ADCC is just ahead of us and final changes have been released. One surprise comes in the form of Gabriel Arges being out of the 77kg bracket.

And it seems that Joao Gabriel Rocha’s injury sidelining produced more changes.  Among changes is that Simoes and Luiz Panza are now in the -99kg division.

With Eddie Cummings being the last change – word is out this is due to a knee injury as referenced on ADCombat.com  that released the bracket:

-66kg

1. Rubens Charles (Brazil) – ADCC 2015 winner
2. Uranov Zhakshylyk (Kyrgyzstan) – 1st Asian Trial winner
3. Janusz Andrejczuk (Poland) – 1st European Trial winner
4. Justin Rader (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
5. Pablo Mantovani (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
6. Paulo Miyao (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
7. Yuta Shimada (Japan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
8. Ethan Crelinsten (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
9. Kuba Witkowski (Poland) – 2nd European Trial winner
10. Bruno Frazatto (Brazil) – Invited
11. Geovanny Martinez (USA) – Invited
12. Eddie Cummings (USA) – Invited
13. Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes (Brazil) – Invited
14. AJ Agazarm (USA) – Invited
15. Baret Yoshida (USA) – Invited
16. Nicolas Renier (France) – Invited

-77kg

1. Lachlan Giles (Australia) – 1st Asian Trial winner
2. Tero Pyylampi (Finland) – 1st European Trial winner
3. Mansher Singh Khera (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
4. Felipe Cesar (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
5. Marcelo Mafra (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
6. Osmanzhan Kassimov (Kazakhstan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
7. Vagner Rocha (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
8. Oliver Taza (Canada/Lebanon) – 2nd European Trial winner
9. Garry Tonon (USA) – Invited
10. Lucas Lepri (Brazil) – Invited
11. JT Torres (USA) – Invited
12. Gilbert Burns (Brazil) – Invited
13. DJ Jackson (USA) – Invited
14. Celso Vinicius (Brazil) – Invited
15. Leonardo Saggioro (Brazil) – Invited
16. Enrico Cocco (USA) – Invited

-88kg

1. Craig Jones (Australia) – 1st Asian Trial winner
2. Jesse Urholin (Finland) – 1st European Trial winner
3. James Brasco (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
4. Murilo Santana (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
5. Kaynan Casemiro Duarte (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
6. Kit Dale (Australia) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
7. John Salter (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
8. Piotr Marcin Frechowicz (Poland) – 2nd European Trial winner
9. Romulo Barral (Brazil) – Invited
10. Keenan Cornelius (USA) – Invited
11. Gordon Ryan (USA) – Invited
12. Pablo Popovich (USA) – Invited
13. Alexandre Ribeiro (Brazil) – Invited
14. Leandro Lo (Brazil) – Invited
15. Dillon Danis (USA) – Invited
16. Rustam Chsiev (Russia) – Invited

-99kg

1. Roman Dolidze (Georgia) – 1st Asian Trial winner
2. Kamil Uminski (Poland) – 1st European Trial winner
3. Eliot Kelly (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
4. Mahamed Aly (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
5. Salomao Ribeiro (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
6. Yukiyasu Ozawa (Japan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
7. Paul Ardila (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
8. Abdurakhman Bilarov (Russia) – 2nd European Trial winner
9. Yuri Simoes  (Brazil) – Moved from -88kg
10. Luiz Panza (Brazil) – Moved from +99kg
11. Rafael Lovato Jr. (USA) – Invited
12. Felipe Pena (Brazil) – Invited
13. Joao Assis (Brazil) – Invited
14. Jake Shields (USA) – Invited
15. Mike Perez (USA) – Invited
16. Jeff Monson (USA) – Invited

+99kg

1. Orlando Sanchez (USA) – ADCC 2015 winner
2. Arman Zhanpeisov (Kazakhstan) – Second Place on 1st Asia Trial
3. Khamzat Stambulov (Russia) – 1st European Trial winner
4. Tom DeBlass (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
5. Victor Honório (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
6. Hideki Sekine (Japan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
7. Casey Hellenberg (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
8. Abdulaev Ruslan (Russia) – 2nd European Trial winner
9. Vinny Magalhaes (Brazil) – Invited
10. Marcus Almeida “Buchecha” (Brazil) – Invited
11. Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu (Brazil) – Invited
12. Jared Dopp (USA) – Invited
13. Tim Spriggs (USA) – Invited
14. Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (Finland) – Invited
15. Bruno Bastos (Brazil) – Invited
16. Jesseray Childrey (USA) – Invited

W-60kg

1. Mackenzie Dern (USA) – ADCC 2015 winner
2. Bianca Basílio (Brazil) – South American Trial winner
3. Rikako Yuasa (Japan) – Asian Trial winner
4. Ffion Davies (Great Britain) – European Trial winner
5. Michelle Nicolini (Brazil) – Invited
6. Beatriz Mesquita (Brazil) – Invited
7. Talita Alencar (Brazil) – Invited
8. Elvira Karppinen (Finland) – Invited

W+60kg

1. Talita Treta (Brazil) – South American Trial winner
2. Tara White (USA) – North American Trial winner
3. Samantha Cook (Great Britain) – European Trial winner
4. Gabrielle Garcia (Brazil) – Invited
5. Jessica Da Silva Oliveira (Brazil) – Invited
6. Amanda Santana (USA) – Invited
7. Venla Luukkonen (Finland) – Invited
8. Marysia Malyjasiak (Poland) – Invited

Just the other day Wolverine bragged to flograppling how obsessed with bjj he was:

“Ottavia keeps me grounded, reminds me that I love jiu-jitsu,” Cummings said. “She’ll say, ‘What, you want to go back into math or physics?’

“My quality of life would probably be better if I did those things, but I don’t love these things like I love jiu-jitsu. I love talking about it, teaching, researching. I do this all day.”

We wish Cummings and others injured in the preparation a quick recovery.