29/08/2026
ADCC crowns its champions in Kraków in two weeks, and the organization’s own prize table shows the size of the problem.
A male champion takes $20,000. A female champion takes $10,000. The runner-up in any men’s division also takes $10,000, so second place on their side is worth what first place is worth on hers. And the absolute, which now exists only for men, pays $50,000 on its own.
The women’s absolute was never cut by announcement. It simply stopped showing up on the table.
Alongside that, three names on the invite list carry public cases, each one in a very different situation from the others. We put all three here with the context each one requires, because a name without context becomes unfair.
Izaak Michell stayed in the bracket with active arrest warrants in Texas and was removed quietly, only in July. The allegations have not been tested in court and he has not been convicted.
Ana Rodrigues received a direct invitation and has a record that justifies the call on its own. In May, Lívia Barasine accused her of pressuring her to drop a complaint. She denied all of it in a public video and we are not aware of any legal proceedings against her.
Roberto Cyborg Abreu returns for a third straight edition since the lawsuits became public. In the 2023 suit the judge ruled in his favour and he was not found liable.
ADCC publishes a code of conduct with zero tolerance for harassment and intimidation, and that code governs the open tournaments. For Worlds, invitation-only and paying out $362,000, we found no public criteria at all.
We put all of this to the organization by email on August 25, with a deadline of today. No response came, and the invitation still stands.
Full story at the link in bio.
