ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci mentioned Jarred Brooks could also be preventing in a unique lane of their upcoming battle however believes his opponent has the instruments to do nicely within the sport.
‘Darth Rigatoni’ will probably be defending his world title towards 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 Struggle Evening 13 on Prime Video, which will probably be performed on the famed Lumpinee Boxing Stadium on August 4 and will probably be out there dwell and at no cost to Prime Video subscribers in North America.
It will likely be Mikey Musumeci’s third protection of the world title he gained in September final 12 months.
Talking to ONE Championship, the 27-year-old Italian-American champion mentioned the MMA background of ‘The Monkey God’ offers a unique aspect to his grappling sport, which goes to be a problem come struggle night time.
“I feel that he brings a unique aspect to this submission grappling than what persons are used to. I feel that MMA is a sport the place they must be finishers, they must go to assault you in submissions.”
Mikey Musumeci handed his first check as world champion again in January, defeating Mongolian challenger Gantumur Bayanduuren by unanimous resolution.
He then adopted it up with one other profitable protection in Might in the USA, submitting Yemeni Osamah Almarwai by way of rear-naked choke late of their 10-minute title joust.
Jarred Brooks, 30, in the meantime, seems to be 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 Struggle Evening 13 would be the first time that Brooks will probably be competing in grappling in ONE Championship, however he has warned that his jiu-jitsu expertise are agency and that he’s able to developing with surprises.