Celsinho. GRACIEMAG
Grappling fans won’t have to wait much longer to watch the world’s best compete at ADCC 2017. Almost all spots are filled, with only the 77kg division not yet having taken its final form.
This week’s surprise came with the replacement of sitting middleweight BJJ world champion Gabriel Arges. In his place we will be seeing three-time world champion Celsinho Venicius.
Having defeated Charles do Bronx last February in a superfight under ADCC rules, the veteran seems ready to shake up the division that also features Lucas Lepri, Gilbert Durinho, DJ Jackson and Marcelo Lapela.
Read on for the up-to-date list of fighters, and check back with Graciemag.com for coverage of the September event.
Men’s
Under 66kg
Rubens Cobrinha
Uranov Zhakshylyk
Janusz Andrejczuk
Justin Rader
Pablo Mantovani
Paulo Miyao
Yuta Shimada
Ethan Crelinsten
Kuba Witkowski
Bruno Frazatto
Geo Martinez
Eddie Cummings
Augusto Tanquinho
AJ Agazarm
Baret Yoshida
Léo Vieira
Under 77kg
Lachlan Giles
Tero Pyylampi
Mansher Khera
Felipinho Cesar
Marcelo Lapela
Osmanzan Kassimov
Vagner Rocha
Oliver Taza
Garry Tonon
Lucas Lepri
JT Torres
Gilbert Durinho
DJ Jackson
Celsinho Venicius
Under 88kg
Craig Jones
Jesse Urholin
James Brasco
Murilo Santana
Kaynan Casemiro
Kit Dale
John Salter
Piotr Marcin Frechowicz
Romulo Barral
Keenan Cornelius
Gordon Ryan
Pablo Popovitch
Xande Ribeiro
Leandro Lo
Dillon Danis
Rustan Chsiev
Under 99kg
Roman Dolidze
Kamil Uminski
Eliot Kelly
Mahamed Aly
Salomão Ribeiro
Yukiyasu Ozawa
Paul Ardila
Abdurakhman Bilarov
Yuri Simões
Luiz Panza
Dean Lister
Rafael Lovato
Felipe Preguiça
João Assis
Jake Shields
Mike Perez
Over 99kg
Orlando Sanchez
Arman Zhanpeisov
Khamzat Stambulov
Tom DeBlass
Victor Honório
Hideki Sekine
Casey Hellenberg
Abdulaev Ruslan
Vinny Magalhães
Marcus Buchecha
Roberto Cyborg
João Gabriel Rocha
Jared Dopp
Jeff Monson
Mario Rinaldi
Tim Spriggs
Women’s
Under 60kg
Mackenzie Dern
Bia Basílio
Rikako Yuasa
Elisabeth Clay
Ffion Davies
Michelle Nicolini
Beatriz Mesquita
Tammi Musumeci
Over 60kg
Talita Treta
Tara White
Samantha Cook
Gabi Garcia
Jessica Flowers
Amanda Santana
Venla Luukkonen
Marysia Malyjasiak
Superfights
Renzo Gracie vs. Sanae Kikuta
André Galvao vs. Cláudio Calasans
Frank Mir vs. Chael Sonnen