**EBI Rules**
• 16-man, Single Elimination Tournament
• Matches consist of 1 ten minute round
• Referee may stop the clock for:
▪ Groin shots, Eye pokes, Bleeding, Out of Bounds, Required Doctors Evaluation
• Competitors have 5 minutes to recover
• All submissions are legal
• No Points, No Advantages, No Judges
Matches will end by
▪ Physical tap out, Verbal tap out, Inability to defend, Significant risk of damage, Throwing in the towel
• If No Submission after 10-minutes occurs, the match will go on to overtime
**Overtime**
▪ Overtime consists of 3 rounds with no time limit
▪ Competitors will take the back or spiderweb position
▪ The competitor on offense gets the choice
▪ Each half of the round will end in escape or submission
▪ If only one competitor gets the submission in the 1st round of overtime then that competitor wins.
▪ If both competitors submit in the same round, the quickest submission wins
▪ If after 3 rounds with no submissions, overtime escape times are added up.
▪ The competitor with the quickest overall escape time wins the match