2022 ADCC West Coast Trial

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• ▸ The 2022 ADCC West Coast Trial ran April 2 through 4 in Las Vegas and drew roughly 1050 athletes, all competing for one of 7 spots at the 2022 ADCC World Championships. The women's bracket alone had 137 competitors, making it one of the largest no-gi expert-level female fields ever assembled.
• ▸ Across 50 recorded matchups, submissions accounted for 23 of the finishes, with points deciding 19, decisions 6, and penalties 2. That puts the recorded submission rate at 46 percent, so more than half of these matches still went to the judges or the scoreboard.
• ▸ The inside heel hook was the most common finish here with 6 recorded, ahead of the rear naked choke at 4 and the armbar at 3. If you train leg entanglements, that top spot tells you where the sharp end of ADCC-ruleset grappling was pointing.
• ▸ Andy Varela racked up 7 wins on record at this event, the most of anyone, though only 2 of those came by submission. His grind still ran into a wall in the -77kgs final, where William Tackett took the win on points.
• ▸ Brianna Ste-Marie went 6 wins on record with 4 of them by submission, the highest submission count among the top performers. That is a finishing rate few others in this field matched over a full run.