ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship


The ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship is a grappling competition involving professional athletes who have been successful at the highest levels of Luta Livre, wrestling, catch wrestling, judo, jiu-jitsu, sambo, shooto and mixed martial arts. The rules of the event disallow strikes while promoting grappling and submissions. ADCC refers to the "Abu Dhabi Combat Club", and the event was originally hosted in Abu Dhabi. Later host countries have included Brazil, China, Finland, Spain, the UK, and the US.

History

The competition was created by Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of the former United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, together with his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor Nelson Monteiro. Royler Gracie characterized this as the beginning of "the modern era of submission grappling".
Thousands of submission grappling tournaments around the world use elements of the ADCC format and rule structure. To date, the great majority of ADCC champions have had experience studying the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, whose rules are the most similar to. However, there have been notable exceptions to this, such as Japanese Sanae Kikuta, South African Mark Robinson, and American Mark Kerr.

ADCC World Championships

List of ADCC Champions in Men's Submission Wrestling by Year and Weight

List of ADCC Champions in Women's Submission Wrestling by Year and Weight

List of winners by total titles

List of ADCC Superfight Champions

Triple Crown Winners (weight, absolute & superfight)

ADCC Events

ADCC 2019

Absolute

ADCC 2017

Absolute

ADCC 2015

Absolute

ADCC 2013

ADCC 2011

2011 Brackets

Absolute

Over 99 kg (218 lb)

Under 99 kg (218 lb)

Under 88 kg (194 lb)

Under 77 kg (169 lb)

Under 66 kg (145 lb)

Women's over 60 kg (132 lb)

Women's under 60 kg (132 lb)

Superfights

2009 Brackets

Absolute

Over 99 kg (218 lb)

Under 99 kg (218 lb)

Under 88 kg (194 lb)

Under 77 kg (169 lb)

Under 66 kg (145 lb)

Women's over 60 kg (132 lb)

Women's under 60 kg (132 lb)

Superfight

ADCC 2005

ADCC 2003

ADCC 2001

ADCC 2000

ADCC 1999

ADCC 1998

ADCC Asian & Oceanic Championship

ADCC European Championship

ADCC North American Championship

ADCC South American Championship