A submission grappling bout for the ages between two-time ADCC World Champion Giancarlo Bodoni and BJJ legend Rafael Lovato Jr. is about to go down when ONE Championship returns to america this summer season at ONE 173: Denver.
On Friday, August 1, the 2 elite grapplers will face off in a monumental middleweight submission grappling contest inside Denver, Colorado’s Ball Enviornment.
Bodoni has already cemented himself as a phenom within the submission grappling world. The American star did that by capturing his first ADCC World Title in 2022 earlier than repeating that success final yr.
The New Wave Jiu-Jitsu product has constructed a repute for his unrelenting method to grappling. He always seeks the submission from each place, making him a lethal risk to any opponent.
Nevertheless, at 41 years outdated, Lovato arrives in ONE Championship with an unrivalled wealth of information. The Oklahoma star has dominated the ranks way back to 2007. That yr he grew to become the third American to be topped IBJJF World Champion as a black belt within the gi.
He later transitioned to the world of MMA, the place he grew to become Bellator Middleweight World Champion. Now, he enters ONE Championship with a press release to make. Having simply gained gold finally yr’s IBJJF’s No-Gi European and Pan-American competitions, he’ll be assured to make his mark at ONE 173.
