Reigning ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci thinks it’s insane that Gordan Ryan is just a yr older than him.
Since making his ONE Championship debut in Might 2022, the five-time IBJJF gold medalist has taken the BJJ world by storm with wins over the likes of Masakazu Imanari, Osamah Almarwai, Jarred Brooks, Shinya Aoki, and Gabriel Sousa.
Alongside the way in which, Musumeci has frequently spoken out in opposition to the rampant steroid use that continues to plague the game he loves a lot.
Throughout an look on MIGHTYcast with former P4P nice Demetrious Johnson, Musumeci sounded off on grapplers who proceed to destroy their our bodies with substances which can be banned from being utilized in virtually each different sport.
Particularly, ‘Darth Rigatoni’ went in on seven-time ADCC champion Gordon Ryan who has been greater than open about his steroid abuse in recent times.
“Gordon Ryan is one yr older than me. He seems to be like he’s 40,” Musumeci mentioned. “Are we one yr aside? How is that doable? All the blokes who’re on steroids, their our bodies age like 20 years. Long run, I can compete for one more 20 years if I needed to and you possibly can compete for one more so a few years.
“We get to benefit from the sport a lot longer as a result of we don’t abuse our our bodies. And we beat all these guys who take [steroids] anyway so it doesn’t matter. We simply must work more durable and be extra technical.”
Musumeci additionally claimed that steroid use is so frequent in BJJ that a number of the largest gyms on this planet are encouraging their teenage college students to get on the juice.
“Now the issue in jiu-jitsu is you may have children taking it,” Musumeci added. “12 and 13 yr olds… I don’t know if in MMA it’s this unhealthy, however in jiu-jitsu, it’s in child packages, the most important groups on this planet have children taking steroids and other people know, however they ignore it. They only flip their again to it. That’s one thing that now we have to vary in jiu-jitsu as we develop into a much bigger sport.”
Mikey Musumeci nonetheless anticipated to compete at oNE 168: Denver Regardless of Kade Ruotolo’s Withdrawal
Musuemci was scheduled to return to the ONE Championship Circle this Friday when the promotion heads again to Denver for a loaded ONE 168, however his scheduled opponent, present ONE light-weight submission grappling world champion Kade Ruotolo, was pressured to bow out of the bout after struggling accidents whereas competing in the Under 80kg tournament at the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational final month.
It was one other huge blow for the occasion which had already misplaced ONE atomweight MMA world champion Stamp Fairtex earlier this yr. Initially, Stamp was scheduled to face strawweight queen Xiong Jing Nan on the occasion in a bid to develop into a two-division titleholder.
Although no official bulletins have been made, journalist Nicolas Atkin recently reported that Musumeci remains to be headed to ‘The Mile Excessive Metropolis’ as a substitute opponent has been discovered.
