2022 ADCC World Championship

The 2022 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship was an international submission grappling tournament held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, from 17–18 September 2022.^[2]

2022 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship
Venue	Thomas & Mack Center
Location	Las Vegas, USA
Dates	17–18 September 2022
Competitors	97[1] 81 men, 16 women
Website	2022 ADCC
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Background

The ADCC World Championship is a submission grappling tournament held every two years, widely considered to be the most prestigious submission grappling tournament in the world.^[3] The 2022 edition of the ADCC world championships attracted some of the most high-profile sponsors that the tournament has ever seen, most notably The Joe Rogan Experience^[4] and ONE Championship.^[5]

The 14th edition of the championship was originally scheduled to take place in September 2021 but was postponed to 2022 due to the international travel restrictions and the global lockdowns, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

In order to participate, competitors were required to place first in a continental qualifying event, known as ADCC Trials, or by being invited to compete by the organisation. Returning champions or previous world championships medallists were automatically qualified.^[6]

As a result of the delays associated with the pandemic, the second Asia and Oceania trial was cancelled and only seven trials events were conducted for ADCC 2022.^[7]

Competition highlights

• Sam McNally, the lowest-seeded competitor in the 66 kg division upset number one seed Garry Tonon in a 3-0 win in the opening round.^[8]
• Kade Ruotolo won the 77 kg division at age 19 becoming the youngest-ever ADCC champion.^[9]
• Haisam Rida won an upset victory by submitting Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu by arm-bar in the 99 kg weight class.^[9]
• PJ Barch won an upset victory against JT Torres to prevent him from winning his third consecutive ADCC world title.^[10]
• Eoghan O'Flanagan surprised fans by defeating Xande Ribeiro and Mason Fowler, eventually finishing fourth in the 88 kg division.
• Amy Campo upset multiple-time ADCC champion Gabi Garcia, went on to win her division.^[11]
• Ffion Davies became the first British ADCC world champion.^[12]
• Gordon Ryan won the super-fight against André Galvão via rear naked choke.^[9]

Participants

Men's divisions had sixteen competitors: eight qualified athletes, seven invitations and the defending ADCC champion. Women's divisions had eight competitors: approximately four qualified athletes, three invitations and the defending ADCC champion; there was some variation due to returning champions, invitees and trials winners moving into different weight divisions.^[1] Only the female winners of European, North and South American second trials or Asia & Oceania trial qualified for the World Championship.^[13]

Qualifiers

Trials			Men					Women
Event	Date	Location	-66 kg	-77 kg	-88 kg	-99 kg	+99 kg	-60 kg	+60 kg
1st European Trials[a][14]	18 September 2021	Poznan, Poland	Ashley Williams	Oliver Taza	Eoghan O’Flanagan	Perttu Tepponen	Heikki Jussila	Peyton Letcher[b]	Magdalena Loska[b]
1st North American Trials[c][14]	6–7 November 2021	Atlantic City, US	Cole Abate	Kade Ruotolo	Giancarlo Bodoni	Mason Fowler[d]	John Hansen	Brianna Ste-Marie[e]	Kendall Reusing[e]
2nd North American Trials[f][15]	2-3 April 2022	Las Vegas, US	Keith Krikorian	William Tackett	Jacob Rodriguez	Paul Ardila	Kyle Boehm [g]	Brianna Ste-Marie	Amy Campo
1st South American Trials[16]	5–6 February 2022	Balneário Camboriú, Brasil	Diogo Reis	Micael Galvâo	Isaque Bahiense	Joao Costa	Roosevelt Sousa	Daiana Torquato[h]	Rebecca Albuquerque[h]
2nd South American Trials[18]	12–13 February 2022	Balneário Camboriú, Brasil	Fabricio Andrey	Roberto Jimenez	Alexandre De Jesus	Henrique "Ceconi" Cardoso	Gutemberg Pereira [i]	Mayssa Bastos	Giovanna Jara
2nd European Trials[j][19]	7-8 May 2022	Lubon, Poland	Sam McNally	Tommy Langaker	Santeri Ilius	Luke Griffith	Dan Manasoiu	Julia Maele	Eleftheria Christodolou
Asian Trials[k][21]	19 June 2022	Sydney, Australia	Jeremy Skinner	Kenta Iwamoto	Roberto Dib Frias	Izaak Michell	Josh Saunders	Adele Fornarino	Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths

