Michigan Morels - 5/6/07

Okay, I'll admit it - I didn't watch the ADCC's on ProElite over the weekend. In my opinion, I was doing something better, instead. It's Morel Mushroom season in Michigan. If you're not familiar with these things, they are phenomenal! The are a gourmet mushroom that retails for about $100/lb depending on where you're at and the time of year. Basically, you have a small window of time in which to find these shrooms, and this year it fell on the same weekend as the ADCC's. With the ADCC's, I can always buy the DVD when it comes out later.

So, I spent my ADCC weekend outside in the woods with my girlfriend finding these elusive bastards and getting ripped apart by picker bushes. We found about 100 or so in 2 days for ourselves, and I helped some Judo friends of mine (Brenden & Danielle) find some for themselves, as well.

I'll be up north this coming weekend looking for more, so I won't be at any of the upcoming tournaments.

ADCC Results

The results are in. Congrats to Xande, the under 99kg Champion, as well as all of the 2007 ADCC finalists.

Super Fight Winner: Roger Gracie (score 5-0)

Men's Absolute:
1st Place: Robert Drysdale
2nd Place: Marcelo Garcia
3rd Place: Andre Galvao
4th Place: Cacareco

Women's Absolute:
1st Place: Hannette Staack
2nd Place: Rosangela Conceicao
3rd Place: Kelly Paul
4th Place: Lana Stefanac

Men's Finals:

Over 99 Kg:
1st Place: Fabricio Werdum
2nd Place: Rolles Gracie
3rd Place: Pe De Pano
4th Place: Darren Andy

Under 99 Kg:
1st Place: Xande Ribeiro
2nd Place: Braulio Estima
3rd Place: Robert Drysdale
4th Place: Cacareco

Under 87 Kg:
1st Place: Demian Maia
2nd Place: Flavio Almeida
3rd Place: Romulo Barral
4th Place: Tarsis Humphreys

Under 76 Kg:
1st Place: Marcelo Garcia
2nd Place: Pablo Popovitch
3rd Place: Andre Galvao
4th Place: Mike Fowler

Under 65 Kg:
1st Place: Rani Yahya
2nd Place: Leozinho Vieira
3rd Place: Baret Yoshida
4th Place: Tetsu Suzuki

Women's Semi Finals:

Over 67 Kg:
1st Place: Penny Thomas
2nd Place: Lana Stefanac
3rd Place: Rosangela Conceicao
4th Place: Celita Schultz

Under 67 Kg:
1st Place: Hannette Staack
2nd Place: Kelly Paul
3rd Place: Marloes Coenen
4th Place: Stacy Cartwright

Under 60 Kg:
1st Place: Kyra Gracie
2nd Place: Tara LaRosa
3rd Place: Takayo Hashi
4th Place: Hitomi Akano

Under 55 Kg:
1st Place: Sayaka Shioda
2nd Place: Felicia Oh
3rd Place: Megumi Fujii
4th Place: Bianca Barreto

ADCC Webcast and Superfight news

The Pay per view webcast of the ADCC Championships goes on sale today (April 30th) at noon. It is being sold by the guys over at ProElite.com, so go to their website and sign up to order this awesome event. For the complete line up, see previous post (below).

From ProElite.com:

"Visitors to ProElite.com before May 5 will be able to purchase the two-day event, unlimited viewing, for only $19.99, a $5 discount to purchasing May 5 or after. Besides the two days of live fights, fans will be treated to bonus coverage that ranges from behind-the-scenes interviews to the pre-fight weigh-ins on May 4. Through ProElite.com’s powerful blogging tools, fans can connect to discuss the fighters and event in real time."

Also, Roger Gracie's superfight opponent has finally been selected. Following Dean Lister's withdraw due to injury and Ricardo Arona's withdraw due to Dengue Fever relapse, the ADCC organizers formed a committee to vote for Roger's opponent. It was a toss up between Jeff Monson (USA) and John Olav Einemo (Norway). Einemo won the committee's vote with a 5-1 decision.

Einemo was the 2003 under 99kg Champion and the last person to beat Roger in ADCC (2003 semi-finals). He placed 4th in the 2005 ADCC while competing with a torn pectoral muscle.

This is going to be one hell of match!

Einemo taking Roger Gracie's back at the 2003 ADCC Championships.

(Photo courtesy of www2.adcombat.com)