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The criteria behind the replacement

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ARONA, Dean Lister, Drysdale, Eddie Bravo, Jean Jacques Machado, Roger Gracie, ROYLER, Soca on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It may seem strange, but it actually makes all sense Ronaldo Jacaré to be chosen to face Robert Drysdale in the 2009 superfight. And it has already happened before, exactly like this, in the 2005 superfight. When Ricardo Arona couldn’t face Dean Lister in the 2005 ADCC (by the way, they fought each other in [...]

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When the underdog has his way

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abu Dhabi, ADCC, Alexander Savko, Alexandre Cacareco, Alexandre Carneiro, Amaury Bitetti, Andre Galvao, BARCELONA, Barret Yoshida, Dean Lister, Eddie Bravo, Fabio Gurgel, Gracie Humaita, GRACIEMAG, Ibirapuera Park, Jeff Monson, Jiu-Jitsu, Jon Olav Einemo, Kareem Barchlov, Leo Vieira, Lloyd Irvin, Marcelo Garcia, Marcio Cruz, Mike Fowler, Nathan Marquardt, New Jersey, Pe de Pano, Renzo Gracie, Ricardo Liborio, Roger Gracie, Royler Gracie, Sao Paulo, Saulo Ribeiro, Soca, Submission, underdog, upset on September 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The under 66kg category of the ADCC was owned by the same guy since 1999. Without false modesty, shortly after taking his third, in 2001, Royler Gracie remarked: “Few have had the pleasure of being Jiu-Jitsu world champion four times in a row, as I have, and now three times in Abu Dhabi. This is [...]

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ADCC, I was in it…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ADCC, GRACIEMAG, Roger Gracie, Ronaldo Jacaré, Soca, Jean Jacques Machado, Saulo Ribeiro, Royler Gracie, David Terrel, Ricco Rodriguez, Renzo Gracie, Nino Schembri, Fernando Terere, Mark Kerr, Leo Vieira, Mario Sperry, Ricardo Arona, Mark Robinson, Kareem Barchlov, BTT, Murilo Bustamante, UFC, Jiu-Jitsu, Submission, MMA, Eduardo Telles, Demian Maia, Rodrigo Minotauro, Barret Yoshida, Ricardo Liborio, Fabio Gurgel, Alexander Savko, Nathan Marquardt, Matt Serra, Rodrigo Gracie, Minotauro, Tito Ortiz, Vitor Belfort, Matt Hughes, Robin Gracie, Rodrigo Medeiros, Carlos Newton, Oleg Taktarov, Beau Hershberger, Ahmed Farag, Draculino, Nova Uniao, Hayato Sakurai, Andre Pederneiras, Nobuhiro Tsurmaki, Luis Orlando, Joao Roque, Mike Van Arsdale, Carlao Barreto, Wellington Dias, Megaton, Carlson Gracie, Alexandre Nogueira, Pequeno, Shooto, Joel Gilbert, Cromado, Roleta, Comprido, Macaco, Akehiro Gono, Ricardo Cachorrao, Josh Barnett, Robson Moura, Takanori Gomi, Hikori Fakuda, Leonardo Castello Branco, Jussi Tammelin, Otto Olsen, Ryan Gracie, Matt Lindland, Margarida, Fernando Pontes, Daniel Gracie, Antoine Jaoude, Luiz Theodoro, Big Mac on September 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Do you know that Minotauro competed at the ADCC? What about Tito Ortiz, Vitor Belfort or Matt Hughes? Do you remember? Ever since 1998, the ADCC and its big-money prizes have drawn in a slew of different grappling styles styles, nationalities from the world over and athletes representing all the world’s major fighting events. Some [...]

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