Invitees

Men					Women
-66 kg	-77 kg	-88 kg	-99 kg	+99 kg	-60 kg	+60 kg
Ruan Alvarenga	JT Torres[l]	Matheus Diniz[l]	Kaynan Duarte[l][m]	Gordon Ryan[n]	Bianca Basilio[l]	Gabi Garcia[l]
Kennedy Maciel	Lachlan Giles	Alexandre Ribeiro	Rafael Lovato Jr	Nick Rodriguez	Bia Mesquita	Rafaela Guedes
AJ Agazarm	Lucas Lepri	Josh Hinger	Craig Jones	Felipe Pena	Elvira Karppinen	Carina Santi
Gabriel Sousa	Davi Ramos	Tye Ruotolo	Tim Spriggs	João Gabriel Rocha	Ffion Davies	Kendall Reusing [o]
Ethan Crelinsten	Nicky Ryan	Vagner Rocha	Patrick Gaudio	Victor Hugo
Geo Martinez	Renato Canuto	Lucas Barbosa	Nicholas Meregali	Orlando Sanchez
Diego Pato	Dante Leon	Jon Blank	Elder Cruz	Haisam Rida
Josh Cisneros [p]	Andy Varela		Vinicius Gazola	Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu
Garry Tonon	PJ Barch		Devhonte Johnson	Vinny Magalhães
			Yuri Simões	Damon Ramos
				Max Gimenis [q]
Sources:[22][1][23]

ADCC 2022 Superfight

The 2022 World Championship featured a superfight between André Galvão (ADCC Superfight champion, six ADCC titles ) vs Gordon Ryan (ADCC 2019 Absolute champion, unbeaten between 2018 and 2022).^[14] Ryan submitted Galvao at 16:04 via a rear-naked choke while holding a 12-0 lead.^[24]

Results

Men

Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Absolute	Yuri Simões CTA	Nicholas Meregali New Wave Jiu Jitsu
			Tye Ruotolo[r] Atos Jiu-Jitsu
+99 kg	Gordon Ryan New Wave Jiu Jitsu	Nick Rodriguez B-Team
			Roosevelt Sousa[s] Fight Sports
-99 kg	Kaynan Duarte Atos Jiu-Jitsu	Craig Jones B-Team
			Nicholas Meregali New Wave Jiu Jitsu
-88 kg	Giancarlo Bodoni New Wave Jiu Jitsue	Lucas Barbosa Atos Jiu-Jitsu
			Vagner Rocha Fight Sports
-77 kg	Kade Ruotolo Atos Jiu-Jitsu	Micael Galvâo Fight Sports
			Dante Leon GFTeam
-66 kg	Diogo Reis Fight Sports	Gabriel Sousa ZR Team
			Diego "Pato" Oliveira Dream Art
Source[12][25]

Women

Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze
+60 kg	Amy Campo Zenith BJJ	Rafaela Guedes Atos Jiu-Jitsu
			Gabi Garcia[t] Alliance
-60 kg	Ffion Davies Atos International	Brianna Ste-Marie Brazilian Top Team (BTT)
			Bia Mesquita Gracie Humaitá
Source[12][25]

ADCC 2022 Awards

• Best Athlete: Gordon Ryan^[26]
• Best Match: Vagner Rocha v Izaak Michell^[26]
• Best Throw: Nicholas Meregali^[26]
• Fastest Submission: Gordon Ryan^[26]

Awards

The 2022 ADCC world championships won Fight Card of the Year at the 2022 Jitsmagazine BJJ Awards, and Diego "Pato" Oliveira won Submission of the Year for his quarter-final victory over Kennedy Maciel by Z-Lock.^[27]

Notes

1. Full name: 1st ADCC European, Middle East & African Trial 2022
2. 1st European Trials Female winners do not qualify for World Championship
3. Other name: ADCC North American East Coast Trials 2022
4. -99 kg trial winner dropping down to -88 kg
5. 1st North American Trials Female winners do not qualify for World Championship
6. Other name: ADCC North American West Coast Trials 2022
7. +99 kg trial winner dropping down to -99 kg
8. 1st South American Trials Female winners do not qualify for World Championship^[17]
9. Replaced by Max Gimenis due to injury
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^[20]
12. Returning champion
13. +99 kg champion dropping down to -99
14. Returning champion Ryan is competing in both the +99kg division and the superfight against André Galvão.
15. 1st North American Trials Women's +60 kg winner
16. 2nd North American Trials 66 kg silver medalist
17. Replaces +99 kg 2nd South American Trials winner Gutemberg Pereira due to injury
18. Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu withdrew due to injury
19. Felipe Pena withdrew
20. Kendall Reusing withdrew due to an injury sustained during the semi-finals