ADCC 2009 Results: Injury Gives Estima Win Over Ribeiro in Absolute Finals; Werdum Wins Division
Bráulio Estima won the prestigious Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) 2009 absolute division championship on Sunday after fellow-Brazilian Xande Ribeiro suffered a fight-ending arm injury in the open-weight finals.
Estima will meet Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who defeated Robert Drysdale on Saturday, in a superfight at ADCC 2011.
In other action, Strikeforce heavyweight Fabricio Werdum (pictured) won the +99kg division, while notables Jeff Monson, Vinicius Magalhaes, and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos all earned third-place in their respective classes.
The complete results from Sunday action at ADCC 2009 in Barcelona, Spain (via Bloody Elbow) were:
Men’s Absolute Final
- Bráulio Estima (Brazil) def. Xande Ribeiro (Brazil) via arm injury
Men’s Absolute 3rd Place
- Vinicius Magalhaes (Brazil) def. Gunnar Nelson (Iceland) via points (3-0) in OT
Men’s Absolute – Semifinals
- Bráulio Estima (Brazil) def. Vinicius Magalhaes (Brazil) via points (7-0)
- Xande Ribeiro (Brazil) def. Gunnar Nelson (Iceland) via kneebar
Men’s Absolute – Quarterfinals
- Bráulio Estima (Brazil) def. Marcelo Garcia (Brazil) via rear-naked choke
- Vinicius Magalhaes (Brazil) def. Chris Weidman (USA) via armbar
- Xande Ribeiro (Brazil) def. Andre Galvao (Brazil) via points (3-0)
- Gunnar Nelson (Iceland) def. David Avellan (USA) via rear-naked choke
Men’s Absolute Division – Opening Round
- Bráulio Estima (Brazil) def. Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen (Finland) via armbar
- Marcelo Garcia (Brazil) def. Bruno Bastos (Brazil) via rear-naked choke
- Vinicius Magalhaes (Brazil) def. Dean Lister (USA) via referee decision
- Chris Weidman (USA) def. Antoine Jaoude (Brazil) via points (3-0)
- Xande Ribeiro (Brazil) def. Ricco Rodriguez (USA) via kimura
- Andre Galvao (Brazil) def. Tom De Blass (USA) via points (3-0)
- Gunnar Nelson (Iceland) def. Jeff Monson (USA) via points (3-0) in OT
- David Avellan (USA) def. Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu (Brazil) via referee decision
Men’s +99kg (+218 lbs.) Final
- Fabricio Werdum (Brazil) def. Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu (Brazil) via points (9-0)
Men’s -99kg (-218 lbs.) Final
- Xande Ribeiro (Brazil) def. Gerardi Rinaldi (USA) via points (2-0)
Men’s -88kg (-194 lbs.) Final
- Bráulio Estima (Brazil) def. André Galvão (Brazil) via inverted triangle
Men’s -77kg (-170 lbs.) Final
- Pablo Popovich (Brazil) def. Marcelo Garcia (Brazil) via points (3-2)
Men’s -66kg (-145 lbs.) Final
- Rafael Mendes (Brazil) def. Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles (Brazil) via points (3-0)
Women’s +60kg (+132 lbs.) Final
- Hannette Staack (Brazil) def. Penny Thomas (USA) via kneebar
Women’s -60kg (-132 lbs.) Final
- Luanna Alzuguir (Brazil) def. Sayaka Shioda (Japan) via points (3-0)
Men’s +99kg (+218 lbs.) 3rd Place Match
- Jeff Monson (USA) def. Saulo Ribeiro (Brazil) def. via judges’ decision
Men’s -99kg (-218 lbs.) 3rd Place Match
- Vinícius Magalhães (Brazil) def. Glover Teixeira (Brazil) via armbar
Men’s -88kg (-194 lbs.) 3rd Place Match
- David Avellan (USA) def. Rafael Lovato Jr. (USA) via leglock
Men’s -77kg (-170 lbs.) 3rd Place Match
- Gregor Gracie (Brazil) def. Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura (Japan) via points (10-0)
Men’s -66kg (-145 lbs.) 3rd Place Match
- Ryan Hall (USA) def. Jeff Glover (USA) via points (3-2)
Women’s +60kg (+132 lbs.) 3rd Place Match
- Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (Brazil) def. Rosângela Conceição (Brazil) via points
Women’s -60kg (-132 lbs.) 3rd Place Match
- Hillary Williams (USA) def. Laurence Cousin (France) via points (9-0)
Men’s +99kg (+218 lbs.) Semifinals
- Fabricio Werdum (Brazil) def. Saulo Ribeiro (Brazil) via judges’ decision (2x overtime)
- Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu (Brazil) def. Jeff Monson (USA) via points
Men’s -99kg (-218 lbs.) Semifinals
- Xande Ribeiro (Brazil) def. Vinícius Magalhães (Brazil)
- Gerardi Rinaldi (USA) def. Glover Teixeira (Brazil) via points (5-0)
Men’s -88kg (-194 lbs.) Semifinals
