What We Learned from the ADCC Dallas Open

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There were a lot of competitors at ADCC Dallas and even a few big names. The were a number of ADCC competitors there and Giancarlo Bodoni, the current ADCC champion at 88kg, signed up. This was a great event to watch if you want to see submissions. This might be the most submission packed event I've ever covered. 


However not everything was good. It seems all the videos were recorded at a terrible resolution. The highest I've seen is 480p, which is unbelievable in 2023. On top of that there wasn't any camera work and many matches often ended up off screen. However let's get into the important stuff and look at the results. 



Results



Men's

-60kg Dylan Cameron

-65kg Dorian Olivarez

-70kg Deandre Corbe

-76kg Pierre-Olivier Leclerc

-83kg Oliver Taza

-91kg Matheus Lutes

-100kg Giancarlo Bodoni

+100kg Luke Griffith



Women's

-55kg Alex Nguyen

-60kg Jasmine Rocha

-65kg Helena Crevar

-70kg Hannah Griffith

+70kg Bridget McEliece



How People Won



One of the most surprising things I found while gathering the stats was that for most of the divisions there were more leg locks than point victories. It wasn't until I did the upper weight and female matches, that I found more points wins than leglocks. Overall there was a 58.2% finish rate which I think might be the highest I've ever seen for an event like this with hundreds of people. 

Leg locks were the most common way to finish, followed by chokes and finally arm submissions. I was a but surprised by how few arm submissions there were. The number was dwarfed by the chokes and especially leg locks. For years people have been saying that leg locks will become less effective as people learn the defense, but so far that doesn't seem to be true. At the highest levels it has stayed relatively the same, but in events like this with semi-pros, people are still losing to leg locks often. 

I should also note that some of the submissions weren't counted because of the lack of camera work. I couldn't determine what caused the submission, so those were omitted. 

Stats(Submissions)



Usually I start these with "The RNC comes out on top again", but this time it isn't true. The inside heelhook was the number one way to finish in Dallas. The RNC came right behind it followed by the outside heelhook. There were also quite a lot of armbars as well ankle locks. There were also 4 americanas, but 3 of them came from inside triangles. 

As I said above it seems leglock offense has outpaced leglock defense and allowed many to get easy wins. Many of the matches lasted under 3 min because someone just jumped on a leg lock the first chance they got. Other times people would go to way in leg lock positions until someone tapped. Hopefully this will cause people to dig a bit deeper into leg lock defense and prevention. Honestly a lot of the defense wasn't even that bad, but people's breaking mechanics, setups and control have improved. Something in particular that seems to have evolved is that people are now using a variety of leg locks and catching people off guard. Although the inside heelhook is still king, outside heelhooks, kneebars, ankle locks, etc are being attempted and finished much more than before. 

Overall

This is a good event marred by bad production. The camera shots and low quilty video ruined what could have been an amazing viewing experience. The athletes all came through and showed that you can have an event filled with fun interesting matches. However it is hard to get excited about a submission that happens off screen. Despite these complaints, most of the matches are still worth watching. It was fun seeing an ADCC champ enter an open like this. Hopefully a few other regular ADCC competitors drop in as well in the future.

I hope this kind of action is delivered at all future ADCC Opens. 

 


Year to Date Submissions 


Here are the submissions up to June 19th. Due to the size of this event there has been a number of changes. These ADCC Opens are producing a lot of stats, just makes sure to keep check back after each event.



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