BJJ Competition

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TL;DR For most masters competitors, the best BJJ weight cut is the one you skip: pick the division you can make at your normal walking-around weight. If you are within about 1–2% of the limit, small food and routine changes over several weeks beat any last-week water trick. Rapid dehydration is where masters competitors get

Short answer At IBJJF events, an adult match runs 5 minutes at white belt and climbs one belt at a time to 10 minutes at black belt. Masters divisions are shorter. Master 1 coloured belts get 6 minutes; from Master 2 onwards it is a flat 5 minutes for every belt, black included. Kids run

The short version If you are weighing whether to adjust your weight at all, I wrote a longer take on why most masters competitors should skip the cut. The IBJJF runs nine weight classes for adult men (Rooster through Ultra Heavy) and eight for adult women, and masters divisions use exactly the same weight limits