Tammi Musumeci will be part of her brother Mikey in ONE Championship on March 24. The multiple-time IBJJF World Champion will tackle Bianca Basilio on the lead card of ONE Fight Night 8. The strawweight submission grappling contest will assist to kickstart the night in an thrilling vogue.
Musumeci has stated she is simply trying to hit “cool stuff” on the canvas in her debut. However what ought to followers know concerning the American earlier than she debuts on Friday? Listed here are three information to know the grappling ace a bit higher forward of ONE Combat Night time 8.
She Nonetheless Trains With Mikey
Mikey Musumeci has ascended to the highest of the grappling world and now holds the ONE Flyweight Submission World Championship. However that doesn’t imply her brother has left her facet. Though they do extra coaching, the siblings nonetheless discover time to drill collectively.
“We began on the identical time. We’ve at all times been companions, all the best way again, even. We’re nonetheless coaching companions. So we prepare at totally different gyms, however we additionally prepare with one another. So we do coaching on the facet by ourselves, which I felt helped me a ton. As a result of he’d labored with me even when he was like a blue belt or child, he’d at all times present me what he was engaged on. So we’ve at all times labored collectively. And I really feel like that made us each fairly profitable over time as a result of we have been constant lead coaching companions,” stated Musumeci.
Their intensive coaching collectively must be evident on struggle night time as Musumeci believes she shares the same model to that of her brother. That must be an thrilling proposition for the group. Towards her Brazilian opponent, that model will likely be compelled to be near-perfect.
“I really feel I’m like Mikey. I prefer to joke round and say I’m a knock-off model of him. He will get mad once I say that. I’m like Mikey, I really feel. I’m attempting to be like Mikey. I really feel like I even have some stress on prime, which is a bit totally different. I do some little issues in a different way than him. I believe as a result of we’re totally different physique sorts. However I really feel like lots of the time it’s extra like nearer to his model,” stated Musumeci.
She Used To Compete Towards Boys
Rolling with Mikey has not been the one time she has grappled with boys. Rising up, Musumeci would typically discover herself competing in opposition to them. It was a product of a time when not as many women have been taking part within the sport.
Being commonplace on the east coast, Musumeci didn’t assume it was out of the norm. Nevertheless, she later discovered that not everybody shared the identical expertise. But it surely by no means deterred the gifted grappler, who typically discovered success regardless of who she shared the canvas with.
“I actually didn’t assume something of it at the moment. I imply, I’d already began coaching jiu-jitsu earlier than I even competed in opposition to them. Even once I was 15, it began to be a bit totally different, however I felt like I used to be nonetheless in a position to compete with them, which was fairly cool. And I felt like that was one thing that lots of them prepare right this moment and even, I don’t understand how. I even spoke to McKenzie Dern about this some time in the past; she stated she’s by no means confronted guys in competitors as a result of, I suppose, the place she lived, it was a unique space. The place I grew up, no ladies have been competing. I imply, it was just about simply competing in opposition to guys. However I didn’t actually assume something of it on the time. I preferred it, too, as a result of I felt it was fairly cool. I even wrestled in highschool a bit bit in opposition to guys. I simply didn’t assume something of it,” stated Musumeci.
Musumeci Is A Training Lawyer
Musumeci is on the prime of her recreation in a couple of area. She has claimed gold within the grappling world and achieved her regulation diploma. She has not put that on the backburner as she is a practising lawyer.
The American sees similarities between the 2 however enjoys the variations. For her, it’s all about discovering stability. Jiu-jitsu has allowed her an escape from the psychological taxation regulation can carry.
“I imply, it’s related. They’re very related as a result of there’s so many various areas in regulation. And, like, it’s by no means one scenario. It’s by no means one measurement matches all, which is form of how jiu-jitsu is. So I imply, it is vitally related the way you’re at all times rising, at all times studying new issues. So I do get pleasure from that facet of it. However I get pleasure from that they’re two separate issues as a result of it provides me a break from each. It’s a unique factor. It’s extra of a psychological exhaustion as an alternative of bodily, which jiu-jitsu is. However then additionally it makes your thoughts maintain working, which I believe helps you in jiu-jitsu as a result of your thoughts is frequently working,” stated Musumeci.
ONE Combat Night time 8 emanates from the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday, March 24. The motion begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Prime Video. The occasion is free for all Amazon Prime members based mostly within the U.S. and Canada.
