Abu Dhabi Combat Club 2009: Tournament Results
Published on: 27th September, 2009
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I don’t know how many of you follow grappling tournaments, but this weekend’s ADCC grappling tournament in Barcelona, Spain had a “who’s who” of grapplers facing off in the prestigious tournament. Here are the full results from ADCombat.com which crowned several new champions.
Photo of Jacare Souza and Robert Drysdale from Tatame.com
- Fabricio Werdum v Saulo Ribeiro – Werdum by ref decision 2 OT
- Jeff Monson v Robert Abreu – Abreu by ref decision 2 OT
- Xande Ribeiro vs Vinny Magalhaes – Xande by points 4 x 0 OT
- Gerard Rinaldi vs Glover Teixeira – Rinaldi by points 5 x 0 OT
- Andre Galvao vs David Avellan – Galvao by points 2 x 0
- Braulio Estima vs Rafael Lovato – Braulio by submission foot lock
- Marcelo Garcia vs K-Taro Nakamura – Garcia by choke
- Rubens Cobrinha vs Rani Yahia – Charles by submission – Kimura
- Pablo Popovitch vs Gregor Gracie – Pablo by points 3 x 0
- Leo vieira vs Rafael Mendes – Mendes by sub choke OT
- Penny thomas v Cristiane Cyborg – Thomas by points -2 x -1 OT
- Hillary Williams vs Sayaka Shioda – Shioda by Submission arm-lock
- Rosangela Conceicao v Hannette Staack – Staack by Judges Decision 2 OT
- Luana Allzuguir vs Laurence Cousin – Alzuguir by choke 2 OT
- Over 99KG:Jeff Monson vs Saulo Ribeiro – Monson by Judges Decision 2 OT
- Under 99Kg Vinny Magalhaes v Glover Teixeira – Magalhaes by submission arm-lock
- Under 88KG Rafael Lovato vs David Avellan – Avelan by sub foot-lock
- Under 77KG Gregor Gracie vs K-taro Nakamura – Gracie by pts 10 x 0
- under 66 Jeff Glover vs Ryan Hall (Vieira and yahia out with injuries) – Hall by pts 3 x 2
- Ladies U60 KG Laurence Cousin v Hillary Williams – Williams by pts
- Ladies Over 60 KG Cristiane Cyborg vs Rosangela conceicao – Cristiane Cyborg by jduges Decision
- Finals
- Over 99Kg – Fabricio Werdum vs Roberto Cyborg – Werdum by pts 9 (-4) x 0
- under 99KG – Xande Ribeiro vs Gerardi Rinaldi – Xande by points 2 x 0
- under 88KG – Braulio Estima vs Andre Galvao – Braulio by submission triangle
- under 77KG – Pablo Popovitch vs Marcelo Garcia – Popovitch by points 3(-1) x 2(-1)
- under 66KG – Rubens Charles vs Rafael Mendes – Mendes by pts 7 x 4 2OT
- Ladies Over 60KG Penny Thomas vs Hannette Staack – Staack by submission knee-bar
- Under 60KG Luana Alzuguir v Sayaka Shioda – Alzuguir by pts 3 x 0
Absolute
- Marcelo Garcia v Bruno Bastos – Garcia by submission choke OT
- Braulio Estima v Janne Pekka Pietilainen – Brualio by submission arm-lock
- Dean Lister v Vinny Magalhaes – Magalhaes by Judges Decision 2OT
- Chris Weidman v Antoine Jaoude – Weidman by pts 3 x 0
- Ricco Rodriguez v Xande Ribeiro – xande by submission key-lock
- Andre Galvao v Tom de Blass – Galvao by pts 3 x 0
- Jeff Monson v Gunnar Nelson – Nelson by pts 3 x 0 2 OT
- Roberto Abreu v David Avellan – Avelan by Judges decision 2 OTQuarter Finals
- Marcelo Garcia v Braulio Estima – Braulio by sub choke
- Vinny Magalhaes v Chris Weideman – Magalhaes by sub arm-lock
- Xande Ribeiro v Andre Galvao – Xande by pts 3 (-1) x 0
- Gunnar Nelson v David Avellan
- Semi-finals
- Xande Ribeiro vs Gunnar Nelson – Xande by Submission Knee-bar
Braulio Estima v Vinny Magalhaes – Braulio by pts 3 x 0
- Finals
Xande Ribeiro v Braulio Estima – Braulio by saubmission arm-bar
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Any1 knows why is it called Abu-Dhabi? sponsored by that city or something?
@shahal, cuz an important person from abu dhabi started the competition
check wikipedia for more
@maher, 10x..
So the Arabs actually did manage to do something good / useful! except Humus and olive oil