- - - Registration is closed - - - 

Weight in Nov. 11. 2023, 08:15am - 09:30am

- - - All Athletes must be present for weigh-in - - - 
08:15 - 09:30 All competing athletes need to register at the referee head table
08:15 - 09:30 All competing athletes need to weight in at the referee head table
Missing weight in result in disqualification and exclusion from competing.

Event Time Guideline

10:00 - Rules Meeting for Kids, Boys and Girls 7yo - 17yo
10:15 - Competition start Kids, Boys, Girls Divisions
11:30 - Medal Ceremony Kids, Boys, Girls 
12:00 - Rules Meeting all Adults Weight Divisions (mandatory for all athletes)
12:30 - Competition start Adult Weight Divisions
TBA   - Medal Ceremony all Adults Weight Divisions
TBA    - Absolute Divisions
TBA    - Medal Ceremony Absolute Champions

Male adults: Beginners, Intermediate, Professionals 

-60kg, -65kg, -70kg, -76kg, -83kg, -91kg -100kg and +100kg

Male MASTERS 1 +35 years: Beginners, Intermediate, Professionals

-60kg, -65kg, -70kg, -76kg, -83kg, -91kg, -100kg and +100kg

Male Absolute "Cash, trophy's and sponsor prizes"

 - Beginners open weight "TROPHY AND SPONSOR PRIZES"
 - Intermediate open weight "TROPHY AND SPONSOR PRIZES"
 - Professionals open weight "10'000'000 IDR CASH PRIZE"

Female adults: Beginners, Intermediate, Professionals

-55kg,  -65kg,  and +65kg

Female Absolute "10'000'000 IDR cash prize"

all levels and all weights, professional ruleset "10'000'000 IDR CASH PRIZE"

Kids 7-10 years Beginner (Boys & Girls)

7-10yrs: -24kg, -28kg, -32kg, -36kg, -40kg, +40kg

Boys 11-17 YEARS Beginner & Intermediate 

11-14yrs: -36kg, -40kg, -45kg, -50kg, -55kg, +55kg
15-17yrs: -50kg, -55kg, -60kg, -65kg, -70kg, -75kg, -80kg, +80kg

Girls 11-17 YEARS Beginner & Intermediate

11-14yrs: -36kg, -40kg, -45kg, -50kg, -55kg, +55kg
15-17yrs: -50kg, -55kg, -60kg, +60kg

Registration Fees

Between Oct 12, 2023 – Nov 7, 2023 
$65 USD (990k IDR) per weight class
$50 USD (760k IDR) additional for Absolute

Registration closes on Nov 7, 2023, 11:59 PM SGT.

Only paid registrations will be enter the bracket and be published after Nov 7,  2023

Please pay the full registration fee within 48h of signing up. Send your proof of payment by email to: [email protected]

Add in the note section of your bank transfer
- ADCC Indo Open
- Competitor name same as smoothcomp account
- Category's
- Weight class

We only accept payments by bank transfer to:

Bank:                       BRI Bank Rakyat Indonesia
Account Name:      PT MUAY THAI AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Account Number:   067101001297308

Bank Address:        GEDUNG JSXJL. JEND SUDIRMAN KAV 52-53
                                JAKARTA PUSAT, 12190
                                 Indonesia
SWIFT code:            BRINIDJAXXX

No refund of competition fees in any case of wrong registrations, not showing up for fight or being disqualified or not being at the registration and/or weigh-in or any other reasons.

Weigh In Competitors only:

There will be weigh-in held from 8:15 AM  on Nov 11. 2023. Athletes must be present for weigh-in. Athletes who are overweight will be automatically disqualified and cannot compete.

Public:

The doors open from 9:30 AM on Nov 11. 2023. Spectator entry is free.

No refund of competition fees in any case of wrong registrations, not showing up for fight or being disqualified for being overweight or not being at the registration and/or weigh-in or any other reasons.

A list of competitors will be published on Nov 8th on the ADCC INSTAGRAM page and ww.adcombat.com. Please check, if you are listed and if you are in the right division. [email protected] -  No e-mail sent later than the deadline will be considered. Organizer: ADCC INDONESIAN Federation

Referee seminar will be held Nov 10, 2023

Follow us on our Social for ALL the updates!

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/adcc_id

Rules for ADCC

Professional

https://adcombat.com/adcc-rules-regulations/

Intermediate & Beginner

https://adcombat.com/adcc-rules-regulations/adcc-rules-for-beginners-intermediate/

Inquiry:

[email protected] 

About ADCC:

The goals of Abu Dhabi Combat Club are to generally promote a healthy lifestyle by educating members in nutrition and to train people in all aspects of self defense, which in turn builds self-confidence.

