On August 28th in Sao Paulo, Brazil,100 of the world's best grappling artists will be facing off in the grappling event of the century! But they WILL NOT be joined by JT "The Spiderman" Torres as announced earlier this week nor Justin Rader! ADCC announced that the open slot for JT would be filled by UFC fighter, Milton Viera for 77kg and Justin Rader will be replaced by Daniel Hortegas of Brazil for the 66kg. JT pulled out due to injuries while Justin has elected not to participate this year because of weight issues.

After 12 years, the ADCC Submission Fighting Championship returns to the motherland with a lineup that is the best it has seen in over ten years of its history. Below is the  list of competitors to date for each category and only one spot remains!

Male -66 kg

1. Rubens Charles "Cobrinha" - Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)  
   
2. Asadulaev Surkhay - Russia (1st European Trials Winner)  
   
3. Nicolas Renier - France (2nd European Trials Winner)  
   
4. Tezekbaev Rasul - Kyrgyzstan (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner) 
   
5. Yuto Hirao - Japan (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)  
   
6. Geovanny Martinez - USA (1st North American Trials Winner)  
   
7. Edward Cummings - USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)  
   
8. Renan Sancar Santos - Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)  
   
9. Gabriel Marangoni - Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)
   
10. Jeff Glover - USA (Invited)
    
11. Augusto Mendes - Brazil (Invited)
    
12. Justin Rader - USA (Invited) replaced by Daniel Hortegas - Brazil
    
13. Bruno Frazatto - Brazil (Invited)
    
14. Gianni Grippo - USA (Invited)
    
15. Mark Ramos - USA (Invited)
    
16. Alexandre Vieira - Brazil (Invited)

Male -77 kg

1. Gamrot Mateusz - Poland (1st European Trials Winner)  
   
2. Abdulkadirov Magomed - Russia (2nd European Trials Winner)  
   
3. Lachlan Giles - Australia (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)  
   
4. Young-am Noh - Korea (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)  
   
5. Enrico Cocco - USA (1st North American Trials Winner)  
   
6. Vagner Rocha - USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)  
   
7. Davi Ramos - Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)  
   
8. Gabriel Rollo - Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner) 
   
9. JT Torres - USA (OUT) replaced by Milton Viera - Brazil
   
10. Garry Tonon - USA (Invited)
    
11. Otavio Sousa - Brazil (Invited)
    
12. Lucas Lepri - Brazil (Invited)
    
13. Ben Henderson - USA (Invited)
    
14. Dillon Danis - USA (Invited)
    
15. Gilbert Burns - Brazil (Invited)
    
16. AJ Agazarm - USA (Invited)

Male -88 kg

1. Romulo Barral - Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)  
   
2. Zbigniew Tyszka - Poland (1st European Trials Winner)  
   
3. Jesse Urholin - Finland (2nd European Trials Winner)  
   
4. Craig Jones - Australia (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)  
   
5. Hidemi Mihara - Japan (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)  
   
6. Matthew Arroyo - USA (1st North American Trials Winner)  
   
7. Mike Perez - USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)  
   
8. Claudio Calasans - Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)  
   
9. Keenan Cornelius - USA (Invited)
   
10. Rustam Chsiev - Russia (Invited)
    
11. Pablo Popovich - USA (Invited)
    
12. Rafael Lovato Jr. - USA (Invited)
    
13. Ezra Lenon - USA (Invited)
    
14. Neiman Gracie - Brazil (Invited)
    
15. Yuri Simoes - Brazil (Invited)
    
16. Ricardo Ramos De Mesquita - Brazil (Invited)
    

Male -99 kg

1. Joao Assis - Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)  
   
2. Tomasz Narkun - Poland (1st European Trials Winner)  
   
3. Kamil Uminski - Poland (2nd European Trials Winner)  
   
4. Tobias Green - Australia (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner) 
   
5. Yukiyasu Ozawa - Japan (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)  
   
6. Tom DeBlass - USA (1st North American Trials Winner)  
   
7. Jason Bukich - USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)  
   
8. Roberto Alencar - Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)  
   
9. Cassio Francis Da Silva - Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)
   
10. Alexandre Ribeiro - Brazil (Invited)
    
11. Hector Lombard - USA (Invited)
    
12. Felipe Pena - Brazil (Invited)
    
13. Rodolfo Vieira - Brazil (Invited)
    
14. Jimmy Friedrich - USA (Invited)
    
15. Adam Sachnoff - USA (Invited)
    
16. Lukasz Michalec - Poland (Invited)
    

Male +99 kg

1. Janne-Pekka Pietil inen - Finland (2nd European Trials Winner)  
   
2. Lee Hyoung Chul - Korea (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)  
   
3. Hideki Sekine - Japan (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)  
   
4. Jason Lees - USA (1st North American Trials Winner)  
   
5. Paul Ardila - USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)  
   
6. Leonardo Nascimento Lucio - Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)  
   
7. Gabriel Lyrio Lucas - Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)  
   
8. Rodrigo Cavaca - Brazil (Invited)  
   
9. Joao Gabriel Rocha - Brazil (Invited)
   
10. Dean Lister - USA (Invited)
    
11. Vinny Magalhaes - Brazil (Invited)
    
12. Orlando Sanchez - USA (Invited)
    
13. Rodrigo Artilheiro - Brazil (Invited)
    
14. Bernardo Faria - Brazil (Invited)
    
15. Jeff Monson - USA (Invited)
    
16. Jared Dopp - USA (Invited)

Female -60 kg

1. Michelle Nicolini - Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)  
   
2. Kethe Marie Elgesem Engen - Norway (European Trials Winner)  
   
3. Rikako Yuasa - Japan (Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)  
   
4. Tammi Musumeci - USA (North American Trials Winner)  
   
5. Ana Michelle Tavares Dantas - Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)  
   
6. Mayra Mello Mazza - Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)  7. Mackenzie Dern - USA (Invited)  
   
7. Beatriz Mesquita - Brazil (Invited)
   

Female +60 kg

1. Gabrielle Garcia - Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)  
   
2. Sophia Norden  - Sweden (European Trials Winner)  
   
3. Amanda Santana - USA (North American Trials Winner)  
   
4. Fernanda Mazzelli Almeida Maio - Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)  
   
5. J ssica Da Silva Oliveira - Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)  
   
6. Marysia Malyjasiak - Poland (Invited)  
   
7. Ana Laura Cordeiro - Brazil (Invited)  
   
8. Alison Tremblay -  Canada (Invited)
   

ADCC Stars Superfight

M rio Sperry (Brazil) vs. Ricardo Liborio (Brazil)

ADCC Main Superfight      

Andre Galv o (Brazil) vs. Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu (Brazil)

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