ADCC, the world’s most well respected submission grappling tournament took place on the 29-30 of August 2015 in Sao Paulo Brazil. The tournament consisted in 6 men and 2 women’s weight division’s, gathering not only the elite of Brazilian jiu jitsu, but also a number of high profile outsiders. Competitors you would not usually see at a top level gi orientated jiu jitsu tournament, grapplers such as Rustam Chiev who placed 3rd at this year’s ADCC event, defeating many well respected competitors including the former champion Romulo Barral. Ben Henderson (former UFC champion) was another unusual presence, though he has competed in BJJ, as well as catch wrestler/luta livre expert Lúcio “Chocolate”, to name a few.

The tournament ran smoothly, with tremendous matches in both the male and female categories. In the women’s +60kg division, the big surprise was Jessica Oliveira. A brown belt under Henrique Machado (former coach of jiu jitsu stars such as Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza and Ary Farias), Jessica put on a show, winning against the Alliance superstar Gabrielle Garcia in the semi final, arguably the biggest upset in the whole tournament.

The second biggest upset of the tournament was upheld by Rafael Lovato Junior‘s brown belt, Jared Dopp, who reached the final of the +99kg division. The part time grappler from Oklahoma, climbed his way to the top of the ADCC pyramid without suffering one single point. Although strategic, Dopp went through current jiu jitsu ultra-heavyweight world champion Gabriel Lucas (2×0), former IBJJF World Champion Rodrigo Cavaca (judge decision) and the 2013 ADCC finalist Joao Gabriel Rocha (negative point), reaching the final against Orlando Sanchez, to whom he lost after 2 overtimes by judge decision.

In the 77kg division, another upset with lightweight powerhouse Davi Ramos winning gold, beating some very tough opposition. In the final Ramos put on a show, setting Lucas Lepri up for a beautiful flying armbar.

ADCC MEN’s RESULTS (weight divisions)

Below you will find the male results of all the ADCC 2015 matches.

Winner Loser Method Weight Round Vinny Magalhaes Paul Ardilla Heel hook O99KG RD1 Dean Lister Lee Hyoung Straight armlock O99KG RD1 Orlando Sanchez Janne-Pekka Armlock f/ crucifix O99KG RD1 Rodrigo Artilheiro Leonardo Chocolate 4x0 O99KG RD1 Jared Dopp Gabriel Lucas 2x0 O99KG RD1 Rodrigo Cavaca Hideki Sekine 0x0 - Ref decision O99KG RD1 Abraham Marte Juskowiak Mateusz Triangle O99KG RD1 Joao Rocha Jason Lees 17x0 O99KG RD1 Vinny Magalhaes Rodrigo Artilheiro Twister O99KG 1/4F Orlando Sanchez Dean Lister Judge Decision O99KG 1/4F Joao Rocha Abraham Marte 3x0 O99KG 1/4F Jared Dopp Rodrigo Cavaca Judge Decision O99KG 1/4F Orlando Sanchez Vinny Magalhaes Judge Decision O99KG SF Jared Dopp Joao Rocha 0x0 (-1) O99KG SF Vinny Magalhaes Joao Rocha Heel hook O99KG 3RD Orlando Sanchez Jared Dopp Judge Decision O99KG F Joao Assis Tomasz Narkun 3x0 99KG RD1 Kamil Uminski Tom DeBlass 6x0 99KG RD1 Alexandre Ribeiro Yukiyasu Ozawa Omoplata 99KG RD1 Felipe Pena Roberto Alencar 3x0 99KG RD1 Jimmy Frederich Lukasz Michalec Points 99KG RD1 Rodolfo Vieira Adam Sachnoff Katagatame 99KG RD1 Hector Lombard Jason Bukich 9x0 99KG RD1 Felipe Pena Jimmy Friedrich Reverse triangle 99KG 1/4F Alexandre Ribeiro Hector Lombard Judge Decision 99KG 1/4F Rodolfo Vieira Cassio Francis RNC 99KG 1/4F Joao Assis Kamil Uminski Injury 99KG 1/4F Rodolfo Vieira Alexandre Ribeiro 6x0 99KG SF Felipe Pena Joao Assis 9x0 99KG SF Rodolfo Vieira Felipe Pena Judge Decision 99KG F Romulo Barral Craig Jones Kimura 88KG RD1 Neiman Gracie Ezra Lennon Kneebar 88KG RD1 Pablo Popovitch Zbigniew Tyszka Mata leao 88KG RD1 Yuri Simoes Ricardo Mesquita 3x0 88KG RD1 Rafael Lovato Hidemi Mihara 7x0 88KG RD1 Rustam Chsiev Matt Aroyo 5x0 88KG RD1 Keenan Cornelius Jesse Urholin 3x0 88KG RD1 Claudio Calasans Mike Perez Judge Decision 88KG RD1 Romulo Barral Nieman Gracie Kimura 88KG 1/4F Keenan Cornelius Claudio Calasans 2x0 88KG 1/4F Yuri Simoes Zbigniew Tyszka RNC 88KG 1/4F Rustam Chsiev Rafael Lovato Judge Decision 88KG 1/4F Yuri Simoes Romulo Barral 3x0 88KG SF Keenan Cornelius Rustam Chsiev Judge Decision 88KG SF Romulo Barral Rustam Chsiev Judge Decision 88KG 3RD Yuri Simoes Keenan Cornelius 3x0 88KG F Otavio Sousa AJ Agazarm RNC 77KG RD1 Vagner Rocha Milton Vieira 2x0 77KG RD1 Davi Ramos Young-Ahm RNC 77KG RD1 Garry Tonon Dillon Danis Reverse heel hook 77KG RD1 Lucas Lepri Gamrot Mateusz 3x0 77KG RD1 Abdulkadirov Magomed Ben Henderson RNC 77KG RD1 Gilbert Burns Lachlan Giles Armbar 77KG RD1 Gabriel Rollo Enrico Cocco 8x0 77KG RD1 Otavio Sousa Vagner Rocha Judge Decision 77KG 1/4F Davi Ramos Gabriel Rollo 3x0 77KG 1/4F Gilbert Burns Abdulkadirov Magomed Points 77KG 1/4F Lucas Lepri Garry Tonon 10x0 77KG 1/4F Lucas Lepri Otavio Sousa 4x0 77KG SF Davi Ramos Gilbert Burns RNC 77KG SF Gilbert Burns Otavio Sousa 6x0 77KG 3RD Davi Ramos Lucas Lepri Flying armbar 77KG F Bruno Frazatto Mark Ramos Mata leao 66KG RD1 Rubens Charles Tezekbaev Rasul Mata leao 66KG RD1 Eddie Cummings Asadulaev Surkhay Heel hook 66KG RD1 Gianni Grippo Gabriel Marangoni 2x0 66KG RD1 Augusto Mendes Nicholas Renier 3x0 66KG RD1 Jeff Glover Daniel Hortegas Heel hook 66KG RD1 Renan Sancar Yuto Hirao Points 66KG RD1 Geo Martinez Alexandre Vieira Armbar 66KG RD1 Rubens Charles Gianni Grippo 3x0 66KG 1/4F Augusto Mendes Eddie Cummings 0x0 (-1) 66KG 1/4F Bruno Frazatto Renan Sancar Judge Decision 66KG 1/4F Geo Martinez Jeff Glover 5x0 66KG 1/4F Bruno Frazatto Geo Martinez 2x0 66KG SF Rubens Charles Augusto Mendes Judge Decision 66KG SF Augusto Mendes Geo Martinez Toe hold 66KG 3RD Rubens Charles Bruno Frazatto 3x0 66KG F

