# 2024 ADCC World Championship

The 2024 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship was an international submission grappling tournament held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, in August 2024.

## 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.
Competitors have to qualify by finishing first at a continental qualifying events, known as ADCC Trials, or by being invited to compete by the organization. Returning champions were automatically qualified.
2024 will be the first edition of the tournament to have a third women's weight division. This marks the first edition of the tournament since 2007 to have more than two women's divisions. Head organizer Mo Jassim later confirmed that this would also be the first edition of the tournament since 2007 to include a women's absolute division.
It was announced in July 2024 that all competitors would be paid to show for the first time ever, and that they would receive a minimum of $2,500.
The timing of the tournament overlaps with the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational, which also led to notable withdrawals by fighters including Tommy Langaker, Roberto Jimenez, Kade and Tye Ruotolo.

## Participants

Men's divisions will have sixteen competitors: eight qualified athletes, seven invitations and the defending ADCC champion. Women's divisions will have eight competitors: approximately four qualified athletes, three invitations and the defending ADCC champion; there may be some variation due to returning champions, invitees and trials winners moving into different weight divisions. Only the female winners of European, Asia & Oceania, North American, and South American second trials qualify for the World Championship.

### Qualifiers

| Trials | Trials | Trials | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Event | Date | Location | -66 kg | -77 kg | -88 kg | -99 kg | +99 kg | -55 kg | -65 kg | +65 kg |
| 1st European Trials | 16 September 2023 | Warsaw, Poland | Owen Jones | Jozef Chen | Santeri Lilius | Luke Griffith | Heikki Jussila | Josefine Modig | Sani Brannfors | Ane Svendsen |
| 1st North American Trials | 14–15 October 2023 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Dorian Olivarez | Elijah Dorsey | Jacob Couch | Paul Ardila | Dan Manasoiu | Alexandira Enriquez | Morgan Black | Amanda Leve |
| 2nd North American Trials | 30–31 March 2024 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Deandre Corbe | Andrew Tackett | William Tackett | Michael Pixley | Mike Perez | Jasmine Rocha | Helena Crevar | Elizabeth Mitrovic |
| 1st South American Trials | 2 March 2024 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Kennedy Maciel | Luiz Medeiros | Charles Negromonte | Cassio Costa | Jose Inacio dos Santos | Brenda Larissa | Ana Quieroz | Maria Ruffatto |
| 2nd South American Trials | 9 March 2024 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Fabricio Andrey | Alexandre de Jesus | Pedro Marinho | Henrique Cardoso | Victor Honorio | Anna Rodrigues | Ana Vieira | Maria Ruffatto |
| 2nd European Trials | 17 February 2024 | Zagreb, Croatia | Gairbeg Ibragimov | Tommy Langaker | Taylor Pearman | Marcin Maciulewicz | Mark Macqueen | Margot Ciccarelli | Aurelie Le Vern | Nia Blackman |
| 1st Asian Trials | 25 November 2023 | Singapore | Ethan Thomas | Kenta Iwamoto | Izaak Michell | Declan Moody | Josh Saunders | Adele Fornarino | Wang Jue | Hillary Loh |
| 2nd Asian Trials | 10 May 2024 | Bangkok, Thailand | Xu Huaiqing | Levi Jones-Leary | Lucas Kanard | Daniel Schuardt | Mansur Makhmakhanov | Adele Fornarino | Sula-Mae Loewenthal | Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths |

