Nicholas Meregali and Craig Jones met within the semifinals of ADCC 2022 and placed on one of the thrilling matches of the weekend, with Jones finally profitable the choice. The rating was removed from settled between the 2 although and Who’s Quantity One organized for the pair to satisfy for the second time on February twenty fifth, as the co-main event of the Gordon Ryan v Felipe Pena 4 event.
The Meregali vs Jones rematch has now been postponed indefinitely for undisclosed causes, and FloGrappling will put collectively a brand new supporting combat for the occasion. Kaynan Duarte has offered to step in to replace Jones at the event and have a fifth match in opposition to Meregali, because the pair presently stand at 2-2 in opposition to one another. Meregali declined the match and has confirmed that neither him or Jones will compete on February twenty fifth.
Danielle Kelly set to face Judo black belt Ayaka Miura
Danielle Kelly has been laborious at work within the ONE Championship cage ever since she turned one of many first few grapplers to enroll in the promotion’s new submission grappling division. She was additionally one of many first to compete again at ONE X, when she registered a draw against Japanese MMA veteran Mei Yamaguchi. By the point she had her second match, the promotion instituted judging to take away the chance for attracts.
She then faced Sambo world champion Mariia Molchanova at ONE on Prime Video 4, taking her again early within the match and submitting her with a rear-naked choke. Now Kelly will be having her third ONE Championship bout on February 11th, 2023 at ONE on Prime Video 7 in opposition to Ayaka Miura. Miura is one other MMA veteran however with a barely totally different background, as she is a 3rd diploma black belt in Judo coaching below Ryo Chonan at Tribe Tokyo MMA.
Rafael Lovato Jr turns again the clock in MMA return
Rafael Lovato Jr shocked the world again in 2020 when he relinquished the Bellator Middleweight title and introduced that his undefeated MMA career would be ending as a result of a rare brain condition. Though Lovato Jr has returned to skilled grappling competitors since then and has been open a couple of want to return to MMA, it has regarded unlikely that he would ever be medically cleared to combat.
Then got here the the annual end-of-year fight sports activities occasion in Japan, Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye x Ganryujima. After three years away from the sport, Lovato Jr made his return to MMA in opposition to Taiga Iwasaki and he regarded simply as sharp as he at all times has. It didn’t take Lovato Jr lengthy in any respect to get the combat the place he wished and he dominated Iwasaki on the ground to lock up a tight kimura, forcing the faucet after a bit of over two minutes of motion.
Full results for the event can be found here.
Gillian Robertson submits Rose Namajunas at Fury Professional Grappling 6
Fury Professional Grappling returned and put collectively one other occasion stacked with high-level MMA fighters competing below submission grappling guidelines. The principle occasion noticed two-time UFC strawweight world champion Rose Namajunas taking over Gillian Robertson, and it took Robertson simply 65 seconds to take the previous champion’s again and lock up a rear-naked choke to get the win.
Namajunas’ associate and coach Pat Barry additionally competed, shedding a choice to Jon Pellot. The co-main occasion noticed Chase Hooper submit Clay Guida with a calf slicer, whereas different UFC veterans like Ovince St. Preux and Eryk Anders misplaced choices to Andre Petroski and Joseph Pyfer respectively. Pat Sabatani registered the one different submission of the principle card, tapping Alex Caceres with a rear-naked choke.
Full results for the event can be found here.
