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).^[1] ADCC is considered one of the most prestigious No-Gi submission grappling tournaments in the world, and is commonly referred to as The Olympics of Grappling.^[2][3][4]

ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship

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Competition details
Discipline	Submission Grappling
Type	Biennial
Organiser	Mo Jassim
Divisions
Current weight divisions	Men[5] Absolute Class +99 kg (+220.5 lbs) -98.9 kg (-218.0 lbs) -87.9 kg (-193.7 lbs) -76.9 kg (-169.5 lbs) -65.9 kg (-145.2 lbs) Women[5] +60.0 kg (+132.2 lbs) -60.0 kg (-132.2 lbs)

The inaugural tournament was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE in 1998 and is held every two years. Host countries have included Brazil, China, Finland, Spain, the UK, and the US. Competitors can only participate after winning ADCC trials or by invitation.^[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 (sambo, 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] The 2022 edition took place in front of 13,000 fans in attendance at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

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] In 2024 it will be held 17-18 August at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.^[19]

ADCC world championships

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

Year	Host	66 kg	77 kg	88 kg	99 kg	+99 kg	Absolute
1998	Abu Dhabi	Alexander Freitas (1/1)	Renzo Gracie (1/2)	Rodrigo Gracie (1/1)	Mario Sperry (1/2)	Ricco Rodriguez (1/1)	Mario Sperry (2/2)
1999	Abu Dhabi	Royler Gracie (1/3)	Jean Jacques Machado (1/1)	Karimula Barkalaev (1/1)	Jeff Monson (1/2)	Mark Kerr (1/3)	Roberto Traven (1/1)
2000	Abu Dhabi	Royler Gracie (2/3)	Renzo Gracie (2/2)	Saulo Ribeiro (1/2)	Ricardo Arona (1/3)	Mark Kerr (2/3)	Mark Kerr (3/3)
2001	Abu Dhabi	Royler Gracie (3/3)	Marcio Feitosa (1/1)	Sanae Kikuta (1/1)	Ricardo Arona (2/3)	Mark Robinson (1/1)	Ricardo Arona (3/3)
2003	São Paulo	Leo Vieira (1/2)	Marcelo Garcia (1/4)	Saulo Ribeiro (2/2)	Jon Olav Einemo (1/1)	Márcio Cruz (1/1)	Dean Lister (1/2)
2005	Long Beach	Leo Vieira (2/2)	Marcelo Garcia (2/4)	Ronaldo Souza (1/1)	Roger Gracie (1/2)	Jeff Monson (2/2)	Roger Gracie (2/2)
2007	Trenton	Rani Yahya (1/1)	Marcelo Garcia (3/4)	Demian Maia (1/1)	Alexandre Ribeiro (1/2)	Fabrício Werdum (1/2)	Robert Drysdale (1/1)
2009	Barcelona	Rafael Mendes (1/2)	Pablo Popovitch (1/1)	Braulio Estima (1/2)	Alexandre Ribeiro (2/2)	Fabrício Werdum (2/2)	Braulio Estima (2/2)
2011	Nottingham	Rafael Mendes (2/2)	Marcelo Garcia (4/4)	André Galvão (1/2)	Dean Lister (2/2)	Vinny Magalhães (1/1)	André Galvão (2/2)
2013	Beijing	Rubens Charles (1/3)	Kron Gracie (1/1)	Romulo Barral (1/1)	João Assis (1/1)	Marcus Almeida (1/2)	Roberto Abreu (1/1)
2015	São Paulo	Rubens Charles (2/3)	Davi Ramos (1/1)	Yuri Simões (1/3)	Rodolfo Vieira (1/1)	Orlando Sanchez (1/1)	Claudio Calasans (1/1)
2017	Espoo	Rubens Charles (3/3)	Jonathan Torres (1/2)	Gordon Ryan (1/4)	Yuri Simões (2/3)	Marcus Almeida (2/2)	Felipe Pena (1/2)
2019	Anaheim	Augusto Mendes (1/1)	Jonathan Torres (2/2)	Matheus Diniz (1/1)	Gordon Ryan (2/4)	Kaynan Duarte (1/2)	Gordon Ryan (3/4)
2022	Las Vegas	Diogo Reis (1/2)	Kade Ruotolo (1/1)	Giancarlo Bodoni (1/2)	Kaynan Duarte (2/2)	Gordon Ryan (4/4)	Yuri Simões (3/3)
2024	Las Vegas	Diogo Reis (2/2)	Micael Galvão (1/1)	Giancarlo Bodoni (2/2)	Kaynan Duarte (3/4)	Felipe Pena (2/2)	Kaynan Duarte (4/4)

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

2005

Year	Host	–60 kg	+60 kg	Absolute
2005		Kyra Gracie (1/3)	Juliana Borges (1/2)	Juliana Borges (2/2)

2007

Year	Host	–55 kg	–60 kg	–67 kg	+67 kg	Absolute
2007		Sayaka Shioda (1/1)	Kyra Gracie (2/3)	Hannette Staack (1/3)	Penny Thomas (1/1)	Hannette Staack (2/3)

2009–2022

Year	Host	–60 kg	+60 kg
2009		Luanna Alzuguir (1/1)	Hannette Staack (3/3)
2011		Kyra Gracie (3/3)	Gabi Garcia (1/4)
2013		Michelle Nicolini (1/1)	Gabi Garcia (2/4)
2015		Mackenzie Dern (1/1)	Ana Laura Cordeiro (1/1)
2017		Beatriz Mesquita (1/1)	Gabi Garcia (3/4)
2019		Bianca Basílio (1/1)	Gabi Garcia (4/4)
2022		Ffion Davies (1/1)	Amy Campo (1/1)

