The ADCC European, Middle-Eastern, and African Trials 2026 took place across February 14th and 15th, 2026 and 8 elite competitors delivered the results they needed to book their places at ADCC 2026. This was also the first time in the current cycle that women have been able to win invites, so the competition in the female divisions was particularly fierce. All three of the female champions are pretty early on in their respective careers, demonstrating just how strong the future of women’s Jiu-Jitsu is looking right now. The youngest of them all was 20 year-old Anabel Lopez, who won 4 matches in total at over 65kg and beat the last woman to win invite in this continent in the final.
Injana Goodman had a crazy run on her way to gold at under 65kg, as she submitted all 4 of her opponents on the way to the final before winning that by decision. The longest journey in the women’s divisions happened at under 55kg though, where German brown belt Janette Gloger had to make her way through 6 matches to earn her invite. She put on a masterclass, submitting 3 of her opponents and beating the other 3 on points by a total margin of 21-0. The winners of the men’s divisions were almost all either older or further ahead in their careers, except at under 88kg.
That’s where fresh Swedish black belt Marlon Tajik came away with the invite; submitting 3 opponents and beating another 3 on points in order to do so. Tajik was one of two upsets coming out of the men’s divisions, with the other being Nikolay Vetrov at under 77kg. Vetrov had a similar run to Tajik, submitting 3 out of his 6 opponents before an incredibly close final match that he won by a single penalty point. Then in the lightest weight class there was a number of upsets all throughout the weekend, as several favorites went out even before the semi-finals. In the end it was Yigit Hanay who won the under 66kg invite; also getting 3 submissions out of his 6 wins.
At under 99kg it was a previous winner who came out on top, registering what was undoubtedly the most impressive run of the entire tournament. Eoghan O’Flanagan had moved up in weight to enter that division but he proved to be just as effective, as he did a clean-sweep of the bracket by submitting all 5 of his opponents. The final champion was Haisam Rida at over 99kg, who had a surprisingly long run to the top of the heaviest division. Rida outscored 3 of his opponents to win on points and submitted the other 3, including one of the other big contenders in the division in the semi-finals.
ADCC European, Middle-Eastern, & African Trials 2026 Full Results
Men’s Divisions
Under 66kg
1 – Yigit Hanay
2 – Konstiantyn Zhyvanov
3 – Sergio Riquelme
Under 77kg
1 – Nikolay Vetrov
2 – Taylor Pearman
3 – Dominic Klingher
Under 88kg
1 – Marlon Tajik
2 – Faris Ben-lamkadem
3 – Mateusz Mazur
Under 99kg
1 – Eoghan O’Flanagan
2 – Mukhamed Urusov
3 – Marcin Maciulewicz
Over 99kg
1 – Haisam Rida
2 – Aiden Woodley
3 – Anton Dmitrakov
Women’s Divisions
Under 55kg
1 – Janette Gloger
2 – Ana Mayordomo
3 – Liisi Vaht
Under 65kg
1 – Injana Goodman
2 – Ane Svendsen
3 – Rana Willink
Over 65kg
1 – Anabel Lopez
2 – Nia Blackman
3 – Salla Simola
The full ADCC European, Middle-Eastern, and African Trials 2026 event replay, including all of the results, is available to watch on FloGrappling, click here to subscribe and watch.
