UFC BJJ 12 features Cassia Moura chasing a second belt and Gilbert Burns back in jiu-jitsu
The event is this Thursday, October 8, in Las Vegas, with two title matches. Burns, who has left MMA, faces Gabriel Almeida.
UFC BJJ 12 takes place this Thursday, October 8, at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, United States. The card starts at 21:00 Brasília time (20:00 on the US East Coast), streaming on UFC Fight Pass.
Moura could make history
In the main event, Brazil's Cassia Moura faces Adele Fornarino for the organization's first women's flyweight belt. Moura is already the UFC BJJ bantamweight champion and, if she wins, will be the first athlete to hold two of the event's belts at the same time.
Both reached the final through the division's tournament. In the semifinals, in August, Moura submitted Bre Stikk with an armbar, and Fornarino beat Carol Brunacio with a footlock.
In the co-main event, Renato Canuto and Ethan Crelinsten meet for the lightweight belt.
Burns away from MMA
Gilbert Durinho Burns faces Gabriel Almeida at middleweight. In an interview with the Combat Press website, the Brazilian said he is happy not to fight MMA anymore and explained that he left the sport after feeling a loss of explosiveness and suffering two concussions. He said he will compete aggressively and that a submission over Almeida could put him in contention for a belt.
In September, Burns also had a wrestling match against Khamzat Chimaev at the Real American Freestyle event.
The matches on the card
- Women's flyweight (title): Cassia Moura vs. Adele Fornarino
- Lightweight (title): Renato Canuto vs. Ethan Crelinsten
- Middleweight: Gilbert Burns vs. Gabriel Almeida
- Women's strawweight: Danielle Kelly vs. Thaynara Victoria
- Lightweight: Landon Elmore vs. Max Livingston
- Welterweight: Kade Anastasios vs. Ataide Rafael
- Featherweight: Kyle O'Hare vs. Raphael Ferreira
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