Mikey Musumeci made historical past at ONE on Prime Video 2 on Friday night time by defeating rival Cleber Sousa to turn into the first-ever ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion. It was an entertaining affair that noticed Musumeci in management throughout the match. Whereas ‘Darth Rigatoni’ couldn’t get the end over the person he’s confronted twice earlier than, it was a extremely entertaining affair and a transparent victory for the New Jersey native.
As a ONE world champion, Musumeci virtually has his decide of potential challengers, and the five-time IBJJF world champion is aiming huge. Following his win over Sousa, Musumeci spoke with ONE Championship about his subsequent potential opponent. Just one man was on Musumeci’s thoughts:
“Proper now, my dream matchup can be with Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson. Simply due to the variety of eyes we might get on submission grappling with me and such a legend like him. For me now, I received each title I wished to in jiujitsu, actually, each title I wished. So now for me, it is about having an impression on others and bringing as many individuals to observe and do jiujitsu as I can.”
The final time followers noticed Demetrious Johnson contained in the circle was through the inaugural ONE on Prime Video principal occasion reverse former titleholder Adriano Moraes. Working again their principal occasion at ONE on TNT 1 from 2021, Johnson scored a spotlight reel flying knee knockout over ‘Mikinho’ to seize the ONE flyweight world title. This was his first piece of ONE Championship gold.
Will Demetrious Johnson problem Mikey Musumeci for the ONE flyweight submission grappling world title?
The thought of a brilliant combat between the perfect flyweight grappler on the earth and the perfect flyweight blended martial artist on the earth appears like a simple ticket to promote. Mikey Musumeci vs. Demetrious Johnson can be each MMA fan’s dream, however earlier than the 2 can step into the circle, some particulars have to be ironed out.
Before everything, does the match embody Mikey Musumeci’s world title? Positive, followers will likely be simply as entertained with an exhibition bout, however a world title match makes issues much more fascinating. If the 2 meet in a straight submission grappling contest, it will be arduous to not justify making it for the flyweight submission grappling championship.
One other risk is that the 2 meet in a mixed-rules bout. Johnson competed within the first-ever combat of its sort in opposition to Muay Thai icon Rodtang Jitmuangnon at ONE X in March. The second-ever blended guidelines bout is scheduled to go down at ONE on Prime Video 6 this January between Stamp Fairtex and Anissa Meksen.
Although ‘Darth Rigatoni’ has shied away from something that entails hanging, a mixed-rules match-up with one of many pound-for-pound greatest MMA fighters on the earth could also be too huge to move up for Mikey Musumeci.
