ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship

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). 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. 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".
The 2022 edition took place in front of 13,000 fans in attendance at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The 2024 edition, which will be held on 17-18 August at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
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. Royler Gracie characterised this as the beginning of "the modern era of submission grappling". 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. 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), and Nick Rodriguez (collegiate wrestling).
2020 onwards
For the future of the event the organizer Mo Jassim has 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. 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.
In January 2023, ADCC announced an exclusive multi-year streaming deal with UFC Fight Pass and left their previous broadcaster FloSports. Just three months later on April 27, 2023, ADCC announced that they would be returning to FloSports for the foreseeable future.
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. 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.
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
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
Roger Gracie
Andre Galvao
Marcelo Garcia
Ricardo Arona
Kyra Gracie
Braulio Estima
Royler Gracie
Dean Lister
Mario Sperry
Rubens Charles
Saulo Ribeiro
Mark Kerr
Baret Yoshida
Renzo Gracie
Rafael Mendes
Most submissions
By nationality
ADCC events
ADCC 2022
ADCC 2019
Absolute
ADCC 2017
Absolute
ADCC 2015
Absolute
ADCC 2013
ADCC 2011
Absolute
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
Absolute
Superfight
Superfight: Robert Drysdale vs. Ronaldo Souza
Souza defeated Drysdale via points (2-0).
ADCC 2007
ADCC 2005
ADCC 2003
ADCC 2001
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.
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'.
See also
ADCC weight classes
List of ADCC Hall of Fame inductees
References
Further reading
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External links
ADCC Homepage
Sports competitions in the United Arab Emirates
Martial arts in the United Arab Emirates
Grappling competitions
Submission wrestling
Sport in Abu Dhabi
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