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•Lack
of combativeness (stalling) is defined by one athlete clearly not pursuing
positional progression
in a match and also when an athlete impedes his/her opponent from
carrying out said progression.
•When
both athletes simultaneously demonstrate a lack of combativeness (stalling)
in any
position in a match.
•When
both athletes pull guard at the same time, the referee will start a 20 second
countdown. If at end of this 20 second countdown,
even if the athletes are moving, one of the athletes does not reach the top
position, does not have a submission in hold,or is not imminently completing a point
scoring move, the referee will stop the fight and give a penalty to both
athletes. In
this situation,
the referee will restart the combat in standing position.
•Lack
of combativeness (stalling) is not declared when an athlete is defending
his/herself from an opponent’s attacks from mount, back-control,
side-control or north-south positions will not
be considered lack of combativeness when an athlete is in mount or back
position, as long as the characteristics of the technical position
are respected.
Examples of situations constituting lack of combativerness (Stalling)
•When
an athlete, upon achieving side-control or north-south positions over an
opponent, does not seek positional progression.
•When
an athlete in an opponent’s closed guard does not seek to pass guard and
at the same time prevents the opponent from seeking positional progression from
guard.
•When
the bottom athlete playing closed guard wraps his/her arms around the
opponent’s back or performs any other controlling movement clutching the
opponent to him/her without intending to achieve a submission or score.
•When
an athlete on foot grabs and maintains his/her hand on the opponent’s belt,
preventing the opponent from completing a takedown movement and without
attempting an attack of any kind
•The
penalties for lack of combativeness will follow the sequence below after the
referee considers one or both athletes been under the situations described in item 6.5.
•The
referee
shall count out 20 (twenty) consecutive seconds and will perform the gesture
for a lack of combativeness(in
concordance of
1.4.1), followed by the verbal command “LUTE!” and the gesture for the awarded
penalty, as
described in item
7.3.1.
If the athlete has already received penalties
for serious fouls
on the scoreboard, these penalties will be added to the penalties for lack of
combativeness
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