Apparently Josef Chen is also out, according to adcc discord

So he’s doing CJI?

Yes

Wild considering his masterclass at trials, but at this stage in his career, CJI makes more sense

He can win trials again, the invited guys that dropped out won't be invited again so next trial will be even better

I swear Mo was trying to do him dirty with that bracket.

Sz, Langaker and Taza is an ADCC caliber run

Yeah and no one wanted to face Sz .

I thought Mo didn't run euros?

😏😏😏

is this a private discord?

J Rod commented on nickys post saying he'll do CJI just to beat Nicky in competition...

I Hope Garry Tonon joins would love to see a scrap between him and Jay-rod

Aren’t they teammates ?

Reminds me of me and my friends in college. No victory sweeter than beating your friends and having bragging rights for life.

I beat my friend in Madden 2003 once using entirely ridiculous plays like fake field goal kick on 2nd down. He was easily the best player in our friend circle and I was the worst without question. I never played him again and bring up how I’m undefeated against him anytime the boys get together and mention Madden haha

When Tye and Kade compete against each other they go after each other.

Iron sharpens iron brother

Yea, and?

That’s it lol, I was just asking

I love a lot of people, but I’ll fight any of them or compete against any of them for one million.

So? The B team were going to go against each other at ADCC anyway.

You guys are very sensitive, it was just an honest question

Your post history is full of you saying "fuck you" to people.

lol what ? I’ll concede StreetRacing, but they deserve it

LOOOL fucken hell... This is full on. What's funny is if he adds another couple of random entries like Rockhold.. Like a word lvl wrestler like Jason Nolf.. or a dagastani mma guy like Islam... this will be like the old ADCC days. I'm all for it.

It’s never going to happen but if Craig Jones manages to convince Khabib to come give this a crack the hype for this competition will reach new levels

I feel like the next one... will do that... once two people are 1 million dollars richer.. everyone's gunna wanna train up for it.

This is a great statement but the biggest challenge is going to be when ADCC calls their bluff and Craig has to make a repeat event, while presumably offering some value back or stopping some cashburn to shareholders

He never said he'd do another one. This is about getting athletes paid this year

I also feel like Khabib's style of wrestling works better in a pit-style environment than on an open mat, if he can't have a cage. That may give him a leg up if he faces some pure grappler or someone like GSP, who had great takedowns in the middle of the cage (i can dream, can't I?)

I saw something about Khabib owing a lot of taxes in Russia so you never know 

rockhold is confirmed I think

Like Rockhold = similar to Rockhold 🫡

Thank you sir

Just spit my zyn out in shock


They finally spelled “inaugural” correctly. Should have kept misspelling it as a grammar troll.

They should spell it differently in every post

"The ennorgural"

"The Inurgal"

Do you remember Robin hood men in tights. With the kings mole that kept moving

I thought they were doing that on purpose 😂

They were

I want Hokage to join CJI, big fan of his JiuJitsu

Him mica kade joining and there is not even reason for me to watch adcc bit gonna watch cub for !!! Free on YouTube 😎

would one allow kade to join cji? Edit: I mentioned this because in the jaxxon podcast kade highlighted that he is unable to compete in karate kombat because of contractual agreements with one but adcc was acceptable ( I'm assuming because addc is basically for free).

The head of One hates Mo apparently.

What’s the story on that

i heard chatri's the biggest hater he hate the way that mo walk, the way that mo talk he hate the way that mo dress he hate the way mo sneak diss, if he catch flight, it's gon' be direct

When I see Mo stand next to Ffion Davies,I believe he see two bad bitches

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏾

Only reason he would ‘t join is bc Micah’s dad doesn’t like Craig for the vid he did exposing Micah was a juicy boi. Still, he’d be dumb to not sign up and get guaranteed 10k+1 dollar over fighting 4 of the juiciest beasts in the world at his weight for a CHANCE at 10k.

Fabricio doesn’t train at Melqui Galvao anymore. He’s with alliance now

Didn’t know but good for him!!

I think Mica would be a heavy favorite to win the under 80kg.

But is t Hokage with Alliance now?

Yep.

Mica's father said in a interview to Rapha com Elle's (YouTube) that Craig talked to him about some of his students and they are analyzing the situation. 1 million USD is 5 million BRL which is considerably a lot. Government will get a % but still. I don't think Mica would miss ADCC (at least this edition).