The Club and the competition ADCC World Submission Fighting Championships were the idea and creation of a UAE national Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of then U.A.E. leader Sheik Zayed. who at the time was completing his advanced studies in USA. In 1993 after watching the first U.F.C. Sheik Tahnoon the became a fan of MMA. Shortly after that he started studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego, California. Upon completing his studies, Sheik Tahnoon returned to the U.A.E. but his passion for Martial arts did not stop. Sheik Tahnoon set out to create and build his vision of implementing Martial Arts not only in his native U.A.E. but also creating a standard for which all ground fighting martial arts would be measured.

To put his vision to reality Sheik Tahnoon developed and propelled a two fold plan; to implement the growth of Martial Arts in the U.A.E. Sheik Tahnoon created the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club). Sheik Tahnoon converted an idle facility in Abu Dhabi into a Martial Arts Club. He began by hiring top instructors in various martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Wrestling, Sambo, Muay Thai etc. and giving them a World class facility to minister their classes and to train top professional fighters. Soon the ADCC became the top facility for learning and training MMA in the Arab World.

At the ADCC facilities World class instructors teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, Boxing, Kickboxing, Judo, Wrestling and various other arts beneficial to MMA and No Rules Fighting.

Our President:

The President of Abu Dhabi Combat Club is H.E. Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the

 Vice President of Abu Dhabi Combat Club is H.E. Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The Competition:

ADCC World Submission Fighting Championship:

The second part of Sheik Tahnoon’s plan was perhaps harder to accomplish but even more rewarding as after the implementation of his plan Sheik Tahnoon had not only created the best grappling tournament in the World, but in that process he created a whole new fighting modality: Submission Fighting .

As he became more and more proficient in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Sheik Tahnoon saw flaws in the then philosophy of GJJ, the fact that at the time, the majority of practitioners ignored lower body submissions such as knee and foot locks. Sheik Tahnoon however is a man who followed his own ideas and soon he embarked in a course that would create a whole new sport that has taken over the World.

Tahnoon proceed to learn Russian Sambo and his thirst of knowledge led him to other fighting styles like wrestling and Judo. While learning all these styles Tahnoon often came across the same questions or the same statements by instructors of different styles: “My art is better than all others. If you know you can beat any other fighting style!” the problem at the time was that since every fighting style had their own set of rules, once again it was impossible to establish which one was the most effective.

With this idea in mind Sheik Tahnoon created a new competition and a set of “neutral” rules that would allow practitioners of various martial arts to compete against each other and without the brutality of strikes, prove to themselves and others that their style was the most effective “grappling” style available, thus in 1998 the first Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) World Submission Fighting Championships was created. 

The rules of ADCC rewarded points that allowed all the grappling styles equal chance additionally, ADCC allowed most submission attacks (except for spinal attacks) thus unshackling the restrictions of each martial art style and creating a neutral ground where GJJ, Sambo, Judo, Wrestling and any other fighting style could compete against each other. ADCC had 16 fighters in each of 5 weight divisions and the Absolute competing for the title. Additionally ADCC Tournament had a great benefit that was not found in any other grappling competition at the time, a large monetary prize for the winners of each weight division. For the first time ever fighters could compete and receive monetary prizes without having to submit to the dangers of strikes thus creating a great venue for up and coming fighters to expose their skills and develop their game prior to competing in MMA.

The first edition of ADCC took place on March 20, 21 & 22, 1998 in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Despite its novelty and lack of publicity (because of lack specialized media at the time), the first ADCC tournament still attracted some of the best “grapplers” in the World a the time, while others, afraid of perhaps bias in the rules of worried about exposing themselves in a different format remained home and awaited the end of the event to make their judgment and passed on the chance to compete in March 1998.

After the completion of the first event, with competitors returning home raving about the quality of the event and the equality of the rules, what followed was an explosion of interest for the next years. With each edition, more and more top fighters from the four corners of the World actively began training and preparing for ADCC. With the increased interest a problem started to occur there were too many entrants for the available 16 spots, thus forcing ADCC to create regional qualifying trials. Soon Submission Grappling spread throughout the four corners of the World and a new and exciting sport was created.

