Thoughts on ADCC Barcelona?

[naokothewarrior]

ADCC World Championship Barcelona is this weekend (Sat-Sun).
www.adccbarcelona.com

MMA fighters in this ADCC include:

Megumi Fujii
Cristiane Cyborg
Gabriel Gonzaga
Jeff Monson
Fabricio Werdum
Nate Marquadt
Dean Lister ... and more.

There is also going to be a superfight between Jacare and Robert Drysdale.

[brooks85]

Its going to be sweet but im tired of guys pulling out. I heard marq already pulled out.

You know if their is going to be any way to watch this live?

[TheGovernor11]

Biggest thing that jumped out at me was Ricco Rodriguez fighting at 98.9 kg. Good for him for getting that low but damn, I'll believe it when I see it. He was HUGE his last fight.

[TheGovernor11]

http://www.adcc2009.com/ It's $24.99 to watch unless you can find someone that's streaming it.

[illmatick]

anyone have a solid play? bodog just put some lines out

[naokothewarrior]

Vinny Magalhaes might be a big upset. He is good, but so are Pe de Pano, Dean Lister and Xande...

For under 65.9kg I'd definitely take Cobrinha (Rubens Charles). I am very surprised to see him as an underdog. Leo Viera could be a tough match up for him but he hasn't competed recently and might not be in great shape. Jeff Glover is also really good but Cobrinha beat him in last year's nogi worlds and I think he also beat him this year in the worlds (gi).

I like Marcelo Garcia but I'd like to see Bill Cooper win the under 76.9.

[illmatick]

Vinny Magalhaes at +750 does seem a bit ridiculous but I'm not going to pretend like breaking down a fighter's jiu jitsu is what I'm best at

[naokothewarrior]

He is really good!!! I'm boggled by the +750. Check this out: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x71x58_vinny-magalhaes-tuf-8-vs-xande-ribe_sport

[illmatick]

thanks for the video, and the guy he beats is only at +260 to win tomorrow, strange, must be going into the tourn with some type of injury, oh well I'm playing the +750, gl

[naokothewarrior]

I don't think he is injured, I saw him about 2 weeks ago. Maybe he's just been focusing more on his MMA career. Good luck!

[illmatick]

any results back yet?

[TheGovernor11]

The event doesn't start until the 26th at 11am. I'm assuming 11 Barcelona time.

[Eccocide]

http://mmamania.com/2009/09/26/abu-dhabi-combat-club-adcc-quick-results/#more-16227

Results so far are there. One highlight I wanna see:

#58 – Vinícius Magalhães (Brazil) def. Márcio Cruz (Brazil) via flying armbar

Badass to pull a flying armbar in the quarters of ADCC.

Here's the semi-finals fights:

Men’s +99kg (+218 lbs.) Semi-Finals
Fabricio Werdum (Brazil) vs. Saulo Ribeiro (Brazil)
Jeff Monson (USA) vs. Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu (Brazil)
Men’s -99kg (-218 lbs.) Semi-Finals
Xande Ribeiro (Brazil) vs. Vinícius Magalhães (Brazil)
Glover Teixeira (Brazil) vs. Gerardi Rinaldi (USA)
Men’s -88kg (-194 lbs.) Semi-Finals
André Galvão (Brazil) vs. David Avellan (USA)
Bráulio Estima (Brazil) vs. Rafael Lovato Jr. (USA)
Men’s -77kg (-170 lbs.) Semi-Finals
Marcelo Garcia (Brazil) vs. Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura (Japan)
Pablo Popovich (Brazil) vs. Gregor Gracie (Brazil)
Men’s -66kg (-145 lbs.) Quarter-Finals
Rani Yahya (Brazil) vs. Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles (Brazil)
Leo Vieira (Brazil) vs. Rafael Mendes (Brazil)
Women’s +60kg (+132 lbs.) Semi-Finals
Penny Thomas (USA) vs. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (Brazil)
Hannette Staack (Brazil) vs. Rosângela Conceição (Brazil)
Women’s -60kg (-132 lbs.) Semi-Finals
Hillary Williams (USA) vs. Sayaka Shioda (Japan)
Luanna Alzuguir (Brazil) vs. Ana Michelle Dantas (Brazil)

Xande vs Vinny is an amazing matchup. Wonder how long till some videos come out.

Oh and Jacare beat Drysdale on points in the 'superfight'.

[illmatick]

thanks for the update, one time vinny!

[naokothewarrior]

Wow Hillary Williams RNC'd Megumi Fujii? Impressive!

[naokothewarrior]

Here is the vid of Vinny's flying armbar vs Pe de Pano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=774Jn9yBKfY

[naokothewarrior]

http://www.adcombat.com/news/2009-09-27/adcc-2009-live-results-last-day

[illmatick]

looks like Vinícius Magalhães is out.

[brooks85]

good, i hate that db

I was glad werdum won.

[naokothewarrior]

I still can't believe Rafael Mendes beat Cobrinha... 50/50 guard???