2024

Year	Host	–55 kg	–65 kg	+65 kg	Absolute
2024		Adele Fornarino (1/2)	Ana Carolina Vieira (1/1)	Rafaela Guedes (1/1)	Adele Fornarino (2/2)

List of ADCC Superfight Champions

Year	Host	Winner	Loser
1999		Mario Sperry (1/2)	Enson Inoue
2000		Mario Sperry (2/2)	Roberto Traven
2001		Mark Kerr (1/1)	Mario Sperry
2003		Ricardo Arona (1/1)	Mark Kerr
2005		Dean Lister (1/1)	Jean Jacques Machado
2007		Roger Gracie (1/1)	Jon Olav Einemo
2009		Ronaldo Souza (1/1)	Robert Drysdale
2011		Braulio Estima (1/1)	Ronaldo Souza
2013		André Galvão (1/4)	Braulio Estima
2015		André Galvão (2/4)	Roberto Abreu
2017		André Galvão (3/4)	Claudio Calasans
2019		André Galvão (4/4)	Felipe Pena
2022		Gordon Ryan (1/3)	André Galvão
2024		Gordon Ryan (2/3)	Felipe Pena
2024		Gordon Ryan (3/3)	Yuri Simões

List of winners by total titles

Rank	Wrestler	Total	Absolute	Weight Class	Super Fight	Winning years
1	Gordon Ryan	7	1	3	3	2017, 2019, 2022, 2024
2	André Galvão	6	1	1	4	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
3	Marcelo Garcia	4	0	4	0	2003, 2005, 2007, 2011
	Kaynan Duarte	4	1	3	0	2019, 2022, 2024
	Mário Sperry	4	1	1	2	1998, 1999, 2000
	Gabi Garcia	4	0	4	0	2011, 2013, 2017, 2019
	Mark Kerr	4	1	2	1	1999, 2000, 2001
	Ricardo Arona	4	1	2	1	2000, 2001, 2003
9	Hannette Staack	3	1	2	0	2007, 2009
	Royler Gracie	3	0	3	0	1999, 2000, 2001
	Kyra Gracie	3	0	3	0	2005, 2007, 2011
	Rubens Charles	3	0	3	0	2013, 2015, 2017
	Roger Gracie	3	1	1	1	2005, 2007
	Braulio Estima	3	1	1	1	2009, 2011
	Dean Lister	3	1	1	1	2003, 2005, 2011
	Yuri Simões	3	1	2	0	2015, 2017, 2022
17	Renzo Gracie	2	0	2	0	1998, 2000
	Juliana Borges	2	1	1	0	2005
	Saulo Ribeiro	2	0	2	0	2000, 2003
	Leo Vieira	2	0	2	0	2003, 2005
	Jeff Monson	2	0	2	0	1999, 2005
	Alexandre Ribeiro	2	0	2	0	2007, 2009
	Fabrício Werdum	2	0	2	0	2007, 2009
	Rafael Mendes	2	0	2	0	2009, 2011
	Marcus Almeida	2	0	2	0	2013, 2017
	Diogo Reis	2	0	2	0	2022, 2024
	Jonathan Torres	2	0	2	0	2017, 2019
	Giancarlo Bodoni	2	0	2	0	2022, 2024
	Felipe Pena	2	1	1	0	2017, 2024
	Ronaldo Souza	2	0	1	1	2005, 2009
	Adele Fornarino	2	1	1	0	2024
32	Roberto Traven	1	1	0	0	1998
	Robert Drysdale	1	1	0	0	2007
	Roberto Abreu	1	1	0	0	2013
	Claudio Calasans	1	1	0	0	2015
	Alexander Freitas	1	0	1	0	1998
	Rodrigo Gracie	1	0	1	0	1998
	Ricco Rodriguez	1	0	1	0	1998
	Jean Jacques Machado	1	0	1	0	1999
	Karimula Barkalaev	1	0	1	0	1999
	Marcio Feitosa	1	0	1	0	2001
	Sanae Kikuta	1	0	1	0	2001
	Mark Robinson	1	0	1	0	2001
	Jon Olav Einemo	1	0	1	0	2003
	Márcio Cruz	1	0	1	0	2003
	Sayaka Shioda	1	0	1	0	2007
	Penny Thomas	1	0	1	0	2007
	Rani Yahya	1	0	1	0	2007
	Demian Maia	1	0	1	0	2007
	Luanna Alzuguir	1	0	1	0	2009
	Pablo Popovitch	1	0	1	0	2009
	Vinny Magalhães	1	0	1	0	2011
	Michelle Nicolini	1	0	1	0	2013
	Kron Gracie	1	0	1	0	2013
	Romulo Barral	1	0	1	0	2013
	João Assis	1	0	1	0	2013
	Mackenzie Dern	1	0	1	0	2015
	Ana Laura Cordeiro	1	0	1	0	2015
	Davi Ramos	1	0	1	0	2015
	Rodolfo Vieira	1	0	1	0	2015
	Orlando Sanchez	1	0	1	0	2015
	Beatriz Mesquita	1	0	1	0	2017
	Bianca Basílio	1	0	1	0	2019
	Augusto Mendes	1	0	1	0	2019
	Matheus Diniz	1	0	1	0	2019
	Kade Ruotolo	1	0	1	0	2022
	Ffion Davies	1	0	1	0	2022
	Amy Campo	1	0	1	0	2022
	Micael Galvão	1	0	1	0	2024
	Ana Carolina Vieira	1	0	1	0	2024
	Rafaela Guedes	1	0	1	0	2024

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

• Roger Gracie (2004, 2005, 2005, 2007)
• Dean Lister (2002, 2011, 2003, 2005)
• André Galvão (2007/2009, 2011, 2011, 2013/2015/2017/2019)

Triple Crown Winners (weight, absolute and superfight)

