Michael Pixley surprised the world on August 17th with his victory over Nicholas Meregali in the quarterfinals of the 2024 ADCC World Championships. Pixley, a former NAIA and D2 collegiate wrestling champion, defeated Meregali by armbar in the -99 kg weight class.
This win was especially surprising as Meregali was the fourth best no-gi wrestler in the world rankings and was trying to double his gold medal at the ADCC. Pixley made it to the World Championships as the ADCC West Coast Trials Champion.
Here you can find out everything you need to know about Michael Pixley.
Michael Pixley has a wrestling background
Pixley was an elite high school wrestler and became a national champion in both NAIA and NCAA Division II wrestling.
According to FloGrappling expert Joe Gilpin, Michael Pixley is the most successful wrestler in the ADCC 2024 field.
Gilpin said before ADCC 2024: “Pixley may be the best pound-for-pound wrestler on the field, at least as far as credentials go, as his college titles prove he’s been taking people down his entire life. He’s carried that over to grappling, where he has a ruthless front headlock series that he continues to develop and that the rest of his game follows well. Because of the rules here, Pixley can take anyone down – but he lacks some of that elite field fighting experience, so we don’t know what fights against a Meregali or Duarte would look like.”
If he’s not seeded in the top eight, someone will be mad that they picked Pixley.
Michael Pixley was the ADCC West Coast Trials Champion
Pixley won the West Coast Trials with a high submission rate, demonstrating his ability to finish fights decisively and his dominance in competition.
Michael Pixley is associated with Daisy Fresh
He represents Pedigo Submission Fighting Los Angeles.
PSF, also known as “Daisy Fresh,” originates from Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and has been covered extensively by FloGrappling.
Pixley is a two-time IBJJF No-Gi Champion
Michae Pixley has taken first place twice in an IBJJF competition.
In 2021, Pixley took first place in the men’s open blue belt division at the IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi World Championships.
In 2022, he again took first place, this time in the men’s super heavy blue belt division at the IBJJF No-Gi Championships.
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ADCC 2024: Bracket breakdown
-66kg
- Diogo Reis vs Huaiqing Xu
- Fabricio Andrey vs. Deandre Corbe
- Josh Cisneros vs. Kaua Gabriel
- Kennedy Maciel vs. Keith Krikorian
- Gabriel Sousa vs Owen Jones
- Dorian Olivarez vs. Gairbeg Ibragimov
- Diego Pato vs Ash Williams
- Ethan Crelinsten vs Ethan Thomas
-77kg
- Mica Galvao vs Luiz Paulo
- Davi Ramos vs. Oliver Taza
- PJ Barch vs Fabio Caloi
- Garry Tonon vs. Mateusz Szczecinski
- Vagner Rocha vs Jeremy Skinner
- Jonnatas Gracie vs Max Hanson
- Dante Leon vs Elijah Dorsey
- JT Torres vs Alexandre Jesus
-88kg
- 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
-99kg
- Kaynan Duarte vs. Daniel Schardt
- Paul Ardila vs Declan Moody
- Cyborg Abreu vs Daishi Goto
- Henrique Ceconi vs Javier Zaruski
- Nicholas Meregali vs Marcin Maciulewicz
- Vinicius Ferreira vs. Michael Pixley
- Rafael Lovato Jr. vs. Eli Braz
- Patrick Gaudio vs Alex Grandy
+99kg
- Felipe Pena vs. Brandon Reed
- John Hansen vs. Heikki Jussila
- Vinny Magalhaes vs Damon Ramos
- Mike Perez vs Josh Saunders
- Roosevelt Sousa vs Vince Pezzuto
- Luke Griffith vs Mansur Makhmakhov
- Victor Honorio vs Haisam Rida
- Daniel Manasoiu vs Mark MacQueen
-55kg
- Bianca Basilio vs Brenda Larissa
- Ana Rodrigues vs Alex Enriquez
- Mayssa Bastos vs Adele Fornarino
- Jasmine Rocha vs Margot Ciccarelli
-65kg
- Bia Mesquita vs. Sula Mae-Loewenthal
- Amanda Leve vs. Ana Carolina Vieira
- Brianna Ste-Marie vs Mo Black
- Helena Crevar vs Aurelie La Vern
+65kg
- Amy Campo vs Nikki-Lloyd Griffiths
- Nathiely de Jesus against Lyzz Mitrovic
- Rafaela Guedes vs Nia Blackman
- Kendall Reusing vs. Maria Ruffatto
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.
ADCC results will be shown on FloGrappling and FloArena
The results of the ADCC World Championship will be published on FloGrappling and FloArena.
ADCC World Championship Cards
The ADCC World Championship begins on August 17th and ends on August 18th. The event begins at 1:00 p.m. EST on both days. Tickets can be purchased here.
ADCC start time
Here you can find the times for the ADCC World Championships. All times are Eastern Time.
17 August:
- The opening ceremony of the ADCC World Championship will take place at 1 p.m.
- The matches of the first round of the ADCC World Championship start at 13:45
- The quarter-finals of the ADCC World Championship are expected to start around 5 p.m.
- The ADCC Super Fight Gordon Ryan vs. Felipe Pena is scheduled to take place at 8 p.m.
18 August:
- The semi-finals of the ADCC World Championship start at 1 p.m.
- The bronze medal matches at the ADCC World Championship are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
- The gold medal fights of the ADCC World Championship are scheduled to begin at 2:40 p.m.
- The ADCC World Championship Absolute Division is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.
- The medal rounds of the ADCC World Championship in the absolute division are scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.
- Gordon Ryan vs. Yuri Simoes ADCC Super Fight is expected to start at 9:30 p.m.
ADCC bracket predictions
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.
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