BJJ News — world-championship

ADCC 2026 is happening in Krakow, and Day 1 just proved that even the most prestigious grappling tournament on Earth operates under a set of rules that apparently shift depending on who's on the mat. The World Championship continued its tradition of delivering talent, drama, and at least one officia

When a major grappling organization gets on the mic six days before its flagship event and boasts about selling exactly four tickets per day, you know the conversation has shifted from "come watch this" to "please, anyone, come watch this." ADCC's recent announcement: they're "exactly on track" with

ADCC announced two open bracket slots this week. And if you've been paying attention to competitive grappling for the last eighteen months, you know exactly what this means: another round of last-minute scrambling, another set of athletes suddenly "reconsidering their training camp," another batch o

ADCC is the Mount Rushmore of grappling tournaments. It's the one title that makes a grappler's career different.

For fifteen years, ADCC Youth existed in the shadow of the main event. Kids would grind their brackets on the side while the adults got the main stage, the live stream, the sponsorship money.

For a sport obsessed with lineage and legacy, grappling had a blind spot the size of the Tasman Sea. New Zealand had never—not once—produced a winner at an ADCC Trials event.