Mikey Musumeci made historical past at ONE on Prime Video 2 on Friday night time by defeating rival Cleber Sousa to change into the first-ever ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion. It was an entertaining affair that noticed Musumeci in management throughout the match. Whereas ‘Darth Rigatoni’ couldn’t get the end over the person he’s confronted twice earlier than, it was a extremely entertaining affair and a transparent victory for the New Jersey native.
As a ONE world champion, Musumeci virtually has his decide of potential challengers, and the five-time IBJJF world champion is aiming huge. Following his win over Sousa, Musumeci spoke with ONE Championship about his subsequent potential opponent. Just one man was on Musumeci’s thoughts:
“Proper now, my dream matchup can be with Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson. Simply due to the variety of eyes we may get on submission grappling with me and such a legend like him. For me now, I received each title I wished to in jiujitsu, actually, each title I wished. So now for me, it is about having an influence on others and bringing as many individuals to observe and do jiujitsu as I can.”
The final time followers noticed Demetrious Johnson contained in the circle was through the inaugural ONE on Prime Video most important occasion reverse former titleholder Adriano Moraes. Working again their most important occasion at ONE on TNT 1 from 2021, Johnson scored a spotlight reel flying knee knockout over ‘Mikinho’ to seize the ONE flyweight world title. This was his first piece of ONE Championship gold.
Will Demetrious Johnson problem Mikey Musumeci for the ONE flyweight submission grappling world title?
The concept of an excellent struggle between the most effective flyweight grappler on the planet and the most effective flyweight combined martial artist on the planet feels like a simple ticket to promote. Mikey Musumeci vs. Demetrious Johnson can be each MMA fan’s dream, however earlier than the 2 can step into the circle, some particulars should be ironed out.
Before everything, does the match embody Mikey Musumeci’s world title? Certain, followers might be simply as entertained with an exhibition bout, however a world title match makes issues much more fascinating. If the 2 meet in a straight submission grappling contest, it could be arduous to not justify making it for the flyweight submission grappling championship.
One other chance is that the 2 meet in a mixed-rules bout. Johnson competed within the first-ever struggle of its sort towards Muay Thai icon Rodtang Jitmuangnon at ONE X in March. The second-ever combined guidelines bout is scheduled to go down at ONE on Prime Video 6 this January between Stamp Fairtex and Anissa Meksen.
Although ‘Darth Rigatoni’ has shied away from something that entails placing, a mixed-rules match-up with one of many pound-for-pound greatest MMA fighters on the planet could also be too huge to move up for Mikey Musumeci.