 In 2012 Drysdale joined forces with Rodrigo Cavaca to form a new grappling team – Zenith BJJ, which became a big player in the sport.Robert Drysdale made his amateur MMA debut with Tuff-N-Uff in 2008, winning his fight.In 2010 Drysdale made a successful professional MMA debut defeating Bastien Huveneers via arm triangle choke.