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July 18, 2022
The Abu Dhabi Combat Club is making sure history will not be
forgotten at its upcoming Worlds event in September.
The 14th edition of the ADCC Worlds, which will be held on
September 14 to 18, promises to make up for lost time. In 2021, the
grappling organization decided it would postpone its World
Championships event to 2022 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a
result, ADCC is staging its bi-yearly championship card in a new
venue of the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, and it will also
feature a Hall of Fame induction ceremony as well as a new book
release.
The main attraction for some is the superfight between Gordon Ryan
and Andre
Galvao, but fans who attend the event will have the opportunity
to participate in a joint seminar run by multiple past ADCC
champions. Those names include: Ricardo
Arona, Marcelo
Garcia, Royler
Gracie, Mark Kerr,
Renzo
Gracie, Kyra Gracie,
Mario
Sperry, Dean Lister,
Saulo
Ribeiro, Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles, Baret
Yoshida, Rafael
Mendes and Braulio
Estima. Every one of the aforementioned names will be also
honored as members of the ADCC Hall of Fame during the event.
This year, the ADCC will also launch its new “ADCC Legacy” book
chronicling the history of the grappling world cup, which was
founded by Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi in 1998. The book
was initially conceived by Renato Nery and ADCC head organizer Mo
Jassim, while it was penned by journalist Marcelo Dunlop and edited
by Marcelo Alonso, Carlos Artur Jr. and Marcelo Dunlop. In its
nearly 200 pages and over 500 images, it tells the entire history
of the 13 previous editions of the ADCC.
The book covers the pivotal meeting between Nelson
Monteiro and Tahnoon Bin Zayed in the early 90’s in California,
runs through the consecration of all champions in all categories,
and features many of the most significant matches at the past
events. Photos were provided by Alonso, Luca Atalla, Gustavo
Aragao, Kinya Hashimoto, Erin Herle
and Ivan Trindade, among many others. This first edition will be
available in English at the event, but it can already be
pre-ordered on Braus website.
According to Nery, the Portuguese version will be released in
December.