ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci stated Jarred Brooks could also be combating in a different lane of their upcoming battle however believes his opponent has the instruments to do nicely within the sport.
‘Darth Rigatoni’ shall be defending his world title in opposition to ONE strawweight blended martial arts king Brooks in an all-American champion-versus-champion conflict subsequent week in Bangkok.
The struggle will happen at ONE Fight Night 13 on Prime Video, which shall be performed on the famed Lumpinee Boxing Stadium on August 4 and shall be accessible stay and at no cost to Prime Video subscribers in North America.
It shall be Mikey Musumeci’s third protection of the world title he gained in September final yr.
Speaking to ONE Championship, the 27-year-old Italian-American champion stated the MMA background of ‘The Monkey God’ offers a different ingredient to his grappling sport, which goes to be a problem come struggle night time.
“I think that he brings a different element to this submission grappling than what people are used to. I think that MMA is a sport where they have to be finishers, they have to go to attack you in submissions.”
Mikey Musumeci handed his first check as world champion again in January, defeating Mongolian challenger Gantumur Bayanduuren by unanimous determination.
He then adopted it up with one other profitable protection in May within the United States, submitting Yemeni Osamah Almarwai by way of rear-naked choke late of their 10-minute title joust.
Jarred Brooks, 30, in the meantime, appears to make it back-to-back world title conquests after seizing the ONE strawweight world title from Joshua Pacio in his final struggle in December.
ONE Fight Night 13 would be the first time that Brooks shall be competing in grappling in ONE Championship, however he has warned that his jiu-jitsu expertise are agency and that he’s able to arising with surprises.
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