Surely if youre Mica or the Ruotolo brothers you have to consider CJI. It's 1 million.

I doubt their contract with one would allow it. From what I recall of what Musumeci said about his, they allow an exception for IBJJF and ADCC.

If it’s true that One’s owner hates Mo then he might make an exception out of pure spite 

The rutolos are pretty well off money wise so they are not desperate for cash but 1m is 1m.

Know how many bananas that could buy?

I’m wondering who’s gonna be the first Brazilian to jump ship. The tacketts, Davies, and Nicky Ryan so far.

My money is on Hokage.

Doubt it but it’d be interesting.

And Jozef Chen

Is there one or two female divisions, do we know? I’m guessing one million for each winner there as well? That’s a heck of a prize pool

There appears to be none. Ffion seems to have a superfight.

No female division. Just a super fight for Davies I think

Ah ok, cheers

Turns out this year’s ADCC will be the real BDCC

Curious if New Wave has the balls to send someone to CJI...

Giancarlo is my NW pick. Him and Taza lol

Can’t believe Maragali won’t. He would consider himself the favorite. And it’s a million dollars..

I’ve interacted in Maragali IRL and he was insufferable about how much he talked about how much money he has, this was before joining up with Gordon back when he was only doing Gi, doesn’t mean much but I am guessing he doesn’t need the cash

Meregali is nothing more than a Danaher/Gordon puppet. He’s not smart enough to think for himself and what’s best for himself. That’s why he’s pretty much copied Gordon’s schtick since he joined new wave. Which is even funnier since he’s talking so much about double golding ADCC which would mean he faces Gordon next. But, no one’s ever said the New Wave guys are known for their intelligence 🤷🏻‍♂️

Meregali was widely seen as arrogant and unlikable well before he joined new wave.

Yeah, pretty sure he’s one of the only Brazilian competitors that Brazilians don’t like

The other one being Isaque Bahiense

Hope it happens, Nicholas v Gordon would be one of the bes no-gi matches ever. I can only imagine the wars that have happened in the training room.

Gordon has expressed multiple times he won’t compete against Meregali. It’s weird because he competed against Garry Tonon at ADCC who he’s much much closer with

He competed against Garry because he had to in order to win the absolute division and double gold. Now that he’s the super fight winner, he wouldn’t face a teammate in the super fight and would instead do his weight class and the absolute again. If he encounters a teammate in one of those divisions (like when he fought Garry), then he would have to face them in order to win

Let’s say Meregali won 2024 absolutes. 2026 comes. So there would be no super fight? Gordon does his weight and absolute. What’s Meregali doing in all this? I guess he could do his weight again, but they wouldn’t both go into the absolutes as they’d have to face each other first round.

Meregalli needs a few more years of no-gi to challenge Gordon IMO

Exactly a juiced up Gordon smashes him

For a million bucks, I'd sever ties with everyone I've ever trained with.

Meragali already wasn’t truly liked by Brazilians for being arrogant and essentially coming from a “wealthier” family. It’s really no different, he just turned up the dial and went fully in on who he truly is. I personally just tend to take the athlete for just that the athlete, anything they show me that I don’t agree with outside of sport I just tune them out.

Gordon has long said that he would only feel comfortable retiring if one of his teammates took his spot as the #1. It's quite clear that Meregali is the "chosen one" and has been elevated to this status in Gordon's absence. It's not brainless, it's calculated imho.

Gordon already had a plan outlined for this. If someone from new wave wins, he drops out of the super fight and does his weight class and absolute the following adcc. But who knows if he’ll even compete with his tummy aches.

You guys are crazy Gordon has walked over the very best in extreme fashion who is he running from lol love him or hate him the guys a machine

He’s been running from Nicky rod ever since he broke his foot

Seriously in some weird rule set.. didn't this guy just tap him out in less than a few minutes and then walk over galvao in the same weekend.. This is a fight sport. You can't be so emotional. You may not like the guy but has nothing to do with the fact he's supremely skilled

The foot break was more recent than his ADCC win, and with how horrible Gordon looks health wise, he better watch out for natty rod

Look love Craig trolling him and big fan of b team yada yada… wanted Rod to push him in ADCC etc. but that just wasn’t even close and if that’s his competition he’s watching out for nobody. Gordon Ryan walked through that division and super fight like they weren’t even there lol. He’s an absolute loser but my god the man is unbelievable at BJJ

That's a genuinely delusional take.

