The ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) Submission Wrestling World Championship is a grappling competition involving professional athletes who have been successful at the highest levels of grappling, wrestling, judo, jiu-jitsu, sambo, shooto and mixed martial arts. The rules of the event disallow strikes while promoting grappling and submissions.

ADCC 2017 World Event is going to be held on 22-24 September in Espoo, Finland. The event will take place at the famous Espoo Metro Areena.

The competition was created by Sheik Tahnoon 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 characterized this as the beginning of “the modern era of submission grappling”. And is also known as “Olympic Games of Jiu Jitsu”

ADCC World Championships men’s divisions feature 16 competitors, with eight qualified athletes, seven invitations and the return of the defending ADCC champion. Women’s divisions feature eight competitors, with four qualified athletes, the defending champion and three invitations.

ADCC 2017 will contain 3 Super Fights:

• Openweight Title Match: Andre Galvao (defending superfight Champion) vs Claudio Calasans (2015 Open Class Champion)
• ​Legends Superfight #1: Chael Sonnen vs Leo Vieira
• ​Legends Superfight #2: Renzo Gracie vs Sanae Kikuta

The rules:
First five minutes are submission only. No points. And second five minutes is points based. Competitors are awarded for Improving their position when the control is convincingly imposed.

ADCC FINAL COMPETITORS LIST

-66kg

1. Rubens Charles (Brazil) – ADCC 2015 winner
2. Uranov Zhakshylyk (Kyrgyzstan) – 1st Asian Trial winner
3. Janusz Andrejczuk (Poland) – 1st European Trial winner
4. Pablo Mantovani (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
5. Paulo Miyao (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
6. Yuta Shimada (Japan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
7. Ethan Crelinsten (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
8. Kuba Witkowski (Poland) – 2nd European Trial winner
9. Geovanny Martinez (USA) – Invited
10. Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes (Brazil) – Invited
11. AJ Agazarm (USA) – Invited
12. Baret Yoshida (USA) – Invited
13. Nicolas Renier (France) – Invited
14. Kamil Wilk (Poland) – Invited
15. Erno Elgland (Finland) – Invited
16. Nicky Ryan (USA) – Invited

-77kg

1. Lachlan Giles (Australia) – 1st Asian Trial winner
2. Tero Pyylampi (Finland) – 1st European Trial winner
3. Mansher Singh Khera (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
4. Felipe Cesar (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
5. Marcelo Mafra (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
6. Osmanzhan Kassimov (Kazakhstan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
7. Vagner Rocha (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
8. Oliver Taza (Canada/Lebanon) – 2nd European Trial winner
9. Garry Tonon (USA) – Invited
10. Lucas Lepri (Brazil) – Invited
11. JT Torres (USA) – Invited
12. DJ Jackson (USA) – Invited
13. Celso Vinicius (Brazil) – Invited
14. Leonardo Saggioro (Brazil) – Invited
15. Enrico Cocco (USA) – Invited
16. Sergio Ardila (USA) – Invited

-88kg

1. Craig Jones (Australia) – 1st Asian Trial winner
2. Jesse Urholin (Finland) – 1st European Trial winner
3. James Brasco (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
4. Murilo Santana (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
5. Kaynan Casemiro Duarte (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
6. Kit Dale (Australia) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
7. John Salter (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
8. Piotr Marcin Frechowicz (Poland) – 2nd European Trial winner
9. Romulo Barral (Brazil) – Invited
10. Keenan Cornelius (USA) – Invited
11. Gordon Ryan (USA) – Invited
12. Pablo Popovich (USA) – Invited
13. Alexandre Ribeiro (Brazil) – Invited
14. Leandro Lo (Brazil) – Invited
15. Dillon Danis (USA) – Invited
16. Rustam Chsiev (Russia) – Invited

-99kg

1. Roman Dolidze (Georgia) – 1st Asian Trial winner
2. Kamil Uminski (Poland) – 1st European Trial winner
3. Eliot Kelly (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
4. Mahamed Aly (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
5. Salomao Ribeiro (Brazil) – 2nd South American Trial winner
6. Yukiyasu Ozawa (Japan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
7. Paul Ardila (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
8. Abdurakhman Bilarov (Russia) – 2nd European Trial winner
9. Yuri Simoes  (Brazil) – Moved from -88kg
10. Rafael Lovato Jr. (USA) – Invited
11. Felipe Pena (Brazil) – Invited
12. Joao Assis (Brazil) – Invited
13. Jake Shields (USA) – Invited
14. Mike Perez (USA) – Invited
15. Jeff Monson (USA) – Invited
16. Jackson Sousa (Brazil) – Invited

