View a division-by-division preview of the 2024 ADCC West Coast Trials, set for March 30-31 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The ADCC West Coast Trials goes down this weekend in Las Vegas, NV. Over 1,000 athletes will look to battle their option to the highest of the rostrum and punch their ticket to the celebrated ADCC World Championships. This is without doubt one of the hardest tournaments on the earth as every bracket is suffering from elite expertise.
Gold-medal winners from every division – 5 males and three girls – will earn their spot at ADCC 2024.
Beneath we take a more in-depth have a look at names to look at in every males’s division.
Males’s -66kg
Males’s -66kg is without doubt one of the deepest, most fun weight courses of the weekend. It’s suffering from expertise from the highest of the bracket to the underside. Returning West Coast Trials champion and ADCC World Championship veteran Keith Krikorian returns wanting so as to add one other trials title to his resume following spectacular title wins (one in all which got here towards a fellow -66kg competitor) at each Grapplefest and Polaris earlier this month.
Different high contenders embrace Deandre Corbe, IBJJF no-gi world champion Gianni Grippo, Damien Anderson, and 2023 East Coast trials silver medalist Dominic Mejia.
Each Trials there appears to be a brand new breakout star on the scene. Darkish horse contenders embrace Fabian Ramirez, Richard Alarcon, Emilio Hernandez, and veteran Baret Yoshida, amongst others.
Males’s -77kg
Males’s -77kg has the potential for blockbuster matches all through the weekend as a number of high rivals enter the bracket in search of their first elusive Trials gold. Oliver Taza, in addition to all-action rivals Andrew Tackett and Andy Varela, appear to be the clear favorites within the bracket. All have made deep runs and hit the rostrum of USA trials. Taza is a former European Trials winner.
Different high contenders embrace former Trials winner John Combs, Rene Sousa, and rising star Max Hanson.
Darkish horse contenders to keep watch over embrace Pierre-Olivier Leclerc, tenth Planet leg lock specialist Kyle Chambers, veteran black belt Michael Liera, Harrison Woods, and Nick Mataya.
Males’s -88kg
Just a few of the highest rivals shifting weight courses has left us with a weight boasting two prior trials champions together with two earlier finalists.
Bursting onto the scene with one of the crucial spectacular runs to a title in current reminiscence, Jay Rodriguez gained the 2022 West Coast Trials at -88kg, defeating Hunter Colvin, who’s one other favourite to make a deep run on this bracket.
The 2022 -77kg champion William Tackett is up at -88kg this weekend and searching so as to add one other Trials title to his resume. Additionally, Checkmat standout Elder Cruz is a multiple-time trials finalist and ADCC veteran trying to lastly break by and win his first Trials title.
Different high contenders embrace CJJ world champion Ryan Aitken, David Garmo and Chris Wojcik.
Darkish horse contenders to keep watch over embrace younger prodigy Achilles Rocha, former Trials champion Jason Rau, Stephen Martinez, Sean Yadimarco, and Stanley Rosa.
Males’s -99kg
Males’s -99kg could not have the star energy on the high of the division like a number of the different weight courses however it’s simply as deep. Devhonte Johnson, 3rd place finisher on the 2023 West Coast Trials, is without doubt one of the favorites within the division together with younger phenom Steffen Banta, Adam Bradley, Pedigo Submission Preventing’s Michael Pixley, and Alex Grandy.
There aren’t any returning champions or earlier finalists on this bracket so the darkish horse contenders right here is probably not as far of a stretch to win as a number of the different brackets. They embrace Daishi Goto, Eliot Kelly, Richie Martinez, and Adrian Nez.
Males’s +99kg
Just like the -99kg bracket, +99kg is one other bracket that’s huge open with no returning champions or finalists. The highest contenders on this weight class embrace Legion AJJ’s Breylor Grout, ADCC veteran John Hansen, and tenth Planet standout Amir Allam.
Darkish horse contenders for this bracket embrace Cody Gamble, Michael Pezzuto, and Brandon Reed.
Test again at GrapplingInsider for a preview of the ladies’s divisions on the ADCC West Coast Trials.
The best way to watch: The ADCC West Coast Trials will air stay on FloGrappling (subscription required) on March 30-31.
