UFC Veteran Fabricio Werdum Named To ADCC Hall Of Fame 2024 Class
UFC Veteran Fabricio Werdum Named To ADCC Hall Of Fame 2024 Class
The five time ADCC veteran & two time champion is the fourth athlete named to the 2024 hall of fame class, set to be indcuted at ADCC Worlds 2024 in August.
Former UFC champion and multiple-time ADCC champion Fabricio Werdum will be inducted into the ADCC Hall of Fame in 2024 during the 2024 ADCC World Championships at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Aug. 17 and 18.
Werdum is a five-time ADCC veteran who won back to back world titles in 2007 and 2009, adding to his litany of podiums from every ADCC year between 2003 and 2011.
He secured silver in the 99+kg division in 2003, and bronze in the absolute division that year. He returned for bronze in 2009 in the 99+kg division, before collecting his back to back golds. In his final season, in 2011, Werdum collected silver in the super heavyweight division.
Werdum is the fourth ADCC vet nominated to the hall of fame in the 2024 class. He joins Jacare Sousa, Xande Ribeiro and Jean Jacques Machado.
ADCC opened the hall of fame at the 2022 ADCC World Championships. The 2022 class included 15 inductees:
- Renzo Gracie
- Mario Sperry
- Rafael Mendes
- Dean Lister
- Ricardo Arona
- Marcelo Garcia
- Andre Galvao
- Roger Gracie
- Kyra Gracie
- Braulio Estima
- Royler Gracie
- Rubens Cobrinha Charles
- Saulo Ribeiro
- Mark Kerr
- Baret Yoshida
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