FloSports April 14 Preview: Cage Titans 38, Epic BJJ Clash, More
FloSports April 14 Preview: Cage Titans 38, Epic BJJ Clash, More
FloCombat, FloGrappling, and FloWrestling combined for a stacked Saturday featuring Cage Titans 38, Kasai Pro 2, and more.
Your Saturday plans are set with a ridiculous schedule across FloCombat, FloGrappling, and FloWrestling.
On FloCombat, we roll out some of New England's finest up-and-coming fighters at Cage Titans 38, while FloGrappling unveils a stacked KASAI Pro 2 fight card featuring 16-year-old John Danaher-trained BJJ prodigy Nicky Ryan vs. top 10th Planet black belt Geo Martinez and much, much more.
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As if that wasn't enough—and let's be honest, it is—FloWrestling crashes the party with a doubleheader featuring the Cliff Keen Dream Team Classic and the Heartland National Duals.
Here's why you need to tune in.
Cage Titans 38 (6 PM EDT)
At the last Cage Titans event on FloCombat, Cage Titans 37, bantamweight super prospect Manny Bermudez tapped out Seth Basler in approximately three seconds then punched his ticket to the UFC.
Less than a month later, Bermudez had his first UFC victory, a submission win over Albert Morales at UFC on Fox 28.
Another top Cage Titans prospect, Joe Giannetti, will be featured on the upcoming season of "The Ultimate Fighter," TUF 27, where he will face off against the best undefeated fighters across the nation for his shot at the UFC roster.
Needless to say, Cage Titans is doing something right up in New England. The promotion routinely cranks out some of the most exciting, high-level regional fights in the U.S., and it brings the heat each and every time to FloCombat.
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Saturday's show, which begins at 6 PM ET, will be no different, as knockout machine Peter Barrett, undefeated flyweight title challenger Mitch Raposo, men's strawweight fireplug Dan Cormier, and much more come live to your favorite device.
Snag a beer, kick back, and enjoy the beautiful madness.
Watch Cage Titans 38 LIVE on FloCombat
KASAI Pro 2 (7 PM EDT)
You don't even need to be a hardcore grappling fan to get into this card, folks.
It. Is. Insane.
The main event will sell you on its own. Nicky Ryan, a 16-year-old purple belt and brother to ADCC/four-time EBI champ Gordon Ryan, faces arguably the best BJJ black belt on the planet, Geo Martinez.
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Hold up, you say. Ryan is just 16? And he's a purple belt?
...so why is he fighting Martinez, one of the best black belts on earth?
Because Nicky Ryan is not normal, my friends.
The Danaher Death Squad product is a machine through and through, and he's impressed beyond belief during his young grappling career. Truthfully, nobody knows exactly how good he is—or how good he will be—and it's very, very possible he upsets Martinez at KASAI Pro 2. Forget the age, forget the rank—Ryan is a threat in this one.
And while Ryan's hype is at an all-time high, they don't call Martinez "Freakazoid" for nothing.
One of Eddie Bravo's top pupils at 10th Planet, Martinez is the EBI bantamweight champion and, like Ryan, his brother Richie is a distinguished grappler in his own right. Martinez earned his black belt in just three years, highlighting his own prodigious mind on the mats.
That main event is flat-out bonkers, but KASAI stacked the deck with AJ Agazarm, Craig Jones, Eddie Cummings vs. KASAI world lightweight champ Renato Canuto, and so much more, making this an early contender for the grappling card of the year.
Get your BJJ on, friends. This is one hell of a place to start.