ADCC World Championships will be held in Los Angeles in September 2019. ADCC World Championships men's divisions feature 16 competitors, with eight qualified athletes, seven invitations and the return of the defending ADCC champion. Women's divisions feature eight competitors, with four qualified athletes, the defending champion and three invitations. To be invited to ADCC is a great honor reserved for only elite grapplers, and so most athletes will need to fight their way onto the event.
Here is a list of the grapplers qualified so far.
Men -66kg
2017 champion: Rubens 'Cobrinha' Charles
1st European Trials Winner: Zaur Akhmedov (Russia)
Men -77kg
2017 champion: JT Torres
1st European Trials Winner: Ross Nicholls (United Kingdom)
Men -88kg
2017 champion: Gordon Ryan (will most likely go up in weight)
1st European Trials Winner: Adam Wardzinski (Poland)
Men -99kg
2017 champion: Yuri Simoes
1st European Trials Winner: Perttu Tepponen (Finland)
Men +99kg
2017 champion: Marcus Buchecha Almeida
1st European Trials Winner: Eldar Rafigaev (Moldova)
Women -60kg
2017 champion: Beatriz Mesquita
Women +60kg
2017 champion: Gabi Garcia
Superfight
Andre Galvao (defending champion) vs Felipe Pena (2017 absolute champion)