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‘I expected a tougher fight,’ says the champion

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by Jim McCormick
With less than a minute left and winning by two points, I decide to “posture up” from the guard. It turns out this is an awful decision as my opponent reverses his guard and slickly mounts me. I lose by two points, 4-2.
Exhausted, I sit in the chair next to the scorer’s table and reflect upon my first foray into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competition. The sport, even at the white belt level, is much faster than I’d imagined; my opponent’s pressure much more constant than I’d considered.

by Andrew Kuiland
The 2009 Friendship Tournament was meant to be a small tournament from the beginning. Perhaps though, it was a bit smaller than anybody anticipated. There seemed to be no more than maybe 60 competitors all together. These were mostly white belts along with a dozen or so blue belts. I arrived about 10:30 to watch some of the white belts that I train with fight. For most of them this was their first tournament.

The ADCC Barcelona 2009 is an event that can change the history of the fight events in Europe, this event is the most important fight tournament ever2 Vote(s)

This interview with 4x mundial champion Ruben 'Cobrinha' Charles is taken from 'Facebook Fans Interview'. All the questions were submitted by fan2 Vote(s)

Daniel Agard St John applies an armbar to finish his opponent in the blue belt adult lightweight division.
by Seymour Yang

The East Coast American trials for this year ADCC happened last Saturday (June 13) at Collins Arena of Brookdale College, in Lincroft, New Jersey.

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Debuting with a quick submission victory against Mike Kyle in Strikeforce's last event, Fabrício Werdum is looking forward to come back inside the oc1 Vote(s)