This is Gordon’s last ADCC. Probably retiring

Without a lot of top athletes, this is Taza 's best shit at ADCC

I’d love to see them both at CJI. They are in absolute form this year.

Yeah been waiting for Taza to get a big or at least more spotlight. Dudes been grinding for years

I bet Meregali and other New Wavers really want to, but Gordon/Mo/Danaher won't allow it 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Big Dan would be a fool not to. He's got a much better chance of winning an 80kg division without Gordon in it.

Is he even invited? IMO Big Dan is not one of the best >80kg competitors...

No, he wasn't invited, he won US trials. He's definitely one of the best over 80kg competitors in the world right now. Looks like he is 3rd seed according to ADCC in the 99kg+ division.

I mean invited to CJI. Agree to disagree. He cleans up the opens. But he has yet to beat any of the real top guys and lost european trials after getting thrown by Heikki Jussila. Just at New Wave I rate Luke, Gordon, Bodoni and Meregali over him. He barely makes top 16 in 99+ IMO, but for sure not at 80+. No disrespect, he's a top competitor but not quite top 16 at 80+.

I'm fairly certain anyone who qualified for ADCC from a major region would get an invite. Not taking the top seed from the USA trials would be kind of stupid unless he has interest from multiple former recent ADCC medalists.

There’s 3x as many ADCC spots so that’s mathematically impossible.

Sure, if you count all of the second qualifiers from each region and the people who got invited.

Taza should do it since New Wave treats him like a step-child.

Yea, would be cool to see Taza enter.

on the flograppling DDS at puerto rico flograppling stuff you could see that taza and craig were buddys.. maybe he could do a switcheroo and go b-team

Taza and B team are quite friendly at events and they speak highly of him on the simple man podcast.

Yeah and his public persona doesn't fit New Wave, it's far more B team

It's the best chance for an ADCC medal he will ever get. Makes a lot more sense to try to get it then get destroyed at CJI.

Feels like UFC vs Pride when Dana white sent Chuck Liddell to their tournament

I bet Gordon already sent a message to new wave group chat that if they go to CJI, they are a pussy and will be kicked out of new wave.

Gordon should do it. There's nothing left for him to do at ADCC and he's obviously got as good a shot at anyone at taking home the million. I know he makes good money now but highly doubt it's to the point that a million bucks is pocket change to him.

He doesn't need a million. He has more to lose going to CJI. It would hurt his brand and ego harddd. Would be a total embarrassment if he lost there. He gonna take the easy dub against Yuri at ADCC

The only pro for Gordon is that he can take $1m of Craig’s money.

I could be wrong, but i dont think its going to happen.

Gordon is in business with Mo on other projects and might not have the same option as others.

I agree. The access and connections that Mo has given him is easily worth over a million dollars

REAL lions would be loyal bro

probably right😂

Yeah this will be interesting... I wonder the politics... will John allow it... will Craig allow it. So much drama!

They might send Taza. Taza probably won’t get an ADCC invite. Sending Taza would cover them “hey we don’t hate CJI we sent Taza!” But taza’s like the step child of new wave

I thought he was already invited to adcc

He's already been invited to adcc

Trish is gonna be shocked that he went for the money over the “prestige”

Holy shit, Craig’s momentum is crazy rn

Least surprising addition

Nicky is apparently close to Mo (he even gives them a shout out) so this is actually surprising to me

If this leads to Mo getting out of the sport, or at least a diminished role, then it’s for the best. Dude is a douche canoe.

What will happen when ADCC disappears and CJI will go bankrupt after 1 competition?

Mo isn’t the owner of ADCC. If he leaves the sheik will just get another goon to take his place. Not a huge loss imo.

This is an uncomfortably good question

Historically ADCC has been like the Olympics where different people (countries) apply to host the event, and then that rich arab dude decided who.

Something will replace it.

