On December 4th, Kevin Casey, a BJJ black belt and a professional fighter challenged EBI and ADCC champion Gordon Ryan to a Combat Jiu-Jitsu match…
However, in an… awkward… turn of events Mr. Casey rescinded his challenge today because he apparently didn’t understand the rules of Combat Jiu-Jitsu when he initially made the challenge.
Here is the Instagram post in which Casey initially made his challenge to the no-gi grappling star
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcSuxHSBK2D/
This was followed up by the following posts by Casey:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcVUX0xha_m/
Finally in a bizarre twist, this saga took an unexpected and mildly amusing turn today when Casey realized that Combat Jiu-Jitsu is EBI rules with slaps, and felt that that rule set is not one under which he wants to compete against Ryan…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BclC-eOBgaK
It would appear that for now, the Combat Jiu-Jitsu debut of Gordon Ryan will not take place against Kevin Casey after all, which may come as a disappointment to fans of either or both of these competitors.
Updates will be posted as they arise.
