No Holds Barred: Robert Drysdale on ADCC Superfight with Jacare

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and grappling world champion Robert Drysdale
(http://robertdrysdale.net/).

The winner by submission of all his fights in the absolute division of
the 2007 Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) Submission Fighting World
Championships, Robert Drysdale now has earned a place in the featured
Superfight in ADCC 2009 (http://adccbarcelona.com), September 25-27,
in Barcelona, Spain. His original opponent, however, Roger Gracie, the
2007 Superfight winner and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion many
times over, was forced to withdraw from this match because of an
injury.

It was just announced Friday by the ADCC Committee that the new
opponent for Robert Drysdale in the Superfight will be the exciting
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts star, Ronaldo "Jacare"
Souza. In his last appearance at ADCC, in 2005, Jacare won the 88 kg
division but lost in the absolute finals to Roger Gracie.

We spoke with Robert Drysdale by phone about all this Friday evening.
In this interview, we discussed the late change of opponent, how this
affects his preparations for the Superfight, and what we can expect in
this match with Jacare. He explained his ideas about the need for
grappling to be entertaining, as well as better popularized. He also
talked about his desire to fight regularly in mixed martial arts, as
well as a recently publicized disagreement he had with mixed martial
arts star Anderson Silva. We also covered many more topics, so stay
tuned for a spirited and enlightening discussion.

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