The jiu-jitsu champion challenged two UFC fighters after defending his title for the fourth consecutive time at UFC BJJ 10.<\/p>\n
Andrew Tackett<\/a> has two UFC<\/a> fighters in his sights after winning at UFC BJJ 10<\/a>. On Thursday, the American defeated Jonnatas Gracie with a brutal submission in the first round, defending his belt for the fourth time. Following his victory, the jiu-jitsu champion chose to call out MMA fighters rather than fellow jiu-jitsu competitors, challenging Sean Brady<\/a> and Paddy Pimblett<\/a> to step into the UFC BJJ ring.<\/p>\n Andrew Tackett Calls Out UFC Fighters<\/p>\n Rather than calling out fellow jiu-jitsu competitors, Tackett said he wants to face MMA fighters instead. Speaking in his post-fight interview at UFC BJJ 10, the American explained that he believes UFC athletes are more willing to accept the challenge before naming Brady as his first target.<\/p>\n “I think most of the jiu-jitsu people are scared,” Tackett said. “I don’t think they’ll step up to go against me, so I’m going to call out MMA fighters because I know they have balls.”<\/p>\n Andrew Tackett Also Calls Out Pimblett<\/p>\n After mentioning Brady, whom he considers the best grappler in the UFC, Tackett also had a challenge for Pimblett. The British fighter has built much of his MMA reputation around his submission game, which apparently made him an appealing opponent for the American.<\/p>\n “First MMA fighter I want to call out is Sean Brady,” Tackett said. “Now, another call out that I want is Paddy Pimblett. That man goes off with the submissions\u2026 So Paddy, if you think you can beat me, which I guarantee you can’t, come step into the UFC BJJ ring.”<\/p>\n Tackett’s callouts could open the door for an interesting crossover between elite jiu-jitsu and UFC talent. For now, however, it remains to be seen whether Brady or Pimblett will accept the challenge and step into the UFC BJJ ring.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The jiu-jitsu champion challenged two UFC fighters after defending his title for the fourth consecutive time at UFC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[432884,64,63,786,432883,28778,785,17498,64238,85,787,9995],"class_list":["post-863869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-andrew-tackett","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-jonnatas-gracie","tag-lightweight","tag-mma","tag-paddy-pimblett","tag-sean-brady","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-welterweight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863869","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=863869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}