I promised I would be more present in the comments section than posting.
But I had to compromise that to release one important and urgent piece of information: Roger Gracie dropped out of ADCC 2009.
I’d been following Roger’s struggle to be part of the event for quite a while. He would face current ADCC absolute champion Robert Drysdale in the much anticipated superfight.
The current superfight champion recently came down with the mumps. The disease had complications and went down (if you know what I mean).
He fought against it, and after a couple of weeks of a compulsory rest tried to get back in training anyways, but unfortunately he twisted his knee badly in such a way he won’t be able to heal in time for the event.
“I hope Roger recovers fully,” wishes ADCC committee chairman Guy Neivens, who says they are at this point considering replacements.
Next edition of the ADCC will take place at Barcelona, Spain, on Sept 26 and 27.
Keep checking our blog for more information on this subject.
Roger Gracie being interviewed at 2007 edition. The current superfight champion dropped out due to injuries and won't be able to participate this year.
Fedor needs to step up. Drysdale vs Fedor. Make it happen for the fans!!!!
Braulio Estima should replace Roger as they are training partners .Braulio is a top player. it would be a very technical fight. man i cant wait to see that..
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Terrible News!!
I hope Roger can recover fast and come back to what he does best, and that is fight.
I also hope that the replacement will be someone fit to fill in Roger’s shoes. It doesn’t make sense to put Fedor in a SuperFight given that he never competed in an ADCC event before. I would put in someone like Jacare or Arona (depends on whether he gets out fine from his MMA fight days before in Brazil).
braulio estima for sure would give drysdale a tough fight.Rolls gracie jnr would be another one.
That’s bad news. I hope Roger recovers well and hope to see him in Strikeforce soon.
By the way, it’s about time the ADCC organizer gets rid of the Superfight match. Maybe it was a good idea in the beginning of ADCC 10 years ago when there were not too many top grapplers around and there was a need to put exciting matches for the fans. But having Superfight at current ADCC really deprives the fans of watching the stars such as Roger and Drysdale from competing against the rest of the field.
What happens if say Xande or Marcelo wins the Absolute this year? Then we won’t see them in the ‘normal tournament’ in ADCC 2011, right?
The idea of ADCC is to crown the world’s best grapplers. So let them all put everything on the line in the Absolute division, and may the best competitor wins. It’s time to let go of the Superfight match.
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