In a recent livestream, ADCC Head Organizer Mo Jassim addressed the problem of greasing – a practice that has plagued various grappling competitions.
Jassim made it clear that the upcoming ADCC events will have a strict anti-greasing policy in place, with severe consequences for those who attempt to circumvent the rules.
And, well, his approach to enforcing the rules is pretty straightforward:
My thing is just ban them.
You’ve got to remember something.
We have to DQ-ed people in the past in the world championship for being greased.
Jassim explains further:
Do not use any oils, lotions, any of that crap.
Just go in dry.I don’t care if you have dry skin, you’ll survive.
You do not want to get cute in front of 14,000 people with the Jumbotron in your face.
This approach comes in the wake of past incidents, such as Gordon Ryan’s narrow win over Nick Rodriguez at a UFC invitational – where Ryan blamed greasing for the close contest.
Ryan has even proposed penalties for greasing, such as financial penalties and giving part of the penalty to the opposing athlete.
