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BJJ Star Felipe Pena Plans Transition to MMA, Wants Trilogy with Gordon Ryan First

After an excellent 2021 for Marcus Almeida and Antonio Carlos Jr., two top jiu-jitsu practitioners who decided to transition to MMA, another BJJ standout is focused on the move from the mats to the cage.

"I´ve got the world absolute gold this year, my goal is get my second absolute gold at ADCC next September, something that no one achieved yet, and move 100% to do MMA,” Felipe "Preguica" Pena told Sherdog.com.

"I´m moved by challenges. I feel like when I was a blue belt, I was already dreaming about one day being an absolute champion in the black belt [division].