UFC BJJ is official.
The world’s premier preventing group introduced on Friday that their Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu promotion has been launched, with their first occasion and a actuality present introduced.
UFC BJJ 1 is about for June 25 as a part of the UFC’s annual Worldwide Combat Week forward of the blockbuster UFC 317 pay-per-view card headlined by Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira for the vacant light-weight title. UFC BJJ 1 will crown its first bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight champions with the members to be revealed at a later date. A number of-time world champion Mikey Musumeci and rising star Rerisson Gabriel will compete for the 135-pound title on the occasion.
Subsequently, the promotion is launching a UFC BJJ: Highway to the Title present, which has similarities to The Final Fighter. Musumeci and Gabriel function coaches for the eight-episode season that launches day by day starting June 12 at Midday ET on the UFC’s YouTube channel.
“I first received into MMA via Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,” mentioned UFC CEO Dana White in a launch. “It’s one of many true constructing blocks of martial arts and the athletes and the competitors take it to a different stage. The fact present and dwell occasions are going to raise this to a mainstream sport and I couldn’t be extra excited.”
Take a look at the Highway to the Title athletes under.
Welterweight
Andrew Tackett
Jason Nolf
Andy Varela
Davis Asare
Elijah Carlton
Aaron Wilson
Austin Oranday
Nathan Haddad
Light-weight
Keith Krikorian
Gianni Grippo
Kyvann Gonzalez
Carlos Henrique
Danilo Moreira
Mauricio Rios
Isaac Doederlein
Josh Cisneros