• Mario Sperry
• Mark Kerr
• Ricardo Arona
• Roger Gracie
• Braulio Estima
• Dean Lister
• André Galvão
• Gordon Ryan

ADCC Hall of Fame

Further information: List of ADCC Hall of Fame inductees

• Roger Gracie^[20]
• Andre Galvao^[21]
• Marcelo Garcia^[22]
• Ricardo Arona^[23]
• Kyra Gracie^[24]
• Braulio Estima^[25]
• Royler Gracie^[26]
• Dean Lister^[27]
• Mario Sperry^[28]
• Rubens Charles^[29]
• Saulo Ribeiro^[30]
• Mark Kerr^[31]
• Baret Yoshida^[32]
• Renzo Gracie^[33]
• Rafael Mendes^[34]
• Xande Ribeiro^[35]
• Jean Jacques Machado^[36]
• Ronaldo Souza^[37]
• Fabrício Werdum^[38]
• Vinny Magalhães^[39]
• Orlando Sanchez^[40]

Most submissions

Year	Host	Grappler	Submissions
1998		Alexander Freitas Ricardo Morais Mario Sperry	3
1999		Jean Jacques Machado	4
2001		Jean Jacques Machado	3
2003		Marcelo Garcia Dean Lister	4
2005		Roger Gracie	8
2007		Marcelo Garcia	7
2009		Braulio Estima	6
2011		Marcelo Garcia Dean Lister Rousimar Palhares	3
2013		Dean Lister	5
2015		Davi Ramos	3
2017		Gordon Ryan	5
2019		Gordon Ryan	6
2022		Giancarlo Bodoni Kade Ruotolo Gordon Ryan	4
2024		Kaynan Duarte	7
ALL TIME		Marcelo Garcia	24

By nationality

Country	Grapplers	Total
Brazil	48	76
United States	8	16
South Africa	2	2
Japan	2	2
Norway	1	1
Russia	1	1
Wales	1	1

ADCC events

ADCC 2024

Main article: 2024 ADCC World Championship

ADCC 2022

Main article: 2022 ADCC World Championship

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg (146 lb)	Diogo Reis (BRA)	Gabriel Sousa (BRA)	Diego Pato (BRA)
77 kg (170 lb)	Kade Ruotolo (USA)	Mica Galvão (BRA)	Dante Leon (CAN)
88 kg (194 lb)	Giancarlo Bodoni (USA)	Lucas Barbosa (BRA)	Vagner Rocha (BRA)
99 kg (218 lb)	Kaynan Duarte (BRA)	Craig Jones (AUS)	Nicholas Meregali (BRA)
+99 kg (+218 lb)	Gordon Ryan (USA)	Nick Rodriguez (USA)	Roosevelt Souza (BRA)
Absolute	Yuri Simõess (BRA)	Nicholas Meregali (BRA)	Tye Ruotolo (USA)
Women's –60 kg (–132 lb)	Ffion Davies (GBR)	Brianna Ste-Marie (CAN)	Bia Mesquita (BRA)
Women's +60 kg (+132 lb)	Amy Campo (USA)	Rafaela Guedes (BRA)	Gabrielle Garcia (BRA)

ADCC 2019

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg (146 lb)	Augusto Mendes (BRA)	Kennedy Maciel (USA)	Paulo Miyao (BRA)
77 kg (170 lb)	Jonathan Torres (USA)	Vagner Rocha (BRA)	Garry Tonon (USA)
88 kg (194 lb)	Matheus Diniz (BRA)	Craig Jones (AUS)	Josh Hinger (USA)
99 kg (218 lb)	Gordon Ryan (USA)	Vinicius Gazola (BRA)	Lucas Barbosa (BRA)
+99 kg (+218 lb)	Kaynan Duarte (BRA)	Nick Rodriguez (USA)	Marcus Almeida (BRA)
Absolute	Gordon Ryan (USA)	Marcus Almeida (BRA)	Lachlan Giles (AUS)
Women's –60 kg (–132 lb)	Bianca Basílio (BRA)	Ffion Davies (WAL)	Elvira Karppinen (FIN)
Women's +60 kg (+132 lb)	Gabrielle Garcia (BRA)	Carina Santi (BRA)	Tayane Porfirio (BRA)

Absolute

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Marcus Almeida

SUB

Keith Krikorian

Marcus Almeida

3-0

Aaron Johnson

Aaron Johnson

SUB

Jon Blank

Marcus Almeida

SUB

Mahamed Aly

Mahamed Aly

SUB

John Hansen

Mahamed Aly

REF

Tim Spriggs

Tim Spriggs

SUB

Jared Dop

Gordon Ryan

SCORE

Marcus Almeida

Gordon Ryan

SUB

Pedro Marinho

Gordon Ryan

SUB

Garry Tonon

Garry Tonon

SUB

Edwin Najmi

Gordon Ryan

SUB

Lachlan Giles

Lachlan Giles

SUB

Kaynan Duarte

Lachlan Giles

SUB

Patrick Gaudio

Patrick Gaudio

2-0

Mike Perez

	3rd Place
	Lachlan Giles		SUB
	Mahamed Aly

ADCC 2017

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Rubens Charles (BRA)	AJ Agazarm (USA)	Paulo Miyao (BRA)
77 kg	Jonathan Torres (USA)	Lucas Lepri (BRA)	Vagner Rocha (BRA)
88 kg	Gordon Ryan (USA)	Keenan Cornelius (USA)	Alexandre Ribeiro (BRA)
99 kg	Yuri Simões (BRA)	Felipe Pena (BRA)	Jackson Souza (BRA)
+99 kg	Marcus Almeida (BRA)	Orlando Sanchez (USA)	Roberto Abreu (BRA)
Absolute	Felipe Pena (BRA)	Gordon Ryan (USA)	Marcus Almeida (BRA)
Women's 60 kg	Beatriz Mesquita (BRA)	Bianca Basílio (BRA)	Michelle Nicolini (BRA)
Women's +60 kg	Gabrielle Garcia (BRA)	Talita Nogueira (BRA)	Jéssica Flowers (BRA)

