2022 ADCC World Championship

The 2022 ADCC World Championship or ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship 2022 is a no-gi submission grappling event that will take place on 17-18 September 2022[lower-alpha 1] at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.[3]

2022 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship
VenueThomas & Mack Center
Location Las Vegas, USA
Dates17-18 September 2022[lower-alpha 1]
Competitors97[2]
81 men, 16 women
Website2022 ADCC

History

This tournament was originally scheduled to take place in September 2021 but was postponed to 2022 due to the international travel restrictions and the global lockdowns due to Covid 19.[4] Competitors have to qualify by finishing first of a continental qualifying events, known as ADCC Trials, or by being invited to compete by the organisation. Returning champions or previous world championships medallists are automatically qualified.[5] 31 of the 77 confirmed athletes will be making their first ADCC appearance.[6]

Competitors

The men's divisions feature 16 competitors: eight qualified athletes, seven invitations and the defending ADCC champion. Women's divisions feature 8 competitors: four qualified athletes, three invitations and the defending ADCC champion.[2]

Invitees
Men Women
-66 kg -77 kg -88 kg -99 kg +99 kg -60 kg +60 kg
Ruan Alvarenga JT Torres[lower-alpha 2] Matheus Diniz[lower-alpha 2] Kaynan Duarte[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] Gordon Ryan[lower-alpha 4] Bianca Basilio[lower-alpha 2] Gabi Garcia[lower-alpha 2]
Kennedy Maciel Lachlan Giles Xande Ribeirio Rafael Lovato Jr Nick Rodriguez Bia Mesquita Rafaela Guedes
Mikey Musumeci Lucas Lepri Craig Jones Yuri Simoes Felipe Pena[lower-alpha 5] Elvira Karppinen Carina Santi
Gabriel Sousa Davi Ramos Josh Hinger Tim Spriggs João Gabriel Rocha Ffion Davies
Ethan Crelinsten Nicky Ryan Tye Ruotolo Patrick Gaudio Victor Hugo
Geo Martinez Garry Tonon Vagner Rocha Nicholas Meregali Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu
Diego Pato Dante Leon Lucas Barbosa Vinny Magalhães Haisam Rida
Ryan Hall Renato Canuto Jon Blank Elder Cruz
Sources:[7]

ADCC 2022 Superfight

The 2022 World Championship will feature a superfight between André Galvão (ADCC Superfight champion) vs Gordon Ryan (ADCC 2019 Absolute champion).[6]

Qualifiers
Trials Men Women
Event Date Location -66 kg -77 kg -88 kg -99 kg +99 kg -60 kg +60 kg
1st European Trials[lower-alpha 6][6]18 September 2021 Poznan, Poland Ashley Williams Oliver Taza Eoghan O’Flanagan Perttu Tepponen Heikki Jussila Peyton Letcher Magdalena Loska
1st North American Trials[lower-alpha 7][6]6-7 November 2021 Atlantic City, US Cole Abate Kade Ruotolo Giancarlo Bodoni Mason Fowler[lower-alpha 8] John Hansen Brianna Ste-Marie Kendall Reusing
2nd North American Trials[lower-alpha 9][8] 2-3 April 2022 Las Vegas, US Keith Krikorian William Tackett Jacob Rodriguez Paul Ardila Kyle Boehm Brianna Ste-Marie Amy Campo
1st South American Trials[9]5-6 February 2022 Balneário Camboriú, Brasil Diogo Reis Micael Galvão Isaque Bahiense Joao Costa Roosevelt Sousa Daiana Torquato Rebecca Albuquerque
2nd South American Trials[10]12-13 February 2022 Balneário Camboriú, Brasil Fabricio Andrey Roberto Jimenez Alexandre De Jesus Henrique "Ceconi" Cardoso Gutemberg Pereira Mayssa Bastos Giovanna Jara
2nd European Trials[lower-alpha 10][11] 7-8 May 2022 Lubon, Poland
Asian Trials[lower-alpha 11][13] 19 June 2022 Sydney, Australia

Notes
  1. Date tbc[1]
  2. Returning champion
  3. +99 kg champion dropping down to -99
  4. Returning champion Ryan is competing in both the +99kg division and the superfight against André Galvão.
  5. Moving up to +99 kg
  6. Full name: 1st ADCC European, Middle East & African Trial 2022
  7. Other name: ADCC North American East Coast Trials 2022
  8. -99 kg trial winner dropping down to -88 kg
  9. Other name: ADCC North American West Coast Trials 2022
  10. Full name: 2nd ADCC European, Middle East & African Trial 2022
  11. Full name: ADCC Asia & Oceania Trial 2022. The qualifier was due to take place in Singapore on 28 May 2022 but was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic situation in that country[12]

References
  1. Lindsey, Alex (2021-06-29). "ADCC 2022 Location And Date Finally Announced". Jitsmagazine.com.
  2. Teague, Hywel (2022-04-14). "The Official Competitor List: Who's In For ADCC 2022 World Championship". FloGrappling.
  3. "2022 ADCC World Championships Official Date Announcement". FloGrappling. 2021-06-28.
  4. "2022 ADCC World Championships Official Date Announcement". FloGrappling. 2021-06-28.
  5. "ADCC Rules: What You Need To Know Before ADCC 2019". BJJ World. 2019-09-11.
  6. Teague, Hywel (2022-04-04). "The Official Competitor List: Who's In For ADCC 2022 World Championship". FloGrappling.
  7. "Official list of Qualified and Invited names for ADCC Worlds 2022 (Updated)". Home Page • ADCC NEWS. 2022-04-12.
  8. "2nd ADCC NORTH AMERICAN TRIAL 2022 • ADCC NEWS". adcombat.com. 2022-01-05.
  9. "1st SOUTH AMERICAN TRIAL 2022 • ADCC NEWS". adcombat.com. 2022-01-05.
  10. "2nd SOUTH AMERICAN TRIAL 2022 • ADCC NEWS". adcombat.com. 2022-01-05.
  11. "2nd ADCC EUROPEAN, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICAN TRIAL 2022 • ADCC NEWS". Home Page • ADCC NEWS. 2021-11-22.
  12. "ADCC ASIA & OCEANIA TRIAL 2022 IN SINGAPORE CANCELED BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS • ADCC NEWS". adcombat.com. 2022-02-16.
  13. "ADCC OCEANIA AND ASIAN TRIALS 2022 • ADCC NEWS". adcombat.com. 2022-02-24.
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