Dana White
On New Jiu-Jitsu Promotion
Open Invite For Zuck & Tom Hardy!
Revealed
TMZSports.com
Dana White‘s new BJJ group, UFC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, may have just a few well-known faces at their occasions — however we’re not speaking about celebs within the crowd — however as a substitute large stars really competing alongside a few of the finest gamers on the earth!
White and Claudia Gadelha — MMA star turned UFC exec — chopped it up with Babcock this week … because the pair touted the brand new promotion and the TUF-like companion present on YouTube, “UFC BJJ: Street to the Title.”
“[Mark] Zuckerberg has competed in tournaments. Mario Lopez competes in tournaments. Tom Hardy competes in tournaments. So, it is a spot anyone may come and compete right here in jujitsu,” Dana mentioned, name-dropping three of the high-profile celebs who follow jiu-jitsu.
In reality, Dana, a Meta board member, instructed us he usually talks about combating with Zuck … and he isn’t kidding when he says he may compete sooner or later.
“If Mark retains coaching and competing and no matter, he may actually come right here and combat in UFC BJJ, 100%. Tom Hardy, Mario Lopez, and plenty of, many different actors which are actually good jiu-jitsu guys that no person is aware of about. That might be completely superior!”
After all, Zuckerberg started coaching throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and has linked up with a few of the greatest UFC stars on the earth, hitting the mats with the likes of Alex Volkanovski, Israel Adesanya, and others.
Zuck even competed in a native competitors in mid-2023, fairing fairly properly in his matches.
Clearly, Dana’s new BJJ org. is a complete completely different ballgame … they have a few of the best possible on the earth competing, so nobody’s suggesting Mark, Tom and/or Mario’s going to walk into the sector when UFC BJJ 1 goes down on June 25!
Sooner or later? Who is aware of. DW makes it clear, if you happen to’ve bought the prerequisite talent, anybody can get down.
Celebs apart, there is a bunch extra with Dana and Claudia … who discuss constructing the brand new UFC BJJ group, and the place they see it going.
Try the clip — new Street to the Title eps launch Mondays on the UFC’s YT, and fights kick off Wednesday at UFC BJJ 1, the place Mikey Musumeci (additionally a Zuck coaching companion) and Rerisson Gabriel battle for the inaugural bantamweight belt!