Absolute

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Victor Honório

Arman Zhanpeisov

Victor Honório

Felipe Pena

Felipe Pena

Celso Vinicius

Felipe Pena

S (rnc)

Marcus Almeida

Alexandre Ribeiro

S (armbar)

Tero Pyylampi

Alexandre Ribeiro

Marcus Almeida

Marcus Almeida

Mark Perez

Felipe Pena

Gordon Ryan

Dillon Danis

S (guillotine)

Yukiyasu Ozawa

Dillon Danis

Mahamed Aly

Mahamed Aly

Eliot Kelly

Mahamed Aly

Gordon Ryan

S (heel hook)

Gordon Ryan

S (heel hook)

Roberto Abreu

Gordon Ryan

S (arm-triangle)

Craig Jones

Craig Jones

S (heel hook)

Chael Sonnen

	3rd Place
	Marcus Almeida		S (heel hook)
	Mahamed Aly

ADCC 2015

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Rubens Charles (BRA)	Bruno Frazatto (BRA)	Augusto Mendes (BRA)
77 kg	Davi Ramos (BRA)	Lucas Lepri (BRA)	Gilbert Burns (BRA)
88 kg	Yuri Simões (BRA)	Keenan Cornelius (USA)	Rustam Chsiev (RUS)
99 kg	Rodolfo Vieira (BRA)	Felipe Pena (BRA)	João Assis (BRA)
+99 kg	Orlando Sanchez (USA)	Jared Dopp (USA)	Vinny Magalhães (BRA)
Absolute	Claudio Calasans (BRA)	João Gabriel Rocha (BRA)	Rodolfo Vieira (BRA)
Women's 60 kg	Mackenzie Dern (USA)	Michelle Nicolini (BRA)	Tammi Musumeci (USA)
Women's +60 kg	Ana Laura Cordeiro (BRA)	Jessica Oliveira (BRA)	Gabrielle Garcia (BRA)

Absolute

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Dean Lister

SUB

Ricardo Mesquita

Yuri Simões

5X3

Dean Lister

Vinny Magalhaes

PEN

Garry Tonon

Claudio Calasans

DEC

Yuri Simões

Claudio Calasans

DEC

Gabriel Lucas

Claudio Calasans

DEC

Vinny Magalhaes

Yuri Simões

DEC

Hideki Sekine "Shrek"

Claudio Calasans

PEN

Joao Gabriel Rocha

Rodolfo Vieira

SUB

Benson Henderson

Rodolfo Vieira

5X0

Rafael Lovato Jr

Rafael Lovato Jr.

5X0

Magomed Abdulkadirov

Joao Gabriel Rocha

2X0

Rodolfo Vieira

Vagner Rocha

2X0

Romulo Barral

Joao Gabriel Rocha

3X0

Vagner Rocha

Joao Gabriel Rocha

DEC

AJ Agazarm

	3rd Place
	Rodolfo Vieira		WO
	Yuri Simoes

ADCC 2013

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Rubens Charles (BRA)	Rafael Mendes (BRA)	Justin Rader (USA)
77 kg	Kron Gracie (BRA)	Otavio Souza (BRA)	Jonathan Torres (USA)
88 kg	Romulo Barral (BRA)	Rafael Lovato Jr. (USA)	Keenan Cornelius (USA)
99 kg	João Assis (BRA)	Dean Lister (USA)	Leo Nogueira (BRA)
+99 kg	Marcus Almeida (BRA)	João Gabriel (BRA)	Roberto Abreu (BRA)
Absolute	Roberto Abreu (BRA)	Marcus Almeida (BRA)	Keenan Cornelius (USA)
Women's 60 kg	Michelle Nicolini (BRA)	Luanna Alzuguir (BRA)	Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)
Women's +60 kg	Gabrielle Garcia (BRA)	Maria Malyjasiak (POL)	Tammy Griego (USA)

ADCC 2011

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Rafael Mendes (BRA)	Rubens Charles (BRA)	Jeff Glover (USA)
77 kg	Marcelo Garcia (BRA)	Leo Vieira (BRA)	Kron Gracie (BRA)
88 kg	André Galvão (BRA)	Rousimar Palhares (BRA)	Pablo Popovitch (BRA)
99 kg	Dean Lister (USA)	João Assis (BRA)	Alexandre Ribeiro (BRA)
+99 kg	Vinny Magalhães (BRA)	Fabricio Werdum (BRA)	Roberto Abreu (BRA)
Absolute	André Galvão (BRA)	Pablo Popovitch (BRA)	Alexandre Ribeiro (BRA)

Absolute

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Joao Assis

Victor Estima

Victor Estima

Pablo Popovitch

Pablo Popovitch

Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen

Pablo Popovitch

Xande Ribeiro

Bruno Frazzato

Gunnar Nelson

Gunnar Nelson

Xande Ribeiro

Jeff Monson

Xande Ribeiro

DQ

Pablo Popovitch

André Galvão

S (Toe Hold)

Vinny Magalhães

Bruno Bastos

Vinny Magalhães

Murilo Santana

Murilo Santana

Marko Helen

Murilo Santana

André Galvão

Sergio Moraes

S (Heel Hook)

Antonio Braga Neto

Sergio Moraes

André Galvão

Shinsho Anzai

André Galvão

TS (RNC)

	3rd Place
	Xande Ribeiro
	Murilo Santana

Superfight

• Superfight 1: Braulio Estima vs. Ronaldo Souza

Estima defeated Souza via points (3-0).

• Superfight 2: Renzo Gracie vs. Mario Sperry

Sperry defeated Gracie via points (5-0).

