Politics of the United Arab Emirates take place in a framework of a federal presidential elective constitutional monarchy. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven constituent monarchies: the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the founding father and the principal driving force behind the formation of the United Arab Emirates, uniting seven emirates, and becoming the Union's first Raʾīs (president), a post which he held for a period of almost 33 years. He was also the ruler of Abu Dhabi for more than 30 years. He is commonly referred to in the UAE as the Father of the Nation.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is the president of the United Arab Emirates, the Emir of Abu Dhabi and the supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces since 2004. He has also served as the chairman of the Supreme Petroleum Council since the late 1980s.
Dean Richard Lister is a retired American mixed martial artist. A professional from 2000 until 2015, he fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE Fighting Championships, and California-based promotion King of the Cage, where he rose to prominence as a Middleweight Champion. Lister's sparring partner and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Tito Ortiz, invited him to be his assistant grappling coach on the third season of the Spike TV reality show, The Ultimate Fighter.
Zayed Sports City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Carlos "Carlão" Alberto Santos is a 3-time World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu heavyweight champion.
Abu Dhabi is the capital and the second-most populous city of the United Arab Emirates. The city of Abu Dhabi is located on an island in the Persian Gulf, off the Central West Coast. Most of the city and the Emirate reside on the mainland connected to the rest of the country. As of 2021, Abu Dhabi's urban area had an estimated population of 1.5 million, out of 2.9 million in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as of 2016. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is headquartered in the city, and was the world's 3rd largest sovereign wealth fund in 2020. Abu Dhabi itself has over a trillion US dollars worth of assets under management in a combination of various sovereign wealth funds headquartered there.
Sport in the United Arab Emirates is widely practiced by the people of the UAE. Football is the most popular sport in the UAE. Among the notable UAE sports achievements is the 2002–03 AFC Champions League won by Al Ain FC who also finished second in the 2005 AFC Champions League. The UAE qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first and only time so far in 1990, the fourth Middle-Eastern country to have qualified for the World Cup after first Egypt, then, Kuwait, and Iraq. Popular traditional sports include horse and camel racing.
The Emirates Hockey League (EHL) is the national ice hockey league of the United Arab Emirates. The league is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Founded in 2009 by the country’s Winter Sports Federation and the Emirates Olympic Committee, and licensed by the International Hockey Federation, the league now (2019) consists of six teams: the Abu Dhabi Scorpions, the Dubai Vipers/White Bears, the Dubai Mighty Camels, the Abu Dhabi Storms, the Al Ain Theebs and the Abu Dhabi Shaheen Falcons. The Scorpions and Mighty Camels are composed of expatriate players, including Canadians, working in the U.A.E., while the other clubs consist of mostly Emirati players who form the United Arab Emirates national team.
Israel–United Arab Emirates relations had been cool for several decades, but in the 2010s, the countries' informal relations improved considerably and they began engaging in extensive unofficial cooperation based on their joint opposition to Iran's nuclear program and regional influence. In 2015, Israel opened an official diplomatic mission in Abu Dhabi to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2011 is a third annual installment of the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu event in the world, with combined prize fund of one million US dollars.
Marcos Oliveira is a professional Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts fighter from Brazil. He competes in the division.
The Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) tournament that is held in Barueri, Brazil. They are hosted annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
The ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship is a grappling competition involving professional athletes who have been successful at the highest levels of Luta Livre, freestyle wrestling, catch wrestling, judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, shooto and mixed martial arts. It's considered the most prestigious competition in the submission grappling combat sport. The rules of the event disallow strikes while promoting grappling and submissions. ADCC is an acronym for "Abu Dhabi Combat Club", the event was originally hosted in Abu Dhabi. Later host countries have included Brazil, China, Finland, Spain, the UK, and the US.
Jayson Patino is an American Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner who holds a black belt under Ricardo Liborio of American Top Team. He is known for his competitive achievements in FILA Pankration Submission, ADCC, IBJJF, and other grappling tournaments. He is also owner of American Top Team East Orlando.
Yusef Abdeselam Kaddur is a spanish sport wrestler in grappling and Brazilian jiu jitsu. World grappling and Brazilian jiu jitsu champion.
Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the son of the founder of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and currently serves as the National Security Advisor of UAE. He has previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor in 2013. He manages a business portfolio that straddles national security interests and the UAE's opaque corporate sector.
Abdullah Mohamed Al Salmani is an Iraqi Jiu-Jitsu player and mixed martial artist who represents the Sharjah Self-Defence Sports Club since 2021.
Ffion Davies is a Welsh submission grappler, mixed martial artist and a world-champion Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) competitor.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu weight classes are weight classes that pertain to the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and vary according to the organisations.
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