SIN CITY WEEKEND
JANUARY 16-19, 2026
Wrestling Without Borders is proud to present the wrestling and grappling events at the Sin City Classic, the largest annual LGBTQ+ sporting event in the world! Join 5,000+ athletes for a full weekend of competition, clinics, social events and more!
PLAN YOUR WEEKEND
DATES & LOCATIONS
The Sin City Classic runs from Thursday, January 15-Monday January 19 at our longtime hotel partner the Flamingo Las Vegas. Book your room here.
LEARN THE RULES
Our tournament’s goal is to allow a competitive but safe environment for everyone. Learn our rules for the Freestyle and No-Gi Grappling events
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Open mats, social events, tournaments and clinics — wrestling and grappling has something for everyone. Full schedule coming later this month.
GET MAT READY
All wrestling & grappling mat events require an active USA Wrestling membership. PLEASE do not wait until the weekend of Sin City to obtain your membership, as it takes some time to complete.
TOURNAMENT RULES
Wrestling: We follow USA Wrestling’s scoring rules.
Matches will be 2 periods, each period is 3 minutes.
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Grappling: Will follow the UWW ruleset, with a few modifications to promote athlete safety
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Matches will be 5-minutes.
WEIGHT CLASSES
Our tournament’s goal is to allow a competitive but safe environment for everyone.
In creating our brackets, we consider age, gender identity, weight, and experience level. We aim to ensure each athlete gets three to four matches. Athletes can decline to participate in their assigned bracket.
In addition, we allow time for Exhibition matches where athletes can have friendly matches with anyone who agrees to have a match.