ADCC 2009

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Rafael Mendes (BRA)	Rubens Charles (BRA)	Ryan Hall (USA)
77 kg	Pablo Popovitch (BRA)	Marcelo Garcia (BRA)	Gregor Gracie (BRA)
88 kg	Braulio Estima (BRA)	André Galvão (BRA)	David Avellan (USA)
99 kg	Alexandre Ribeiro (BRA)	Gerardi Rinaldi (USA)	Vinny Magalhães (BRA)
+99 kg	Fabricio Werdum (BRA)	Roberto Abreu (BRA)	Jeff Monson (USA)
Absolute	Braulio Estima (BRA)	Alexandre Ribeiro (BRA)	Vinny Magalhães (BRA)

Absolute

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Marcelo Garcia

S (RNC)

Bruno Bastos

Marcelo Garcia

Braulio Estima

S (RNC)

Braulio Estima

S (Armbar)

Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen

Braulio Estima

Vinny Magalhaes

Dean Lister

Vinny Magalhaes

Vinny Magalhaes

S (Flying Armbar)

Chris Weidman

Chris Weidman

Antonie Jaoude

Braulio Estima

TS (Injury)

Xande Ribeiro

Xande Ribeiro

S (Armlock)

Ricco Rodriguez

Xande Ribeiro

Andre Galvao

Tom De Blass

Andre Galvao

Xande Ribeiro

S (Kneebar)

Gunnar Nelson

Jeff Monson

Gunnar Nelson

Gunnar Nelson

S (RNC)

David Avellan

Roberto Abreu

David Avallen

	3rd Place
	Vinny Magalhaes
	Gunnar Nelson

Superfight

• Superfight: Robert Drysdale vs. Ronaldo Souza

Souza defeated Drysdale via points (2-0).

ADCC 2007

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Rani Yahya (BRA)	Leo Vieira (BRA)	Baret Yoshida (USA)
77 kg	Marcelo Garcia (BRA)	Pablo Popovitch (BRA)	André Galvão (BRA)
88 kg	Demian Maia (BRA)	Flavio Almeida (BRA)	Tarsis Humphreys (BRA)
99 kg	Alexandre Ribeiro (BRA)	Braulio Estima (BRA)	Robert Drysdale (USA)
+99 kg	Fabricio Werdum (BRA)	Rolles Gracie (BRA)	Marcio Cruz (BRA)
Absolute	Robert Drysdale (USA)	Marcelo Garcia (BRA)	André Galvão (BRA)

ADCC 2005

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Leo Vieira (BRA)	Rani Yahya (BRA)	Marcio Feitosa (BRA)
77 kg	Marcelo Garcia (BRA)	Pablo Popovitch (BRA)	Jake Shields (USA)
88 kg	Ronaldo Souza (BRA)	Demian Maia (BRA)	Saulo Ribeiro (BRA)
99 kg	Roger Gracie (BRA)	Alexandre Ferreira (BRA)	Alexandre Ribeiro (BRA)
+99 kg	Jeff Monson (USA)	Gabriel Gonzaga (BRA)	Fabricio Werdum (BRA)
Absolute	Roger Gracie (BRA)	Ronaldo Souza (BRA)	Marcelo Garcia (BRA)
Women's 60 kg	Kyra Gracie (BRA)
Women's +60 kg	Juliana Borges (BRA)

ADCC 2003

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Leo Vieira (BRA)	Baret Yoshida (USA)	Royler Gracie (BRA)
77 kg	Marcelo Garcia (BRA)	Otto Olson (USA)	Vítor Ribeiro (BRA)
88 kg	Saulo Ribeiro (BRA)	Ronaldo Souza (BRA)	David Terrell (USA)
99 kg	Jon Olav Einemo (NOR)	Alexandre Ferreira (BRA)	Roger Gracie (BRA)
+99 kg	Marcio Cruz (BRA)	Fabricio Werdum (BRA)	Alex Negão (BRA)
Absolute	Dean Lister (USA)	Alexandre Ferreira (BRA)	Fabricio Werdum (BRA)

ADCC 2001

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Royler Gracie (BRA)	Baret Yoshida (USA)	Robson Moura (BRA)
77 kg	Marcio Feitosa[a] (BRA)	Matt Serra (USA)	Leandro Silva (BRA)
88 kg	Sanae Kikuta (JPN)	Saulo Ribeiro (BRA)	Nino Schembri (BRA)
99 kg	Ricardo Arona (BRA)	Ricardo Almeida (BRA)	Alexandre Ferreira (BRA)
+99 kg	Mark Robinson (RSA)	Jeff Monson (USA)	Marcio Cruz (BRA)
Absolute	Ricardo Arona (BRA)	Jean Jacques Machado (BRA)	Vitor Belfort (BRA)

1. Matt Serra lost to Feitosa in what appeared to be a very controversial decision.^[41][42] 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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Royler Gracie (BRA)	Alexandre Freitas (BRA)	Joe Gilbert (USA)
77 kg	Renzo Gracie (BRA)	Jean Jacques Machado (BRA)	Marcio Feitosa (BRA)
88 kg	Saulo Ribeiro (BRA)	Ricardo Liborio (BRA)	Aleksandr Savko (BLR)
99 kg	Ricardo Arona (BRA)	Jeff Monson (USA)	Tito Ortiz (USA)
+99 kg	Mark Kerr (USA)	Ricco Rodriguez (USA)	Rigan Machado (BRA)
Absolute	Mark Kerr (USA)	Sean Alvarez (USA)	Ricardo Almeida (BRA)

