Ultra heavyweight competitor and 2013 ADCC champion Roberto ‘Cyborg’ Abreu has announced that he has withdrawn from the upcoming no-gi tournament EBI 6. 

The Brazilian, who is based in Miami, Florida, states that he will instead focus on training for the Abu Dhabi World Pro, which will take place April 19-23. 

EBI is a no-gi invitational competition created by Eddie Bravo. The sixth installment is an openweight 16-man knockout tournament with a ‘winner takes all’ prize structure. The maximum possible cash prize is an amazing $50,000. 

Guys, I took my name out of EBI about one month ago. But somehow my name is still there. I'll be fighting Abu Dhabi Pro mid April. I decided to dedicate this first semester for Gi competition only! Aiming to a good year

Posted by Roberto Cyborg Abreu on Tuesday, 23 February 2016

The line-up for the event so far contains 14 names, with the list of entrants below (click for bios and videos of matches) 

• Andre Galvao
  
• Yuri Simoes 
  
• Garry Tonon
  
• Richie ‘Boogeyman’ Martinez 
  
• Eddie Cummings
  
• Dean Lister 
  
• Vinny Magalhaes 
  
• DJ Jackson 
  
• Matheus Diniz 
  
• Fabian Bolanos 
  
• Rustam Chsiev 
  
• Bruno Bastos 
  
• Evandro Nunes 
  
• Lucas Rocha
  

For more about how Eddie Bravo created the EBI, watch our documentary series 'Building an Empire': Part 1 / Part 2