UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub takes on nine-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu at Metamoris 2, a professional jiu-jitsu invitational event, on June 9. He’ll follow that with an MMA bout against The Ultimate Fighter housemate Matt Mitrione at UFC on Fox 8 on July 27. “It’s the pro bowl of jiu-jitsu.  It’s as big as it gets,” Schaub told MMA video journalist Rick Lee about Metamoris.  “It’s the 12 best jiu-jitsu guys in the world competing.  It’s like an all-star game.” Schaub was invited to participate in the event, but didn’t think the UFC would allow him to do it with a fight scheduled in such close proximaty. “Jiu-jitsu is kind of my passion.  They asked me if I could do it.  I said I probably couldn’t because of the UFC and Dana White ,” said Shaub. “I saw Dana and I asked him, hey man, I don’t fight for a while, I want to stay competitive.  I love jiu-jitsu. Do you mind if I do this jiu-jitsu match?  He kind of hesitated.  He goes, ‘You know what, don’t get hurt.  Have fun.’  I was like, dang, called up Ralek (Gracie) right away and said I can do it.” The 30-year-old feels a lot of pressure to perform. “A lot of people are going, ‘It’s a win-win for Schaub.  He might not win this, but it’s good that he can show off his ground.’  No.  If I didn’t think I could beat this guy, I wouldn’t sign up for it. So it’s not a win-win,” he said.  “If I don’t win, it is not good

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Brendan Schaub Competing in BJJ at Metamoris, Then Fighting Matt Mitrione at UFC on Fox 8 – MMA Weekly

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