Craig Jones vs. Donald Cowboy Cerrone of the UFC In Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds 2021

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UFC Legend and Grappling Superstar meet in the middle of Combat Jiu Jitsu Worlds 2021

Eddie Bravos CJJ Worlds: The Featherweights just made a big addition to their card. First announced via the Bravos Instagram account, Craig Jones will face UFC legend Donald Cerrone in a Combat Jiu-Jitsu superfight in Cancun, Mexico on December 19th. Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: Featherweights will stream the UFC Fight Pass on Sunday, Dec. 19 at 3 pm PT.

So far in the lineup, the 16-man tournament features CJJ Bantamweight champion Elias Anderson, Gabriel Austin Daffron, Michael Wacker, Chris Lencioni, Dillon Masington, David Weintraub, Jordan Holy, Cody Owens, David Acua, Zack Schneider, Estevan Martinez and Keith Krikorian, something else will be announced.

Who Will Win?

It should be interesting to watch these two compete and see if Craig goes for his statement heel hook to get the tap or if Cerrone takes the lead and is able to tap Jones. Cerrone has only submitted once in his professional MMA career and holds the record for most wins in UFC history with 22 and most finishes in UFC history with 16.

However, although Cowboy is currently on a 5 loss streak in MMA, he won his first submission grappling event at Submission Underground 19 in December, beating UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos by armbar in overtime; because he lost twice in the UFC.

Aussie grappler Craig Jones currently has 32 wins of which 27 of them are submission wins, most of them RNC or inside the heel hook.

What is Combat Jiu Jitsu?

Combat Jiu Jitsu is similar to a sub only No Gi BJJ fight, but with a big difference in strikes.

There are some similarities between Combat Jiu Jitsu and MMA, but they are completely different competitions with unique rules and formats. MMA allows punches, kicks, elbows, and knees from standing and punches and elbows to the ground. In CJJ, the only strikes allowed are open-handed strikes when on the ground.

Craig Injured the Rib of the Cerrones Last They Roll

In September of this year, Craig spoke about rolling with Donald Cerrone at WNO, Jones mentioned that Cerrone approached him and wanted to roll with him. Cerrone had a fight that week, so Jones repeated the point, where Cerrone said it didn’t matter. It didn’t matter until Craig injured his rib!

Before we rolled I asked how hard we rolled? and he goes, the fight is five days away so I can roll as long as I want. We started to roll and go here, and roll, not too crazy, we had some scrambles, and I injured his rib before the fight. The presenters kept mentioning that Cerrone’s fight against Alex Morono that week he also lost so maybe he will have it for Craig?

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