ADCC MEN’s RESULTS (absolute)

The absolute division saw the inspirational Joao Gabriel Rocha meet Claudio Calasans in the most boring ADCC final of all time. Though the last match was an uneventful 40 minute pushing contest, the fantastic ultra-heavyweight who had to undergo chemotherapy just last year as he bravely fought cancer, returned strong to the tournament that pushed his name to the top in 2013. In his weight class Rocha lost to Jared Dopp due to a tactical error, but in the absolute Joao Gabriel took no chances and put on a show of perseverance on his way to the final, defeating AJ Agazarm, Vagner Rocha and the heavy favourite Rodolfo Vieira.

After a disappointing 2nd round loss to Keenan Cornelius (2×0) in his weight class, Calasans Junior edged his way to the last round of the open weight category of the tournament, winning every absolute match by judge decision.

In the end, the smaller competitor Calasans took the victory after two overtimes, by 2 negative points to 3 (stalling). The board being still 0x0.

Find the full results for all the absolute division matches below.

Winner Loser Method Round Dean Lister Ricardo Mesquita Heel hook RD1 Vinny Magalhaes Gary Tonon 0x0 (-1) RD1 Claudio Calasans Gabriel Lucas Judge Decision RD1 Yuri Simoes Shrek Judge Decision RD1 Rodolfo Vieira Ben Henderson Kimura/Triangle RD1 Rafael Lovato Jr Abdulkadirov Magomed 5x0 RD1 Vagner Rocha Romulo Barral 2x0 RD1 Joao Gabriel Rocha AJ Agazarm Judge Decision RD1 Yuri Simoes Dean Lister 5x3 1/4F Claudio Calasans Vinny Magalhaes Judge Decision 1/4F Rodolfo Vieira Rafael Lovato Jr 5x0 1/4F Joao Gabriel Rocha Vagner Rocha 3x0 1/4F Joao Gabriel Rocha Rodolfo Vieira 2x0 SF Claudio Calasans Yuri Simoes Judge decision SF Rodolfo Vieira Yuri Simoes WO - injury 3RD Claudio Calasans Joao Gabriel Rocha 0x0 (-2x-3) F

ADCC WOMEN’s RESULTS

Below you will find the results of all female matches of the ADCC 2015.

Winner Loser Method Weight Round Mackenzie Dern Kethe Engen Toe hold 60KG 1/4F Michelle Nicolini Rikako Yuasa 2x0 60KG 1/4F Tammi Musumeci Michelle Tavares 3x0 60KG 1/4F Bia Mesquita Mayra Mazza Armbar 60KG 1/4F Michelle Nicolini Tammi Musumeci Points 60KG SF Mackenzie Dern Bia Mesquita Judge Decision 60KG SF Tammi Musumeci Bia Mesquita RNC 60KG 3RD Mackenzie Dern Michelle Nicolini 4x4 (-1) 60KG F Gabrielle Garcia Jessica Oliveira Judge Decision O60KG SF Ana Laura Cordeiro Amanda Santana 3x0 O60KG SF Gabrielle Garcia Amanda Santana Judge Decision O60KG 3RD Ana Laura Cordeiro Jessica Oliveira 12x0 O60KG F

ADCC 2015 Superfights Results

If veterans “Liba” and “Zé Maquina” put on an uneventful stand-up war that led to a judge decision, Galvão and Cyborg did not follow the same route. Galvão opened the hostilities by taking Roberto down with ease (2x) and taking the back a few times in the “submission only” round of the fight.

In the second part of the match, when the points started to be counted, Galvão took the back twice, scoring 6 points on the Fight Sports academy founder. Abreu managed to recover from the hooks but was never able to quite put Galvão in significant danger losing the superfight on points.

Ricardo Libório Vs. Zé Mario Sperry: Judge decision

André Galvão Vs. Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu: Points 6×0