SAO PAULO, Brazil — Sergio Moraes is interested in facing another jiu-jitsu specialist in the Octagon.
The three-time jiu-jitsu world champion as a black belt took on Ben Saunders in the preliminary portion of UFC Sao Paulo Saturday night, handing Saunders the first submission defeat of his 34-fight career in MMA with a second-round arm-triangle choke.
”I knew that he was confident on the ground,” Moraes said of Saunders in his post-fight interview, “but there are grapplers and grapplers, he has to know who he’s fighting. If you fight with me on the ground you will tap, I don’t lose positions.