REGULATION - 6 MINUTES

• No points, advantages, or judges’ decisions.
• One submission wins immediately.
• Two awarded falls win the match.
• Takedowns do not score during regulation.

PINFALLS

• Both shoulder blades must be controlled against the mat for 3 continuous seconds.
• Control must be established and maintained. Rolling scrambles do not count.
• Guard and back control do not automatically prevent a pin.
• Simultaneous pins do not count for either wrestler.
• Wrestlers restart standing after an awarded fall.

SUBMISSION PRIORITY

• Referees may count pins while submissions are being applied.
• A wrestler defending an active submission must escape before a match-ending second fall can be awarded.
• If the submission succeeds before escape, the submitting wrestler wins.
• If regulation expires without a completed submission, any completed fall counts.
• Submissions must be applied with gradual, controlled pressure.
• A submission victory occurs by tap, verbal submission, or referee stoppage.

SUDDEN DEATH

• Begins standing if regulation ends without a winner.
• First successful submission or takedown wins.
• Pins do not score in sudden death.
• A takedown requires 2 continuous seconds of established top control.
• The wrestler establishing control does not need to initiate the takedown.
• Counters, reversals, and successful sprawls qualify.
• A wrestler in turtle can concede a takedown when they have 4 weight-bearing points of contact with the mat and are controlled for 2 continuous seconds.
• During a sprawl against a leg attack, the takedown count begins when the attacking wrestler’s hands disconnect from the opponent’s leg and top control is established.
• If control is broken before 2 seconds, no takedown is awarded.
• Submissions take priority over takedown victories.
• The initial sudden-death period is 3 minutes. If no winner is determined, wrestling continues until a submission or qualifying takedown occurs.

PROHIBITED ACTIONS

• Grabbing individual fingers or toes.
• Inserting digits into orifices.
• Spiking standing opponents onto their head or neck.
• Applying submissions with sudden, uncontrolled force.

Referees may stop matches to protect competitors.