is team against team.One on one
- Two fighters in suits. A submission wins at any point.
- At 3:30 on the clock the referee tosses a coin to pick the weapon: a gun or a knife.
- At 4:00 the weapon goes into the ring. Either fighter can pick it up.
- Stab or shoot your opponent with it and you win. A submission still wins too.
Some nights the crowd can pay to drop another weapon in, like a bat or an axe. It counts the same as the gun or the knife.
Team vs team
- Teams of fighters in suits. Two fighters from different teams are in the ring at a time.
- Lose and you are out for the rest of the night. Another team sends in its next fighter.
- A gun or a knife comes into the ring every two minutes.
- Win with the weapon and you have to stay in for the next fight. Win by submission and you can stay in or tag a teammate.
- A team wins the round when every other team is out of fighters. Only the fighters still standing go on to the final.
Eliminated fighters have one way back. Five of them fight a free-for-all, and the winner is back in.
Both
The Pit Arena
Pads surround the arena, so there is no out of bounds and the action is nonstop. Referees don’t have to keep stopping matches to restart them in the middle.
Who runs it
Pit Boss Grappling
Pit Boss Grappling also runs the 
, a bracket tournament. Part of every registration fee goes to the competitor’s gym. pitbossgrappling.com