Today marks yet another shakeup to the divisions at the 2019 ADCC Worlds as Romulo Barral pulls out of the -99kg division and to be replaced with 2015 ADCC Absolute Champion Claudio Calasans.

Calsans  is in at -99kg.

Calasans is a four-time ADCC veteran with three appearances in the weight divisions and a superfight with Andre Galvao at ADCC 2017. During his run to the absolute gold in 2015 he defeated athletes such as Joao Gabriel Rocha, Yuri Simoes, and Vinny Magalhaes.

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This adds another legit contender to a deep 99kg division that includes Gordon Ryan, Keenan Cornelius, Vinny Magalhaes, Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa, Jackson Sousa, Dillon Danis, and Patrick Gaudio.

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