Perhaps one of the biggest news in the history of ONE Championship, Gordon Ryan has now signed a contract to compete in both Submission Grappling and MMA for the Asian promotion. Immediately fans went into overdrive thinking up potential matchups for Ryan to take for his MMA debut, although he soon put a dampener on the excitement. He revealed that he will initially only compete in grappling matches as his focus is entirely set on ADCC 2022.
He hasn’t closed the door entirely however, as he did clarify that MMA is still very much on the table and he now has the option to take matches under that ruleset with ONE FC if he chooses.