- André Galvão (Brazil) def. David Avellan (USA) via points (2-0)
- Bráulio Estima (Brazil) def. Rafael Lovato Jr. (USA) via kneebar
Men’s -77kg (-170 lbs.) Semifinals
- Marcelo Garcia (Brazil) def. Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura (Japan) via north-south choke
- Pablo Popovich (Brazil) def. Gregor Gracie (Brazil) via points (3-0)
Men’s -66kg (-145 lbs.) Semifinals
- Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles (Brazil) def. Rani Yahya (Brazil) via armlock
- Rafael Mendes (Brazil) def. Leo Vieira (Brazil) via rear-naked choke
Women’s +60kg (+132 lbs.) Semifinals
- Penny Thomas (USA) def. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (Brazil) via points (-1 to -2)
- Hannette Staack (Brazil) def. Rosângela Conceição (Brazil) via points
Women’s -60kg (-132 lbs.) Semifinals
- Sayaka Shioda (Japan) def. Hillary Williams (USA) via armbar
- Luanna Alzuguir (Brazil) def. Laurence Cousin (France) via rear-naked choke
Tags: Braulio Estima, Cristiane Cyborg, Fabricio Werdum, Jeff Monson, Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, Vinny Magalhaes, Xande Ribeiro
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This was really the year to hit ADCC as well.
From all accounts Barcelona really laid out the red carpet this year, which is a great motivation to earn more money, so I can better support my submission grappling habit as well as my MMA habit…
It was actually a rather good event from what I’ve seen, I’m trying to find a few more video’s especially the crazy sub that Estima did over Galvao but I like the ADCC event and thank you Kris for posting the results and covering it here on the FrenZy
Sounds like the sub Imada pulled off in the Dayton Bellator event?
yes essentially but Estima pulled it off against Galvao which is “saying something” forsure.. I still can’t find the video of it but, it is said that it was one of the highlights of the entire ADCC
Thanks for posting these results, that’s really cool of you!
Lex you can see this weekends fights MMA, K~1, and ADCC in the forum section, I tried to post the important matches of the weekend
I would strongly, STRONGLY suggest watching the Jacare-Drysdale superfight if you want an encapsulated view of what submission grappling is all about…
rather dumb questions, but wasnt maia and marquardt supposed to be in this event? or is it an grapplers quest event that they are both entered in and have the possibility of facing each other this year or early next year?
It was reported (and I fell for it as well, got me pumped actually) that Maia v Nate “possibly” could face off in the ADCC if they both got past their first opponent.. the ADCC official website listed them along with GSP, Matt Hughes, Matt Serra, the NOGS, Palhares and many more UFC fighters to gain “attention” so it seems, none of these fighters were in this years ADCC
i thought dean lister was going to win the whole thing, i was wrong but at least dean won one round and he never got submitted
Honestly looking at the entire feild it is difficult to imagine that Dean Lister would have won the entire thing this year, I like Lister I just didn’t see him getting through this particular field of competitors…
Gunnar Nelson did extremely well but Xande Ribeiro was really the best on the mats
Great job be my favourite Bráulio Estima. But I have to say I was totally blown away by the young Gunnar Nelson. He weighted in only 83 kg in the -88 kg division! And beat the monster big Jeff Monson and submit Dave Avellan to take 4th place at the Absolute. Now that was impressive! How cool and calm he was at only 21 years of age was amazing. Explosive and very technical too. From what I heard he has only been training for 4 years now and comes from a karate background with a great standup too. Future UFC Champion I expect. A future ADCC champion for sure. As I said. Going for a kimura against Jeff Monson! As I said. He blew me away.
And figure Wolferin that Gunnar is a brown belt, he came into that fight with Monson “expected” to lose and shocked damnn near everyone, he put forth some really good performances, lets see him in two years, I hope he is proud of what he achieved..
Just found out that Renzo Gracie just awarded Gunnar his BlackBelt in BJJ… Congrats to Gunnar