world champion Rafael Lovato Jr is already on his way to England, for the ADCC 2011. From Oklahoma City, Lovato made a stop in New Jersey, before crossing the ocean. As it was a long connection, Lovato took the opportunity to finish his training at a fellow GMA academy. He took on to the mats of Savarese BJJ, in Lyndhurst, NJ. He and his black belt Justin Rader was welcomed by black belt Chris Savarese. Lovato wrote about it and posted a picture: “Had a long layover in Jersey on my way to England and called up my East coast brother, Chris Savarese to take us to his mats. We had a great technical session and I had a blast hanging with the funniest guy I know. I can’t get enough of his stories and the accent to go with it is priceless! Thanks Sav!”

Jiu Jitsu world Champions stop by Savarese BJJ Lyndhurst

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Jiu Jitsu world Champions stop by Savarese BJJ Lyndhurst

2 Jiu Jitsu world Champions stopped by Savarese BJJ Lyndhurst to train today. They were on their way to the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) Submission Wrestling World Championship. World Champions Rafael Lovato Jr and his student Justin Rader were on their way to England for the ADCC 2011 and made a stop in NJ to train with Professor Chris Savarese. Rather than rest, they decided to get a last training session in at Savarese’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Lyndhurst, NJ. Lovato had this to say “ I stopped in NJ on my way to England to see my East coast brother Chris Savarese to take us to his mats. We had a great technical session, tightened some things up and I had a blast hanging with the funniest guy I know. I can’t get enough of his stories and the accent to go with it is priceless! Thanks Sav!â€

ADCC

The ADCC  Submission Wrestling World Championship is a competition involving professional athletes who have been successful at the highest levels of jiu-jitsu, wrestling, judo, sambo, shooto and mixed martial arts. The rules of the event promote grappling and submissions. The competition was created by Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He is the son of the former United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, together with his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor Nelson Monteiro.  Royler Gracie characterized this as the beginning of “the modern era of submission grappling”.

Savarese BJJ Academy

The Savarese BJJ Academy is located at 40 Park Ave in Lyndhurst. It is considered one of the top BJJ Academies in the US. Professor Chris Savarese, a 2nd degree black belt in BJJ, is the owner and head instructor. Also, he is one of the 1st Americans to be promoted to blackbelt by Royler Gracie. For more info or to set up a free class, call 201 933-5134.