Interesting addition to ADCC

dlofnep

88-99KG

1. Jon Olav Einemo (Norway - 2003 World Champion)
2. Ricardo Arona (Brazil - 2000 & 2001 World Champion)
3. Mikhail Cirkunov (Canada - 2007 North American Qualifier)
4. Cristiano "Titi" Lazzarini (Brazil - 2007 Brazilian Qualifier)
5. Anthony Perosh (Australia - 2007 South Pacific Qualifier)
6. Robert Drysdale (Brazil)
7. Alexandre Ribeiro (Brazil)
8. Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine)
9. Vicbart Geraldino (Dominican Republic)
10. Nick Ackerman (USA)
11. Tim Boestch (USA)
12. Steve Rusk (USA)

99KG+
1. Jeff Monson (USA - 2005 World Champion)
2. Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz (Brazil - 2003 World Champion)
3. Mario Rinaldi (USA - 2007 North American Qualifier)
4. Luis "Big Mac" Theodoro (Brazil - 2007 Brazilian Qualifier)
5. Elvis Sinosic (Australia - 2007 South Pacific Qualifier)
6. Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira (Brazil)
7. Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga (Brazil)
8. Rolles Gracie Jr. (Brazil)
9. Ricco Rodriguez (USA)
10. Josh Barnett (USA)
11. Roy Nelson (USA)

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bjj-fighter

A lot of brilliant grapplers there,should be great

Valmont

ADCC is great, I love watching marcelo garcia. Saulo Ribeiro is in his category this year, probably to get revenge for Xande and Vitor!

No Roger Gracie?

bjj-fighter

Is Jacare competing?Saulo is great but I dont know whether he is as good at the moment as Garcia.Xande is brilliant though

Valmont

Jacare is in the <88 category I think, he's definitely competing though.

dlofnep

Nobody has still noticed it?

Liam_B

Ricardo Arona,,back again to ADCC , should be a good one to watch.

I'm sure Lister was talking about a match with Roger, also, for this ADCC,???

dlofnep

Liam_B wrote:

I'm sure Lister was talking about a match with Roger, also, for this ADCC,???

Yeah Liam, Lister & Roger are the superfight. It's going to be great.

hardCopy

dlofnep wrote:

Nobody has still noticed it?

Unfortunately Igor retired before I discovered Pride but from what I've heard of him he should be interesting to watch.

Nothingcompares

job are the likes of igor and josh barnett there because they qualified or were they invited cos they're famous mma guys and will bring more fans?

dlofnep

Nothingcompares wrote:

job are the likes of igor and josh barnett there because they qualified or were they invited cos they're famous mma guys and will bring more fans?

I don't think Josh competed in the qualifiers.. I'm not sure if Ukraine have ADCC qualifiers. Josh has competed in it before and is by all means a decent grappler.. Igor is probably competing on his name alone.

cletus

I was looking at the adcc website, and they pretty much invite pro fighters to apply for a place without having to go through the qualifing rounds

Nothingcompares

can anybody confirm these are the current adcc rules

from http://www.mma.tv/tuf/index.cfm?ac=ListMessages&PID=1&TID=748960&FID=1&pc=5

RULES AND REGULATIONS:
The competition is tournament style i.e; only winner goes through to the next round.

Gi, Kimono & Wrestling Shoes are optional.
The mat area is 9 x 9 meters, no cage or fence.
If the fighters go out of this area the refree will restart the fight in the center of the mat, in the same position they were when they left the mat. If the fighters were standing, they will start again facing each other.

1) Legal Techniques:
Any kind of choke (except for using the hand to close the wind pipe).
No use of T-Shirt and no holding the shorts allowed
Any armbar, shoulder lock, or wrist lock
Any Leg Lock or Ankle Lock

2) Illegal Techniques:
'Full Nelson' and 'Crucifix'
No striking of any kind
No eye gouging or fish hooking
No grabbing the ears
No hair pulling
No finger or toe holds
No thumbing
No scratching and pinching
No kicking
No biting
No touching groin area
No hands, knees or elbows on face
No slippery substances allowed on body or clothing
3) Securing Points :
Mount position = 2 points
Back mount with hooks = 3 points
Passing the guard = 3 points
Knee on stomach = 2 points
Clean Sweeps = 4 points
Sweeps = 2 Points
Clean Take down (Ends passed the guard)= 4 points
Take down (Ends Guard or Half Guard)= 2 points

Scoring multiple points: when a fighter passes the guard and goes straight to mount position or to knee on stomach, the fighter will only score three (3) for passing guard. In order to score points for both passing guard and for mount/knee on stomach, the fighter must pass the guard and stay on side mount for three (3) seconds and then go for the mount or knee on stomach.

If the fighter starts to change positions without staying in one position for three (3) seconds or more, the judges will only award the final position that they have established for three (3) seconds.

Each position must be established for 3 seconds or more in orderfor points to be awarded. When changing multiple positions points will be awarded only for the position that has been established for 3 seconds or more.
Reversals are considered Sweeps as well.


Penalties:
When a fighter voluntarily jumps in the guard or goes from standing position to a non-standing position by any means and remains down for 3 seconds or more, he will be punished by a minus point.
When a fighter disengages from contact and starts backing up and avoids to engage again he will be punished by minus point.
A passive fighter will be warned twice and then will be punished by minus point. The refree will warn the passive player by the words 'WARNING PASSIVITY'

The winner will be decided according to:

If one competitor gives up or submits by tapping the leg, arm or verbally
If Referee feels one competitor is unable to defend himself or feels his life is in danger, the Referee will declare the winner
If a fighter breaks the rules twice he will be disqualified by the Referee

Winning by:
Submission
Points
Referee Decision
Weight Classes

dlofnep

I'm not sure about the t-shirt one because Ricco definately wore one in his matches before, unless the rules have since been altered.

Dermot Nolan

I think "no use of t-shirt" refers to not using it to control or choke your opponent. A lot of guys wear t-shirts competing

cmb.

the rules look correct - as for the tshirt -as stated above no use of the tshirt means no holding or grabbing the material but they really should remove tshirts form competition and only allow rash guards

JohnMc1

dlofnep wrote:

I'm not sure about the t-shirt one because Ricco definately wore one in his matches before, unless the rules have since been altered.

Considering how Ricco let himself go a T-shirt should be mandatory for him.

It should be interesting to see how Igor V fares in ADCC since Kickboxing is more his specialty.

dlofnep

JohnMc1 wrote:

since Kickboxing is more his specialty.

Smashing skulls, kickboxing.. potayto, potato..

hardCopy

According to the ChuteBoxe-USA website Igor is fighting Wanderlei at Pride 34.

Although still no mention on the pride website

bjj-fighter

Yeah the Pride website is pretty slow but its been advertised loadsa places

dlofnep

I heard rumours of Jeremy Horn fighting Wanderlei, but igor v Wandy would be a much better matchup.