Gordon Ryan signed with ACB Jiu Jitsu a while back. But while we’re all curious about his newly honed gi skills we’ll be delighted to see him show his best nogi game in the ACB 13 card. He has declared his goals to be a black belt world champion in the Gi.

ACB JJ 13 will be taking place May 5th in Long Beach, California.

Before that Gordon Ryan will make his grand return in Gi competition on April 7th & 8th, 2018  in Hyattsville, USA at the IBJJF Washington Spring Open.

Some people, usually newbies, question ADCC champion Gordon Ryan’s credentials in the Gi. Although he has spent more time training and competing in No Gi grappling, his Gi game is still SOLID.

Ryan is undoubtedly a skilled grappler as evidenced by his ADCC medals. However there are significant guard differences between nogi and gi so it will be interesting to see how Gordon does in his future gi duels.

The ACB card is set to feature:

Marcus Almeida vs Joao Rocha title fight 95+kg
Leandro Lo vs Gabriel Arges title fight 85kg
Mikey Musumeci vs winner of Joao Miyao / Samir Chantre title fight 60kg
NO-GI superfight Vinny Magalhães vs Gordon Ryan 95+kg
AJ Sousa vs Romulo Barral 85kg
Yuri Simoes vs Keenan Cornelius 95kg
Ricardo Evangelista vs Luiz Panza 95+kg
Lucas Rocha vs Edwin Najmi 75kg
Igor Silva vs Jackson Sousa 95kg
Isaac Doederlein vs Augusto Mendes 65kg
Joao Pedro Somalia vs Ary Farias 60kg
Nicollas Welker vs Bruno Frazatto 65kg …and few more will be added soon🔥 All superfights with Gi except 1 match. Tickets will go on sale soon. Stay tuned guys.

ACB JJ 13 May 5th Long Beach, California. Marcus Almeida vs Joao Rocha title fight 95+kg Leandro Lo vs Gabriel Arges title fight 85kg Mikey Musumeci vs winner of Joao Miyao / Samir Chantre title fight 60kg NO-GI superfight Vinny Magalhães vs Gordon Ryan 95+kg AJ Sousa vs Romulo Barral 85kg Yuri Simoes vs Keenan Cornelius 95kg Ricardo Evangelista vs Luiz Panza 95+kg Lucas Rocha vs Edwin Najmi 75kg Igor Silva vs Jackson Sousa 95kg Isaac Doederlein vs Augusto Mendes 65kg Joao Pedro Somalia vs Ary Farias 60kg Nicollas Welker vs Bruno Frazatto 65kg …and few more will be added soon🔥 All superfights with Gi except 1 match. Tickets will go on sale soon. Stay tuned guys. #acbjj #berkut #usa

A post shared by Absolute Championship Berkut (@acb_jj) on Mar 24, 2018 at 11:22am PDT

As usual Ryan has been working on muscle mass

Between MRSA and a stomach virus causing 2 weeks of inactivity and lack of eating combine with tons of pajama training I’ve lost a little weight. Sitting between 215 and 220. Injury and sickness free the gain train is back to full speed. Gotta get ready for the big boys @acb_jj . Also the blonde chick @ufcgymnorthbrunswick who didn’t finish her set until we finished with photos, you flatter me. Slide into the dms if you see this. Photo by the lovely @natsantorofitness

A post shared by Gordon “King” Ryan (@gordonlovesjiujitsu) on Mar 2, 2018 at 6:26pm PST

While Vinny Magalhaes has been most noticably been involved in that vulgar exchange with Joey Diaz regarding Mackenzie Dern.

ACB JJ 13: Vinny Magalhaes vs Gordon Ryan. May 5th, 2018. LEG LOCKS DON’T WORK CHANGE MY MIND. 📸 @blanca_marisa_garcia #acbjj @acb_jj @zaurbek_khasiev #jiujitsu #bjj #grappling #leglocksdontwork #leglocky #leglocks #jiujitsudoesntwork #adcc @adccsubmission

A post shared by Vinny Magalhaes (@vinnymma) on Mar 26, 2018 at 3:06pm PDT

One interesting tidbit about Magalhaes is that he is famed for his hyperflexibility and as such should be hard to finish via heel hook.