Gabriel Sousa vs Keith Krikorian To Headline Tezos WNO Free Prelims
Gabriel Sousa vs Keith Krikorian To Headline Tezos WNO Free Prelims
Gabriel Sousa (2-1) will welcome Keith Krikorian to Tezos WNO. David Garmo will return vs Benji Silva. Joe Dierkishing and Luke Griffith will square off.
Gabriel Sousa will return to the Tezos WNO mats after a second-place run at the WNO Championship when he faces Keith Krikorian at the top of the free prelims card in Frisco, TX on March 25 for Tezos Who’s Number One: Musumeci vs Martinez presented by Fat Tire.
Sousa, now 2-1 on WNO, was the runner up in the lightweight division at the WNO Championship, submitting Mikey Musumeci and defeating Cole Abate before falling to Kade Ruotolo. Sousa, is ranked no.3 at 155.
Sousa’s opponent, Krikorian, will be making his WNO debut. By his reputation, he will fit in well with the WNO ruleset. He has an impressive 75% submission rate, and most of those subs have come in his three standout ADCC North American Trials attempts, where he has earned a silver medal three editions running. Twelve of Krikorian’s 16 victories at ADCC trials have been by submission. He's the no.5-ranked grappler at 145 lbs.
Earlier in the night, David Garmo will try for his first win on the WNO stage, taking on Benji Silva of Brasa CTA.
And in the first prelim of the evening, Joe Dierkhising will bring his exciting submission style to WNO against Luke Griffith of New Wave Jiu-Jitsu.
All three prelims will be streamed live on FloGrappling and the FloSports app. You can also watch them live for free on FloGrapping’s Facebook and YouTube channels.
About Tezos WNO: Mikey vs Geo Presented By Fat Tire
Tezos Who’s Number One: Mikey Musumeci vs Geo Martinez, presented by Fat Tire, will take place in Dallas, TX on Friday, March 25. Tickets are one sale now to watch the event live in person. Or, watch it live on FloGrappling and the FloSports App. the event will begin at 8 p.m. ET. Three prelims will begin the card, and will be streamed live on YouTube and Facebook. Followed by the main card. The undercard will be announced throughout this week.
The press conference will be streamed live on YouTube, Facebook and FloGrappling at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 20. Also on Thursday, FloGrappling will host a seminar featuring Heath Pedigo and te Pedigo Submission Fighting team in Dallas. Tickets to the seminar are available here.