ADCC 1999

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Royler Gracie (BRA)	Alexandre Freitas (BRA)	Alexander Plavski (BLR)
77 kg	Jean Jacques Machado (BRA)	Caol Uno (JPN)	Hayato Sakurai (JPN)
88 kg	Karimula Barkalaev (RUS)	Aleksandr Savko (BLR)	Ricardo Liborio (BRA)
99 kg	Jeff Monson (USA)	Saulo Ribeiro (USA)	Ricardo Almeida (BRA)
+99 kg	Mark Kerr (USA)	Sean Alvarez (USA)	Chris Haseman (AUS)
Absolute	Roberto Traven (BRA)	Hayato Sakurai (JPN)	Ricco Rodriguez (USA)

ADCC 1998

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
66 kg	Alexandre Freitas (BRA)	Robin Gracie (BRA)	Alexander Plavski (BLR)
77 kg	Renzo Gracie (BRA)	Luis Brito (BRA)	Fabiano Iha (BRA)
88 kg	Rodrigo Gracie (BRA)	Karimula Barkalaev (RUS)	Ahmed Faraj (EGY)
99 kg	Mario Sperry (BRA)	Ricardo Alves (BRA)	Bueau Hershberger (USA)
+99 kg	Ricco Rodriguez (USA)	Sean Alvarez (USA)	Simon Siasi (ITA)
Absolute	Mario Sperry (BRA)	Ricardo Moraes (BRA)	Simon Siasi (ITA)

ADCC Trials

ADCC Asian and Oceania Championship

Year	Host	Men's 66 kg	Men's 77 kg	Men's 88 kg	Men's 99 kg	Men's +99 kg	Women's -60 kg	Women's +60 kg
2008	Sydney	David Marinakis (1/2)	Rodney Ellis (1/1)	Igor Praporshchikov (1/2)	Anthony Perosh (1/1)	Denis Roberts (1/2)
2009	Tokyo	Kouhei Yasumi (1/1)	Keita Nakamura (1/1)	Kazuhiro Nakamura (1/1)	Shinsho Anzai (1/2)	Ukiya Naito (1/1)	Megumi Fujii (1/1)	Hitomi Hiraiwa (1/1)
2010	Sydney	David Marinakis (2/2)	David Hart (1/1)	Cameron Rowe (1/1)	Igor Praporshchikov (2/2)	Mick Wilson (1/1)	Lara Jayne Ng (1/1)	Fiona Muxlow (1/1)
2011	Tokyo	Tetsu Hadairo (1/1)	Takanori Gomi (1/1)	Jeon Doo Kwang (1/1)	Shinsho Anzai (1/2)	Hideki Sekine (1/4)	Hashi Takayo (1/1)
2012	Manila	Robert Sabaruddin (1/1)	Young-am Noh (1/2)	Doorwang Jeon (1/1)	Alan Drueco (1/1)	Michael Wilson (1/1)
2013	Tokyo	Ulka Sasaki (1/1)	Sotaro Yamada (1/1)	Shinsho Anzai (2/2)	Yukiyasu Ozawa (1/3)	Hideki Sekine (2/4)	Seiko Yamamoto (1/1)	Yurika Nakakura (1/1)
2014	Seoul	Tezekbaev Rasul (1/1)	Lachlan Giles (1/3)	Craig Jones (1/2)	Tobias Green (1/1)	Lee Hyoung-Chul (1/1)
2015	Tokyo	Yuto Hirao (1/1)	Young-am Noh (2/2)	Hidemi Mihara (1/1) (1/1)	Yukiyasu Ozawa (2/3)	Hideki Sekine (3/4)	Rikako Yuasa (1/3)
2016	Almaty	Uranov Zhakshylyk (1/1)	Lachlan Giles (2/3)	Craig Jones (2/2)	Roman Dolidze (1/1)	Sulimanov Mokhmad (1/1)
2017	Tokyo	Yuta Shimada (1/1)	Osmanzhan Kassimov (1/1)	Kit Dale (1/1)	Yukiyasu Ozawa (3/3)	Hideki Sekine (4/4)	Rikako Yuasa (2/3)
2019	Tokyo	Kenta Iwamoto (1/2)	Lachlan Giles (3/3)	Keller Locke-Sodhi (1/1)	Jacob Malkoun (1/1)	Denis Roberts (2/2)	Rikako Yuasa (3/3)
2022	Stanhope	Jeremy Skinner (1/1)	Kenta Iwamoto (2/2)	Roberto Dib Frias (1/1)	Izaak Michell (1/1)	Josh Saunders (1/1)	Adele Fornarino (1/1)	Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths (1/1)

