Former ADCC champion Robert Drysdale recently made an interesting video where he named the most successful teams in Jiu-Jitsu. He named Gracie Barra, Alliance and Atos.
This provoked a reaction from a certain Gordon Ryan, who asked why he didn’t include his team, the Danaher Death Squad in the list.
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ADCC organizer Mo Jassim and close friend of Gordon Ryan, added his opinion by making a revelation about Drysdale. According to Jassim, Drysdale participated in a fixed match in the semi finals of the 2007 ADCC open weight, where he submitted his then teammate Andre Galvao.
With this “win” Drysdale would face the great Marcelo Garcia in the final, and he would famously submit Marcelo with a Darce choke and make history.
Jassim’s statement:
Andre Galvao confirmed that this was true:
Here is the match in question:
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