The rules of ADCC 2009

The ADCC 2009 rules meeting just ended. Little has changed in relation to previous years. Below you will find the point-scoring system and the other rules of the event. The ADCC 2009 rules meeting just ended. Little has changed in relation to previous years. Below you will find the point-scoring system and the other rules [...]

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ADCC ain’t fun and games

Um parque de diversões agita a região de Barcelona onde está situado o hotel dos atletas do ADCC 2009. Os barcelonenses lotam o local e se divertem na roda gigante, no bate-bate, no bungee junping invertido, que promete sensações extremas. E comem. Comem muitos churros, cachorros quentes e maçãs do amor. Por mais que procure, [...]

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Quick news

Guess who just reappeared in the ADCC under 99kg division at the last minute? Ricco Rodriguez, over 99kg champion in 1998. – Kyra Gracie is out of the ADCC due to injury. Her absence is likely reason for Bianca Andrade being called up at the last moment. – Just now the event’s organizers announced three [...]

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The Jiu-Jitsu stars absent from the ADCC 2009

Nine days from the start of the competition in Barcelona, nearly all the categories are filled. At the moment, only the under-99kg division awaits its last three names. The list of stars to shine in Spain is immense, with beasts like Robert Drysdale and Ronaldo Jacare; Saulo Ribeiro and Jeff Monson; Alexandre Ribeiro and Márcio [...]

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Hannette already in Barcelona

Until proven otherwise, Hannette Staack is the first athlete to reach Barcelona for the ADCC 2009. The over 60kg and absolute champion of 2007 just tweeted her arrival in the capital of Catalonia. Hannette wrote: “In Barcelona… Focused in what I came here to do… Fight!!! Thank you God for one more day training!” Hannette [...]

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