ADCC - some quick photos from the weekend

[J-Sho]

With 5 ADCC titles between them, a knowledgeable cornering team
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Cobrinha makes short work of Hiroshi Nakamura
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Mendes goes high
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Leozinho chokes Marinakis
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[J-Sho]

Hillary takes control of Megumi Fuji
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The 1999 and 2009 Middle Heavy BJJ World Champions eye each other warily
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Saulo proves he is still able to handle the young guns
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Weidman gives Galvao a torrid time with choke attempt…
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[J-Sho]

…after choke attempt
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Lovato keeps his opponent close
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Marcelo gets off to a flying start, but it wouldn’t last (and nor would the printing on his rashguard)
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Beating Rani was one thing, but Joel Tudor finds Cobrinha in almost peerless form
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[J-Sho]

Leozinho shows he isn’t ready to quit the sport just yet…
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…and thanks one of his inspirations
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Drysdale and Jacare come to check if I got their good angles
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Robert works from the back…
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[J-Sho]

…but the Jacare prowls the mats once more
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Fabricio Werdum conducts his fans
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Monson starts well against Roberto “Cyborg”…
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[J-Sho]

…but Abreu is relentless
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…and takes the back
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…before stunning the crowd (and Monson) with a suplex
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Xande reminds an impressive young pup that armbarring Pe De Pano is one thing, but he is still the big dog at -98.9
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[J-Sho]

Braulio hails his footlock win over Lovato
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But is quick to offer support on realizing Rafael is injured
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Saulo provides support of a different type to Rafael as he carries him to first aid
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Avellan working a heel hook but Galvao is seemingly made of elastic
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[J-Sho]

Garcia chokes Nakamura…
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…and then confers with The General.
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Cobrinha locks up Rani’s arms…
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…and Rani lets us know it hurts
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[J-Sho]

Gone from the mats but not forgotten, reminders of Terere are to be found on the flesh…
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…and on the cloth
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Mendes let's Leozinho know he wants to be King
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[J-Sho]

Jacare wishes Saulo good luck…
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…and ten years on, Monson and Saulo (in a gi) get it on one last time
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Saulo hunts for the victory…
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…but cannot quite get the judges’ decision and retires from competition, thanking all present and reminding everyone “This is my house. I built it.”
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[J-Sho]

With Rani and Leozinho both injured, Ryan Hall and Jeff Glover shoot out for 3rd…
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…with Hall taking the podium spot
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Braulio prepares to engage
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Galvao wonders how bad his position is
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[J-Sho]

Braulio becomes the under 87.9kg champion…
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…and celebrates with his brother Vitor and Roger Gracie
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Popovich secures the guard passage to finally beat Marcelinho…
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…before carelessly conceding 9 points to his brother, Cyborg and Monson. A bit more than “Cem Kilos” to contend with
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[J-Sho]

Mendes tries to do the unthinkable and submit Cobrinha
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And tries….
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And tries…
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And tries….
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[J-Sho]

And tries….
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And tries…
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Before consoling himself with a second win this year over Cobrinha
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Braulio wastes no time armbarring the giant Finn Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen
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[J-Sho]

Icelandic phenom Gunnar Nelson considers his options…
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…goes for broke…
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…and stuns everyone with a win over a giant of the sport
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Not bad for a brown belt
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[J-Sho]

..even trying a last ditch Kimura as time runs out
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Tom DeBlass and Andre Galvao ponder leg lock strategies
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Garcia’s day goes from bad to worse as Braulio moves inexorably to the Absolute title
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[Daihlo]

Cheers JSho, keep em coming! Excelent pics and a great 'commentary'!

What a weekend...

[Manik]

awesome thread!

[Mike Bishop]

fantastic pics !!!!!!!

[hurricane]

brilliant pics and thread

[Levo]

Great work dude. Saw you taking pics mat side but never got the chance to say hi.

Nathan

[SDR]

Amazing photos. Walking around the mats at the end of the first today collecting photos was unbelievable.

[MongooseTrianglez]

Awesome photos!

[r-v]

Stunning shoots my fren love em

[BruceLeeMMAfighting.net]

Nice work. Must have been fun to be on the main floor.

[Paul Cresswell]

Cool Pics - What an awesome weekend.

I'll try and post some of my pics up soon.

[AJones]

This was the match of the tournament for me, i'm biased tho...

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