+99kg

1. Orlando Sanchez (USA) – ADCC 2015 winner
2. Arman Zhanpeisov (Kazakhstan) – Second Place on 1st Asia Trial
3. Khamzat Stambulov (Russia) – 1st European Trial winner
4. Tom DeBlass (USA) – 1st North American Trial winner
5. Victor Honório (Brazil) – 1st South American Trial winner
6. Hideki Sekine (Japan) – 2nd Asian Trial winner
7. Casey Hellenberg (USA) – 2nd North American Trial winner
8. Abdulaev Ruslan (Russia) – 2nd European Trial winner
9. Vinny Magalhaes (Brazil) – Invited
10. Marcus Almeida “Buchecha” (Brazil) – Invited
11. Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu (Brazil) – Invited
12. Jared Dopp (USA) – Invited
13. Tim Spriggs (USA) – Invited
14. Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (Finland) – Invited
15. Bruno Bastos (Brazil) – Invited
16. Jesseray Childrey (USA) – Invited

W-60kg

1. Mackenzie Dern (USA) – ADCC 2015 winner
2. Bianca Basílio (Brazil) – South American Trial winner
3. Rikako Yuasa (Japan) – Asian Trial winner
4. Ffion Davies (Great Britain) – European Trial winner
5. Michelle Nicolini (Brazil) – Invited
6. Beatriz Mesquita (Brazil) – Invited
7. Talita Alencar (Brazil) – Invited
8. Elvira Karppinen (Finland) – Invited

W+60kg

1. Talita Treta (Brazil) – South American Trial winner
2. Tara White (USA) – North American Trial winner
3. Samantha Cook (Great Britain) – European Trial winner
4. Gabrielle Garcia (Brazil) – Invited
5. Jessica Da Silva Oliveira (Brazil) – Invited
6. Amanda Santana (USA) – Invited
7. Venla Luukkonen (Finland) – Invited
8. Marysia Malyjasiak (Poland) – Invited

BJJ promotes the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger, heavier assailant by using proper technique, leverage, and most notably, taking the fight to the ground, and then applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat the opponent. BJJ training can be used for sport grappling tournaments and in self-defense situations. And this is why you never mess with BJJ Girls!

This homeless guy apparently (according to the video audio) grabbed this BJJ girl’s a*s after he broke into her place. Well, he got restrained very quickly by her and her buddies who were all BJJ fighters. What’s the lesson? Don’t harass people, be an upstanding citizen, and learn to fight if you’re living in dangerous areas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5viUkq2sLI

Earlier this week Renzo was on The UFC Guy podcast with Former UFC champin Mat Serra and told him everything about it.

Renzo Gracie explains what happened, “he blew an airhorn in my ear and I told him. Man, this is not polite. Guy responds: “Yeah, and what are you going to do about it?“,  “I’m going to play this horn in your ear, and I’m going to take this home, this is mine now because you are not responsible enough to walk around with this. Or I’m going to beat the crap out of you and take the horn”. He look at me and said, “You won’t do nothing about it.” So I b**ch slapped him so hard and when he fell his girflriend punched me right in my face.”

Check the rest in an interview below!

https://youtu.be/9Nu1tSVeXiE

10 years of Kung Fu vs 10 years of BJJ in Renzo’s Gym

How many times you saw someone bragging about their medals on social media and when you do some investigation you know they were alone in their category, or they got a silver medal when there were only two of them, etc.?

This is really irritating, especially when you see loads of likes, smileys, congratulations and comments like, “you’re great”, “Good Job”, “Congratulations warrior”, “I knew you can do it”, “you are amazing”, “You did it champion”… Usually, you will never see these guys on winning pedestal because they’re ashamed to be seen with only one guy with them or even being alone on a pedestal. You will see them with their medal around their neck or in their hand with a huge smile ready to make fools of people ready to congratulate them.

These guys are always playing on a card that most of the people in their friend’s list have no idea what Jiu Jitsu is, where they were and what did they do. And that small number who knows what is it all about won’t be wicked enough to tell them in public to STFU and take that post off or at least tell them to admit what really happened there.

Even worse is when guys who wait for the last few minutes to register on IBJJF tournaments in categories that are empty. As IBJJF tournaments are the “best” for this kind of people because IBJJF does not merge categories if there’s no more than one guy. They just get their medal for their money spent on registration and they’re free to go. You can usually see these guys bragging on Facebook with sentences like “I only weight 160 lbs and I’m going to fight in Ultra Heavy against giants, Cyclops…” and other mythological creatures.

I would like to ask those guys, who are you fooling? Your friends? Your students? Your parents? Yourself? One day people will realize what you were doing and they will be talking about it so even if you win something it will be marked as fake for people around you.

It’s nothing wrong if you showed up alone on a tournament in your category and got the medal. No matter what you deserved it. You were ready to fight and that’s also what matters, but be honest with your self and people who surround you. Take that medal and go to absolute, fight someone, win or lose, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re honest with your result. There’s nothing wrong in losing. There’s nothing wrong with losing because everyone loses and if you still care about losing at least you don’t have to be fake so next time you post on social media admit what happened. I assure you that you will get more respect from people for being honest than for winning some metal that most people will forget until their next meal.

