Andrew Tackett claimed the UFC BJJ welterweight title in June and was again in motion Thursday night time to defend his throne in the principle occasion of UFC BJJ 2 in Las Vegas. And as soon as once more he left nonetheless as champion, this time after an thrilling match with Renato Canuto on the UFC APEX.
Canuto shot for a double leg as quickly because the match started, however Tackett obtained again to his toes instantly. Canuto threatened with a kimura after an insane scramble, however Tackett had good protection. Tackett fired again with kimura and arm-triangle choke makes an attempt and Canuto defended, however ended up giving Tackett an opportunity to lock in a d’arce choke and pressure Canuto to surrender.
Andrew’s brother William Tackett entered the mat for the third-to-last match of the night reverse Kyle Chambers and it didn’t final lengthy. Tackett handed the guard and attacked with an arm-triangle choke, forcing Chambers to surrender his again and faucet to a rear-naked choke.
The inaugural UFC BJJ mild heavyweight title was on the road within the co-main occasion with UFC Struggle Go Invitational veteran Mason Fowler taking over two-time Quintet winner David Garmo, and it didn’t final lengthy.
A black belt underneath Caio Terra, Fowler secured an ankle choose takedown a minute into the match and rapidly transitioned to the again. Fowler had each hooks in with greater than three minutes left on the clock, however solely wanted a couple of extra seconds to lock within the rear-naked choke and pressure the faucet.
Renato’s spouse Raquel Canuto, a three-time IBJJF no-gi world champion, competed down the cardboard dealing with off with Morgan Black. They battled on the toes for a takedown and Black instantly countered to finish on high, however Canuto had the kneebar deep, leaving her no selection however to faucet out.
Mikey Musumeci, who defends his bantamweight title in opposition to a yet-to-be-announced opponent Oct. 2 at UFC BJJ 3, had good causes to have a good time Thursday night time. First, his protege Jalen Fonacier made brief work of Everton Teixeira with an inside heel hook end. Mikey’s sister Tammi Musumeci competed subsequent, successful a call over Leilani Bernales.
Musumeci was again within the nook with legendary jiu-jitsu champion Rubens Charles “Cobrinha”, who coached his son Kennedy Maciel in opposition to fellow Brazilian light-weight Ademir Barreto.
Barreto had a very good heel hook try in spherical one however Maciel efficiently defended it. The high-paced motion within the opening spherical led to a slower rhythm in spherical two, with Maciel staying on high management more often than not. “Cobrinha Jr.” went for a kneebar halfway via the ultimate spherical and a rear-naked choke late within the spherical. Regardless that Barreto efficiently defended each assaults, it was sufficient for Maciel to safe the choice victory after time ran out.
