Context

ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) is a globally renowned submission grappling tournament that holds significant importance in the grappling world. It attracts elite grapplers from all over the globe to compete in its prestigious event. Winning an ADCC championship is considered a pinnacle achievement in grappling, considered by many as the Olympics of the sport, earning the respect and recognition of being among the best in the sport.

Content

The dataset consists of all information on the ADCC matches from 1998 till the latest 2022 event.

Acknowledgements

The data was scraped from https://www.bjjheroes.com/
Link to the github repo with the web scraping scripts and code

Inspiration

“The essential characteristic of jiu-jitsu is very simple. It’s the science and art of control that leads to submission.” John Danaher

With the constant evolution in the sport of brazilian jiu-jitsu, it is of great importance to analyze trends in the game to understand what works and what doesn't in the highest levels of the game. There's no other way of doing science other than analyzing data!

OBSERVATIONS

Some matches are missing because the fighters who participated in those matches do not have pages on the bjjheroes website, particularly in the older events. They would need to be inserted manually.