is going to get asked for more money or ask for money from others. So he wants to remain anonymous. But he basically just said to enjoy the trolling aspect of it and also contribute to the sport of jiu-jitsu.

And I actually messaged him before the show to say, hey, we won't reveal your identity because obviously anyone that has money is going to get asked for more money or ask for money from others. So he wants to remain anonymous. But he basically just said to enjoy the trolling aspect of it and also contribute to the sport of jiu-jitsu.

And I actually messaged him before the show to say, hey, we won't reveal your identity because obviously anyone that has money is going to get asked for more money or ask for money from others. So he wants to remain anonymous. But he basically just said to enjoy the trolling aspect of it and also contribute to the sport of jiu-jitsu.

He sees my true identity and he wants to provoke. It's trolling for a good cause. Yeah. But basically, we were able to find Thomas and Mac Event Center, which was their original venue. And it just so happened to be available that same weekend. which we're very happy about. So we booked that out. We decided to ADCC pays 10,000 to the winner. We were like, you know what?

He sees my true identity and he wants to provoke. It's trolling for a good cause. Yeah. But basically, we were able to find Thomas and Mac Event Center, which was their original venue. And it just so happened to be available that same weekend. which we're very happy about. So we booked that out. We decided to ADCC pays 10,000 to the winner. We were like, you know what?

He sees my true identity and he wants to provoke. It's trolling for a good cause. Yeah. But basically, we were able to find Thomas and Mac Event Center, which was their original venue. And it just so happened to be available that same weekend. which we're very happy about. So we booked that out. We decided to ADCC pays 10,000 to the winner. We were like, you know what?

We'll pay $10,000 plus one to show up. So to show up in our event, you're going to get paid more than to win ADCC. And not only that, we're going to broadcast it for free. So on Meta, X, and YouTube, you'll be able to watch this event for free. That's amazing. It's very considerate to the Flow Grappling streaming platform, I believe, to have also a free alternative on the same weekend.

We'll pay $10,000 plus one to show up. So to show up in our event, you're going to get paid more than to win ADCC. And not only that, we're going to broadcast it for free. So on Meta, X, and YouTube, you'll be able to watch this event for free. That's amazing. It's very considerate to the Flow Grappling streaming platform, I believe, to have also a free alternative on the same weekend.

We'll pay $10,000 plus one to show up. So to show up in our event, you're going to get paid more than to win ADCC. And not only that, we're going to broadcast it for free. So on Meta, X, and YouTube, you'll be able to watch this event for free. That's amazing. It's very considerate to the Flow Grappling streaming platform, I believe, to have also a free alternative on the same weekend.

And the brilliance of this whole thing is I was largely criticized for for not knowing anything about business, but the people criticizing me decided to host a tournament, a 15,000-seat arena. They decided to take sponsors.

And the brilliance of this whole thing is I was largely criticized for for not knowing anything about business, but the people criticizing me decided to host a tournament, a 15,000-seat arena. They decided to take sponsors.

And the brilliance of this whole thing is I was largely criticized for for not knowing anything about business, but the people criticizing me decided to host a tournament, a 15,000-seat arena. They decided to take sponsors.

They decided to use a streaming platform that would sell subscriptions based on the athletes that would enter it, but not give any of the talent, the athletes, a contract, which gave me this beautiful position to basically say, hey, what do you prefer, the prestige of an ADCC gold medal or money? And that's the fuse so far. And we put that out into the world. I didn't chase too many athletes down.