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UFC BJJ: Road to the Title will feature two teams comprised of the top lightweight (155 lbs) and welterweight (170 lbs) BJJ athletes in the world, and will be coached by top bantamweight (135 lbs) talents Mikey Musumeci and Rerisson Gabriel. The main event of UFC BJJ 1 will feature UFC BJJ: Road to the Title coaches Mikey Musumeci and Rerisson Gabriel competing for the inaugural UFC BJJ bantamweight championship.
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Video Transcript
brazilian jiujitsu a 100-year-old
martial art that is one of the most
dominant fighting disciplines on the
planet stretching the arm decades after
its inception
DJJ rose to prominence at the first ever
Ultimate Fighting Championship
here's the catch skilled black belt
hoist Gracie dominated his larger
opponents
it's over shoot fighters boxers karate
champions kickboxers kung fu masters
worldclass wrestlers all were no match
for the BJJ legend who took home the
title at UFC 1 that is the power of
jiu-jitsu international ufc 2 is the
greatest champion on the planet and UFC
4 beautiful technique by
it
from there Brazilian jiu-jitsu became
one of the most popular martial arts in
the world and now the UFC is taking BJJ
to a whole new level
welcome to the world of the wild 16 of
the best grapplers in the world have
come to Las Vegas this is crazy this is
one of the coolest opportunities of my
life eight welterweights and eight
lightweights will face off in a
tournament unlike any other the fact
that I'm here right now is just unreal a
test of skill and toughness the four
that survive will face off at UFC BJJ1
for a chance to become the first ever
champions in their weight class i'm here
to become a star man and launch a new
era in combat sports this is UFC BJJ
Road to the title
[Music]
that is pretty cool that's sick dude
that is crazy
it's rounded
bro this is sick this is going to be
dope i think the octagon is is a really
cool way to introduce MMA fans into
jiu-jitsu because at least having an
outside barrier is sim similar to MMA
it's like a octagon dang that's sick
this is sick oh this is tight
i love the octagon i feel like no one
can just run away anymore push me on the
wall G
immediately I was like "Wow this is a
whole new vibe that I've never
experienced." And I just can already see
how I could use it to my advantage
what's up gang
come on we're all going to go over here
and get rolling
welcome guys this is the first season of
UFC BJJ Road to the Title obviously you
guys are a part of something special if
you look at what this format has done
for the UFC and for the sport of MMA
this is what it's going to do for
Brazilian jiu-jitsu too
the reason that me and the Fertittas
bought the UFC was because of Brazilian
jiu-jitsu we started taking it became
addicted to it and one of the things
that I always say about people who have
a black belt in jiu-jitsu
you're a special type of person what we
try to do here is set you up for success
so anything you need we're here for you
and that begins with the coaches
obviously two of the best in the world
mikey holds five IBJJF black belt world
titles mikey Masamichi makes history and
he's the first grappler we signed to UFC
BJJ bringing BJJ to the world is so
important to me because I know that if
other people start doing BJJ if other
people get connected with BJJ it will
make them better people in their lives
harrison beat top contenders and
multiple time world champions look at
this harrison the
Harrison Gabriel gets the victory on his
way to becoming the IB JJF Panama
Jiu-Jitsu Champion i'm very happy to be
part of this this is amazing they are
going to fight in the finale for the
bantamweight title we have two weight
classes the lightweights and the
welterweights the winner of each class
will be the UFC BJJ champion in their
division coaches are going to run you
guys through some evaluations right now
and then we're going to pick teams
[Music]
this is pretty exciting and we scouted
the whole world to make sure we brought
in the best guys in the world to crown
the champions what's up guys i'm the
only American to ever win black belt
worlds more than one time mikey
Mosamichi with four gold medals i have
the fastest submission ever in world's
finals at 12 seconds can you believe it
12 seconds i have the most titles out of
any American to ever do jiu-jitsu what I
like to do for evaluation is just I want
to like flow roll with you guys i think
that's the best way we could evaluate if
we're a good match to be on the same
team
give them different loops chris
that was so much fun goals is obviously
number one i want to win it i just
really want to make a name for myself
you know i want to break out so I just
want to show that I can hang with the
best in the world and represent for the
homies back in Jersey you know here to
just ruffle some feathers and and
highlight row anybody they put in front
of me nice i was really impressed with
