UPDATE: Cavaca Leaves Checkmat & Teams with Drysdale

Well, that's a coup of its own form to be sure.

Cavaca (now formerly professor to Buchecha) has left Checkmat and taken some affiliates with him. He'll be partnering with Robert Drysdale.

"Today I officially disclose the partnership with my brother Robert Drysdale . We didn’t do it before as he was still informing his affiliates. We are starting a grandiose project, with many schools across Brazil, USA, Europe and Oceania. During the week we will define the name and logo of our team,”says Cavaca "

 

Robert Drysdale to UFC: Debuts at 163

One of the more notable American grapplers, will make his MMA debut at UFC 163.
Drysdale has long been involved in training MMA fighters and has won 6 professional bouts by submission.

I've included two of his fights below. I'm always glad to see a grappler enter the higher weight classes in MMA as sometimes, I feel like it's become a lot of stand and bang and not a lot of ze grapplez.

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Main Achievements:

• World Champion (2005);
• 2x World Cup Champion (2005, 2006);
• 2x World Silver Medallist (2006, 2007);
• ADCC Absolute Champion (2007 absolute)"