ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship
Event Gold Silver Bronze
66 kg Alexandre Freitas ( BRA ) Robin Gracie ( BRA ) Alexander Plavski ( BLR )
77 kg Renzo Gracie ( BRA ) Luis Brito ( BRA ) Fabiano Iha ( BRA )
88 kg Rodrigo Gracie ( BRA ) Kareem Barkalaev ( BLR ) Ahmed Faraj ( EGY )
99 kg Mario Sperry ( BRA ) Ricardo Alves ( BRA ) Bueau Hershberger ( USA )
+99 kg Ricco Rodriguez ( USA ) Sean Alvarez ( USA ) Simon Siasi ( ITA )
Absolute Mario Sperry ( BRA ) Ricardo Moraes ( BRA ) Simon Siasi ( ITA )
2009 Brackets -- ADCC 1998
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.