ADCC 2015 is fast approaching, with the world’s premier grappling tournament set to return on August 28th in Sao Paulo, Brazil. As the tournament is now just a matter of months away, the list of competitors is beginning to get rounded out. So far, there are a number of names familiar within the MMA community competing, including Hector Lombard, Cris Cyborg, and Benson Henderson (who will appear if the injury that ruled him out of his fight with Michael Johnson has healed in time).
The full list of competitors at present is as follows:
Super Fight:
Andre Galvao vs. Roberto Abreu
Super Fight:
Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie
Super fight:
Mario Sperry vs. Ricardo Liborio
-66kg
Rubens Charles
Rafa Mendes
Jeff Glover
Justin Rader
Joao Miyao
Eddie Cummings
Geovanny Martinez
Renan Sancar
Gabriel Marangoni De Oliveira
Tezekbaev Rasul
Asadulaev Surkhay
Jeff Curran
-77kg
Kron Gracie
Otavio Sousa
Garry Tonon
Davi Ramos
Gabriel Rollo
Vagner Rocha
Enrico Cocco
JT Torres
Lucas Lepri
Lachlan Giles
Gamrot Mateusz
Benson Henderson
-88kg
Romulo Barral
Rafael Lovato Jr.
Keenan Cornelius
Braulio Estima (first Superfight winner to go back into brackets)
Claudio Calasans (Sao Paulio Trials winner)
Mike Perez (North American Trials winner)
Matt Arroyo (North American Trials winner)
Lucas Leite (invited)
Craig Jones (Asian Trials winner)
Zbigniew Tyszka (European Trials winner)
TBD (2nd European Trials winner)
TBD (2nd Asian Trials winner)
-99kg
João Assis
Felipe Pena
Dean Lister
Roberto Alencar
Cassio Francis Da Silva
Jason Bukich
Tom DeBlass
Tobias Green
Tomasz Narkun
Hector Lombard
+99kg
Marcus Almeida
Leonardo Lucio
Gabriel Lyrio Lucas
Paul Ardila
Jason Lees
Lee Hyoung chul
Alexander Trans
Orlando Sanchez
-60kg (Female)
Michelle Nicolini
Mackenzie Dern
Ana Michelle Dantas
Mayra Mello Mazz
Tammi Musumeci
Bia Mesquita
+60kg (female)
Gabi Garcia
Fernanda Mazzeli
Cristiane Justino
Jéssica Da Silva Oliveira
Amanda Santana
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While there is still plenty of time for injuries and late additions to the tournament, this list compiled by Reddit user afoster94, give us the most up-to-date picture of who will be competing at the highly coveted bi-annual tournament.
ADCC 2015 goes down from August 28-30 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and is expected to be available to stream on PPV at adcombat.com.