A number of-time IBJJF world champion and present ONE world champion Mikey Musumeci will compete at CJI.
The inaugural Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) simply added one other one of many grappling world’s greatest stars, as American standout Mikey Musumeci introduced plans to compete in a superfight on the occasion. No opponent has been introduced but.
A five-time IBJJF world champion (4 within the gi, one in no-gi) and the reigning ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion, Musumeci is widely known as one of many best-ever American-born BJJ opponents.
The 27-year-old submission hunter boasts an unimaginable successful streak that dates again to 2021. That stretch features a title-winning submission win at Who’s Quantity One, his fourth IBJJF gi world title, and an undefeated seven-match stretch in ONE Championship. In his most up-to-date outing, Musumeci made fast work of Gabriel Sousa, the final man to defeat him.
Whereas that match passed off one division up from Musumeci’s typical competitors weight, he’s slated to maneuver up three divisions this September when he challenges Kade Ruotolo for his ONE light-weight submission grappling world title. Ruotolo, alongside along with his twin brother Tye Ruotolo, is slated to compete on the inaugural CJI within the -80kg division.
An skilled guard participant, the New Jersey native is revered for his ultra-aggressive, submission-hunting fashion that appears to work equally properly in each gi and no-gi competitors. Musumeci possesses one of many world’s finest berimbolos – an elite back-taking ability set that he pairs properly along with his harmful and ever-evolving leg lock recreation.
Set to happen on the identical weekend and in the identical metropolis because the 2024 ADCC World Championships, the inaugural CJI has garnered loads of consideration in latest weeks as various grappling’s prime stars, together with Ffion Davies, Victor Hugo, Mason Fowler, in addition to the Ruotolos and Musumeci, have agreed to compete on the charity occasion.
The best way to watch: The inaugural CJI takes place on August 16-17 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and can air reside and free on YouTube.
