ADGS: Check out who's leading the rankings in the tour's last stretch

March 7, 2025

Considered one of the most challenging and important series of tournaments in the AJP's roster, the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour carries the organization's mission of spreading the benefits of Jiu-Jitsu by bringing high-level tournaments to the main capitals of the world. With a dedicated ranking system due to its high degree of challenge, the ADGS continuously tests the best athletes worldwide and positions them based on their performances, and the time to count those points is coming soon.

As we currently stand in the latter half of the 2024-2025 season, the tour is also in its last stretch with only two more tournaments held before a new season begins and wipes the slate clean in the rankings. After the ADGS London lands at the Copper Box Arena between April 11th and 13th, the AJP's traveling show will finally make its way back home for the grand finale, bringing the most talented competitors in the game to show their skills in the modern Mubadala Arena from May 16th to 18th. While there's still time for athletes to rise through the ranks, let's take a look at the Professional black belts who are currently leading each weight division in the 2024-2025 ADGS rankings.

Starting with the men, the light featherweight division (56kg) is currently led by the Emirati Omar Alsuwaidi, who sits at the top with 8000 points, followed by Marko Oikarainen and Haitham Hanawi, both with 4000 points. In the featherweight division (62kg), the Brazilian Yuri Hendrex is in the lead with 8600 points, Welison Fernandes coming in second with 4800 points, and Khaled Alshehhi is in third with 4000 points. Moving on to the lightweight division (69kg), the American representative Thiago Macedo shares the lead with the Brazilian Israel Almeida, both with 5400 points and followed by Mohamed Alsuwaidi with 4200 points.

The welterweight division (77kg) has the Brazilian Jefferson Goteu in first place with 11600 points, bringing Lucas Protasio in second with 6800 points, and Iurii Kuznetsov in third with 3400 points. Up on the middleweight division (85kg), the Brazilian showman Uanderson Ferreira is in the lead with 8000 points, with Rafael Borges coming as the runner-up with 3900 points, and Artem Kaigarodov following close with 3400 points. In the light heavyweight division (94kg), the Brazilian Luiz Henrique Betta comes in first with 9400 points, followed by Marcos Carrozzino with 5400 points and Clemer Canario with 4800 points. Closing the men's list, the super heavyweight division (120kg) brings Matheus "Ta danado" Xavier as the leader with 8900 points, with Felipe Bezerra coming in second with 8400 points and Paulo Silva in third with 4000 points.

Moving on to the women, the roosterweight division (49kg) is led by the Brazilian Diana Teixeira with 11200 points, with Giulia Gregorut scoring 4000 points to come in second, and Flavia Soares following close with 3900 points. The light featherweight division (55kg) has the French Lina Grosset in the lead with 6400 points, followed by Maria Luisa Delahaye with 4600 points, and Grasielle Brandão with 3000 points. The lightweight division (62kg) brings the Brazilian Julia Alves in first with 9100 points, with Sarah Galvão coming in second with 5400 points, and Rafaela Bertolot in third with 4800 points.

In the middleweight division (70kg), the Russian Anna Remneva comes ahead with 4600 points, followed by Raquel Santos with 4200 points and Sabatha Lais with 3800 points. Last but not least, the heavyweight division (95kg) brings the Brazilian Yara Soares in first place with 12000 points, followed by Isabely Lemos in second with 5800 points, and Tamiris Silva in third with 2400 points. With that said, don't miss the next chapters in the ADGS's run for glory, stay with us for th ADGS London and ADGS Abu Dhabi, when we're gonna meet the Heroes of the season.