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ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship

The ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship is an international submission grappling competition, organised by the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC).[2] The inaugural tournament was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE in 1998. It has been held every two years since 2001, except in 2021 due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Host countries have included Brazil, China, Finland, Spain, the UK, and the US.

Competitors can only participate after winning ADCC trials or by invitation.[3] While most athletes are primarily from Brazilian jiu-jitsu, it is open to competitors from any grappling style. ADCC is considered the most prestigious submission grappling tournament in the world, and is commonly referred to as "the Olympics of grappling".[4][5]

The 2022 edition took place in front of 13,000 fans in attendance at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. In 2024 it will be held 17-18 August at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.[6]

History

The competition was created by Sheik Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of the former United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, together with his Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor Nelson Monteiro.[7][8] Royler Gracie characterised this as the beginning of "the modern era of submission grappling".[9] Thousands of submission grappling tournaments around the world use elements of the ADCC format and rule structure. To date, the great majority of ADCC champions have been black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which has the most similar rules to ADCC.[10] However, there have been notable exceptions to this such as Americans Mark Kerr (collegiate and freestyle wrestling) and Jeff Monson (collegiate and freestyle wrestling), Russian Karimula Barkalaev (judo and MMA), Japanese Sanae Kikuta (judo / shoot wrestling), and South African Mark Robinson (judo, freestyle, Greco-Roman, and sumo wrestling), along with silver and bronze medalists such as Caol Uno (shoot wrestling), Mach Sakurai (shoot wrestling / judo), Aleksandr Savko (freestyle wrestling), Tito Ortiz (collegiate wrestling and MMA), Megumi Fujii (judo / sambo), Seiko Yamamoto (freestyle wrestling) and Nick Rodriguez (collegiate wrestling).

2019 onwards

Mo Jassim took over as head organizer ready for ADCC 2019 and has since made sweeping changes to the organization. He announced that he had plans for adding more women's divisions and allowing reigning absolute champions to compete in weight-classes despite being booked for the main event superfight.[11] It was announced in 2020 that for the first time in the competition's history, there would be more than two years between editions due to the setbacks suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 edition of the ADCC World Championships would then take place in 2022 instead, and would still be helmed by Jassim.[12] After the success of the 2022 ADCC World Championship, it was announced that Jassim would return for the 2024 ADCC World Championship be the first person to operate as head organizer for three editions.[13]

In January 2023, ADCC announced an exclusive multi-year streaming deal with UFC Fight Pass and left their previous broadcaster FloSports.[14] Just three months later on April 27, 2023, ADCC announced that they would be returning to FloSports for the foreseeable future.[15]

On June 25, 2023, it was announced that the following edition of the ADCC World Championship would include three women's weight classes, marking the first time since 2007 that there was more than two available.[16] It was also later announced that this the 2024 ADCC World Championship would also be the first edition to include a women's absolute division since 2007.[17]On July 17, 2023, head organizer Mo Jassim announced that there would be a children's version of the ADCC World Championship held for the first time during the 2024 edition of the tournament.[18]

ADCC world championships

List of ADCC Champions in Men's Submission Fighting by Year and Weight

List of ADCC Champions in Women's Submission Fighting by Year and Weight

2005

2007

2009–2022

List of ADCC Superfight Champions

List of winners by total titles

Grand Slam Winners (trials, weight, absolute and superfight)

Triple Crown Winners (weight, absolute and superfight)

ADCC Hall of Fame

Most submissions

By nationality

ADCC events

ADCC 2024

ADCC 2022

ADCC 2019

Absolute

ADCC 2017

Absolute

ADCC 2015

Absolute

ADCC 2013

ADCC 2011

Absolute

Superfight

Estima defeated Souza via points (3-0).
Sperry defeated Gracie via points (5-0).

ADCC 2009

Absolute

Superfight

Souza defeated Drysdale via points (2-0).

ADCC 2007

ADCC 2005

ADCC 2003

ADCC 2001

  1. ^ Matt Serra lost to Feitosa in what appeared to be a very controversial decision.[40][41] When two practitioners from the same school meet each other in a tournament, the lower ranking student in that school's hierarchy will generally forfeit the match out of respect.

