About a week after his girlfriend Amit Elor won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, Mica Galvao won gold at the so-called “Olympics of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.”
Galvao made Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu history on August 18 when he became only the second person in the sport’s history to complete the IBJJF Grand Slam and an ADCC World Championship in the same year, also known as the “Super Grand Slam.”
He won the championship in the 77 kg class with a victory over veteran Vagner Rocha at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Galvao is the only person besides the legendary Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles to have accomplished this feat, 17 years before Charles, who accomplished the feat in 2017 at the age of 37.
Galvao, the WNO welterweight champion, won a tough fight against PJ Barch to advance to the final, a fight that ended by a judges’ decision. Against Rocha, 22 years his senior, Galvao completed the feat by submitting Rocha with a rear naked choke about 90 seconds before the end of the fight.
Rocha’s two children, Jasmine and Achilles, also competed in the ADCC. He was attempting to become the oldest person to ever win an ADCC world title.
ADCC 2024 semi-finals: Breakdown of the group stage
Here are the last four ADCC athletes per weight class:
-66kg ADCC Final
- Diogo Reis vs Josh Cisneros
- Owen Jones vs Diego Pato
-77kg ADCC Final
- Mica Galvao vs PJ Barch
- Vagner Rocha vs Elijah Dorsey
-88kg ADCC Final
- Giancarlo Bodoni vs. Felipe Costa
- Jay Rodriguez vs. Chris Wojcik
-99kg ADCC Final
- Kaynan Duarte vs Cyborg Abreu
- Michael Pixley vs Rafael Lovato
+99 kg ADCC Final
- Felipe Pena vs Josh Saunders
- Luke Griffith vs Daniel Manasoiu
-55kg ADCC Final
- Bianca Basilio vs Ana Rodrigues
- Adele Fornarino vs Jasmine Rocha
-65kg ADCC Final
- Bia Mesquita vs. Ana Carolina Vieira
- Brianna Ste-Marie vs Helena Crevar
+65kg ADCC Final
- Amy Campo vs. Nathiely de Jesus
- Rafaela Guedes vs Kendall Reusing
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 start time
Here you can find the times for the ADCC World Championships. All times are Eastern Time.
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.
Watch BJJ on FloGrappling
FloGrappling is the streaming home of the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu events and news coverage. FloGrappling is the streaming home of:
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.
