IBJJF world champion Bebeto Oliveira has stepped up on brief discover to tackle Mikey Musumeci at ONE 168: Denver on September 6.
The much-anticipated submission-only conflict between American standouts Mikey Musumeci and Kade Ruotolo at ONE 168: Denver has fallen via after Ruotolo suffered accidents at his latest $1 million efficiency on the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational. Nevertheless, reigning IBJJF world champion Carlos “Bebeto” Oliveira has agreed to fill in on brief discover and can now problem for Musuemci’s ONE flyweight submission grappling world title.
ONE Championship announced the news on Thursday.
Notably, Musumeci was planning to problem for Ruotolo’s light-weight submission grappling belt at 170 kilos. He’ll now have to make ONE’s flyweight restrict of 135 kilos whereas hydrated to defend his world title.
For Oliveira, the chance represents the largest of his profession. A revered veteran black belt who has confronted and overwhelmed the overwhelming majority of high opponents on the sport’s lightest weight lessons, the Brazilian is an IBJJF world champion in each gi and no-gi, in addition to a Pans champion in each gi and no-gi. Oliveira not too long ago grew to become the primary man to win each IBJJF Worlds and Masters Worlds in the identical 12 months. Moreover, he boasts key victories over the likes of Thalison Soares, Osamah Almarwai, Paulo Miyao, and Edwin “Junny” Ocasio.
Oliveira is a guard participant, via and thru. He tends to do his finest work utilizing quite a lot of open guards, chaining collectively strategies from De La Riva, reverse De La Riva, and Okay-guard. And whereas he possesses above-average submission expertise, significantly together with his straight ankle lock, Oliveira usually prefers to comb and acquire high place fairly than hunt for submission from his guard.
Musumeci, in the meantime, has firmly established himself as one of many planet’s high pound-for-pound grapplers. Along with 5 IBJJF world titles (4 in gi, one in no-gi), he’s using a profitable streak that dates again to 2021. He’ll come into this bout following a dominant submission victory over Gabriel Sousa in June at ONE 167.
This gained’t be the primary time the pair have confronted one another. In 2021, on the IBJJF Worlds, Musumeci secured an ankle lock end over Oliveira.
The best way to watch: Mikey Musumeci vs. Bebeto Oliveira takes place on Friday, September 6, at ONE 168: Denver, and can air reside on Prime Video (free with Amazon Plus subscription) starting at 8:00 PM EST.