ADCC 2000

ADCC 1999

ADCC 1998

ADCC Trials

ADCC Asian and Oceanic Championship

ADCC European Championship

ADCC North American Championship

ADCC South American Championship

Awards

At the end of 2021, ADCC was awarded with 'Promotion of the year' by media outlet Jitsmagazine at the 2021 BJJ Awards as a result of the trials events held that year and the introduction of the ADCC Hall of Fame.[42]

In 2022, ADCC was awarded with 'Promotion of the Year' by Jitsmagazine at the 2022 BJJ Awards for the second year in a row, and the 2022 ADCC World Championships was awarded with 'Fight Card of the Year'.[43]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Official ADCC Weight Classes". Home Page • ADCC NEWS. 2018-04-14.
  2. ^ "What is ADCC?". Meta Mat Warriors. 2023-09-20. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. ^ de Souza, Diogo. "How Do You Earn An Invite To ADCC?". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Everything You Need to Know About ADCC – "The Olympics of Grappling"". Jiu Jitsu Legacy. 2021-07-07.
  5. ^ Coate, Ben (2022-09-19). "Ruotolo Brothers Impress, Make History at 2022 ADCC World Championships; Canuto Beats Ryan". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Stockton, Corey (2023-10-09). "2024 ADCC World Championship Dates At T-Mobile Arena Announced". FloGrappling. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  7. ^ "Prince of a guy: Qatari royalty to fight". ESPN.com. 27 May 2009.
  8. ^ "Abu Dhabi Combat Club". adcombat.com.
  9. ^ Gracie, Royler (2003), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Submission Grappling Techniques, Invisible Cities Press, ISBN 978-1-931229-29-6
  10. ^ Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall (2010), The MMA Encyclopedia, ECW Press, ISBN 978-1-55490-844-8
  11. ^ "From Wristband Boy to Kingmaker, Mo Jassim's ADCC Takes Its Place as the Greatest Show in Grappling". 3 September 2020.
  12. ^ "ADCC World Championships Officially Delayed Until 2022". November 2020.
  13. ^ Jones, Phil. "Mo Jassim Confirmed As Head Organizer Again for ADCC 2024". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  14. ^ Rollo, Ian (22 January 2023). "ADCC Moves To UFC Fight Pass In Exclusive Multi-Year Deal". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  15. ^ Phillips, Sabrina (27 April 2023). "ADCC Returns To FloGrappling Exclusively". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  16. ^ Burne, Kathrine. "ADCC Adds New Women's Weight Class For Trials And World Championship". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  17. ^ Phillips, Sabrina. "Mo Jassim Announces Women's Absolute Division For ADCC 2024". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  18. ^ de Souza, Diogo. "Mo Jassim Announces Plans For ADCC Kids World Championship". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Roger Gracie Becomes First Inductee to ADCC Hall of Fame". 17 November 2021.
  20. ^ "Andre Galvao Added to ADCC Hall of Fame". 23 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Marcelo Garcia Becomes Third Man in ADCC Hall of Fame". 30 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Ricardo Arona Added to ADCC Hall of Fame". 8 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Kyra Gracie Becomes First Woman in ADCC Hall of Fame". 15 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Braulio Estima Inducted in to ADCC Hall of Fame". 21 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Royler Gracie Becomes Latest Inductee to ADCC Hall of Fame". 28 December 2021.
  26. ^ "Dean Lister Becomes First American in ADCC Hall of Fame". 4 January 2022.
  27. ^ "Mario Sperry Becomes Latest Inductee to ADCC Hall of Fame". 19 January 2022.
  28. ^ "Rubens 'Cobrinha' Charles Becomes Tenth Inductee in ADCC Hall of Fame". 25 January 2022.
  29. ^ "Saulo Ribeiro Added to ADCC Hall of Fame". February 2022.
  30. ^ "Mark Kerr Becomes Second American in ADCC Hall of Fame". 8 February 2022.
  31. ^ "Baret Yoshida Latest Inductee in ADCC Hall of Fame". 15 February 2022.
  32. ^ "Renzo Becomes Fourth Gracie Included in ADCC Hall of Fame". 22 February 2022.
  33. ^ Caulfield, Kevin (2022-01-10). "ADCC's Youngest Champion Rafael Mendes Inducted into Hall Of Fame". Jiu-Jitsu Times. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  34. ^ Jones, Phil. "Xande Ribeiro Becomes First Member Of ADCC Hall Of Fame 2024 Class". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  35. ^ Jones, Phil. "Jean Jacques Machado Added To ADCC Hall Of Fame For 2024". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  36. ^ Rogers, Kian. "Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza Added To ADCC Hall Of Fame For 2024". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  37. ^ de Souza, Diogo. "Fabricio Werdum Becomes Latest Inductee To ADCC Hall Of Fame". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  38. ^ Jones, Phil. "Vinny Magalhaes Added To ADCC Hall Of Fame 2024 Class". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  39. ^ Phillips, Sabrina. "Orlando Sanchez Becomes First Posthumous Induction Into ADCC Hall Of Fame". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  40. ^ Matt Serra | BJJ Heroes. BJJ Heroes.com. Retrieved on 28 September 2016.
  41. ^ Matt Serra: Celebrating An Underrated Career. Josh Hall, Undercard Superstar. Retrieved on 28 September 2016.
  42. ^ "The Jitsmagazine 2021 BJJ Awards". 2 January 2022.
  43. ^ "The Jitsmagazine 2022 BJJ Awards". January 2023.

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