{"id":316539,"date":"2019-06-16T07:57:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T14:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=316539"},"modified":"2019-06-16T07:57:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T14:57:37","slug":"jorge-masvidal-anthony-pettis-battle-to-draw-in-charity-grappling-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-anthony-pettis-battle-to-draw-in-charity-grappling-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal, Anthony Pettis battle to draw in charity grappling showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday night, UFC welterweight contenders Jorge Masvidal and Anthony Pettis met in a charity grappling match. After ten minutes of entertaining action that saw both men have some success and lots of fun, the bout was scored a draw.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/HodkoV6\/status\/1140098070778195968<\/p>\n

Speaking on an upcoming episode of BJPenn.com Radio<\/a>, Jorge Masvidal explained why he partook in this grappling match so soon ahead of his UFC 239 fight with Ben Askren.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I like to grapple,\u201d Masvidal began. \u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to grapple for a while and I really haven\u2019t told too many people about it. And my manager\u2019s trying to ding me and he\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, this charity reached out to me. They\u2019re putting together an event, you know\u2019. First he told me what it\u2019s going to support, and that\u2019s to get kids from troubled areas, not such great areas, that can\u2019t afford the gym, they put them in the gym, they buy the membership. They just give them something to do. Man, I was instantly sold, you know. I was like, \u2018f**k yeah I got to be a part of that, bro.\u2019 If this is what\u2019s going on then count me in, you know.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, then my manager started looking at who I could possibly grapple and then Anthony Pettis came up and I was like, \u2018wow perfect.\u2019 I thought I would be grappling against a straight grappler or something. And it might not generate the same type of buzz with against Pettis which is a known, known fighter. And he\u2019s a star grappler, I mean, he\u2019s submitted some tough guys that are not easy to submit. So, it\u2019s going to be fun man. I\u2019m going to have a blast. It\u2019s pretty cool man. I can\u2019t not be apart of it. And I think when a lot of the other fighters find out about it I think it just be like a trend of a lot of guys just competing and give back. It\u2019s a way I can give back that is so amazing, you know. Because, man this is what I do on a regular day. I\u2019m going to grapple for 10 minutes. I do it every day times 10, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

This charity event also featured an appearance from UFC middleweight contender Yoel Romero, who submitted heavyweight fighter Chris Barnett.<\/p>\n

Are you surprised Jorge Masvidal and Anthony Pettis’ grappling match went the full 10 minutes?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/16\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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