Photo by Bane Visnjic
Gordon Ryan may have grappled Keenan to exhaustion earlier this year (and a submission) but Keenan holds no grudge. He joined the notorious Danaher Death Squad in an effort to prepare to face their respective opponents – Felipe Pena, Kim Terra and Kennedy Maciel.
Gordon Ryan On Preguica Superfight; Calls Out Buchecha & Rafa Mendes
Among the many pictures circling the social media is this one Keenan captioned:
Secret gym battles with @gordonlovesjiujitsu and @garrytonon no politics just jiujitsu.
Gordon Ryan is usually quite outspoken but rarely just plain grateful.
Great to see Keenan didn’t begrudge them the teasing he endured prior to the Gordon Ryan fight.
He was kind enough to lend a hand to the younger Ryan brother battling perhaps his biggest challenge yet -Cobrinha’s son Kennedy Maciel.
No video has yet made it online from their training session!
The event will go down at Studio 540 in Solana beach, California on December 17th and will be financed by Mr Mo Jassim, an Emiratee businessman who is a big grappling fan as well as an ADCC referee.
Gordon told BJJEE.com about his motivation behind this superfight:
This is a match I’ve wanted for a while. Pena is very tall and long like myself. He was one of my favorites to watch last adcc with his aggressive guard passing style. He’s one of the biggest names in modern submission grappling and it’s going to be an honor to compete against him. I’m just a young kid who wants to test himself against the greatest names to ever compete. Shout out to Mr Pena for accepting .
The fight will be streamed online by Flograppling!