ADCC Champions and top competitors became highly sought commodities for MMA Events and soon became stars in shows like UFC in America and Pride and K1 in Japan. Names like Royler Gracie, Mark Kerr, Matt Hughes, Ricardo Arona, Tito Ortiz, Rodrigo “Minotauro”, Dean Lister, Ricco Rodrigues, Ricardo Arona, Matt Lindland, Tom Erickson, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza & Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro just to name a few, had or currently have successful careers in MMA.

NEWS UPATE!!! - ADCC Referee Certification CourseBali MMA is hosting an ADCC Rules and Referee Certification Course,  taught by Marko Leisten, ADCC Head- Referee and ADCC President of Europe- Friday, November 10th, 7pm, at Bali MMA grappling room- Learn ADCC rules and regulations- Earn an ADCC C-Class Referee License- Referee ADCC Open and National events- Fee 1'000'000 IDRFollow https://www.instagram.com/adcc_id/ for info and updatesMale 18-34 years: Beginners, Intermediate, Professionals -60kg, -65kg, -70kg, -76kg, -83kg, -91kg -100kg and +100kgMASTERS 1 +35 years: Beginners, Intermediate, Professionals-60kg, -65kg, -70kg, -76kg, -83kg, -91kg, -100kg and +100kgMale Absolute "Cash, trophy's and sponsor prizes" - Beginners open weight "TROPHY AND SPONSOR PRIZES"
 - Intermediate open weight "TROPHY AND SPONSOR PRIZES"
 - Professionals open weight "10'000'000 IDR CASH PRIZE"Female +18 years: Beginners, Intermediate, Professionals-55kg,  -65kg,  and +65kgFemale Absolute "10'000'000 IDR cash prize"all levels and all weights, professional ruleset "10'000'000 IDR CASH PRIZE"Kids 7-10 years Beginner (Boys & Girls)7-10yrs: -24kg, -28kg, -32kg, -36kg, -40kg, +40kgBoys 11-17 YEARS Beginner & Intermediate 11-14yrs: -36kg, -40kg, -45kg, -50kg, -55kg, +55kg
15-17yrs: -50kg, -55kg, -60kg, -65kg, -70kg, -75kg, -80kg, +80kg
Girls 11-17 YEARS Beginner & Intermediate11-14yrs: -36kg, -40kg, -45kg, -50kg, -55kg, +55kg
15-17yrs: -50kg, -55kg, -60kg, +60kg
Registration FeesBetween Oct 12, 2023 – Nov 7, 2023 
$65 USD (990k IDR) per weight class
$50 USD (760k IDR) additional for Absolute
Registration closes on Nov 7, 2023, 11:59 PM SGT.Only paid registrations will be enter the bracket and be published after Nov 7,  2023Please pay the full registration fee within 48h of signing up. Send your proof of payment by email to: [email protected] in the note section of your bank transfer
- ADCC Indo Open
- Competitor name same as smoothcomp account
- Category's
- Weight classWe only accept payments by bank transfer to:Bank:                       BRI Bank Rakyat Indonesia
Account Name:      PT MUAY THAI AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Account Number:   067101001297308Bank Address:        GEDUNG JSXJL. JEND SUDIRMAN KAV 52-53
                                JAKARTA PUSAT, 12190
                                 Indonesia
SWIFT code:            BRINIDJAXXXNo refund of competition fees in any case of wrong registrations, not showing up for fight or being disqualified or not being at the registration and/or weigh-in or any other reasons.Weigh In Competitors only: There will be weigh-in held from 8:15 AM  on Nov 11. 2023. Athletes must be present for weigh-in. Athletes who are overweight will be automatically disqualified and cannot compete.Public:The doors open from 9:30 AM on Nov 11. 2023. Spectator entry is free. No refund of competition fees in any case of wrong registrations, not showing up for fight or being disqualified for being overweight or not being at the registration and/or weigh-in or any other reasons. A list of competitors will be published on Nov 8th on the ADCC INSTAGRAM page and ww.adcombat.com. Please check, if you are listed and if you are in the right division. [email protected] -  No e-mail sent later than the deadline will be considered. Organizer: ADCC INDONESIAN Federation
Referee seminar will be held Nov 10, 2023Follow us on our Social for ALL the updates!Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/adcc_idRules for ADCCProfessionalhttps://adcombat.com/adcc-rules-regulations/Intermediate & Beginnerhttps://adcombat.com/adcc-rules-regulations/adcc-rules-for-beginners-intermediate/Inquiry:[email protected]About ADCC:The goals of Abu Dhabi Combat Club are to generally promote a healthy lifestyle by educating members in nutrition and to train people in all aspects of self defense, which in turn builds self-confidence.The Club and the competition ADCC World Submission Fighting Championships were the idea and creation of a UAE national Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of then U.A.E. leader Sheik Zayed. who at the time was completing his advanced studies in USA. In 1993 after watching the first U.F.C. Sheik Tahnoon the became a fan of MMA. Shortly after that he started studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego, California. Upon completing his studies, Sheik Tahnoon returned to the U.A.E. but his passion for Martial arts did not stop. Sheik Tahnoon set out to create and build his vision of implementing Martial Arts not only in his native U.A.E. but also creating a standard for which all ground