About
Freestyle Grapplerz is a Florida grappling tournament series based in St. Petersburg. Since 2022 it has run numbered "chapter" events around Tampa Bay and Sarasota, at venues such as the Ross Norton Recreation Center in Clearwater, the USF Campus Recreation Center in Tampa and Booker High School in Sarasota. Every event uses its hybrid ADCC ruleset (no points in the first half of a match, points from the second half) with Gi, No-Gi and absolute divisions for kids, teens and adults. In August 2026 it brought Grapplerz Fest to FitFest Tampa Bay at the Florida State Fairgrounds: two days of Gi and No-Gi competition with team championship belts, men's and women's cash-prize absolutes and a Sunday youth academy quintet showcase. Registration runs on Smoothcomp. The same team also sells roll-out training mats as FG Surface Co.