Looks like the ‘King’ Gordon Ryan will be very busy this year. A few days after he announced his grappling superfight with the infamous Rousimar Palhares in October at world Jiu-Jitsu festival, Ryan announced that he would be facing an even bigger challenge is December: 2015 ADCC champion Rodolfo Vieira at 3rd coast grappling.
This should be a great grappling superfight. Vieira is a current UFC fighter (won by submission in his debut) and since 2015, he has competed just once in grappling, having won the $30,000 CBD black belt open last year, defeating Mahamed Aly (2018 world bjj champion).
Ryan stated:
Honored to compete against one of the best ever and someone who is flying our flag at the highest level in mma. @rodolfovieira89 lets make it one for the books. @thirdcoastgrappling
