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Ryan Hall, who used to train with Lloyd Irvin, now has his own school called Fifty/50 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. This year, he competed in the Abu Dhabi Combat Club World Championships, and above is his match with the legendary Leo Vieira. Ryan's academy is located at 4238 Wilson Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Ballston Mall - Sport and Health, Arlington, VA. For other ADCC results, go to sherdog.com

Pezao with the flying armbar on Pe De Pano!

Winners are in bold.
Men's Category: Round 1!
-65.9 kg
Rani Yahya vs Kohei Yasumi wins by RNC.
Jeff Glover vs Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas wins by RNC.
Rubens "Cobrinha" Charles vs Hiroshi Nakamura wins by armbar.
Joel Tudor vs Nicolas Renier wins by triangle choke.
Leo Veira vs David Marinakis wins by choke.
Jeff Curran vs Ryan Hall
Rafael Mendes vs Jayson Patino
Baret Yoshida vs Justin Rader

-76.9 kg
Marcelo Garcia vs Rodney Ellis wins by Guillotine.
Kron Gracie vs Enrico Cocco wins by RNC!
Mike Fowler vs Marcelo Azevedo wins by kneebar.
Milton Viera vs K-Taro Nakamura
Pablo Popovich vs Don Ortega wins by RNC.
Ben Askren vs Toni Linden wins by arm triangle.
Leo Santos vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida wins 8-0.
Murilo Sanatana vs Gregor Gracie

-87.9 kg
Andre Galvao vs Kassim Annan
Chris Weidman vs Daniel Tabera
Tarsis Humphreys vs Igor Praporshchikov
David Avellan vs Trond Saksenvik
Braulio Estima vs Yuji Arai
Gunnar Nelson vs James Brasco
Tom Lawlor vs Rafael Lavato Jr. wins on points.
Jorge Santiago vs Bruno Bastos

-98.9 kg
Xande Ribeiro vs Ilir Latifi wins on points.
Radek Turek vs Rafael Davies wins on points.
Marcio "Pe De Pano" Cruz vs Anthony Perosh wins on points.
Vinny Magalhaes vs Rodrigo Henrique wins by achilles.
Dean Lister vs Andreas Olsen wins by triangle.
Glover Teixeira vs Vesa Vuori wins on points.
Ricco Rodriguez vs Tomasz Szczerek wins on points. (4-0)
Gerardi Rinaldi vs Yoshiyuki Nakanashini wins on points.

+99 kg
Fabricio Werdum vs Rogent Lorent
Antoine Jaoude vs Tomasz Janiszewski
Rumulo Barral vs Denis Roberts wins by heelhook.
Saulo Ribeiro vs Kouji Kanechika wins on points.
Jeff Monson vs Karol Bedorf wins on points.
Tom Erickson vs Janne-Pekka Pietilainen wins by heelhook.
Mike Martell vs Asa Fuller
Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu vs Tom De Blass wins on points.

Arguably the world's most prestigious submission grappling tournament, Abu Dhabi Combat Club, is about to stage another tournament, this time in Barcelona, Spain, on Sept. 26 and 27. So, here's a highlight video I picked up at mixedmartialarts.com.

No Holds Barred: Robert Drysdale on ADCC Superfight with Jacare

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and grappling world champion Robert Drysdale
(http://robertdrysdale.net/).

The winner by submission of all his fights in the absolute division of
the 2007 Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) Submission Fighting World
Championships, Robert Drysdale now has earned a place in the featured
Superfight in ADCC 2009 (http://adccbarcelona.com), September 25-27,
in Barcelona, Spain. His original opponent, however, Roger Gracie, the
2007 Superfight winner and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion many
times over, was forced to withdraw from this match because of an
injury.

It was just announced Friday by the ADCC Committee that the new
opponent for Robert Drysdale in the Superfight will be the exciting
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts star, Ronaldo "Jacare"
Souza. In his last appearance at ADCC, in 2005, Jacare won the 88 kg
division but lost in the absolute finals to Roger Gracie.

You can play or download No Holds Barred at
http://nhbnews.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-09-12T11_38_27-07_00.

