Garcia and Cobrinha comments ADCC 2009

Photo Eduardo Ferreira

Two of the favorites in ADCC 2009, Marcelo Garcia and Rubens Charles left the competition with the second place After the fights, they spoke with TATAME.com about the performance and the expectation to be back in 2011.

 “My results are not the best, of course, but I dedicated myself a lot to be here, I trained very hard, and that’s what matters... I know I gave my best“, Garcia said, talking about the polemical fight against Pablo Popovitch. “I don’t know about the rules, I know about training and trying to submit, the only think I know is that you can’t grab the shorts, and I complained that I didn’t want he grabbing my short“.

In the 66kg category, Cobrinha lost to Rafael Mendes, repeating the BJJ Worlds 2009 final, won by Rubens. “I think I didn’t make any mistakes, I trained a lot... I couldn’t get any good position. It was a good fight, with 45 minutes... Just in the end, when he got my back, was the definition of the fight, but I trained a lot. He deserved, and let’s move on”, said the four times BJJ world champion.

Promising a great return, both eyes the 2011 competition. “It depends on being invited and pass thru the selective. But I won’t wait invitations, I’ll be on selective, if I win I’ll be on ADCC 2011“, says Marcelinhho. And Cobrinha also wants to be back. “I’ll be here, I want to fight on 2011, being invited, selective fight, I want to be here fighting again”, said Cobrinha, who fought the ADCC for the first time.