Product Details

• Actors: Josh Barnett, Vitor Belfort, Matt Hughes, Tito Ortiz Mark Kerr
• Directors: Jeff Osborne
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Live, Special Edition, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Progressive Arts
• DVD Release Date: April 8, 2003
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008URS1
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #82,900 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor
THE FIGHTS: Fabiano Iha -vs- Joe Hurley, Mark Kerr -vs- Josh Barnett, Roberto 'Roleta' Magalhaes -vs- Rodrigo 'Cumprido' Medeiros, Rumina Sato -vs- Vitor 'Shaolin' Ribeiro, Vitor Belfort -vs- Genki Sudo, Baret Yoshida -vs- Wellington 'Megaton' Diaz, Matt Hughes -vs- Tito Ortiz, Jean-Jacques Machado -vs- Ricardo Arona, Ricco Rodriguez -vs- Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Noguiera, Eddie Ruiz -vs- Hayato 'Mach" Sakurai, Mario Sperry -vs- Larry Parker

Product Description
Since 1998, the beautiful land of Abu Dhabi has played host to the Submission Wrestling World Championships. The ADCC World Championships are considered the pinnacle of ground fighting sports around the globe for world-class grapplers.

Take a walk back in time and witness some of the most competitive tournament matches in ADCC history.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tons of talent, not a lot of action, May 7, 2003

By	bjjfanatic "bjjfanatic" (CA) - See all my reviews

For those of you looking to see the best of the best grapplers from UFC and Pride (Ortiz, Kerr, Belfort, Hughes, Sperry etc) competing in the most prestigious submission grappling tournament in the world, this is the DVD for you. For those people looking for all these great submission experts to be placed in the greatest submission grappling tournament in the world with tons of "action", this probably isn't the DVD for you.

It's important to remember that this is a submission grappling tournament. That means the majority of the matches are going to be spent either stalking, the guard, side mount, or mounted position. If you hate these positions and want something with a faster pace, then this is not the DVD for you.

This DVD IS for:
-People who don't mind when UFC or Pride fights stay in the guard for 5+min (in this case without striking)
-People who understand the very technical aspects of grappling instead of seeing people "Just lying there"
-People who can appreciate ground grappling

This DVD is NOT for:
- People who want tons of action
- People who don't understand submission grappling strategy (position and points)
- People who look for the "ground and pound" seen in UFC and Pride
- People who hate when matches go to the ground

The broad casting quality is decent. They have different camera angles, but is no where close to the quality we're use to in NHB competitions (KOC, UFC, Pride). I give this DVD 3 stars because it gives THE best submission experts in the world, puts them in a tournament and delivers what it says it does. On the other hand, even for someone who studies BJJ with a Gracie, I found a lot of the matches kind of slow myself.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a great DVD if you are a serious grappler, March 15, 2007

By	B. Angel "The fisherman" (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love this DVD but i must reiterrate this is for the serious grappler / grappling enthusiast. This is not for the casual wrestling / MMA fan.

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent grappling matches, November 17, 2008

By	Nick Paris-sisneros (albuquerque) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

there are some really good matches on this disc. my favorites are sato vs shaolin and medeiros vs megahales
this disc has a good ix of diffrent kinds of matches, as in they have quick flashy finshes (iha's flying armbar) or sneaky combehind submissons (mach's armbar varient) epic matches (medeiros vs megahales, Arona vs JJ Machado and barnett vs kerr) fast paces ones and slow paced ones.
this disc is good if your new to the submisson grappling world and want a good compilation of quality matches.
also check out the size diffrence between tito and huges it looks like tito is grappling a lil kid