ADCC European Championship

Year	Host	Men's 66 kg	Men's 77 kg	Men's 88 kg	Men's 99 kg	Men's +99 kg	Women's -60 kg	Women's +60 kg	Women's -55 kg	Women's -65 kg	Women's +65 kg
2003	Turku	Teemu Launis (1/2)	Jussi Tammelin (1/1)	Robert Sulski (1/1)	Ilir Latifi (1/1)	Mark Ilman (1/1)
2005	Stockholm	Toni Kröger (1/1)	Martin Lindqvist (1/1)	Marko Helen (1/3)	Alistair Overeem (1/1)	Mostapha al-Turk (1/1)
2007	Turku	Teemu Launis (2/2)	Eduardo Rios (1/2)	Marko Helen (2/3)	Radek Turek (1/2)	Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (1/6)	Caoimhe McGill (1/1)	Marloes Coenen (1/1)
2008	Kraków	Timo Hirvikangas (1/3)	Toni Linden (1/1)	Trond Saksenvik (1/1)	Andreas Olsen (1/1)	Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (2/6)	Ina Steffensen (1/1)	Shanti Abelha (1/1)
2009	Stockholm	Nicolas Renier (1/3)	Marcelo Azevedo (1/1)	Kassim Annan (1/1)	Radek Turek (2/2)	Tomasz Janiszewski (1/1)	Laurence Cousin (1/1)	Ida Hannson (1/1)
2010	Zagreb	Greger Forsell (1/1)	Jorge Britto (1/1)	Marko Helen (3/3)	Kari Peltola (1/1)	Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (3/6)
2011	Turku	Timo Hirvikangas (2/3)	Dan Strauss (1/1)	Zybi Tyszka (1/2)	Kamil Uminski (1/4)	Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (4/6)	Sara Svensson (1/1)	Devi Ahuja (1/1)
2012	Ljubljana	Timo Hirvikangas (3/3)	Tero Pyylampi (1/2)	Eduardo Rios (2/2)	Tomasz Narkun (1/2)	Alexander Trans (1/2)		Maria Malyjasiak (1/2)
2013	Kraków	Nicolas Renier (2/3)	Kamil Mitosek (1/1)	Łukasz Michalec (1/1)	Kamil Uminski (2/4)	Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (5/6)	Laura Hondorp (1/1)	Maria Malyjasiak (2/2)
2014	Sofia	Asadulaev Surkhay (1/1)	Mateusz Gamrot (1/2)	Zybi Tyszka (2/2)	Tomasz Narkun (2/2)	Alexander Trans (2/2)	Vanessa English (1/1)	Sophia Nordenö (1/2)
2015	Turku	Nicolas Renier (3/3)	Magomed Abdulkadirov (1/1)	Jesse Urholin (1/2)	Kamil Uminski (3/4)	Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (6/6)	Kethe Engen (1/1)	Sophia Nordenö (2/2)
2016	Mainz	Janusz Andrejczuk (1/1)	Tero Pyylampi (2/2)	Jesse Urholin (2/2)	Kamil Uminski (4/4)	Khamzat Stambulov (1/1)	Elvira Karppinen (1/1)	Stephanie Egger (1/2)
2017	Poznań	Kuba Witkowski (1/1)	Oliver Taza (1/2)	Piotr Fręchowicz (1/1)	Abdurakhman Bilarov (1/1)	Abdulaev Ruslan (1/1)	Ffion Davies (1/1)	Samantha Cook (1/1)
2018	Bucharest	Zaur Akhmedov (1/1)	Ross Nicholls (1/1)	Adam Wardziński (1/1)	Perttu Tepponen (1/2)	Eldar Rafigaev (1/1)	Maiju Suotama (1/1)	Yulia Vibe (1/1)
2019	Poznań	Tom Halpin (1/1)	Mateusz Gamrot (2/2)	Ben Dyson (1/1)	Mraz Avdoyan (1/1)	Mateusz Juskowiak (1/1)	Livia Giles (1/1)	Stephanie Egger (2/2)
2021	Poznań	Ash Williams (1/1)	Oliver Taza (2/2)	Eoghan O'Flanagan (1/1)	Perttu Tepponen (2/2)	Heikki Jussila (1/2)	Peyton Letcher (1/1)	Magdalena Loska (1/1)
2022	Poznań	Sam McNally (1/1)	Tommy Langaker (1/1)	Santeri Lilius (1/2)	Luke Griffith (1/2)	Daniel Manasoiu (1/1)	Julia Mæle (1/1)	Eleftheria Christodoulou (1/1)
2023	Warsaw	Owen Jones (1/1)	Jozef Chen (1/1)	Santeri Lilius (2/2)	Luke Griffith (2/2)	Heikki Jussila (2/2)			Josefine Modig (1/1)	Sani Brännfors (1/1)	Ane Svendsen (1/1)
2024	Zagreb	Gairbeg Ibragimov (1/1)	Tommy Langaker (2/2)	Taylor Pearman (1/1)	Marcin Maciulewicz (1/1)	Mark Macqueen (1/1)			Margot Ciccarelli (1/1)	Aurelie Le Vern (1/1)	Nia Blackman (1/1)

