High BJJ competitor and present ONE world champion Mikey Musumeci introduced he’ll prepare below Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles.
After spending the previous few years appearing as his personal coach, Mikey Musumeci has introduced that he’ll now prepare below and symbolize legendary BJJ competitor turned coach Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles.
Musumeci posted in regards to the transfer on Instagram.
I wish to announce i’ll symbolize and be below professor @cobrinhacharles !!! Drove 5 hours straight into rolling 4 hours with him. All of us as people are gifted with what we like and are keen about from God, and God gave me the present and fervour of jiu jitsu. When we now have one thing in our coronary heart we now have to go along with it wherever it takes us. I used to be only a child with a ardour for jiu jitsu and look the place that took me!!! Residing in Asia and coaching in La with my idol!! I grew up finding out on-line and studying so a few years from cobrinha, by far essentially the most educated particular person I’ve had the chance to coach and be taught below!! But additionally essentially the most passionate!! We each love jiu jitsu!!! What I’ve feared essentially the most in my life isn’t reaching the potential I’ve with this present, operating away from what we’re keen about. My favourite factor about competing isn’t titles or medals, it’s studying, it’s bettering to have the very best jiu jitsu I can have. A whole lot of my profession in jiu jitsu I used to be all the time my very own coach having to determine every little thing out coaching, positions; and so on alone. I’ve been coaching 23 years and I by no means had somebody make investments their time and vitality the best way @cobrinhacharles has. We simply rolled 4 hours straight, always adjusting and fixing errors and including new issues into my recreation. I’ve improved already insane quantities from @cobrinhacharles serving to me. I’m once more so blessed all of the alternatives God and the universe have dropped at me. I need to present everybody together with myself my potential in jiu jitsu, and now I’ve the chance to try this!!! Let’s do it!!!! We will likely be be prepared for all challenges forward ! God bless everybody 😭😭❤️
Thought-about by many to be the greatest-ever American-born BJJ competitor, Musumeci is a five-time IBJJF world champion, a former Who’s Quantity One champion, and the present ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion. He has misplaced simply 5 occasions since receiving his black belt in 2015 and is at present driving a successful streak that dates again to 2021.
The 27-year-old has competed solely for ONE Championship since becoming a member of the group in 2022. He holds ONE victories over IBJJF Pans champion Cleber Sousa, IBJJF no-gi world champion Osamah Almarwai, present ONE strawweight MMA world champion Jarred Brooks, and former ONE light-weight MMA world champion Shinya Aoki.
These victories, coupled together with his spectacular physique of labor previous to becoming a member of ONE, has the New Jersey native persistently ranked among the many planet’s prime pound-for-pound grapplers.
Musumeci has educated below quite a lot of coaches and represented a number of groups over the course of his aggressive profession, together with Caio Terra, the Mendes brothers of Artwork of Jiu-Jitsu, and Heath Pedigo.
“Cobrinha” is without doubt one of the most revered names in jiu-jitsu, in addition to one of many sport’s most achieved rivals. He’s a five-time IBJJF gi world champion, a four-time IBJJF no-gi world champion, and a three-time ADCC world champion. He has not competed since 2017, selecting to focus his vitality on constructing his Los Angeles-based academy and rising affiliation.