everyone in jiu-jitsu like no one like
was like not with good jiu-jitsu so it
was like really cool uh and it's just so
exciting you know uh I'm so excited for
team picks i feel like if my team has a
good morale and energy like we could
outperform anyone
[Music]
gabriel is your life featherweight
champion
let's stretch a little bit
take your PL guys i look the everything
the flexible the the energy and the
train this is very important because
you need to put energy on the everything
to win have a good techn
good in the fight you need energy you
need to move you need protect yourself
you need attack you need everything time
guys
all right guys the coaches have
evaluated you and now it's time to pick
teams i'm going to flip the coin
mikey's blue harrison's green whoever
wins the coin toss gets the first pick
now you guys are already ranked so
whichever coach picks you by your
ranking I will call out the other seed
and you will automatically go to the
other team all right here goes the coin
toss
[Music]
harrison has the first pick
johnny come here come to my chimney
johnny is a number five ranked
lightweight carlos you're ranked number
four you're over here brother mikey make
your first pick isaac
isaac is ranked number eight keith
you're number one you're over here isaac
Derelin he's a world champion in the
ghee in jiu-jitsu he hasn't competed in
no since he's like 13 14 years old but
nobody is going to expect the level that
he has josh
you're ranked number two gavan you're
the number seven ranked you're over here
danilla danilla you're the number three
ranked so Mauricio you're over here
brother you're ranked number six
all right now we're getting into the
welterweights harrison who's your first
pick andrew came here miss
andrew you are the number one ranked
welterweight being the number one seed
where everyone's expecting you to win
it's definitely a heavy yolk to carry
but makes me realize that everyone else
is probably going to be a little bit
more scared of me and so that's what
motivates me i know they know I'm the
number one seed so they are going to
feel a little bit more nerves and so I
try to keep a positive outlook on it
aaron you're ranked number eight
mikey who's your first pick in
welterweight davis
all right Davis you are the number three
ranked welterweight austin you're ranked
number six angie come here
andy you're the number two ranked
welterweight
nathan you're ranked number seven
jason
jason you're the number five ranked
welterweight
elijah you're the number four come on
over here all right guys the teams are
set
congratulations on being a part of
season 1 this is your opportunity to
become a world champion one thing that
we know about this tournament style
since Ultimate Fighter first season the
best always rise to the top gentlemen
welcome to the UFC
good luck
now you have to push the pace the whole
time the fights are not going out of
bounds and the the 10 point must system
i really think it's what's going to
change the game the fighter is going for
submissions the whole time this is going
to be exciting because submissions are
exciting
[Music]
oh shoot we got brackets oh man yeah we
do have brackets
wow
that's pretty dope i think it's super
cool that I'm getting to know everyone
outside of the mats my coach my
teammates love you Kavon i love you
teammates
this is nice thank you
everyone is so cool you've been so
respectful so so fun spend all these
times with them you can put this like
You can put this over here
[Music]
that would be amazing bro I'm learning a
lot about Harrison already and I'm
learning that he's just a really chill
guy likes to have fun and really really
really positive you like the hoodies i
like the rules i like the fact that it's
rounds like the rounds are just so
awesome what do you What do you like
about it the break the fact that you
just ride across from the person the
mindset battle like freaking you just
got jump around i got to go back out
there i love the rule set on how UFC is
um designing the rules around the
octagon the three fiveminute rounds i
love them a lot because it keeps the
rounds interesting it keeps them uh from
really like boring down you know what
I'm looking forward to most about these
rounds though no one can be caging
anymore you just have to go you have to
throw it all at the wall because it's
going to be scored per round so the last
two rounds are gonna be who has the most
heart who can just throw it who can just
cartwheel and back flip and jump at a
knee cut like I think I might be a
little too tired to be back flipping
each other who who can go crazy get that
double leg who can land on top to win
the control to win the round can't roll
up a wall so you can't run away
everybody has to go forward at one point
or another 25m minute round five five
minute rounds between like two exciting
grapplers is is probably the most you
could ask for like that is sick dude
that sounds amazing let's do it
here
back or here
i'm Aaron Wilson i'm 35 years old and