You can also download No Holds Barred at http://www.mediafire.com/?tnwyb2mny3l.

No Holds Barred: Kid Peligro Previews 2009 ADCC Submission Fighting
World Championships

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our
colleague Kid Peligro, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, a senior
editor of the ADCC News (http://www.adcombat.com/), and a
correspondent on our show.

Our subject is a preview of the most prestigious grappling tournament
in the world, the 2009 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championships
(http://adccbarcelona.com), which take place this year in Barcelona,
Spain, September 25-27. The ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) tournament is
an invitation-only event which takes place every two years to
determine the best no-gi grapplers in the world.

In this interview, we discuss the significance and history of this
event, the favorites this year in each weight class, updates on who
will be competing, why many top mixed martial arts fighters understand
the crucial role of grappling in that sport, and much more.

You can play or download No Holds Barred at
http://nhbnews.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-09-11T15_26_30-07_00.
No Holds Barred: Kid Peligro Previews 2009 ADCC Submission Fighting
World Championships

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our
colleague Kid Peligro, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, a senior
editor of the ADCC News (http://www.adcombat.com/), and a
correspondent on our show.

Our subject is a preview of the most prestigious grappling tournament
in the world, the 2009 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championships
(http://adccbarcelona.com), which take place this year in Barcelona,
Spain, September 25-27. The ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) tournament is
an invitation-only event which takes place every two years to
determine the best no-gi grapplers in the world.

In this interview, we discuss the significance and history of this
event, the favorites this year in each weight class, updates on who
will be competing, why many top mixed martial arts fighters understand
the crucial role of grappling in that sport, and much more.

You can play or download No Holds Barred at
http://nhbnews.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-09-11T15_26_30-07_00.

You can also download No Holds Barred at http://www.mediafire.com/?n42mxoyq1ne.

This took place at a recent Abu Dhabi tournament - hence the Arabic crawl under the picture.The guy in the white gi is Ruben "Cobrinha" Charles, with Rafael Mendes wearing the blue. The BJJ practitioner who sent this to me noted that, "It is very rare to see Cobrinha lose at his own weight in bjj. He is considered one of if not the best p4p bjj guy right now. This event was held in Abu Dhabi and was held similiar to their famous ADCC no gi events held ever two years."

The Abu Dhabi Combat Club is widely regarded as the premiere grapping championships in the world. Everyone from the Gracies, to Mark Kerr, to Jeff Monson to Ricardo Aron and Tito Ortiz have competed in ADCC. Here's the latest from ADCC's Web site: Fedor Emelianenko will test his sombo skills on the mat next year.

In the ever expanding "quest for the best" ADCC Championships is proud to announce that two of the World's top fighters have agreed to compete in the 2009 ADCC event. ADCC is proud to announce that Pride and Affliciton Champion Fedor Emelianenko, widely considered the World's best fighter and 2008 Dream Middleweight Champion Gregard Mousassi are set to compete in ADCC 2009. ADCC Europe President Marko Leistén confirmed the fighter's presence after a meeting with the two fighters manager Aby Echteld in Holland 8th November.

Fedor Emelianenko, after conquering the World of MMA, wants to show the World he is also the best Submission Grappler in the World. Fedor want to make history and expand on the pioneer spirit of what Mark Kerr did in the late 90's when he was the Champion of Pride and became the weight and Absolute Champion of ADCC and went on to defend his title in the Superfights for 2 editions.

Mousassi, the winner of the 2008 Dream Middleweight Grand Prix where he defeated former World ABJJ Absolute and ADCC middleweight Champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza in the final, also wants to test his ground skills against the top names in Submission Grappling. This sets up some humongous possible match-ups such as a re-match with "Jacare" or facing current ADCC Middleweight Champion and rising U.F.C. star Demian Maia.
World lead organizer Guy Neivens was ecstatic with the addition: "At the top of my wish list I was one name: Fedor Emelianenko! And not only we got him but we also added another World star in Gregard Moussassi. It is a testament to the level and prestige of our conversation that the World's best continue to want to test themselves in our events." And he continued: "We couldn't be any happier. Now it is time for the rest of the World's best fighters to step up to the challenge!"