ADCC 2026 will be broadcast exclusively on FloGrappling, as the promotion has re-signed with the biggest platform in the sport. FloGrappling has been the home of ADCC for quite some time now so it’s not surprising to see them stay there, but things haven’t always been smooth sailing. Everything was up in the air back in 2023 when the promotion announced that they would be switching to UFC Fight Pass instead, something that would have been a huge blow to FloGrappling. Although FloGrappling has been the only major player in BJJ streaming for quite a while now, UFC Fight Pass have been hot on their heels and that move was their moment to overtake them.
Ultimately that deal didn’t go ahead and ADCC chose to return to FloGrappling just a few months later, no doubt to a collective sigh of relief at their head offices. They would still have been a major BJJ broadcaster of course, but ADCC is the most prestigious event in no gi grappling. That’s likely why they’ve wasted no time in re-signing ADCC this year, securing those rights as early as they can. Not only does this mean that ADCC 2026 will be broadcast on FloGrappling, but all of the ADCC Trials for that tournament and every ADCC Open until the end of 2026 will be shown there too.
Given some of the rumoured reasons behind the breakdown of the deal between ADCC and UFC Fight Pass, ADCC might be sticking with FloGrappling for the foreseeable future. As it stands those two platforms are the only real competition that the other one has, and FloGrappling has had a stranglehold on the market with both ADCC and the IBJJF in their roster. Neither of those organizations look to be going anywhere soon and every year FloGrappling signs new promotions to their schedule, along with putting together their own Who’s Number One events. All in all, it looks FloGrappling’s control over the BJJ streaming market is here to stay.
FloGrappling announced the news that ADCC 2026 would be streamed on their platform exclusively in a recent post to their official Instagram account:
