Abu Dahbi Combat Club (ADCC)

Before Abu Dahbi Combat Club (ADCC) was one of my top MMA-related websites, it was (and still is) both a club and an invitational World Submission Fighting Championship incepted by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan (now Crown Prince and General), son of then-leader of United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed. After watching UFC 1 and becoming a fan of MMA in 1993, Sheikh Tahnoon began studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu while in San Diego, CA. When back home to the U.A.E., he established a plan and a vision to promote martial arts in the U.A.E.. Since the first edition of ADCC in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., March 20-22, 1998, ADCC has grown beyond the borders of the Arab world to become the preeminent submission fighting tournament in the world. The ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships,held every two years, pits the world's best professional Wrestling, Sambo, Shooto, Jiu-Jitsu, MMA and Judo practitioners against each other over a couple/few days of competition by gender and weight class, with the inclusion of an "Absolute" category. Known to those-who-roll (a.k.a. grapplers, et al.) affectionately as 'Abu Dahbi', the prestigious grappling event has spread to North America and Italy/Europe in the form of regional events.