Leading podcaster and MMA personality Joe Rogan has once again heaped praise on ONE Championship and its influence on martial arts.
In a recent episode of the wildly popular “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast with 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu founder Eddie Bravo, the pair gushed about the new global platform that grappling athletes such as Mikey Musumeci now enjoy at the organization’s monthly ONE Fight Night events.
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The veteran MMA commentator singled out Musumeci before expressing his appreciation for ONE Championship and its promotion of various disciplines despite his ties to the UFC.
“It’s [ONE] changing the landscape of MMA. It is literally larger than the UFC worldwide because of Asia. The numbers are insane,” Rogan said.
“What I love about Chatri and what he’s doing with ONE is that they’re embracing all the aspects of martial arts. They have Muay Thai with little gloves, they have jiu-jitsu, they have real f****** elite level MMA. It’s f****** great.”
Rogan’s comments are pretty significant considering his ties with the UFC. The MMA enthusiast has been doing commentary for UFC in excess of 20 years. He has called some of the biggest fights in the promotion and makes a healthy amount of money doing so. Hence, for his to call ONE Championship the bigger global promotion, is a big endorsement.
ONE Championship star Mikey Musumeci is leading the way for submission grappling
Mikey Musumeci has been a leading light for submission grappling athletes since the sport’s introduction to a global audience through ONE Championship.
“Darth Rigatoni” is unbeaten in his six-fight run with ONE and claimed the inaugural flyweight submission grappling strap with a dominant victory over old foe Cleber Sousa in October 2022.
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Most recently, the 27-year-old defeated Japanese MMA legend Shinya Aoki in an openweight submission grappling contest using “Tobikan Judan’s” signature heel hook against himself to clinch the victory.
Grappling will once again take center stage this weekend as Tye Ruotolo and Magomed Abdulkadirov lock horns in the ONE Fight Night 16 co-main event, with the inaugural ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Title on the line.