ADCC is not a jiu-jitsu tournament - it is a grappling tournament that more heavily mixes in a bias for wrestling and competing on the feet. Where past years may have been full of collar-tie push/pull marathons, those grapplers have largely been lapped by a more aggressive and technical generation of stars who fight for the takedown in a more exciting way.

ADCC East Coast Trials Champion Dorian Olivarez was able to win a junior folkstyle national championship over the weekend, defeating #1 Pierson Manville 2-1 in a close match to cap off a dark horse run to first place. The win came in the U20 144lb bracket, which featured multiple nationally-ranked high school wrestlers. Dorian, still only high school age, will be competing in the ADCC World Championships later this year in the -66kg division.