The Weird History of ADCC, and What's Coming Next | Unknown Pressures: A Jiu-Jitsu Podcast ep2

Описание: ADCC is back, and the recent European Trials kickstarted the year-long process that will lead into the biggest no-gi grappling event in the world – the ADCC World Championships. Matt Benyon and Hywel Teague discuss the Trials and give their take on the Europeans who qualified, and share some of their stories from behind the scenes of man y of the ADCC World Championships they've been to.

Episode 2 of @UnknownPressures is out now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and everywhere else.

Unknown Pressures is a jiu-jitsu podcast brought to you by two long-time industry insiders: Matt Benyon, the co-founder of Scramble and Polaris, and Hywel Teague, creator of BJJ Hacks, jiu-jitsu / grappling commentator and analyst and formerly of FloGrappling.

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0:00:00 The history of ADCC
0:03:09 Intro
0:04:24 ADCC Trials in Poland
0:09:00 The new European talent coming through
0:10:27 Scramble athletes’ performances at Trials
0:13:36 How to get sponsored by Scramble
0:16:01 Why fighting off the mats is dumb
0:20:48 The female winners should get invited, too
0:22:11 ADCC is coming to Europe in 2026
0:25:40 Why ADCC in Brazil would have been a terrible idea
0:29:57 Memories of ADCC in 2017
0:32:38 Why the guys are excited for ADCC in Poland
0:33:56 ADCC 2011 was Matt’s first big grappling event
0:36:45 ADCC 2015 in Brazil was great, except…
0:38:44 ADCC 2017: meeting Craig Jones
0:41:03 How Hywel made the Gordon Ryan-Dillon Danis match happen
0:43:30 When Craig Jones exploded onto the scene
0:47:27 Matt’s story of the ADCC 2017 afterparty
0:49:27 Funny story from ADCC 2022 about AJ Agazarm
0:53:20 What does Matt do at ADCC events?
0:56:34 Why ADCC needs to pay athletes more
1:03:43 ADCC in the 90s compared to now
1:07:23 Why it’s difficult to watch old ADCC events
1:08:45 The Japanese MMA fighters who used to win ADCC
1:12:18 The obscure grappling events of yesteryear
1:13:43 Gordon’s not coming back to ADCC
1:16:55 See you next time