Recent of the penning of an unique Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu take care of the UFC, Mikey Musumeci confirmed off his spectacular grappling capability – albeit briefly throughout in the present day’s UFC 309 Weigh-In Present – forcing a fast faucet from presenter, Dan Hellie.
Musumeci, a former ONE Championship megastar, departed the Chatri Sityodtong-led promotion earlier this annum, following a slew of submission grappling outings with the Singapore-based promotion.
Mikey Musumeci faucets out host throughout UFC 309 Weigh In Present
And in a single day, UFC CEO, Dana White revealed the promotion had penned the New Jersey grappling sensation to a first-of-it’s-kind unique settlement to function in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitors – starting on the UFC Battle Go Invitational subsequent month towards Felipe Machado.
Showing on the UFC 309 Weigh-In Present in the present day – Mikey Musumeci took the again of the above-mentioned, Hellie – the place he was inspired to choke out the host by former UFC stars, Daniel Cormier, and Din Thomas, earlier than forcing a fast faucet.
Over the course of his submission grappling profession, Musumeci, 28, has landed a surprising 5 separate gold medal victories in each gi and no-gi competitions on the world scale, in addition to notching first-place prizes in a pair of European submission grappling competitions.
And of observe, the third diploma Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt has racked up notable wins over names together with Japanese combined martial arts legend, Shinya Aoki, in addition to the likes of Bruno Mafacine, Jarred Brooks, and Masakazu Imanari.