TEXAS BADDEST BLUE @ Austin Fit Fest

The 2026 Texas Baddest Blue will be held September 5th at the Palmer Events Center.

LOCATION:

Travis County Exposition Center

7311 Decker Ln

Doors Open @ 8:00am | Event Starts @ 10am

FORMAT/PROTOCOL:

Baddest Blue follows a standard single elimination bracket protocol.

Matches are submission-only during regulation.

OVERTIME

NoGi Divisions will utilize EBI Overtime rules - 3 rounds, maximum one minute ride time each round

DIVISIONS RULES and GUIDELINES:

MEN AND WOMEN GI

Match Length: White Belt: 5 Minutes, Blue Belt: 6 Minutes, Advanced: 8 Minutes

Regulation Scoring: Submission Only

Overtime Scoring: ADCC Sudden Death Golden Score. No sit down penalty

Banned Submissions: No heel hooks in any Gi division.

Banned Positions: None. Reaping Allowed.

Banned Transitions: Jumping Guard, Scissor Take Downs

Advanced Divisions: Includes Purple Belts and Higher. All subs legal.

Blue Belt Divisions: Includes Blue Belts and Under. All subs legal.

White Belt Divisions: Includes White Belts Only All subs legal except heel hooks.

MEN AND WOMEN NOGI

Match Length: White Belt: 5 Minutes, Blue Belt: 6 Minutes, Advanced: 8 Minutes

Regulation Scoring: Submission Only

Overtime Scoring: EBI Overtime

Banned Submissions: All Submissions Legal in Advanced Divisions.

Banned Positions: None. Reaping Allowed.

Banned Transitions: Jumping Guard, Scissor Take Downs

Advanced Divisions: Includes Purple Belts and Higher. All subs legal.

Blue Belt Divisions: Includes Blue Belts and Under. All subs legal.

White Belt Divisions: Includes White Belts Only All subs legal except heel hooks.

KIDS NOGI

Match Length: 5 Minutes

Regulation Scoring: Submission Only

Overtime Scoring Nogi: EBI Overtime

Banned Submissions: No heel hooks(or leg locks of any kind) in any kid division.

Banned Positions: None. Reaping Allowed.

Banned Transitions: Jumping Guard, Scissor Take Downs

Advanced Divisions: Includes Yellow Belts and Higher. All subs legal except heel hooks.

Grey Belt Divisions: Includes Grey and Grey/Black and Under. No Leg Locks.

White Belt Divisions: Includes White and Grey/White Belts Only. No Leg Locks.

THIS TOURNAMENT IS PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY!

COMPETITOR LISTS: Competitor Lists will be LIVE throughout the registration process and can be viewed by checking out the registrations tab on the event page. We encourage everyone to login by the last day of registration and check their details along with the competitor lists, and not wait until the brackets are published and locked in to confirm such details.

CHANGING DIVISIONS: After pre-registration closes (Sep 2nd at 6:59am), the registration will become locked in, and there will be no further changes allowed. Competitors who are alone in their division should choose to either self-move themselves up a division or cancel their registration for a full credit. If you have trouble changing your division, please check out: https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/89-how-to-change-weightclass-or-cancel

DIVISION MERGERS: After change deadline, competitors who do not have anyone in their division group may be merged with another division. All athletes who remain solo in their divisions once brackets are released means had no default merges available to them, and therefore there are no matches available for that competitor. They will receive a full coupon credit for entry to any future event of ours.

REFUND POLICY: We issue refunds for an event registration until the early bird date. From the early bird date to the change deadline, only full coupon credits will be issued for future events. After change deadline, there will be no refunds or future credits issued. Refunds and Credits can be gotten by logging into your account and cancelling your event registration. Competitors whose opponents no showed their division leaving them without a match on event day will receive a full coupon credit.

BRACKETS and SCHEDULE: 24 hours prior to the tournament, the event brackets and schedule will be released. You will be able to locate both on the event page brackets and schedule tab. Please be at the mat on time for your matches. We ask that you make sure to be present in the venue at least 60 minutes prior your division start time as well in case we are able to get head starts on certain division. You can also tell when your matches are coming up by checking the tab on your mobile device during the competition: https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/90-find-out-your-dynamic-starting-time

WEIGH-INS: Takes place on the day of the event. You do not have to weigh-in with your gi on. You only need to weigh-in once if competing in several divisions. You must have officially weighed in and have made the weight, or else you will be disqualified and removed from the bracket.

Saturday SEP 5th 8:30-9:30am • Location: Travis County Exposition Center

COACH CHAIR: We will have 1 chair on each side of every score table, 1 for each coach of the competitor on the mat. Spectators will be allowed mat side during the tournament.

MEDALS: Beautiful medals will be awarded to all podium finishers.

MEDIC ON HAND: There will be a trained and professional medic on sight. We have reached deals with several national companies specialized in event medical services that we can trust with the safety of our competitors whether they need ice, get injured, or need advice on previous injuries.

WARM UP MATS: We try our best to always provide a warm up mat area for our competitors during tournaments. In cases which events reach close to or full capacity, we could be restricted from having the floor space to create a warm up area for our competitors.

DIVISION RESULTS: Division brackets along with their final placements are live updated to and readily available on the results tab of the event page.

CHARITY OF CHOICE: Veterans Jiu Jitsu and 10PATX have come together in partnership to further help provide therapeutic relief to Veterans through Jiu-Jitsu and the Warriors Heart Foundation.