### Invitees

| Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| -66 kg | -77 kg | -88 kg | -99 kg | +99 kg | -55 kg | -65 kg | +65 kg |
| Diogo Reis | Kade Ruotolo | Giancarlo Bodoni | Kaynan Duarte | Gordon Ryan | Ffion Davies | Amy Campo | Gabi Garcia |
| Ethan Crelinsten | JT Torres | Tye Ruotolo | Mason Fowler | Victor Hugo | Mackenzie Dern | Beatriz Mesquita | Nathiely De Jesus |
| Kauã Gabriel | Nicky Ryan | Jacob Rodriguez | Cyborg Abreu | Gutemberg Pereira | Mayssa Bastos | Brianna Ste-Marie | |
| Ashley Williams | Jonnatas Gracie | Gabriel Almeida | Roberto Jimenez | Nick Rodriguez | | Amanda Leve | |
| Josh Cisneros | Micael Galvão | Elder Cruz | Nicholas Meregali | Felipe Pena | | Morgan Black | |
| Kieth Krikorian | Dante Leon | | Rafael Lovato Jr. | | | | |
| Deigo Oliveira | PJ Barch | | Eli Braz | | | | |
| Gabriel Sousa | Oliver Taza | | Alex Grandy | | | | |
| | Andy Varela | | | | | | |
| | Javier Zaruski | | | | | | |
| | Mateusz Szczecinski | | | | | | |
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## Results
### Men

| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| -66 kg | Diogo Reis Melqui Galvao Jiu-Jitsu | Diego "Pato" Oliveira Dream Art |
| -66 kg | Diogo Reis Melqui Galvao Jiu-Jitsu | Diego "Pato" Oliveira Dream Art | Josh Cisneros Elite Team Visalia |
| -77 kg | Micael Galvâo Melqui Galvao Jiu-Jitsu | Vagner Rocha Vagner Rocha Martial Arts |
| -77 kg | Micael Galvâo Melqui Galvao Jiu-Jitsu | Vagner Rocha Vagner Rocha Martial Arts | PJ Barch 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu |
| -88 kg | Giancarlo Bodoni New Wave Jiu Jitsu | Jay Rodriguez B Team Jiu Jitsu |
| -88 kg | Giancarlo Bodoni New Wave Jiu Jitsu | Jay Rodriguez B Team Jiu Jitsu | Felipe Costa Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu |
| -99 kg | Kaynan Duarte Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Rafael Lovato Jr. Lovato Jiu-Jitsu |
| -99 kg | Kaynan Duarte Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Rafael Lovato Jr. Lovato Jiu-Jitsu | Cyborg Abreu Fight Sports |
| +99 kg | Felipe Pena Gracie Barra | Luke Griffith New Wave Jiu Jitsu |
| +99 kg | Felipe Pena Gracie Barra | Luke Griffith New Wave Jiu Jitsu | Daniel Manasoiu New Wave Jiu Jitsu |
| Absolute | Kaynan Duarte Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Cyborg Abreu Fight Sports |
| Absolute | Kaynan Duarte Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Cyborg Abreu Fight Sports | Dante Leon GFTeam |
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### Women

| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| -55 kg | Adele Fornarino Dominance MMA | Bianca Basílio Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| -55 kg | Adele Fornarino Dominance MMA | Bianca Basílio Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Jasmine Rocha Vagner Rocha Martial Arts |
| -65 kg | Ana Carolina Vieira GFTeam | Helena Crevar New Wave Jiu Jitsu |
| -65 kg | Ana Carolina Vieira GFTeam | Helena Crevar New Wave Jiu Jitsu | Beatriz Mesquita Gracie Humaitá |
| +65 kg | Rafaela Guedes Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Nathiely de Jesus Soul Fighters |
| +65 kg | Rafaela Guedes Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Nathiely de Jesus Soul Fighters | Kendall Reusing Gracie Barra |
| Absolute | Adele Fornarino Dominance MMA | Beatriz Mesquita Gracie Humaitá |
| Absolute | Adele Fornarino Dominance MMA | Beatriz Mesquita Gracie Humaitá | Amy Campo Zenith BJJ |
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### ADCC 2024 Superfight

Traditionally, ADCC Superfights feature the reigning Superfight champion vs the previous tournament's Absolute champion. Gordon Ryan won the Superfight and Yuri Simões won the Absolute division at the 2022 ADCC World Championship.
Gordon Ryan and Felipe Pena also had their fourth match as a superfight on the first day of the 2024 ADCC World Championship. Ryan won the match 2-0 on points and the score in their series of matches moved to two wins each.

### Awards

* Best athlete - Kaynan Duarte
* Best new athlete - Helena Crevar
* Best match - Giancarlo Bodoni vs. Jacob Rodriguez
* Best throw - Michael Pixley
* Fastest submission - Owen Jones