Reigning ADCC 88kg World Champion Giancarlo Bodoni returns to Las Vegas seeking to become the first person to ever win one of the tournament’s most challenging weight classes at two consecutive ADCC World Championships.
The ADCC World Championship begins at 1:00 p.m. on August 17 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but athletes won’t have learned their path to the gold medal until August 16 and will have a short break before their first-round encounters.
Bodoni returns as champion and will try to achieve something that Gordon Ryan, Andre Galvao and Yuri Simoes never managed. Saulo Ribeiro is the only wrestler to have won the -88 kg class twice, but he did not do so in consecutive ADCC World Championships (2000 and 2003).
Many wrestlers in the -88 kg weight class move up to a higher weight class, such as Ryan after his victory in the class in 2017 and Simoes in 2015. Both made the jump and successfully won the -99 kg class at the following ADCC Worlds.
Bodoni has a challenging field to prevent history from being made. This includes Pedro Marinho, one of the most decorated wrestlers of the last decade. Chris Wojcik, who has documented his ADCC story on FloGrappling, is also in the field.
Here you can find the table and fight schedule for the ADCC World Championship in the -88 kg class.
ADCC 2024 Bracket: -88KG Schedule, Fights
- Giancarlo Bodoni vs Andre Porfirio
- Gabriel Almeida vs Santeri Lillius
- Elder Cruz vs. Taylor Pearman
- Jacob Couch vs Felipe Costa
- Pedro Marinho vs Ryan Aitken
- Jay Rodriguez vs Achilles Rocha
- Josh Hinger vs. Chris Wojcik
- Izaak Michell vs. Charles Negromonte
ADCC Men -88kg
- Santeri Lilius (1st winner of the European Trials) | Finland
- Jacob Couch (East Coast Trials winner) | United States
- Izaak Michell (1st winner of the Asia and Oceania Trials) | Australia
- Taylor Pearman (2nd winner of the European Trials) | England
- Charles Negromonte (1st winner of the South American Trials) | Brazil
- Pedro Marinho (2nd winner of the South American Trials) | Brazil
- Jay Rodriguez (Invited) | United States
- Gabriel Almeida (Invited) | Brazil
- Elder Cruz (invited) | Honduras
- Giancarlo Bodoni (returning champion, invited) | United States
- Andre Porfirio (Invited) | Brazil
- Chris Wojcik (Invited) | United States
- Ryan Aitken (Invited) | United States
- Felipe Costa (1st winner of the South American Trials, -99 kg) | Brazil
- Josh Hinger (Invited) | United States
- Achilles Rocha (Invited) | Brazil
ADCC results will be shown on FloGrappling and FloArena
The results of the ADCC World Championship will be published on FloGrappling and FloArena.
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Here are FloGrappling’s ADCC World Championship bracket predictions:
Ladies’ braces
Men’s braces
As soon as the brackets are released, you can follow them on FloArena.
How to watch the 2024 ADCC World Championship
The 2024 ADCC World Championship will be streamed live in the USA on FloGrappling and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and news will also be available on both platforms.
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Don’t miss the IBJJF World Championships and the ADCC World Championships on FloGrappling
In May 2024, FloGrappling will broadcast the fourth and final Grand Slam event on the IBJJF calendar in California.
In August 2024, FloGrappling will broadcast the ADCC World Championships. The biennial tournament returns to Las Vegas.
