AlAin Club

the combat club in AD

The ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) Submission Wrestling World Championship is a competition involving professional athletes who have been successful at the highest levels of jiu-jitsu, wrestling, judo, sambo, shooto and mixed martial arts. The rules of the event disallow strikes while promoting grappling and submissions.

History

The competition was created by Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of the former United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, together with his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor Nelson Monteiro.

Thousands of Submission grappling tournaments around the world use elements of the ADCC format and rule structure. To date, the great majority of ADCC champions have had experience studying the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, whose rules are the most similar to. However, there have been notable exceptions to this, such as Japanese Sanae Kikuta (Judo/Catch Wrestling), South African Mark Robinson (who was a champion in judo, Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling, Sumo, and power lifting), and American Mark Kerr (Collegiate/Freestyle Wrestling).

Boxing

Stephen Michael James

Stephen Michael James Ovett

Stephen Michael James ovett was born on 9 October 1955. Steve Ovett’s events were 800 m and 1500 m. He set a world record for 2 miles (3,219 m) in 1978.Steve was a football player but he gave up because he did not want to do a sport where he would have to rely on teammates. The athlete he associated with at his peak was Sebastian Coe. After he retired he has been a track and field television commentator. They built a statue to him in Preston Park, Brighton. Steve is living in Australia and his age is 58.