First Set Of Participants Anounced for ADCC Japan. Gomi is in

ADCC Japan have announced the first set of Japanese participants for the 2011 ADCC Asia Trials taking place in Japan on the 27th. A second recruiting has begun and more participants will be added next week. Not all of the below fighters will compete in the same weight class (weight division placement of the Japanese fighters will be announced when the second set of fighters are announced).



Kohei Yasumi

2007 (69kg), 2010 (LW), 2011 (LW) DEEP X Real King Tournament champion
2009 ADCC Asia Trials 66kg winner (lost to Rani Yahya in the 2009 ADCC World Championship)

Tetsu Hadairo

2007 ADCC World Championship 66kg 4th place
Lost to the aforementioned Yasumi in the semifinal of the 2009 ADCC Asia Trials
2005 ADCC Japan Trials 66kg winner
Both times he has participated in the ADCC World Championship he was eliminated by Leo Vieira

Jiro Wakabayashi



Uruka Sasaki

21 years old
2010 DEEP X Real King Tournament semifinalist (eliminated by the aforementioned Yasumi)
2010 Shooto Rookie-Of-The-Year MVP and 65kg Tournament champion
2011 DEEP X Real King Tournament 2nd Place eliminated by the aforementioned Yasumi)

Takanori Gomi

First ADCC participation since 2001
Combat Wrestling and MMA great

Kazuhiro Hamanaka

MMA veteran
Out of Sakuraba’s Laughter7 gym

Yukiya Naito

MMA veteran
ADCC 2009 Asia Trials 99kg 2nd place (eliminated by Kaz Nak)

Hideki “Shrek” Sekine

Beast of a man
Undefeated in MMA
World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010 White and Blue Belt +98kg winner and open-weight 3rd place



Yukiyasu Ozawa

Good grappler

Does this mean Gomi is cut?

And if you've just been subbed by Clay Guida... maybe that's a sign submission grappling isn't the sport for you.

Dana lets some UFC fighters compete in ADCC.

hope fujii competes