Metamoris returns in November, and will feature two of the greatest mixed martial artists in the main event.
Metamoris announced on Wednesday that Renzo Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba, who battled inside the PRIDE ring in Aug. 27, 2000, are set to collide once again under Metamoris rules on Nov. 22.
“A little mistake that I made, he was able to capitalize on it. It cost me a broken arm,” Gracie said of their fight in PRIDE, when Sakuraba submitted him with a kimura, in a promotional video. “I failed jiu-jitsu that day.”
“I was lucky to be in a position to finish that way. And a lot of time as passed since that fight,” Sakuraba said.
Metamoris 5 takes place at the The Long Beach Convention Center in California and airs live on pay-per-view at Metamoris.com.
UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald will take on jiu-jitsu expert J.T. Torres in the co-main event. The other matches announced are Yuri Simoes vs. Rafael Lovato, Vinny Magalhaes vs. Kevin Casey, Garry Tonon vs. Zak Maxwell and a secret match.