ADCC 2013 aftermath discussion

[Spazzmaster]

Podium pics:

Men's -88 kg
1st Romulo Barral
2nd Rafael Lovato Jr
3rd Keenan Cornelius

 

[Balto]

Romulo wearing a wrestling shirt...

 

[Spazzmaster]

Men's -66 kg
1st Ruben Cobrinha Charles
2nd Rafael Mendes
3rd Justin Rader

My Lord Cobrinha is ripped

 

[Spazzmaster]

Men's -77 kg

1st Kron Gracie
2nd Otavio Souza
3rd JT Torres

Kron Fuckin' Gracie, homies

 

[Strange Shadows]

take caio to throw a turd on one of adcc's best moments

 

[Balto]

Cobrinha looks like he just won a bodybuilding competition

 

[Strange Shadows]

Men's -77 kg

1st Kron Gracie
2nd Otavio Souza
3rd JT Torres

Kron Fuckin' Gracie, homies

otavio 'dancing with the star' souza

 

[Spazzmaster]

Men's absolute

1st Roberto Cyborg Abreu
2nd Marcus Buchecha Almeida
3rd Keenan Cornelius

Cyborg still very emotional on the podium

 

[SuperSuperRambo]

octavio-kron was really frustrating

Didn't see the match, what was frustrating about it?

 

[Spazzmaster]

otavio 'dancing with the star' souza

Apparently Rickson was mocking him from the sidelines during the finals, making chicken noises.

 

[dokomoy]

Didn't see the match, what was frustrating about it?

Otavio was backing up hard the whole time. Brendan Schaub part 2.

 

[Balto]

Didn't see the match, what was frustrating about it?

Otavio ran in terror nearly the entire time. He eventually shot in for a takedown and was instantly submitted by Kron.

 

[Balto]

Apparently Rickson was mocking him from the sidelines during the finals, making chicken noises.

Rickson goes into chicken mode about 9:10 or so.

 

[Spazzmaster]

Didn't see the match, what was frustrating about it?

The ground was lava for Otavio. Majority of the match was spent trying to avoid it. He did the same thing in his match against Leozinho.

Hilariously, Otavio's biggest mistake against Kron was finally shooting in for a takedown

 

[Strange Shadows]

the worst part is everyone on sherdog looked away and missed it, lol

 

[Spazzmaster]

the worst part is everyone on sherdog looked away and missed it, lol

lol, Yeah I missed a bunch of stuff because I had multiple windows open too

 

[anaconda]

You definitely see the problems with more standup when there aren't stalling or grip penalties. People say they want to see more standup, but they should be careful what they wish for. More standup without rules that make people attack is an ugly thing.

Agreed. For all the people that cry out for negative points for guard pulling, would you rather see a stand up snoozefest? I would way rather see double guard pull.

 

[Spazzmaster]

Rickson goes into chicken mode about 9:10 or so.

Ah let there be audio! Amusing

 

[Balto]

Agreed. For all the people that cry out for negative points for guard pulling, would you rather see a stand up snoozefest? I would way rather see double guard pull.

That's the BJJ False Dilemma.

Enforce stalling calls and things will get to the ground quick enough. Stalling calls should also pick up the groundwork too so no more hanging out in 50/50 faking toeholds for 90% of the match.

 

[BJJArsenal]

The podium pictures were cool, Cobrinha and Rafael are ripped like mad.

I wonder if Keenan will stick to his word and throw away his bronze medals from ADCC. He's said before that he keeps all his medals in an old shoebox... except for his silvers and bronzes which he throws away.

Also, I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that Paolo/Joao may have a genuine chance to beat Rafael/Cobrinha/Gui (depending on which weight they do) in the gi. Considering last year nobody had any clue the Miyaos had a no-gi game, I'd like to see them really bring it in the gi.