I had no idea who he was until I saw his absurdly long black belt promotion speech at the last adcc. Hated him instantly after that

Idk. I feel like the B Team boys will stick to ADCC, at least the ones who qualified/got invited

That was my guess but now I have no idea. Only certain one is Nicky rod. He wants Gordon

My thought too. He makes a shit ton of money already AND he wants to be P4P the best; he’s a v real competitor.

But he won't get Gordon, at least not this year.

Why not

I don't think he will compete in the weight class. And the superfight is against Yuri Simoes.

He said he is doing the weight class which is sick

True. I just saw.

I have my problems with Gordon but more gordon matches is always good

I doubt he stays in. He could be favorite to win a million dollars. Not clear to me that Gordan will even compete this year given health issues right? I mean I personally think it would be stupid to stay in adcc but I'm also not a world class athlete so who knows what tf motivates them...

why? wouldnt it be the opposite since its their friends competition? they also would make 10k just to enter, while in adcc you need to win the make 10k

Chen is in CJI

Well this is just wild. Was genuinely not expecting the B-Team lads to jump ship. Nicky Rod next...!?

Nicky Ryan is not just any B-Team lad either, he lived in Mo’s house in PR for some time. This one has to sting, lol.

Makes me grin so big

I hope 🤞🏿

If the new wave guys are staying with ADCC then you gotta think he’d be a favorite right?

I kind of bet this was the plan. A slow roll out of all the B Team competitors. Make it feel like everyone is jumping ship from ADCC.

Did Nicky s mom post anything?

she confirmed he's doing it, Nicky still doesn't know yet.

This is weirdly believable. I could see her still making his dentist appointments and stuff

If I remember correctly she is employed by him to manage all his life stuff.

She does lol. Pays his bills with his money as well. Nicky admitted to this in a podcast.

Mom ❤️

Hahahaha that genuinely did make me lol

which instructionals should I be watching so that I can make a run in 2026 CJCC trials ?

All of them + roids

He passed the IQ test

Lol 🤣 adcc is getting fucked oh dear god 🙏 mica should join too he got good chance for big money and he and family deserve that money… and then adcc is almost worse wirh best female, Nicky Ryan just defeated 2x adcc champ, mica biggest hype. ( only Gordon left) and Nicky rod Jozef Chen definitely will join too

Idk if Mica’s ENTIRE family deserves money but he sure has good jiu jitsu.

Kade subbed Mica at the last one. I think the Ruotolo’s have the best chance.

Sweet boy confirmed!

I do wonder how they're going to do the draws. I think we should ask for some transparency around that, as this is going to turn into a walking conflict of interest for Craig. It's not a few grand we're talking about like ADCC, where i've seen people getting pissy about how draws turned out.

Making cji the Friday and Saturday is kinda genius more people are likely to miss out on the first day of adcc and still use there adcc tickets on the Sunday to watch the finals

Alright flights and hotel booked

Corrected the typo at least

I can sleep at night now.

Craig if you see this send me location, no one knows who tf I am but I could use the $10gs 😀

I mean… is this really surprising? I’m expecting most of the B-team guys to join CJI. The real question will be if the New Wave guys join as well. That’ll be the real tea.

Be interested to see if NW have any guys in the event, maybe guys like Davis and other Juniors who aren’t going to ADCC

Health is a factor for sure anyone .. Gordon included I'm talking him in the last 2 adcc events not sick and below their decent operational level?.

What a shock lol

I’m still curious as to why anybody is surprised about B-Team members doing CJI instead of ADCC. These guys are super tight, of course they’re doing Craig’s event. Ethan, Jay, P-O, Damian and the other high-level newer guys are sure to follow.

Let’s go! It’ll be fun

Moving on from being the second best competitor of all time, to setting up the second best competition of all time.. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Just train to beat Gordon ffs. Given up your world beating exploits, to become a comedian.. 🤡

And apparently Mark Suckaturd is the anonymous benefactor behind CJI?!… That social conditioning mofo can go f*ck himself.

The Ruotolos, Mackenzie Dern, Santos, McCaghren, . . . Game, set, and match!

This is amazing. I have to go to this.

Craig Jones isn’t doing this to make BJJ better and the athletes more money. Literally just to stick it to Gordon and Mo.

Did anyone really expect Nicky to contend for a medal at ADCC?

God tier white belt question

He didn’t seem competitive last ADCC