Grappling Report: ADCC North American Trials Delayed, Potentially Affecting World Championships

Devastating news for American grapplers hit us this week as the North American ADCC trials were postponed until at least January 2021. The main factor in the decision was the travel ban preventing any of the promotion’s qualified referees and judges from making it to the event. The head organizer, Mo Jassim, confirmed in a later statement to the public that there was literally only one judge in the entire of the US that he trusted to officiate an ADCC event to his standards.

This news came after the very first trials event was also postponed, when the European, Middle-East and African trials were also pushed back for 2 months. While it’s still too early to tell, Jassim has gone on record…