Favorites and contenders: Previewing 88 kg. on the 2024 ADCC world Championships
The 2024 ADCC World Championships will happen on August 17-18, stay from the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas, Nevada. Forward of the match, Grappling Insider shall be previewing every division. Learn the 66kg preview here.
The 88kg division on the 2024 ADCC World Championships presents a mixture of ADCC veterans, fan favorites, and the ultra-hungry lesser-known athletes seeking to etch their names within the historical past books.
Eighty-eight kg. is among the higher divisions at this 12 months’s ADCC Championships. Whereas returning champion Giancarlo Bodoni often is the favourite, there are a selection of athletes who’ve an actual probability at ascending to the highest of the rostrum.
Beneath we take a look at the favorites, contenders, and darkish horses of the 88 kg. division on the 2024 ADCC World Championships. View the complete checklist of opponents from each division here.
Males’s 88kg
- Santeri Lilius (1st European Trials winner)
- Taylor Pearman (2nd European Trials winner)
- Jacob Sofa (East Coast Trials winner)
- Izaak Michell (1st Asia & Oceania Trials winner)
- Charles Negromonte (1st South American Trials winner)
- Pedro Marinho (2nd South American Trials winner)
- Giancarlo Bodoni (returning champion)
- Jay Rodriguez (invite)
- Gabriel Almeida (invite)
- Elder Cruz (invite)
- Vagner Rocha (invite)
- Ryan Aitken (invite)
- Andre Porfirio (invite)
- Chris Wojcik (invite)
- Josh Hinger (invite)
- Felipe Costa (1st South American Trials winner)
- Achilles Rocha (Invite)
The Favorites: Giancarlo Bodoni, Pedro Marinho, Izaak Michell
Returning champion Giancarlo Bodoni appears to defend his title towards a stacked area. Bodoni, who had three submission victories on his solution to claiming gold on the 2022 ADCC World Championships, has a method constructed to achieve this ruleset. Bodoni employs a really intelligent and methodical type with the flexibility to wrestle and assault the higher and decrease physique equally effectively.
No-Gi world champion and former WNO Mild Heavyweight champion Pedro Marinho is trying so as to add an ADCC gold medal to his resume. Marinho is thought for pushing a torrid tempo with explosive takedowns and the flexibility to complete a match at any time. He holds a 2023 victory over the aforementioned Bodoni.
Izaak Michell has one of the vital well-rounded video games on this bracket. When he burst onto the scene he was often called a leg-locker however has since grow to be a really expert wrestler who’s adept at taking and ending from the again.
The Contenders: Jacob Sofa, Elder Cruz, Ryan Aitken
Fan favourite Jacob “The Hillbilly Hammer” Couch lit the world on hearth on the 2023 ADCC East Coast trials when he submitted all seven of his opponents to punch his ticket to the large dance. Sofa prefers to function from numerous guards. He’s a particularly harmful leg locker.
No-gi world champion Elder Cruz makes his second ADCC World Championships look after having success at a number of ADCC Trials. Cruz has glorious wrestling and positional management on prime. He’s extraordinarily robust to attain on, which makes him harmful for anybody who ought to run into him at this match.
Rounding out the contenders is the red-hot 10th Planet Atlanta consultant Ryan Aitken. Aitken is contemporary off successful EBI Absolute gold in June. He’s additionally a two-time fight jiu-jitsu world champion. Aitken is a confirmed finisher and a particular participant on this bracket.
Darkish Horses: Jay Rodriguez, Vagner Rocha, Achilles Rocha
Jay-Rod burst onto the scene in 2022 when he went seven for seven with submissions successful the ADCC West Coast Trials. Rodriguez has the flexibility to compete with anybody on this bracket. Rodriguez excels in scrambles and taking the again.
A number of-time ADCC World medalist Vagner Rocha is probably the most seasoned veteran on this bracket. The ageless surprise continues to be competing on the highest ranges within the sport to at the present time. Vagner is an absolute buzz noticed on the mats and really troublesome to cope with on this ruleset.
Son of Vagner Rocha, Achilles is among the true wild playing cards on this division. He’s extraordinarily explosive and really can pull lightning-quick submissions out of nowhere.
The way to watch: The 2024 ADCC World Championships happen on August 17-18 and can air stay on FloGrappling (subscription required).
