- The CJI 2 live stream is free on B-Team’s YouTube and also available on FloGrappling.
- Dates for the Craig Jones Invitational 2: Aug. 30–31 (Las Vegas) with primetime evening starts (ET).
- Stakes: $1,000,000 team tournament plus a $100,000 women’s bracket.
- Expect an eight-team, Quintet-style war and a four-woman showcase—no subscription required to watch on YouTube.
Why The CJI 2 Live Stream Is A Big Deal
BJJ doesn’t usually hand you seven-figure stakes behind a free button. This weekend, the CJI 2 live stream does exactly that: a $1,000,000 team showdown and a $100,000 women’s bracket you can watch without paying a cent on B-Team’s YouTube, with full coverage also carried by FloGrappling.
It’s primetime, it’s Las Vegas, and it’s positioned as appointment viewing—not just for diehards, but for anyone curious what modern, high-production grappling looks like when the purse is serious and the gates are wide open.
How To Watch CJI 2 (Without Paying A Cent)
If you want the CJI 2 live stream for free, head to the B-Team YouTube channel during the event windows. FloGrappling will also stream all matches and carries deeper event infrastructure (brackets/rosters in one place) if you prefer their ecosystem.
Either way, the hook is the same: you get elite-level, million-dollar-purse grappling broadcast live at no cost on YouTube.
Start times (ET):
- Saturday, Aug. 30: preshow ~8:30 p.m.; first matches ~9:00 p.m.
- Sunday, Aug. 31: Grappling Insider lists 8:00 p.m. ET; FloGrappling lists a preshow at 8:30 p.m. and first matches at 9:00 p.m. ET. Plan for a primetime window; the YouTube stream goes live either way.
The Formats That Make This Weekend Wild
Two attractions, two different flavors of pressure:
$1,000,000 Team Tournament (Quintet-style)
- Eight squads face off with five grapplers each across ADCC weight classes (66/77/88/99/+99 kg).
- Matchups are blind—coaches don’t know who the other side sends, so a 66 kg technician can find themselves opposite a +99 kg hammer.
- Submissions keep competitors on the mat; draws and tie breaks rules decide the rest. The million goes to the team that survives the bracket.
$100.000 Women’s Bracket (Open-weight, Four Athletes)
A four-woman field with genuine star power fights for the largest single-event prize in women’s grappling. It’s compact, high-stakes, and set up to deliver decisive moments fast.
Who’s Taking The Mat (At A Glance)
The team list is a who’s-who of modern No-Gi: New Wave, B-Team, Atos, Pedigo Submission Fighting (Daisy Fresh), 10th Planet, plus mixed-region squads like Team Europe, Team Americas, and Team Australasia—eight banners, five weight slots each, and a format that rewards both killers and tacticians.
For the $100k women bracket, the four-athlete lineup features elite names pulled straight from the sport’s top tiers. If you want a one-screen snapshot of where competitive No-Gi stands in 2025, the CJI 2 live stream is it.
What Time The Action Starts And What To Expect
The broadcast cadence is built for prime time:
- Saturday opens the doors and rolls into a pre-show before fights launch around 9 p.m. ET.
- Sunday is listed at 8 p.m. ET by Grappling Insider and 9 p.m. ET first matches.
Expect a slick show: big-arena staging at the Thomas & Mack Center, free YouTube access, and a ruleset designed to keep non-BJJ fans engaged—shorter, decisive rounds with submission endings, team chess that can flip in one heel hook, and a women’s bracket where every mistake is expensive.
Keep the stream up; the pivots come fast in a Quintet-style format, and one star can run a whole lineup in a single night.
The Bottom Line For Your Weekend
If you watch one grappling event this month, make it this one. The CJI 2 live stream packages the sport’s sharpest teams, a six-figure women’s prize, and the rarest deal in combat sports—a top-tier show you can watch for free—into two nights built for scrolling, sharing, and arguing about who should have been sent out next.
Put it on your TV, invite the crew, and let the brackets do the talking.
