Exclusive: Márcio André is out of ADCC Worlds 2017

Marcinho was forced to bow out. Carlos Arthur Jr.

A quick addition and subtraction of what was, up until today, the last name in the 66kg division of the 2017 ADCC Worlds, grappling’s biggest event, set to take place Sept. 23 and 24 in Helsinki.

Márcio André of Nova União, who was invited on short notice, is out. Soon after confirming his presence and having his name included in the roster, Márcio has been sidelined by a series of injuries, Graciemag has learned.

Injuries to his ankle and knee, which got worse after he won the ACBJJ belt in Rio, forced Márcio to exit the ADCC’s big one. He had been added to replace Leozinho Vieira, who exited the 66kg division in favor of a superfight versus Chael Sonnen.

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

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
Leonardo Cascão

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

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
Leo Vieira vs. Chael Sonnen