ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship has announced Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie will take place in September 2015 from Manaus, Brazil.
Hughes competed in ADCC 2000 in the U99KG category, where he beat Ricardo “Cachorrao” Almeida and Jeremy Horn before losing to Jeff Monson. Hughes ended up 4th in the category.
Gracie won the 1998 and the 2000 event both times in the U77KG category.
Confirmed super fight for the ADCC 2015 My brother @matthughes9x always a honor to sweat with U in the arena. Thank U pic.twitter.com/tWsymtmqeM
— Renzo_Gracie_BJJ (@RenzoGracieBJJ) July 30, 2014
@RenzoGracieBJJ I will be the honored one to even be on the mat with you.
— Matt Hughes (@matthughes9x) July 30, 2014
