2015 GRECO ­RULES MODIFICATIONS SYNOPSIS 

1. ALL CORRECT THROWS FROM A STANDING POSITION ARE WORTH TWO POINTS. ​IF AN OFFENSIVE WRESTLER CONDUCTS A CORRECT THROW AND GAINS CONTROL OF THE DEFENSIVE WRESTLER BY PASSING BEHIND, ONLY TWO POINTS WILL BE SCORED. YOU CAN NOT SCORE A CORRECT THROW AND TAKEDOWN IN THE SAME SEQUENCE. 

2. EVERY CAUTION WILL BE SCORED AS A CAUTION (0) AND 2 POINTS TO THE OPPONENT. THIS INCLUDES FLEEING THE MAT, FLEEING THE HOLD, ILLEGAL HOLDS, AND ALL LEG FOULS​. IF THE DEFENSIVE WRESTLER COMMITS A LEG FOUL AND THE OFFENSIVE WRESTLER SCORES THE ACTION, THE DEFENSIVE WRESTLER WILL BE CAUTIONED AND THE OFFENSIVE WRESTLER WILL SCORE TWO POINTS, IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER THE SCORING ACTION SHOULD RECEIVE. IF THE FOUL PREVENTS THE SCORING ACTION FROM FINISHING, THE DEFENSIVE WRESTLER WILL RECEIVE A CAUTION AND THE OFFENSIVE WRESTLER WILL GET TWO POINTS. THE PENALTY IS THE SAME IN BOTH CIRCUMSTANCES. 

3. ALL ACTIONS FROM A STANDING OR LIFTING POSITION THAT CAUSE THE OPPONENT TO HIT THE MAT IN THE DANGER POSITION WILL BE WORTH FOUR POINTS. THE FIVE POINT SCORING ACTION HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. IN ESSENCE, WHAT USED TO BE SCORED A FIVE, IS NOW ONLY WORTH FOUR POINTS. 

4. ANY LIFT FROM THE PAR TERRE POSITION WHERE THE DEFENSIVE WRESTLER DOES NOT LAND IN DANGER IS ONLY WORTH TWO POINTS. ​FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE OFFENSIVE WRESTLER EXECUTES A REVERSE LIFT WHEREBY IT CAUSES THE DEFENSIVE WRESTLER TO DO A COMPLETE 360° ROTATION IN THE AIR AND THEN LAND ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES, THIS ACTION WILL ONLY BE SCORED TWO POINTS. 

5. ALL TURNS FROM THE PAR TERRE POSITION ARE WORTH TWO POINTS. ​THIS INCLUDES ANY TURN WHERE THE DEFENSIVE WRESTLER HITS DANGER OR ANY TURN THAT GOES HAND­-TO-­HAND. 

6. IF THE ATTACKING WRESTLER STEPS INTO THE PROTECTION AREA FIRST WHILE CLEARLY ATTEMPTING A SCORE, HE WILL NOT BE PENALIZED BY GIVING ONE POINT TO HIS OPPONENT. ​IF THE ACTION IS COMPLETED, THE SCORE WILL BE VALID. IF THE ATTACKING WRESTLER CANNOT SCORE, THE BOUT WILL BE STOPPED, NO SCORE FOR EITHER WRESTLER WILL BE AWARDED AND WRESTLING WILL RESTART IN THE CENTER STANDING. IF THE DEFENSIVE WRESTLER STEPS INTO THE PROTECTION AREA FIRST, THE OFFENSIVE WRESTLER WILL RECEIVE ONE POINT. HOWEVER, IF A WRESTLER CLEARLY AND INTENTIONALLY PUSHES HIS OPPONENT OUT­ OF ­BOUNDS WITH NO VISIBLE TECHNIQUE, NO POINTS WILL BE AWARDED. THE “PUSHING” WRESTLER WILL BE VERBALLY WARNED WITH AN ATTENTION AND COULD BE PENALIZED BY A CAUTION AND TWO POINTS TO HIS OPPONENT IF HE COMMITS THE SAME INFRACTION AGAIN.

7. ORDERED PAR TERRE FOR THE PASSIVE WRESTLER HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. ​THE PASSIVITY PROCEDURE HAS ALSO BEEN ALTERED, PASSIVITY IS NO LONGER TIED TO ANY CAUTIONS. WARNING, POINT, WARNING, POINT, WARNING, POINT, ETC..

8. STAND­UP WRESTLING WILL BE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED DURING A G/R BOUT. THE WRESTLERS SHOULD MAINTAIN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR HEAD UP AND HIPS IN­­ - IN ESSENCE A CHEST­-TO-­CHEST POSITION.​ IF THE WRESTLERS REFUSE TO MAINTAIN THIS POSITION DURING THE BOUT, THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED PASSIVE. NOTE: IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO START THE MATCH OR ANY RESTARTS WITH THE WRESTLERS IN A CHEST­-TO-­CHEST POSITION­ ­THEY SIMPLY MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTAIN AND MAINTAIN THIS POSITION DURING THE COURSE OF THE BOUT. 

9. IN PAR TERRE, THE BOTTOM WRESTLER MUST DEFEND HIMSELF WITH BOTH OF HIS ARMS OPEN AND AWAY FROM HIS BODY. THEY CANNOT “CLOSE” OFF BY HAVING HIS ELBOWS CLOSE TO HIS BODY, FIGHT THE HANDS OR LOCK OF THE TOP WRESTLER, OR FIGHT THE ARMS OF THE OFFENSIVE WRESTLER. ​THIS SITUATION REMAINS THE SAME IN PAR TERRE OR IF THE BOTTOM WRESTLER IS BEING LIFTED. THE BOTTOM WRESTLER IS ONLY ALLOWED TO PUSH FROM HIS OPPONENT’S TORSO WHILE BEING LIFTED. AFTER ONE STRICT “ATTENTION” AND “OPEN” COMMAND FROM THE REFEREE, THE BOTTOM WRESTLER WILL BE PENALIZED BY A CAUTION AND TWO POINTS TO HIS OPPONENT IF HE REFUSES TO CHANGE HIS POSITION. 

10. ALTHOUGH NEVER LEGAL, GRABBING AND INTERLOCKING FINGERS IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN AND WILL BE A POINT OF EMPHASIS UNDER THESE MODIFICATIONS​. IF A WRESTLER HOLDS WRISTS OR INTERLOCKS THE FINGERS FOR AN EXTENDED TIME AND DOES NOT FOLLOW THE “OPEN” OR “NO FINGERS” COMMAND FROM THE REFEREE, THEY MAY BE PENALIZED. EARLY ON IN A MATCH, THESE ACTIONS COULD BE CONSIDERED PASSIVITY. LATER ON IN A MATCH, THESE ACTIONS COULD BE CONSIDERED FLEEING THE HOLD. IN ANY CASE, IF TWISTING IS INVOLVED WHILE INTERLOCKING THE FINGERS, THIS WILL BE PENALIZED IMMEDIATELY AS AN ILLEGAL HOLD (CAUTION AND TWO POINTS TO HIS OPPONENT).