fighting martial arts would be measured.To put his vision to reality Sheik Tahnoon developed and propelled a two fold plan; to implement the growth of Martial Arts in the U.A.E. Sheik Tahnoon created the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club). Sheik Tahnoon converted an idle facility in Abu Dhabi into a Martial Arts Club. He began by hiring top instructors in various martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Wrestling, Sambo, Muay Thai etc. and giving them a World class facility to minister their classes and to train top professional fighters. Soon the ADCC became the top facility for learning and training MMA in the Arab World.At the ADCC facilities World class instructors teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, Boxing, Kickboxing, Judo, Wrestling and various other arts beneficial to MMA and No Rules Fighting.Our President:The President of Abu Dhabi Combat Club is H.E. Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Vice President of Abu Dhabi Combat Club is H.E. Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.The Competition:ADCC World Submission Fighting Championship:The second part of Sheik Tahnoon’s plan was perhaps harder to accomplish but even more rewarding as after the implementation of his plan Sheik Tahnoon had not only created the best grappling tournament in the World, but in that process he created a whole new fighting modality: Submission Fighting .As he became more and more proficient in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Sheik Tahnoon saw flaws in the then philosophy of GJJ, the fact that at the time, the majority of practitioners ignored lower body submissions such as knee and foot locks. Sheik Tahnoon however is a man who followed his own ideas and soon he embarked in a course that would create a whole new sport that has taken over the World.Tahnoon proceed to learn Russian Sambo and his thirst of knowledge led him to other fighting styles like wrestling and Judo. While learning all these styles Tahnoon often came across the same questions or the same statements by instructors of different styles: “My art is better than all others. If you know you can beat any other fighting style!” the problem at the time was that since every fighting style had their own set of rules, once again it was impossible to establish which one was the most effective.With this idea in mind Sheik Tahnoon created a new competition and a set of “neutral” rules that would allow practitioners of various martial arts to compete against each other and without the brutality of strikes, prove to themselves and others that their style was the most effective “grappling” style available, thus in 1998 the first Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) World Submission Fighting Championships was created. The rules of ADCC rewarded points that allowed all the grappling styles equal chance additionally, ADCC allowed most submission attacks (except for spinal attacks) thus unshackling the restrictions of each martial art style and creating a neutral ground where GJJ, Sambo, Judo, Wrestling and any other fighting style could compete against each other. ADCC had 16 fighters in each of 5 weight divisions and the Absolute competing for the title. Additionally ADCC Tournament had a great benefit that was not found in any other grappling competition at the time, a large monetary prize for the winners of each weight division. For the first time ever fighters could compete and receive monetary prizes without having to submit to the dangers of strikes thus creating a great venue for up and coming fighters to expose their skills and develop their game prior to competing in MMA.The first edition of ADCC took place on March 20, 21 & 22, 1998 in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Despite its novelty and lack of publicity (because of lack specialized media at the time), the first ADCC tournament still attracted some of the best “grapplers” in the World a the time, while others, afraid of perhaps bias in the rules of worried about exposing themselves in a different format remained home and awaited the end of the event to make their judgment and passed on the chance to compete in March 1998.After the completion of the first event, with competitors returning home raving about the quality of the event and the equality of the rules, what followed was an explosion of interest for the next years. With each edition, more and more top fighters from the four corners of the World actively began training and preparing for ADCC. With the increased interest a problem started to occur there were too many entrants for the available 16 spots, thus forcing ADCC to create regional qualifying trials. Soon Submission Grappling spread throughout the four corners of the World and a new and exciting sport was created.ADCC Champions and top competitors became highly sought commodities for MMA Events and soon became stars in shows like UFC in America and Pride and K1 in Japan. Names like Royler Gracie, Mark Kerr, Matt Hughes, Ricardo Arona, Tito Ortiz, Rodrigo “Minotauro”, Dean Lister, Ricco Rodrigues, Ricardo Arona, Matt Lindland, Tom Erickson, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza & Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro just to name a few, had or currently have successful careers in MMA.Weight Classes Male 18-34 years: Beginners, Intermediate, Professionals -60kg, -65kg, -70kg, -76kg, -83kg, -91kg -100kg and +100kgMASTERS 1 +35 years: Beginners, Intermediate, Professionals-60kg, -65kg, -70kg, -76kg, -83kg, -91kg, -100kg and +100kgMale Absolute "Cash, trophy's and sponsor prizes" - Beginners open weight "TROPHY AND SPONSOR PRIZES"
