Craig Jones

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.

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.

Obviously, a lot of these guys really need money. So you throw a million dollars out there, people are jumping on board. So initially, we started getting... We got two local guys here in Austin, the Tackett brothers. They jumped in first. And they're great kids. They really legitimized the whole thing because if... If we pick certain athletes, I'd just beat him guys straight away.

Obviously, a lot of these guys really need money. So you throw a million dollars out there, people are jumping on board. So initially, we started getting... We got two local guys here in Austin, the Tackett brothers. They jumped in first. And they're great kids. They really legitimized the whole thing because if... If we pick certain athletes, I'd just beat him guys straight away.

Obviously, a lot of these guys really need money. So you throw a million dollars out there, people are jumping on board. So initially, we started getting... We got two local guys here in Austin, the Tackett brothers. They jumped in first. And they're great kids. They really legitimized the whole thing because if... If we pick certain athletes, I'd just beat him guys straight away.

It's already looking a bit dodgy, but we've got some legitimate athletes, especially the under 80 kilo divisions full of minus two or three guys. That's the best people in the world in that weight division. And as we started to grow our roster here, what happened, I'm going to say this allegedly for legal reasons, is that the first move ADCC did was they matched the

It's already looking a bit dodgy, but we've got some legitimate athletes, especially the under 80 kilo divisions full of minus two or three guys. That's the best people in the world in that weight division. And as we started to grow our roster here, what happened, I'm going to say this allegedly for legal reasons, is that the first move ADCC did was they matched the

It's already looking a bit dodgy, but we've got some legitimate athletes, especially the under 80 kilo divisions full of minus two or three guys. That's the best people in the world in that weight division. And as we started to grow our roster here, what happened, I'm going to say this allegedly for legal reasons, is that the first move ADCC did was they matched the

The female paid to the men's pay. So the women always traditionally got paid less, I think $6,000 for first place. As soon as we had Fion Davies, the reigning champion, come across to do a super fight with us, bang, ADCC raised the prize money of the women's division to equal the men's.

The female paid to the men's pay. So the women always traditionally got paid less, I think $6,000 for first place. As soon as we had Fion Davies, the reigning champion, come across to do a super fight with us, bang, ADCC raised the prize money of the women's division to equal the men's.

The female paid to the men's pay. So the women always traditionally got paid less, I think $6,000 for first place. As soon as we had Fion Davies, the reigning champion, come across to do a super fight with us, bang, ADCC raised the prize money of the women's division to equal the men's.

So me, being a feminist activist throughout many of my years on this earth, immediately got women's pay raised in the sport of jiu-jitsu. Equalized, basically. Which went counter to everything the promoter had said, because he said it was out of his control to raise money. He said only the ADCC, I guess coming directly from the Sheik, or the Sheik's sort of guys could raise the prize money.

So me, being a feminist activist throughout many of my years on this earth, immediately got women's pay raised in the sport of jiu-jitsu. Equalized, basically. Which went counter to everything the promoter had said, because he said it was out of his control to raise money. He said only the ADCC, I guess coming directly from the Sheik, or the Sheik's sort of guys could raise the prize money.

So me, being a feminist activist throughout many of my years on this earth, immediately got women's pay raised in the sport of jiu-jitsu. Equalized, basically. Which went counter to everything the promoter had said, because he said it was out of his control to raise money. He said only the ADCC, I guess coming directly from the Sheik, or the Sheik's sort of guys could raise the prize money.

He got it raised. And then what happened was once we started getting some of these big names here, so some of the best guys from ADCC would be in this division. We've got a bunch of champions or medalists or really the top betting favorites for their divisions there.

He got it raised. And then what happened was once we started getting some of these big names here, so some of the best guys from ADCC would be in this division. We've got a bunch of champions or medalists or really the top betting favorites for their divisions there.

He got it raised. And then what happened was once we started getting some of these big names here, so some of the best guys from ADCC would be in this division. We've got a bunch of champions or medalists or really the top betting favorites for their divisions there.

They started, again, I can't emphasize this enough, allegedly paying show money, which has never historically been done before, to keep athletes in their show.

They started, again, I can't emphasize this enough, allegedly paying show money, which has never historically been done before, to keep athletes in their show.

They started, again, I can't emphasize this enough, allegedly paying show money, which has never historically been done before, to keep athletes in their show.