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Eligibility & Rules for Spartacus “Combat Sambo Sparring”

Want to fight for the IFS Spartacus “Combat Sambo Sparring”?

The IFS accepts fighters of all weight classes, gender, and nearly all ages even if it’s your first fight. First, you must be approved by your coach and dedicate time to training. Secondly, you must be willing to develop a fan base and social media presence. The IFS will provide you with materials needed and a step-by-step method of how to do so.

Step 1: Submit Your Application

Fill out and submit the online form in detail with your coach. You must provide your current information and disclose your complete fight history. Make sure to include your minimum and maximum fight weight. Once matched, the IFS will send your coach a detailed confirmation agreement. You and your coach must reply in agreement.

IFS FIGHTER APPLICATION FORM

Step 2: Sell Event Tickets

For each fighter, a batch of 50 sequentially-numbered General Admission tickets and a Commission Sheet will be sent to the coach (at the gym’s address) to sell; Premier Admission tickets are available to sell upon request. You and your coach are responsible for the face value of all tickets; therefore, it is your responsibility to safeguard them. The IFS requests that you sell at least 20 tickets because of the high-quality production costs of IFS shows. The IFS will reward the gym with a percentage of the tickets sold. Please do not forget to bring the funds for sold tickets and return unsold tickets at the same time when you come in for the check-in/weigh-in.

Step 3: Promote Your Fight through Social Media

As a fighter, this is your opportunity to market yourself to enhance yourself for future success. Here’s how:

  1. Share our digital banner on Facebook and Instagram to announce your fight and repost it with updates on your progress up to the day of the fight.
  2. Create a Facebook event such as “John Doe’s SuperFight at the IFS” and invite everyone on your list. Include all the details. If you need additional information, the IFS promotion team can help.
  3. Let your fans know how important your fight is and how their support will help. Tell them the fights are not televised and cannot be live streamed. They will want to see you up close and in person to cheer you on.
  4. Let them know you have tickets available and purchasing them through you will earn the gym a commission.
  5. Have tickets on hand when you ask “Are you coming to my fight?” Let them know that tickets purchased at the door are $5 more and the gym will not earn commission from tickets sold at the door.
  6. Ask your fans when they will get their tickets and let them know the different forms of payment you can accept such as PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, cash or check. 
  7. Post training photos and videos on Facebook and Instagram. Show off your hard work daily. 
  8. Continuously talk to your gym mates, friends, family, and co-workers about the fight. Express your excitement! 

Promote yourself and you will see the rewards of your efforts in all aspects of your career with a fan base. You put in the hard work. You deserve to be seen. Let’s do it!

Step 4: Read the IFS Spartacus “Combat Sambo Sparring” Rules and Requirements

  1. TOTAL VICTORY:
    – Achieved by a perfect throw in which the attacker remains standing and the defender falls on their back.
    – Knockout (KO) caused by strikes (not allowed in these events).
  2. VICTORY CONDITIONS:
    – 8-point difference: ends the match.
    – 2 Knockdowns: equals a KO and is total victory.
    – Submission: the opponent taps out.
    – Medical decision: if a fighter can not continue.
  3. SCORING FOR THROWS:
    – Defender falls on their back: 4 points (total victory if the attacker remains standing).
    – Defender falls on their side: 4 points.
    – Defender falls on their stomach or buttocks: 2 points.
    – If the attacker also falls: points are halved.
  4. KNOCKDOWNS:
    – Each knockdown grants 4 points.
    – Two knockdowns equal a KO and total victory (If it marks a 8 points difference, otherwise the fight continues).
  5. GROUND CONTROL AND SUBMISSIONS:
    – If a fighter forces their opponent’s back completely onto the mat, they are awarded 2 points and given 20 seconds of control in a dominant position.
    – After the 20 seconds, if attacker attempts a submission he will have up to 1 minute to finish a submission.
    – If the referee determines the fighter is not actively working for a submission, the match is restarted in a standing position.
  6. ALLOWED TECHNIQUES:
    – Throws: valid for scoring and total victory.
    – Standing strikes: headbutts, elbows, and knee strikes (only while standing).
    – Submissions: valid even from a standing position.
  7. PROHIBITED TECHNIQUES:
    – Strikes with the head, knee, or elbow to the opponent’s head when on the ground.
    – Locks on minor joints (ankles, wrists).
    – Strikes to the neck, the back of the head, or to an opponent without a helmet.
  8. MANDATORY EQUIPMENT AND DURATIONS:
    Equipment: Kurtka and short blue and red, helmet, gloves, shin guards, mouthguard, and groin protector (cup).
    Durations: Three rounds of 2 minutes.
  9. MINOR FOULS:
    Examples: inactivity, ignoring referee instructions, avoiding the fight, pushing the opponent out of bounds or stepping out of bounds intentionally.
    – 1st minor foul: warning.
    – 2nd minor foul: 1 point to the opponent.
    – 3rd minor foul: another point to the opponent.
    – 4th minor foul: disqualification.
  10. MAJOR FOULS:
    Examples: illegal techniques or strikes, such as hitting the neck, minor joint locks, hitting an opponent without a helmet, or strikes to the back of the head.
    A major foul counts as two minor fouls.
    – 1st major foul: 1 point to the opponent and an official warning.
    – 2nd major foul: disqualification.

SUPERVISED BY JOVANY VARELA – INTERNATIONAL SAMBO FEDERATION (FIAS) MASTER LEVEL 2

Combat Sambo Sparring Weight Classes

Weight Classes – Men
58 KG – 127.9 LBS
64 KG – 141.1 LBS
71 KG – 156.5 LBS
79 KG – 174.2 LBS
88 KG – 194 LBS
98 KG – 216.1 LBS
+98 KG – +216.1 LBS

Weight Class – Women
50 KG – 110.2 LBS
54 KG – 119 LBS
59 KG – 130.1 LBS
65 KG – 143.3 LBS
72 KG – 158.7 LBS
80 KG – 176.4 LBS
+ 80 KG – +176.4 LBS

The IFS looks forward to having you compete. Fighters and coaches will be reminded during the rules meeting of the existing rules in addition to the modifications mentioned above.

Step 5: Reconcile Your Ticket Sales at Weigh-Ins

In order for your gym to earn its commission, you must reconcile your ticket proceeds and unsold tickets with the IFS at weigh-ins. NOTE: If you do not reconcile your ticket sales at this time, then you will not be allowed to compete and you risk suspension from future fights.