ADCC North American Championship

Year	Host	Men's 66 kg	Men's 77 kg	Men's 88 kg	Men's 99 kg	Men's +99 kg	Women's -60 kg	Women's +60 kg
2002	Los Angeles, CA	Eddie Bravo (1/1)	Pablo Popovitch (1/1)	Denis Kang (1/1)	Dean Lister (1/1)	Sean Alvarez (1/1)
2004	Vernon	Javier Vazquez (1/1)	Cameron Earle (1/1)	Marcos Avellan (1/1)	Jamal Patterson (1/1)	Karim Byron (1/1)
2007	Wayne, NJ	Sim Go (1/1)	Mark Bocek (1/1)	Chris Moriarty (1/1)	Misha Cirkunov (1/1)	Mario Rinaldi (1/2)
2008	Newark, NJ	Ryan Hall (1/1)	Don Ortega (1/1)	Jason Selva (1/1)	Rafael Davies (1/1)	Asa Fuller (1/1)	Hillary Williams (1/1)	Lana Stefanac (1/1)
2009	Los Angeles, CA	Jayson Patino (1/1)	Enrico Cocco (1/3)	Chris Weidman (1/1)	Gerardi Rinaldi (1/1)	Tom DeBlass (1/3)
2010	Belleville, NJ	Mark Ramos (1/2)	Vagner Rocha (1/3)	Rustam Chsiev (1/1)	Joseph Lee Baize (1/1)	Mario Rinaldi (2/2)	Cat Zingano (1/1)	Penny Thomas (1/1)
2011	San Diego, CA	Jeff Glover (1/1)	Enrico Cocco (2/3)	JJ Holmes (1/1)	James Puopolo (1/2)	Jared Rosholt (1/1)
2012	San Diego, CA	Darson Hemmings (1/1)	AJ Agazarm (1/1)	Keenan Cornelius (1/1)	Adam Sachnoff (1/1)	Jared Dopp (1/1)	Mackenzie Dern (1/1)	Brea Gibert (1/1)
2013	Columbus, Ohio	Mark Ramos (2/2)	Garry Tonon (1/1)	Josh Hayden (1/1)	James Puopolo (2/2)	Robby Donofrio (1/1)
2014	Nitro, WV	Geo Martinez (1/1)	Enrico Cocco (3/3)	Matt Arroyo (1/1)	Tom DeBlass (2/3)	Jason Lee (1/1)
2015	Coconut Creek, FL	Edward Cummings (1/1)	Vagner Rocha (2/3)	Mike Perez (1/1)	Jason Bukich (1/1)	Paul Ardila (1/3)	Tammi Musumeci (1/1)	Amanda Alequin (1/1)
2016	Bayville, NJ	Justin Rader (1/1)	Mansher Khera (1/1)	Elliot Kelly (1/1)	James Brasco (1/1)	Tom DeBlass (3/3)
2017	Anaheim, CA	Ethan Crelinsten (1/2)	Vagner Rocha (3/3)	John Salter (1/1)	Paul Ardila (2/3)	Casey Hellenberg (1/1)	Elisabeth Clay (1/1)	Tara White (1/1)
2018	Bayville, NJ	Ethan Crelinsten (2/2)	Jonathan Satava (1/1)	Alec Baulding (1/1)	Tim Spriggs (1/1)	Aaron Johnson (1/1)
2019	Burbank, CA	Nicky Ryan (1/1)	John Combs (1/1)	Josh Hinger (1/1)	Mason Fowler (1/2)	Nick Rodriguez (1/1)	Jena Bishop (1/1)	Amanda Leve (1/1)
2021	Atlantic City, NJ	Cole Abate (1/1)	Kade Ruotolo (1/1)	Giancarlo Bodoni (1/1)	Mason Fowler (2/2)	John Hansen (1/1)	Brianna Ste-Marie (1/2)	Kendall Reusing (1/1)
2022	Las Vegas, NV	Keith Krikorian (1/1)	William Tackett (1/1)	Jay Rodriguez (1/1)	Paul Ardila (3/3)	Kyle Boehm (1/1)	Brianna Ste-Marie (2/2)	Amy Campo (1/1)

ADCC South American Championship

Year	Host	Men's 66 kg	Men's 77 kg	Men's 88 kg	Men's 99 kg	Men's +99 kg	Women's -60 kg	Women's +60 kg
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Rani Yahya (1/2)	Daniel Moraes (1/1)	Ronaldo Souza (1/1)	Alexandre Ferreira (1/1)	Márcio Cruz (1/1)
2004	Campos	Rani Yahya (2/2)	Roan Carneiro (1/1)	Demian Maia (1/1)	Roger Gracie (1/1)	Gabriel Gonzaga (1/1)
2007	Rio de Janeiro	Bruno Frazzato (1/2)	André Galvão (1/2)	Delson Heleno (1/1)	Cristiano Lazzarini (1/1)	Luiz Felipe (1/1)
2009	Rio de Janeiro	Rafael Mendes (1/1)	Murilo Santana (1/3)	André Galvão (2/2)	Glover Teixeira (1/1)	Antoine Jaoude (1/1)	Ana Michelle Tavares (1/2)	Rosângela Conceição (1/1)
2011	Rio de Janeiro	Bruno Frazzato (2/2)	Murilo Santana (2/3)	Claudio Calasans (1/3)	Augusto Ferrari (1/1)	Gabriel Vella (1/1)	Michelle Nicolini (1/2)	Talita Nogueira (1/2)
2013	Rio de Janeiro	João Miyao (1/1)	Leonardo Nogueira (1/1)	Claudio Calasans (2/3)	João Gabriel Rocha (1/1)	Rodrigo Cavaca (1/1)	Michelle Nicolini (2/2)	Fernanda Mazzelli (1/2)
2015	Rio de Janeiro	Renan Sancar (1/1)	Davi Ramos (1/1)	Felipe Pena (1/1)	Roberto Alencar (1/1)	Leandro Lo (1/1)	Ana Michelle Tavares (2/2)	Fernanda Mazzelli (2/2)
2015	São Paulo	Gabriel Marangoni (1/1)	Gabriel Rollo (1/1)	Claudio Calasans (3/3)	Cassio Silva (1/1)	Gabriel Lucas (1/1)	Marya Mazza (1/1)	Jéssica Flowers (1/1)
2016	São Paulo	Pablo Mantovani (1/1)	Felipe Cesar (1/1)	Murilo Santana (3/3)	Mahamed Aly (1/1)	Luiz Panza (1/1)	Bianca Basílio (1/1)	Talita Nogueira (2/2)
2017	Rio de Janeiro	Paulo Miyao (1/1)	Marcelo Mafra (1/1)	Kaynan Casemiro (1/1)	Salomão Ribeiro (1/1)	Victor Honório (1/1)
2019	São Paulo	Ruan Alvarenga (1/1)	Servio Tulio (1/1)	Gabriel Almeida (1/1)	Paulo Jose (1/1)	Antônio Braga Neto (1/1)	Franciele Nascimento (1/1)	Carina Santi (1/1)
2022	Balneário Camboriú	Diogo Reis (1/1)	Michael Galvão (1/1)	Isaque Bahiense (1/1)	João Costa (1/1)	Roosevelt Sousa (1/1)	Daiana Torquato (1/1)	Rebecca Albuquerque (1/1)
2022	São Paulo	Fabricio Andrey (1/1)	Roberto Jimenez(1/1)	Alexandre de Jesus (1/1)	Henrique Ceconi (1/1)	Gutemberg Pereira (1/1)	Mayssa Bastos (1/1)	Giovanna Jara (1/1)

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.^[43]

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'.^[44]

See also

• Sports portal

• ADCC weight classes
• List of ADCC Hall of Fame inductees