I'm from Gilbert Arizona you were going
to arrest him then he just has a really
good double leg obviously but you ended
up him double leging you just be careful
of body locks things like that cuz he
locked their hands
at my house it's me my son Warren he is
six and my fiance Amanda I knew very
early on that Amanda was the person I
wanted to be with the rock she keeps
everything together and my son has
autism he's great and I love him more
than anything in the world but it
impacts our family on a day-to-day basis
He only eats fruit and chips so Amanda
is able to understand him when I can't
come on let's go to school he loves his
mom and and I love her too and she's
holding down the fort while I'm out here
chasing the silly little dream I have i
see how you defend leg box so I'm going
against Andrew Tacket who is uh one of
if not the best guy in the world in my
weight class you're terrible right
nice soon as I saw Mikey as a coach I
wanted to be on his team incredibly
knowledgeable and just has an insane
mind for jiu-jitsu so being able to have
him show me techniques has been really
cool we've been working hard to have a
good strategy for Andrew Tacket
obviously Andrew Tack is the number one
seed if the wrestling starts going bad
putting Andrew in close guard
controlling him working triangles just
slowing down the match to make it the
pace that is in our favor i just want
you to have like that mindset that we
need points like to score like activity
so if you get headlocks and keep
attacking via teams and things on the
judges scorecard we are scoring
submissions so just be careful of
getting in like a wrestling war with him
try to get some submission score i think
headlock is good though cuz he shoots a
lot of double legs um I can see him
surprising Andrew and pulling off an
upset guys remember the scoring they
count submissions more than anything so
I want to constantly see you guys
looking for submissions i believe Aaron
could pull it off he has this fire in
him i've seen since the evaluation
that's why I really wanted him on my
team he had this hunger and fire in him
when he was talking to me that he wanted
to prove to himself and everyone that he
could do this yeah do the roll boot
and then you can get the leg back into
double outside yes in the butter yes
andrew is a good talent i like his vibe
strong guy he have good scramble and
good jiu-jitsu good foot locks good
ankle locks i'm Andrew Tacket i'm 22
years old and I'm a black belt fighting
out of Austin Texas i'm technical in
every position i can play guard i can
play passing i can do takedowns i can
defend against submissions i can escape
really tight submissions i can get out
of bad spots so I'm kind of a good
allaround right now
it's It's a showman i was actually born
in California and I moved to Texas when
I was like 4 years old and I got started
in Brazilian jiu-jitsu when I was pretty
young like 5 six i was homeschooled so
my family was literally my best friends
and since I trained like twice a day
nice i didn't have much hobbies i just
woke up did homeschool work went and
trained at noon came back did homechool
work went and trained at night jiu-jitsu
is just really a part of our family from
the beginning what's up mama
fight Factory is in Austin Texas and
I've been with them for about 6 years
and here's the mat space is where we do
most of our training fight Factory is
all about no ego no drama just zitsu i
get to focus on training without all the
distractions
my family had the hopes moving to Texas
would make me have like that southern
like hospitality upbringing and um yeah
that failed definitely not like that
expect me to always be attacking i have
extreme ADHD even in the match if I'm
not moving for a second I get bored and
I keep moving so expect to be on the
edge of your seats because I will make
something happen from the minute the
bell sounds and to the minute the bell
stops good job guys
what's your son's name warren warren
dude that's We have one on the way we
have one on the way and we're going to
keep the W thing going kidd number two
will be cool because this one's planned
you know it's just it's just me Amanda
and my son and um you know him having
autism stuff is difficult just with the
way he is being away like not sure what
he's doing or how he's doing and then I
know it's a lot of added stress on her i
I miss my son a whole lot i miss Amanda
a lot too and um I feel a little bit
guilty for you this is so huge you know
like it might set you up moving forward
like Yeah bro this is It's going to be a
blessing down the road but that's got to
be hard man i think just fighting as
hard as I can in in the octagon will
will make it all worth it we're like
debating getting a dog oh it's another
level having kids man
good morning guys welcome to the UFC BJJ
weighins let's get started thank you
aaron Wilson
aaron has a very good MMA background i'd
say what he brings to the table is
toughness very hard to submit very hard
to do anything to a resilient push
