On the scales, the event had three well known black belts in Jiu-Jitsu: Roger Gracie, Bibiano Fernandes and Herbert Burns. Watch the awaited face-offs; especially the tense moment between Bibiano and his opponent!

Check out the video below:

ONE FC 23
Manila, Philippines
December 5, 2014

Bibiano Fernandes (61 kg / 134 lbs) x Dae Hwan Kim (61 kg / 134 lbs)
Brandon Vera (110.2 kg / 243 lbs) x Subora Igor (101 kg / 223 lbs)
Eduard Folayang (70 kg / 154 lbs) x Timofey Nastyukhin (70 kg / 154 lbs)
Roger Gracie (93 kg / 205 lbs) x James McSweeney (93 kg / 205 lbs)
Kevin Belingon (60.7 kg / 134 lbs) x Okazaki Koetsu (61 kg / 134 lbs)
Herbert Burns (66.2 kg / 146 lbs) x Honorio Banario (65.8 kg / 145 lbs)
Sylvain Potard (92.7 kg / 205 lbs) x Jake Butler (92.8 kg / 205 lbs)

Preliminary card

Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke (56.2 kg / 124 lbs) x Rene Catalan (56.5 kg / 125 lbs)
Ana Julaton (56.7 kg / 125 lbs) x Walaa Abas (56.7 kg / 125 lbs)
Jujeath Nagaowa (47.95 kg / 105 lbs) x Tharoth Sam (47.5 kg / 105 lbs)

The setting for the ADCC 2013 weigh-ins and rules meeting. Photo: Erin Herle

The 2013 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship in Beijing, China is hours away with the athletes in their hotels and ready. Some have continued their training in academies near the venue, some made their final workouts to make the weight and others adjusted to the jet lag.

The weigh-ins were held at 10 a.m. on Friday morning, Oct. 18 in which all athletes were checked in. The rules meeting at 4 p.m. went over the unique ADCC rules and set the schedule.

The first day will start on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Ditan Gymnasium. The heavyweights will start the day with the male +99kg category and moving down into the lighter weights. All athletes will be present at 8 a.m. to be weighed in once again. By 8:30 a.m the matches will begin and go on until each division, male and female, reach the quarterfinal matches. To end the day Braulio Estima and Andre Galvao will have their superfight.

Check out photos from the weigh-ins and rules meeting:

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The UFC weigh-ins begin at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT. You can watch them live in the player above or wait for the archived playback.

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Ben Henderson in staredown with Frankie Edgar at pre-UFC 150 press conference / UFC publicity photo

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is taking its brand of excitement to Denver, Colorado, this Saturday. The fight headlining the UFC 150 show is a lightweight-title rematch between Ben Henderson and Frankie Edgar that promises fireworks. Further major attractions on the card for Colorado are the Donald Cerrone–Melvin Guillard showdown and former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields’s encounter with Ed Herman.

But before the action can take place, the fighters have to take on the scale. And you can watch the official weigh-ins live here on GRACIEMAG.com starting at 7 pm Brazilian time (10 pm GMT). Don’t miss it.

UFC 150
Denver, Colorado
August 11, 2012

Ben Henderson vs Frankie Edgar
Donald Cerrone vs Melvin Guillard
Jake Shields vs Ed Herman
Yushin Okami vs Buddy Roberts
Justin Lawrence vs Max Holloway
Dennis Bermudez vs Tom Hayden
Jared Hamman vs. Michael Kuiper
Ken Stone vs Erik Perez
Dustin Pague vs Chico Camus

First, take a look at Philip Westman’s film about the Alliance fighter who like so many other girls was once shy, and is now an athlete brimming with health and friends. Afterwards, comment: how do you train to compete and win in Jiu-Jitsu? How many hours do you dedicate to winning each day?

http://vimeo.com/45334141

Check out the highlights from weigh-ins:

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Check out the card

Bitetti Combat 6
Nilson Nelson Gymnasium, Brasília, Brazil
February 25, 2010

Paulo Filho vs Yuki Sasaki
Thales Leites vs Rico Washington
Glover Teixeira vs Joaquim Mamute
Fabio Maldonado vs Guto Inocente
Cristiano Marcello vs Emiliano Cobra Vatt
Ediene “Índia” Gomes vs Amanda Nunes
Luiz Firmino “Buscapé” vs Francisco Drinaldo “Massaranduba”
Danillo “Índio” Villefort vs Cassiano Tytschyo
Yuri Villefort vs Júlio Cesar Merenda
Leandro Batata vs Gustavo “Labareda” Sampaio
Felipe Arinelli “Mongo” vs Luis Cesar “The Lion