# 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.

## 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. 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 and ONE Championship.
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.
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.
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.

## 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.
* Kade Ruotolo won the 77 kg division at age 19 becoming the youngest-ever ADCC champion.
* Haisam Rida won an upset victory by submitting Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu by arm-bar in the 99 kg weight class.
* PJ Barch won an upset victory against JT Torres to prevent him from winning his third consecutive ADCC world title.
* 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.
* Ffion Davies became the first British ADCC world champion.
* Gordon Ryan won the super-fight against André Galvão via rear naked choke.

## 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. Only the female winners of European, North and South American second trials or Asia & Oceania trial qualified for the World Championship.

### Qualifiers

| Trials | Trials | Trials | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women |
| Event | Date | Location | -66 kg | -77 kg | -88 kg | -99 kg | +99 kg | -60 kg | +60 kg |
| 1st European Trials | 18 September 2021 | Poznan, Poland | Ashley Williams | Oliver Taza | Eoghan O’Flanagan | Perttu Tepponen | Heikki Jussila | Peyton Letcher | Magdalena Loska |
| 1st North American Trials | 6–7 November 2021 | Atlantic City, US | Cole Abate | Kade Ruotolo | Giancarlo Bodoni | Mason Fowler | John Hansen | Brianna Ste-Marie | Kendall Reusing |
| 2nd North American Trials | 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 | 5–6 February 2022 | Balneário Camboriú, Brasil | Diogo Reis | Micael Galvâo | Isaque Bahiense | Joao Costa | Roosevelt Sousa | Daiana Torquato | Rebecca Albuquerque |
| 2nd South American Trials | 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 | 7-8 May 2022 | Lubon, Poland | Sam McNally | Tommy Langaker | Santeri Ilius | Luke Griffith | Dan Manasoiu | Julia Maele | Eleftheria Christodolou |
| Asian Trials | 19 June 2022 | Sydney, Australia | Jeremy Skinner | Kenta Iwamoto | Roberto Dib Frias | Izaak Michell | Josh Saunders | Adele Fornarino | Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths |

### Invitees

| Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women |
| -66 kg | -77 kg | -88 kg | -99 kg | +99 kg | -60 kg | +60 kg |
| Ruan Alvarenga | JT Torres | Matheus Diniz | Kaynan Duarte | Gordon Ryan | Bianca Basilio | Gabi Garcia |
| 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 |
| 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 | Andy Varela | | Vinicius Gazola | Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu | | |
| Garry Tonon | PJ Barch | | Devhonte Johnson | Vinny Magalhães | | |
| | | | Yuri Simões | Damon Ramos | | |
| | | | | Max Gimenis | | |
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### 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). Ryan submitted Galvao at 16:04 via a rear-naked choke while holding a 12-0 lead.

## Results
### Men

| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Absolute | Yuri Simões CTA | Nicholas Meregali New Wave Jiu Jitsu |
| Absolute | Yuri Simões CTA | Nicholas Meregali New Wave Jiu Jitsu | Tye Ruotolo Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| +99 kg | Gordon Ryan New Wave Jiu Jitsu | Nick Rodriguez B-Team |
| +99 kg | Gordon Ryan New Wave Jiu Jitsu | Nick Rodriguez B-Team | Roosevelt Sousa Fight Sports |
| -99 kg | Kaynan Duarte Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Craig Jones B-Team |
| -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 |
| -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 |
| -77 kg | Kade Ruotolo Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Micael Galvâo Fight Sports | Dante Leon GFTeam |
| -66 kg | Diogo Reis Fight Sports | Gabriel Sousa ZR Team |
| -66 kg | Diogo Reis Fight Sports | Gabriel Sousa ZR Team | Diego "Pato" Oliveira Dream Art |
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### Women

| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| +60 kg | Amy Campo Zenith BJJ | Rafaela Guedes Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| +60 kg | Amy Campo Zenith BJJ | Rafaela Guedes Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Gabi Garcia Alliance |
| -60 kg | Ffion Davies Atos International | Brianna Ste-Marie Brazilian Top Team (BTT) |
| -60 kg | Ffion Davies Atos International | Brianna Ste-Marie Brazilian Top Team (BTT) | Bia Mesquita Gracie Humaitá |
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### ADCC 2022 Awards

* Best Athlete: Gordon Ryan
* Best Match: Vagner Rocha v Izaak Michell
* Best Throw: Nicholas Meregali
* Fastest Submission: Gordon Ryan

## 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.