Jack Donovan

Unwritten BJJ Rules: Commonly Accepted Mat Behavior Guidelines

Suspect Subdues Police Officer While Other Officers Watch

BJJ Guy Beats up Two Bullies in a Street Fight Back to Back

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu also referred to as BJJ is a type of martial arts that is male-dominated, as other martial arts. As the common perception is, that women do not enjoy grappling, wrestling, and ground fighting. However, BJJ is a great branch of martial arts, and here are a few reasons why women should try it.

1. Self Defense – by training in Jiu-Jitsu, women will be able to be more confident when walking down a dark street. As they will finally be able to defend themselves, in case of an attack. This is why we feel that BJJ is necessary for every woman. Just by training BJJ, you will be able to not only get stronger, but you will also be able to use your abilities to get out of difficult situations.

2. Martial Arts – BJJ is known as a Gentle Art, as it is not about kicking, punching, or getting hit. This means you do not have to be quick on your feet or make any aggressive moves. In BJJ it is important that one relaxes, and rationally assess the place where your legs and your arms should be positioned. This way you will be able to get leverage over your opponent without having to use power.

3. Upper Body – Women generally have a weak upper body, because they do not use those muscles often. In addition, women tend to struggle with toning their lower body. This is why we feel Jiu-Jitsu is the perfect way for you to gain upper body strength, and help tone your lower body. This way you will learn a skill that can help you defend yourself, and tone your body at the same time. BJJ is the perfect way to help keep your body in shape.

4. Lower Body – Women naturally have a strong lower body, but there comes a time when they build up fat and are unable to use the strength to their advantage. By training in BJJ, you will be able to lose those extra pounds and regain your strength. In addition, a stronger base will help you keep a firm body, which is perfect when it comes to self-defense. As when you are firm on the ground, you do not have to deal with staying set and balanced.

5. Mind – as BJJ is all about leverage, it requires you to use your mind rather than your body strength. This is why it helps keep your mind active, by training it to help you in time of need. Think of it as a chess game, it’s all about how you move to get leverage. So no matter how small you are, you will be able to get leverage over your opponent.

These are some of the many reasons why every woman should train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, as it will help them a great deal. From self-defense to body toning, to mind training BJJ offers a complete package. Which is why we encourage women to take it up, so they are mentally and physically fit.

Jack Donovan

Security Guard’s name is Fatih Aydogan and he trains in Checkmat Wimbledon academy in London, Uk. After this incident he said:

“I was on my duty drunk man came to me and try to punch me, but he couldn’t because BJJ works. I would like to thanks to my BJJ coach Carl Fisher and Checkmat family.”

In this video, we can see the security guard being attacked by a drunk man trying to punch him for the first time and then leaving. After that drunk man got back but Jiu-Jitsu guy was ready to take him down as he did. He executed double leg takedown and controlled the attacker probably long enough before police showed up as he was calling for back up a few moments before he was attacked again.

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BJJ Brown Belt Instructor Attacked On The Street

Older Man Choked out Drunk And Aggressive Guy on flight

The very interesting situation happened in this Match as Aldo lost to Purple belt in a super match.

As you can see a guy who fought Aldo have a down syndrome and he showed that he’s very skilled. He throws Aldo down and went on passing his guard but Aldo managed to retain his guard. After Aldo tried to play Half Guard guy the Purple Belt went on his back, got aldo mounted and did an Armbar. This was a great sportsmanship from Jose Aldo and we are glad to see him on the mats. Also, Congratulations to this Purple Belt as he’s a true warrior!

BJJ Purple Belt Chokes Out Much Bigger Attacker

Purple Belt Guide To Developing A Mean Jiu-Jitsu Guard

Whenever you ask someone who is training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu about the importance of belts people will usually say that there is no importance and that belts are nothing you should care about. Although many of those people don’t really think so it looks cool to say so.

But is that really true? If they’re not important, why they exist? What’s the purpose of the belt besides keeping your gi jacket together?

That’s the question I’ll write about today!

Some time ago I’ve read somewhere that BJJ is just like a journey and belts are landmarks on your way. They are there so you don’t miss the place where you’re going. BJJ Belts are not your journey itself and they, for sure, are not your destination. But you can’t come to your destination without them.

If there are no belts A.K.A. landmarks in this situation, you would be lost. So, from time to time you need to get directions from your instructor. That way you’ll know you’re on the right path.

If you don’t see a landmark it’s ok to ask your instructor where you are. Are you on the wrong path and where should you go to be back on track?

If you look at the belt as a goal, it is, for sure, wrong! Belts are not a goal of BJJ because they don’t give you knowledge, they don’t give you the skill. Actually, belts only collect microbes and viruses while you train.

But they are true indicators of your progress. Their value comes from the fact that money can’t buy them. You have to earn them with your hard work, consistency, and dedication.

So, the answer to the question “do belts really matter” is, yes, they do matter as long as you have the right reasons to go for them.

A have-a-go hero put a drunk and aggressive passenger into a chokehold on a Ryan Air flight as other travelers broke into cheers.

The crew looked on in amazement as the vigilante overpowered the disruptive flier. The incredible moment was caught on video before the police arrived and arrested the drunk 22-year-old man.

https://youtu.be/J35wqgh0nfM