 - Intermediate open weight "TROPHY AND SPONSOR PRIZES"
 - Professionals open weight "10'000'000 IDR CASH PRIZE"Female +18 years: Beginners, Intermediate, Professionals-55kg,  -65kg,  and +65kgFemale Absolute "10'000'000 IDR cash prize"all levels and all weights "10'000'000 IDR CASH PRIZE"Kids 7-10 years Beginner (Boys & Girls)7-10yrs: -24kg, -28kg, -32kg, -36kg, -40kg, +40kgBoys 11-17 YEARS Beginner & Intermediate 11-14yrs: -36kg, -40kg, -45kg, -50kg, -55kg, +55kg
15-17yrs: -50kg, -55kg, -60kg, -65kg, -70kg, -75kg, -80kg, +80kg
Girls 11-17 YEARS Beginner & Intermediate11-14yrs: -36kg, -40kg, -45kg, -50kg, -55kg, +55kg
15-17yrs: -50kg, -55kg, -60kg, +60kg
Registration FeesBetween Sep 11, 2023 – Oct 11, 2023
$50 USD (760k IDR) per weight class 
$35 USD (460k IDR) additional for Absolute 
Between Oct 12, 2023 – Nov 7, 2023 
$65 USD (990k IDR) per weight class
$50 USD (760k IDR) additional for Absolute
Registration closes on Nov 7, 2023, 11:59 PM SGT.Only paid registrations will be enter the bracket and be published after Nov 7,  2023Please pay the full registration fee within 48h of signing up. Send your proof of payment by email to: [email protected] in the note section of your bank transfer
- Bali Cup
- Competitor name same as smoothcomp account
- Category's
- Weight classWe only accept payments by bank transfer to:Bank:                       BRI Bank Rakyat Indonesia
Account Name:      PT MUAY THAI AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTSAccount
Number:                  067101001297308Bank Address:        GEDUNG JSXJL. JEND SUDIRMAN KAV 52-53
                                JAKARTA PUSAT, 12190
                                 Indonesia
SWIFT code:            BRINIDJANo refund of competition fees in any case of wrong registrations, not showing up for fight or being disqualified or not being at the registration and/or weigh-in or any other reasons.Weigh In Competitors only: There will be weigh-in held from 8:15 AM  on Nov 11. 2023. Athletes must be present for weigh-in. Athletes who are overweight will be automatically disqualified and cannot compete.Public:The doors open from 9:30 AM on Nov 11. 2023. Spectator entry is free. No refund of competition fees in any case of wrong registrations, not showing up for fight or being disqualified for being overweight or not being at the registration and/or weigh-in or any other reasons. A list of competitors will be published on Nov 8th on the ADCC INSTAGRAM page and ww.adcombat.com. Please check, if you are listed and if you are in the right division. [email protected] -  No e-mail sent later than the deadline will be considered. Organizer: ADCC INDONESIAN Federation
Referee seminar will be held Nov 10, 2023Follow us on our Social for ALL the updates!Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/adcc_idRules for ADCCProfessionalhttps://adcombat.com/adcc-rules-regulations/Intermediate & Beginnerhttps://adcombat.com/adcc-rules-regulations/adcc-rules-for-beginners-intermediate/Inquiry:[email protected]About ADCC:The goals of Abu Dhabi Combat Club are to generally promote a healthy lifestyle by educating members in nutrition and to train people in all aspects of self defense, which in turn builds self-confidence.The Club and the competition ADCC World Submission Fighting Championships were the idea and creation of a UAE national Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of then U.A.E. leader Sheik Zayed. who at the time was completing his advanced studies in USA. In 1993 after watching the first U.F.C. Sheik Tahnoon the became a fan of MMA. Shortly after that he started studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego, California. Upon completing his studies, Sheik Tahnoon returned to the U.A.E. but his passion for Martial arts did not stop. Sheik Tahnoon set out to create and build his vision of implementing Martial Arts not only in his native U.A.E. but also creating a standard for which all ground fighting martial arts would be measured.To put his vision to reality Sheik Tahnoon developed and propelled a two fold plan; to implement the growth of Martial Arts in the U.A.E. Sheik Tahnoon created the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club). Sheik Tahnoon converted an idle facility in Abu Dhabi into a Martial Arts Club. He began by hiring top instructors in various martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Wrestling, Sambo, Muay Thai etc. and giving them a World class facility to minister their classes and to train top professional fighters. Soon the ADCC became the top facility for learning and training MMA in the Arab World.At the ADCC facilities World class instructors teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, Boxing, Kickboxing, Judo, Wrestling and various other arts beneficial to MMA and No Rules Fighting.Our President:The President of Abu Dhabi Combat Club is H.E. Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Vice President of Abu Dhabi Combat Club is H.E. Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.The Competition:ADCC World Submission Fighting Championship:The second part of Sheik Tahnoon’s plan was perhaps harder to accomplish but even more rewarding as after the implementation of his plan Sheik Tahnoon had not only created the best grappling tournament in the World, but in that process he created a whole new fighting modality: Submission Fighting .As he became more and more proficient in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Sheik Tahnoon saw flaws in the then philosophy of GJJ, the fact that at the time, the majority of practitioners ignored lower body submissions such as knee and foot locks. Sheik Tahnoon however is a man who followed his own ideas and soon he embarked in a course that would create a whole new sport that has taken over the World.Tahnoon proceed to learn Russian Sambo and his thirst of knowledge led him to other fighting styles like wrestling and Judo. While learning all these styles Tahnoon often came across the same questions or the same statements by instructors of different styles: “My art is better than all others. If you know you can beat any other fighting style!” the problem at the time was that since every fighting style had their own set of rules, once again it was impossible to establish which one was the most effective.With this idea in mind Sheik Tahnoon created a new competition and a set of “neutral” rules that would allow practitioners of various martial arts to compete against each other and without the brutality of strikes, prove to themselves and others that their style was the most effective “grappling” style available, thus in 1998 the first Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) World Submission Fighting Championships was created. The rules of ADCC rewarded points that allowed all the grappling styles equal chance additionally, ADCC allowed most submission attacks (except for spinal attacks) thus unshackling the restrictions of each martial art style and creating a neutral ground where GJJ, Sambo, Judo, Wrestling and any other fighting style could compete against each other. ADCC had 16 fighters in each of 5 weight divisions and the Absolute competing for the title. Additionally ADCC Tournament had a great benefit that was not found in any other grappling competition at the time, a large monetary prize for the winners of each weight division. For the first time ever fighters could compete and receive monetary prizes without having to submit to the dangers of strikes thus creating a great venue for up and coming fighters to expose their skills and develop their game prior to competing in MMA.The first edition of ADCC took place on March 20, 21 & 22, 1998 in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Despite its novelty and lack of publicity (because of lack specialized media at the time), the first ADCC tournament still attracted some of the best “grapplers” in the World a the time, while others, afraid of perhaps bias in the rules of worried about exposing themselves in a different format remained home and awaited the end of the event to make their judgment and passed on the chance to compete in March 1998.After the completion of the first event, with competitors returning home raving about the quality of the event and the equality of the rules, what followed was an explosion of interest for the next years. With each edition, more and more top fighters from the four corners of the World actively began training and preparing for ADCC. With the increased interest a problem started to occur there were too many entrants for the available 16 spots, thus forcing ADCC to create regional qualifying trials. Soon Submission Grappling spread throughout the four corners of the World and a new and exciting sport was created.ADCC Champions and top competitors became highly sought commodities for MMA Events and soon became stars in shows like UFC in America and Pride and K1 in Japan. Names like Royler Gracie, Mark Kerr, Matt Hughes, Ricardo Arona, Tito Ortiz, Rodrigo “Minotauro”, Dean Lister, Ricco Rodrigues, Ricardo Arona, Matt Lindland, Tom Erickson, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza & Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro just to name a few, had or currently have successful careers in MMA.The ever expansion of Submission Fighting led by the huge success of ADCC spawned amateur leagues around the World, and with each year, the number of competitors in these and other like events grew tremendously, and ADCC Championships is and has been always considered the pinnacle of the modality. The creation of one visionary, ADCC now has become the beacon of a new generation and a new sport.