Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour

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Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour
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Logo of Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Season 4
Competition details
LocationInternational
Discipline Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
TypeJiu-Jitsu Championship
Divisions
Current weight divisions
Men [1]
  • Super Heavy (-120 kg)
  • Light Heavy (-94 kg)
  • Middle (-85 kg)
  • Welter (-77 kg)
  • Light (-69 kg)
  • Feather -(-62 kg)
  • Light (-56 kg)
Women [1]
  • Heavy (-95)
  • Middle (-70 kg)
  • Light (-62 kg)
  • Light Feather (-55 kg)
  • Rooster (-49 kg)
History
First edition2015/2016
Editions7 (2021–2022)

The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour commonly known as the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam (ADGS) is a series of international Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournaments (Gi and No-gi), taking place every year, organised by the United Arab Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Federation (UAEJJF) and the Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu Pro (AJP) as part of the AJP competition circuit. The events take place in a number of cities around the world. [2]

Contents

History

The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu Tour (ADGS) was created by the United Arab Emirates Jiu-Jitsu Federation (UAEJJF) in 2015 with the goal of "developing and promoting jiu-jitsu around the world". [3] The ADGS is part of the Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro (AJP) Competition Circuit, which represents 78 international events in each season. [4]

The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam features a series of high-level tournaments open to the world's elite male and female Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors in the categories of juniors, professionals and masters with cash prizes awarded for the top athletes of each division. Those events, known as Grand Slams, take place each seasons in various host cities. [2]

Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2015–2016

For its first season, the UAEJJF implemented 4 grand slam tournaments in four countries (Japan, England, USA and Brazil). Black belt prize money for each Grand Slam was US$49,000 with an additional $7000 submission bonuses spread through the divisions. [5]

Season One
EventVenueDateParticipants
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo [6] Sumida City Gymnasium, Tokyo29 August 2015
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Los Angeles [7] Azusa Pacific University, Los Angeles18 October 2015
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro [8] HSBC Arena, Rio5 – 6 December 2015
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London [9] ExCeL London 19 March 2016

Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2016–2017

For its second season, the Grand Slam was held in five host cities with the addition of Abu Dhabi. [10]

Season Two
EventVenueDateParticipants
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Los Angeles [10] Los Angeles Convention Center 3 – 4 September 2016
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo [10] Big Turtle Fukaya, Tokyo23 October 2016
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro [10] HSBC Arena, Rio12 – 13 November 2016
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi [10] IPIC Arena12 – 13 January 2017
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London [10] ExCeL London 18 March 2017806 competitors from 59 countries [11]

Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2017–2018

For its third season, the Grand Slam included a total prize fund of more than US$800,000. [10]

Season Three
EventVenueDateParticipants
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo [12] Makuhari Convention Center, Tokyo 15 July 2017
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Los Angeles [12] Los Angeles Convention Center 23 – 24 September 2017750 competitors [13]
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro [12] Carioca Arena, Rio11 – 13 November 2017
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi [12] IPIC Arena12 – 13 January 2018
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London [14] Copper Box Arena, London10 – 11 March 2018

Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2018–2019

For its fourth season combined cash prizes of more than US$800,000 were awarded to the top athletes of each division. [15]

Season Four
EventVenueDateParticipants
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo [16] Ota Gymnasium, Tokyo 29 July 2018
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Los Angeles [17] Los Angeles Convention Center 22 – 23 September 2018
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro [18] Carioca Arena, Rio16 – 18 November 2018
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi [19] Mubadala Arena, Abu Dhabi10 – 12 January 2019
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London [20] Copper Box Arena, London9 – 10 March 2019

Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2019–2020

For the fifth season Moscow was added as a new host city. [21] To minimize the potential spread of the Coronavirus, the UAEJJF ran Grand Slam London as a closed event. [22]

Season Five
EventVenueDateParticipants
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Moscow [23] Triumph Sports Palace, Moscow15 – 16 June 2019
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo [24] Ota Gymnasium, Tokyo 27 – 28 July 2019700 competitors from 35 countries [lower-alpha 1]
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Los Angeles [25] Azusa Pacific University, Los Angeles21 – 22 September 2019
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro [26] Carioca Arena, Rio1 – 3 November 2019
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi [27] Mubadala Arena, Abu Dhabi16 – 18 January 2020
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London [28] Copper Box Arena, London7 – 8 March 2020

Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2020–2021

A total of $1,525,000 prize money was announced available for the course of this season. [29]

Season Six
EventVenueDateParticipants
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Moscow [30] Crocus City Hall, Moscow24 – 25 June 2020
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Los Angeles [30] Felix Events Center, Azusa, CA12 – 13 September 2020
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo [31] Ota Gymnasium, Tokyo 14 – 15 November 2020
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro [30] Carioca Arena, Rio4 – 6 December 20201,096 competitors [32]
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London [30] Copper Box Arena, London6 – 7 February 2021
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi [30] Jiu-Jitsu Arena, Abu Dhabi1 – 3 April 2021

Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2021–2022

For its seventh season three new locations were added, Miami, Beijing and Sidney. [33] The season will span across five continents and seven different cities. A total of $1,575,000 prize money was announced available for the course of the season. [33]

Season Seven
EventVenueDateParticipants
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Miami [34] Miami Airport Convention Center 8 August 2021
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Moscow [35] Sambo-70 school, Moscow12 September 2021
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro [36] Rio Olympic Velodrome 22 – 24 October 2021
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Beijing [33] Beijing, China12 December 2021
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Sidney [37] Sydney, Australia20 February 2022
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London [38] Copper Box Arena, London20 March 2022
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi [39] Jiu-Jitsu Arena, Abu Dhabi6 – 8 May 2022 [40] [41]

Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2022–2023

A total of $1,525,000 prize money was announced available for the course of the season. [42]

Season Eight
EventVenueDateParticipants
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro [43] Arena Carioca 1, Rio 31 July 2022
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Miami [44] Watsco Center, Miami28 August 2022
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo [42] TBA TBA
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Shanghai [42] TBA TBA
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Sydney [42] TBA TBA
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London [42] TBA TBA
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi [42] TBA TBA

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo also included a competition category for the Para-jiu-jitsu. [3]

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