Win the Scramble
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3:00
Tell the roomStart on your knees, chest-to-chest, with a mirrored collar tie and underhook.
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BOTH PLAYERS
TOP PLAYER and BOTTOM PLAYER share these rules.
POSITION
Both square and upright, chest-to-chest. Each player has one collar tie and one underhook. Mirror grips, no advantage to either side.
OBJECTIVE
Start on your knees, chest-to-chest, with a mirrored collar tie and underhook. Fight to back control, mount, or side control. Hold the position for 3 seconds to score.
CONSTRAINTS
Stay on your knees. No standing up or breaking contact to reset distance. No guard pulls. Both players fight for top or dominant position. Earn dominance before finishing. No submissions until a dominant position is held. Keep the exchange live. No score inside 60 seconds resets to the start. Reset when either player holds back control for a continuous 3 seconds; when either player holds mount or side control for a continuous 3 seconds; or when there is no score inside 60 seconds. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Back control held for a continuous 3 seconds; or mount or side control held for a continuous 3 seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Both square and upright, chest-to-chest. Each player has one collar tie and one underhook. Mirror grips, no advantage to either side.
OBJECTIVE
Start on your knees, chest-to-chest, with a mirrored collar tie and underhook. Fight to back control, mount, or side control. Hold the position for 3 seconds to score.
CONSTRAINTS
Same stay-on-your-knees, no-guard-pull, earn-dominance-before-finishing, keep-the-exchange-live, and named reset rules. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Back control held for a continuous 3 seconds; or mount or side control held for a continuous 3 seconds.
Grapplers Collective, Win the Scramble. 3-5 min rounds.
Problem
Fighting for position during chaotic transitions between stable positions.
Tell the room
Start on your knees, chest-to-chest, with a mirrored collar tie and underhook. Fight to back control, mount, or side control. Hold the position for 3 seconds to score.
Setup
Start on your knees. Both square and upright, chest-to-chest. Each player has one collar tie and one underhook. Mirror grips, no advantage to either side.
Score
Either player scores the same way.
- Back control held for a continuous 3 seconds
- Mount or side control held for a continuous 3 seconds
Rules
- Stay on your knees. No standing up or breaking contact to reset distance.
- No guard pulls. Both players fight for top or dominant position.
- Earn dominance before finishing. No submissions until a dominant position is held.
- Keep the exchange live. No score inside 60 seconds resets to the start.
Adjust
Easier
Start from a defined position — both in turtle, or one in turtle — and extend the exchange clock to 90 seconds.
Harder
Allow standing, add submissions from any position, and cut the exchange clock to 45 seconds.
If it stalls
If both players hold chest-to-chest without initiating, add a 10-second action clock; no change means a reset with no score.
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