The 2025 ADCC East Coast Trials have officially came to a close and there was a lot of action to catch up on from Orlando!

To kick things off, let's take a look at who ended up taking the gold and punching their ticket in the men's divisions:

• +99kg
  • 1st - Brandon Reed
  • 2nd - Nick Hartman
  • 3rd - Ian Daube
• -99kg
  • 1st - Achilles Rocha
  • 2nd - Steffen Banta
  • 3rd - John Combs
• 88kg
  • 1st - Jon Blank
  • 2nd - Sean Yadimarco
  • 3rd - Hasnat Raza
• 77kg
  • 1st - 'Little' Jacob Bornemann
  • 2nd - Michael Sainz
  • 3rd - Nick Mataya
• 66kg
  • 1st - Dorian Olivarez
  • 2nd - Gavin Corbe
  • 3rd - Keith Krikorian

Overall the podiums for the male divisions felt like it was mostly made up of younger stars in the making like Little Jacob, Achilles Rocha, Michael Sainz, Dorian Olivarez, Nick Mataya, Brandon Reed, Nick Hartman, and others, with some veterans still staking their claim to the top spots like Jon Blank, Keith Krikorian, and John Combs.

Now let's take a look at the podiums for the female divisions:

• +65kg
  • 1st - Maia Matalon
  • 2nd - Nathalie Levesque
  • 3rd - Joslyn Molina
• -65kg
  • 1st - Mo Black
  • 2nd - Taylor Hishaw
  • 3rd - Macka Vickers
• -55kg
  • 1st - Ana Mayordomo
  • 2nd - Valerie Wong
  • 3rd - Danielle Kelly

The female divisions followed this same thing of seeing a lot of new faces on the podium with athletes like Ana Mayordomo, Taylor Hishaw, Valerie Wong, and Joslyn Molina, but mixed in some veterans like Mo Black and Danielle Kelly.

If you are looking for a more in-depth breakdowns of each of the champions and their runs to the gold, this video brings a solid recap on the final day of action from Orlando:

The tournament was packed with plenty of action and submissions as well. Here are twenty submissions from the final day at East Coast Trials:

Watch this video if you want a full recap on all of the important storylines that went down on the first day of action:

The opening rounds of trials are always packed with submissions. Here are thirty submissions from the opening day in Orlando:

Those videos should get you caught up on most of the happenings from the 2025 ADCC East Coast Trials. If you are looking for a long-form breakdown of everything that went down, and a look ahead at what to expect next on FloGrappling, this episode of The FloGrappling Show should have everything that you are looking for:

Now that you are all caught up from ADCC East Coast Trials, make sure you tune in this weekend for two more stellar event coming to FloGrappling! BJJ Stars 18 is going down on Saturday, November 22nd and IBJJF's The Crown is going down on Sunday, November 23rd!

It is a great week to be a grappling fan and these events should have a little bit of something for everyone!

Also don't forget that WNO 31 will be here before you know it. WNO 31 returns to Austin, Texas on Friday, December 5th and brings a stacked card to the Lone Star Capitol, featuring three title fights and we will see a new WNO Heavyweight Champion crowned! Here's the full main card:

WNO 31: Pena vs Griffith Main Card

• WNO Men's Heavyweight Championship - Felipe Pena vs Luke Griffith
• WNO Men's Lightweight Championship - Diego Pato vs Deandre Corbe
• WNO Women's Featherweight Championship - Helena Crevar vs Julia Boscher
• Light Heavyweight Bout - Xande Ribeiro vs Jordan Preisinger
• Heavyweight Bout - Gabi Pessanha vs Paige Ivette Clymer
• Welterweight Bout - Dante Leon vs Andy Murasaki
• Light Heavyweight Bout - Felipe 'Laranjinha' Costa vs Abe La Montagne

Make sure you are tuning in to watch it all right here on FloGrappling.com!

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