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The featured “Super
Fight,” scheduled for May 6, will have
current Absolute Division winner Roger Gracie
battling against Ricardo Arona, who replaced
an injured Dean Lister on the card.Due to contractual
obligations during ADCC 2005, Arona was unable
to defend his Super Fight title against Lister
and now he’s back in this epic match-up
with Gracie.
“There is no grappling
event in the world that is as exclusive as the
invitation-only ADCC Submission Wrestling World
Championship,” said Kelly Perdew, President
of ProElite.com.
“ADCC is a high-caliber
brand with a world class event and we are privileged
to be aligned with them.
This tournament occurs
once every two years, making it a can’t-miss
event that will not disappoint.”
ADCC has staged the Submission
Wrestling World Championship since 1998 with
2007 marking its 7th presentation of the biennial
event.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was imported to Abu
Dhabi, UAE from the United States when Sheik
Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nayan studied in San Diego,
California, and brought back Jiu-Jitsu master
Nelson Monterio, Jr.
to found the ADCC.
The
event has grown into the most prestigious of
all grappling events, offering the largest purses
in the discipline.
“Our goal with ADCC
World Championship is to bring together the
best the fighting world has to offer under one
roof,” sa...
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