#209 ADCC 2021 North American Trials Finals Recap

Published: Nov. 9, 2021, 5 a.m.

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This week on the show Maine Zak and Miranda recap the 2021 ADCC East Coast Trials.

We pick up our event recap on day 2 of the ADCC trials after our special on location episode the night after Trials day 1.\\xa0

We recap the round of 16 onward for the men\\u2019s -66 kg, -77 kg, and -88 kg divisions, and the men\\u2019s -99 kg and over 99 kg divisions round of 8 and womens under 660 kg and over 60 kg round of 8 that took place on day 2.\\xa0

Kicking it off with the round of -66 division we look at Cole Abate run and eventual championship including his finals match with Keith Krikorian who has now taken 2nd place at the last 3 US trials events, we discussed matches with Gianni Gripp, and Deandre Corbe plus hte rest of the field.\\xa0

In the -77 division we recapped Kade Ruotolo taking the US title over William Tackett, and Kody Steele fantastic run using both his wrestling and cardio as a tool in his matches.\\xa0 We also talked about Pj Barch back in the mix at the top also showing why -7 is such a tough division.\\xa0

In -88 we discussed Giancarlo Bodoni being a division frontrunner and taking the entire division over El Monstro Elder Cruz, plus Jacob Couch fantastic showing at the event, and some great moments between him and John Salter during their 3rd place match.\\xa0

In -99 we saw Mason Fowler taking the trials title against Devhonte Johnson in the finals, plus\\xa0 Paul Ardila taking the third place in the division, we also discussed some of the divisions controversy and rules in the -99 kg division discussion.\\xa0

In +99 Kg we talked about how John Hansen had one of the best trials runs in recent history with his 29 second submission in the finals over Damon Ramos, and an overall powerful showing this weekend.\\xa0 Plus discussed Beach wrestler Danny Chaid and Alex Grandy in the 3rd place match.

In the womens -60 Kg division we discussed Brianna Ste-Marie taking the US trials title over Alexandria Enriquez in the finals and the fantastic weekend performances of both Fatima Kline, and Jasmine Rocha during the event.\\xa0

In womens +60 we discussed the tools in Kendall Reusing, tha saw her out point the submission hunter Amy Campo in the finals, as well as Lauren Jones 3rd place, and the pressure game of Khadijah Peek.

In the outro the hosts talked about the event overall, holidays and the need for a bit more sleep.

Recorded 11-8-2021

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