forward nature but I think I'm a lot
more well-rounded than him the only part
he has an advantage in is experience age
and strength
170
Andrew Taget
i can wrestle for a long time without
getting tired so if he wants to do that
we can do that got super good passing so
I got to be careful playing guard with
him making sure I I lock him up and I
and I don't let him have the freedom to
just fly around my body i'm going to
have to cinch something up and slow him
down cuz he brings the pace and he does
it probably better than anybody else
170
if I can finish Andrew it would be my
biggest win that would be tremendous for
me it's not personal i just strictly
business you're a stepping stool i got
to support myself here
good morning buddy what's up how you
doing oh freaking let's kill it today
green team right
i bring a lot to a table for sure i
bring a pace that is unbreakable i bring
resilience that is unbreakable a mindset
that is unbreakable and just consistency
i'm always consistently attacking you
i'm always going after you and I'm
always looking to break you there's
nothing stopping me i've trained so hard
for these moments to come alive and I'm
not let anyone take any of that from me
we going to win boys you got this let's
go thank you for the Thank you for the
warm up
what's up
how you doing Mikey you good doing great
man how you doing good yeah yeah how you
doing good good i am a heavy underdog in
this match up and I'm fully aware of it
yes no one's going to give you it you
have to just take it if you want it it's
there for you to take if you want it you
take it i really don't have anything to
lose so I'm dangerous that way he kind
of has everything to lose so I would say
that's almost an advantage to me i've
been underdog since I was a kid i
actually feel better in that role
because there's not pressure i think a
lot of my best performances I've had is
when I've been counted out
i'm just grateful for the opportunity to
go out here and compete been doing this
a long time this isn't my first time
going against someone who's really
really good
we're both high energy we both push the
pace we're both going to be going at
each other like crazy i think it's going
to be fireworks and I'm super excited
for it
let's go your time all right buddy let's
go
i thrive in pressure i thrive in
stressful environments the more people
that are cheering me on the more cameras
that are on me the more I step up to the
challenge my goal is to win that belt to
be the best and no one stopping me let's
freaking go i'll see you guys at the top
i was called to do this i was called to
be a champion from a young age and I
know I can be it so I'm ready that's
cool
are you ready are you ready that's spike
go
hey he's double posting a lot
he's reaching with two hands bro yeah
down block
hey keep it at your pace
keep it at your pace
good up here up up up posture posture
free the head focus on hip height here
free the head calm free the head free
the head he's going to slide he's going
to slide andrew north south north south
andrew north south don't lose yeah hold
hold him don't lose over that top leg
yeah don't lose position don't lose
position
nice nice nice elbow into his hand take
it down nice go go yes
stay heavy
take the back nice good job choke choke
choke choke choke andrew choke
let's go boys let's go Green
winner by submission green
so round one starts and Andrew
immediately is putting a lot of pressure
on Aaron he's winning the wrestling
exchanges really physical strength
energy technique all at once just
forceful blitz forward
he's just all over the place he just has
this
power it's not looking good for us
good job buddy
i felt really good i was like "Wow." You
know got in got out quick saved my
energy and you know I was really happy
of how that performance went for sure
let's go boy
it's a tough day didn't really get a
chance to get started i wanted to do a
little more than what I did pretty
disappointed yeah something's going to
sting for a little while i'm going to
keep training i'm going to keep grinding
i'm not going to go out on a loss for
sure
great nothing's standing in my way i'm
coming for everyone and I'm just
buckling down and I'm submitting
everyone
with his quick submission team Gabriel's
number one seed Andrew Tacket becomes
the first welterweight to advance to the
semifinals
up next the topseated lightweight Keith
Creoran of team Gabriel takes on eight
seed Isaac Doderline of team Musamei
should we go closer oh my what this is
so close
nice nice nice
come on Isaac
then on this season of UFC BJJ Road to
the Title
Sacrifice show you I'm a dog they know
I'm an animal once I evolve yeah win it
all i'm win it all i'mma win it all win
it all win it all go let's go Mikey
let's go Mikey multisport athlete over
here
he's stepping on the line
i'll put it behind my head what number
is it it's a two see you guys are
amateurs
that kid's army is know I'm an animal
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