This ADCC is proving volatile before it even started. The number of people who have dropped out has increased even more just ahead of the competition start. Due to injuries, other obligations ADCC has lost:
Eddie Wolverine Cummings
Marcio Andre
Gabriel Arges
Bruno Frazatto
Justin Rader
Gilbery Burns
Luiz Panza
Joao Gabriel Rocha
and more
Current roster looks like this:
-66kg
Rubens Charles (Brazil) – ADCC 2015 winner
Uranov Zhakshylyk (Kyrgyzstan) – 1st Asian Trial winner
Janusz Andrejczuk (Poland) – 1st European Trial winner
Pablo Mantovani (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
Paulo Miyao (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
Yuta Shimada (Japan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
Ethan Crelinsten (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
Kuba Witkowski (Poland) – 2nd European Trial winner
Geovanny Martinez (USA) – Invited
Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes (Brazil) – Invited
AJ Agazarm (USA) – Invited
Baret Yoshida (USA) – Invited
Nicolas Renier (France) – Invited
Kamil Wilk (Poland) – Invited
Erno Elgland (Finland) – Invited
Nicky Ryan (USA) – Invited-77kg
Lachlan Giles (Australia) – 1st Asian Trial winner
Tero Pyylampi (Finland) – 1st European Trial winner
Mansher Singh Khera (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
Felipe Cesar (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
Marcelo Mafra (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
Osmanzhan Kassimov (Kazakhstan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
Vagner Rocha (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
Oliver Taza (Canada/Lebanon) – 2nd European Trial winner
Garry Tonon (USA) – Invited
Lucas Lepri (Brazil) – Invited
JT Torres (USA) – Invited
DJ Jackson (USA) – Invited
Celso Vinicius (Brazil) – Invited
Leonardo Saggioro (Brazil) – Invited
Enrico Cocco (USA) – Invited
Sergio Ardila (USA) – Invited-88kg
Craig Jones (Australia) – 1st Asian Trial winner
Jesse Urholin (Finland) – 1st European Trial winner
James Brasco (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
Murilo Santana (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
Kaynan Casemiro Duarte (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
Kit Dale (Australia) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
John Salter (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
Piotr Marcin Frechowicz (Poland) – 2nd European Trial winner
Romulo Barral (Brazil) – Invited
Keenan Cornelius (USA) – Invited
Gordon Ryan (USA) – Invited
Pablo Popovich (USA) – Invited
Alexandre Ribeiro (Brazil) – Invited
Leandro Lo (Brazil) – Invited
Dillon Danis (USA) – Invited
Rustam Chsiev (Russia) – Invited-99kg
Roman Dolidze (Georgia) – 1st Asian Trial winner
Kamil Uminski (Poland) – 1st European Trial winner
Eliot Kelly (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
Mahamed Aly (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
Salomao Ribeiro (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
Yukiyasu Ozawa (Japan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
Paul Ardila (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
Abdurakhman Bilarov (Russia) – 2nd European Trial winner
Yuri Simoes (Brazil) – Moved from -88kg
Rafael Lovato Jr. (USA) – Invited
Felipe Pena (Brazil) – Invited
Joao Assis (Brazil) – Invited
Jake Shields (USA) – Invited
Mike Perez (USA) – Invited
Jeff Monson (USA) – Invited
Jackson Sousa (Brazil) – Invited+99kg
Orlando Sanchez (USA) – ADCC 2015 winner
Arman Zhanpeisov (Kazakhstan) – Second Place on 1st Asia Trial
Khamzat Stambulov (Russia) – 1st European Trial winner
Tom DeBlass (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
Victor Honório (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
Hideki Sekine (Japan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
Casey Hellenberg (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
Abdulaev Ruslan (Russia) – 2nd European Trial winner
Vinny Magalhaes (Brazil) – Invited
Marcus Almeida “Buchecha” (Brazil) – Invited
Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu (Brazil) – Invited
Jared Dopp (USA) – Invited
Tim Spriggs (USA) – Invited
Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (Finland) – Invited
Bruno Bastos (Brazil) – Invited
Jesseray Childrey (USA) – Invited
In red we have outlined the replacements. Perhaps the most interesting of the bunch is young Nicky Ryan who will be making his ADCC debut at a record young age:
Nicky Ryan was 3rd in ADCC trials having been defeated by Hayden while Justin Rader placed first.
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