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Renzo Gracie forced out of ADCC match with Matt Hughes

Grappling icon Renzo Gracie has been forced to pull out of his ADCC supermatch against Matt Hughes due to injury.

Today, ADCC's recent woes were further compounded with news that MMA pioneer, Renzo Gracie has been forced to pull out of his special attraction match with former UFC champion Matt Hughes.

The promotion has suffered a week of bad news going into ADCC 2015. Firstly, fan-favorite Rafa Mendes announced that he wasn't going to compete at the event. Then their special invitee Hector Lombard was defeated by submission within two minutes at a warm up event.