{"id":800608,"date":"2026-07-14T22:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/800608\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T22:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:36:09","slug":"bryce-mitchell-faces-mikey-musumeci-at-ufc-bjj-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/800608\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Mitchell Faces Mikey Musumeci At UFC BJJ 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight-turned Bantamweight contender Bryce Mitchell is putting down the gloves for the time being and stepping into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/3\/12\/24383868\/ufc-to-invest-10-12-million-in-bjj-ufc-fpi-contracts-award-finish-bonuses\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC BJJ<\/a> bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cThug Nasty\u201d will collide with UFC BJJ Bantamweight champion Mikey Musumeci at UFC BJJ 11, which goes down Thurs., Sept. 24, 2026, inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The grappling match will take place at Featherweight, meaning Musumeci\u2019s Bantamweight title will not be on the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In the co-main event, UFC BJJ Light Heavyweight champion Mason Fowler will defend his title against Nick Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Mitchell is one of the most unique grapplers on the UFC roster and has never been shy about testing himself on the mats. \u201cThug Nasty\u201d competed in grappling last year at Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) 25, where he defeated JJ Bowers via ride time in his opening match before losing to Landon Elmore by heel hook (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bjj-news\/389139\/teenager-effortlessly-submits-ufcs-bryce-mitchell-wins-ebi-title\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch it<\/a>). He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/426521\/rematch-jean-silva-vs-bryce-mitchell-booked-for-grappling-match-on-march-11\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">competed against former UFC opponent Jean Silva earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As for his UFC career, Mitchell is currently riding a two-fight win streak since dropping down to Bantamweight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Musumeci, meanwhile, has been flawless inside the UFC BJJ bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Instead, he gets Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It may not be for the belt, but it is easily one of the most interesting cross-over matches UFC BJJ has put together so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">And if Mitchell really hates leg locks that much, well, good luck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For the latest Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) and grappling-related news, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bjj-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight-turned Bantamweight contender Bryce Mitchell is putting down the gloves for the time being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,74670,786,40762,785,85,1396,355513],"class_list":["post-800608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bjj-news","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-mma-social-media-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}