Dante Leon, the 2022 bronze medalist at -77kg, will be returning to ADCC Worlds in August. Dante has set himself apart in the last few years as one of the top pound-for-pound grapplers in the world, having defeated black belt champions up several weight classes from his more natural 155/170. This will be his third consecutive appearance at ADCC Worlds, having placed top-4 in the prior two editions. The entire tournament will be streaming exclusively on FloGrappling.

The ADCC made the announcement today via Instagram;

The -77kg division is one of the most competitive in the sport and in 2022 the place winners were Kade, Mica Galvao, Dante Leon, and PJ Barch. The confirmed division, including the 7 current Trials winners, so far is;

-77kg

• Jozef Chen (1st European Trials winner) | South Africa
• Elijah Dorsey (East Coast Trials winner) | United States
• Kenta Iwamoto (1st Asia & Oceania Trials winner) | Japan
• Tommy Langaker (2nd European Trials winner) | Norway
• JT Torres (Invited) | United States
• Nicky Ryan (Invited) | United States
• Luiz Paolo (1st South American Trials winner) | Brazil
• Alexandre de Jesus (2nd South American Trials winner) | Brazil
• Jonnatas Gracie (Invited) | Brazil
• Andrew Tackett (West Coast Trials winner) | United States
• Kade Ruotolo (Returning Champion, Invited) | United States
• Mica Galvao (Returning Medalist, Invited) | Brazil
• Dante Leon (Returning Medalist, Invited) | Canada

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