The dates and location for the ADCC North American East Coast Trials 2025 have now been announced, and registration is now open for the tournament. It will be taking place across the weekend of November 15th and 16th, 2025 and at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida. As always, each of the divisions are going to be capped at 256 and it’s likely that at least the most popular of them are going to fill up fast. Usually that’s the three lightest men’s weight classes, and they’ll probably be even more popular now that there’s some decent cash prizes on the line alongside the invite to ADCC 2026.
ADCC have announced that the winner of each of the eight weight classes available for both men and women will receive $1,500, while the silver medalists will receive $750 and the bronze medalists will receive $500. Only the five male winners will earn the right to compete at ADCC 2026 though; whereas the three female winners will get their flight, hotel, and registration for the next edition of the ADCC North American West Coast Trials paid for. This has historically been done before the women’s divisions at ADCC are half the size of the men’s, so only the second edition of each continent’s trials offers invites to the female winners.
Obviously the men’s divisions will attract some of the best grapplers in the world as they fight for their place, and the women’s divisions are a valuable place for high-level experience even without an invite on the line. UFC veteran Angela Hill already announced that she’s aiming to enter and historically, most of the medalists from the second edition are there competing at the first as well. It will two days full of fierce competition with likely around a thousand athletes of all ages attending and when the dust settles, fans will know five more names that they can look forward to seeing at ADCC 2026.
The ADCC North American East Coast Trials 2025 will be available to watch live on November 15th and 16th, 2025 on FloGrappling, click here to subscribe and watch.
