Rio de Janeiro hosted the 2026 ADCC South American Trials where five competitors earned their spots at the 2026 ADCC World Championships. As usual, the women might as well not have competed given that there are no invites handed out at the first trials – only at the second.
Among the most talked about outcomes of the weekend was the early exit of Charles Negromonte, black belt under Ze Radiola and a former member of Roger Gracie’s Association. Charles Negromonte lost to Franco Diaz by decision before even reaching the round of 16. It was a result that few had anticipated coming into the weekend.
In the other bracket of the bracket Roosevelt Sousa managed to get the coveted invite after the hot streak he’s on. Sousa won Worlds and Nogi Worlds in 2025.
Interest into doing the ADCC Trials seems to be substantially lower than years prior.
The competition as a whole seems to have peaked in 2022.
ADCC 2026 confirmed participants so far:
Men’s 145 lbs (66 kg)
Diogo Reis , returning champion
Nikodem Mikuliszyn , trials winner
Dorian Olivarez , trials winner
Ryoma Anraku , trials winner
Yigit Hanay , trials winner
David Santos , trials winner
Fabricio Andrey , invited
Men’s 170 lbs (77 kg)
Mica Galvão , returning champion
Magomed Dzharbaev , trials winner
Jacob Bornemann , trials winner
Izaak Michell , trials winner
Nikolay Vetrov , trials winner
Julio Martins , trials winner
Mateusz Gamrot , invited
Men’s 194 lbs (88 kg)
Giancarlo Bodoni , returning champion
Pawel Jaworski , trials winner
Jon Thor Blank , trials winner
Jozef Chen , trials winner
Marlon Tajik , trials winner
Franco Diaz , trials winner
Men’s 218 lbs (99 kg)
Kaynan Duarte , returning champion
Declan Moody , trials winner
Achilles Rocha , trials winner
Nico Maglicic , trials winner
Eoghan O’Flanaghan , trials winner
Eli Braz , trials winner
Men’s 218+ lbs (99+ kg)
Felipe Pena , returning champion
Mark MacQueen , trials winner
Brandon Reed , trials winner
Tito John Carle , trials winner
Haisam Rida , trials winner
Roosevelt Sousa , trials winner
Women’s 121 lbs (55 kg)
Adele Fornarino , returning champion
Janette Gloger , trials winner
Women’s 143 lbs (65 kg)
Ana Carolina Vieira , returning champion
Injana Goodman , trials winner
Women’s 143+ lbs (65+ kg)
Rafaela Guedes , returning champion
Anabel Lopez , trials winner
