Gordon Ryan and Matheus Diniz will meet in a superfight at ‘KASAI Pro 4’ on Saturday, November 10 at Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom.

Gordon Ryan completed a remarkable rise to the top of the game under the tutelage of coaches John Danaher and Tom DeBlass by becoming the first American to secure gold in the 88kg weight class at the 2017 ADCC World Championships. At ‘KASAI Pro 1’ in December 2017, Gordon bested Yuri Simoes via rear naked choke. Just this month, Ryan won double gold at the IBJJF Pan no-gi in NYC with a 100% submission rate. 

‘KASAI Pro 2’ World Middleweight Champion Matheus Diniz is a New York-based black belt training out of the Marcelo Garcia Academy in NYC. He rose to prominence under iconic trainers Paulo Rezende and Marcelo Garcia, conquering important titles such as the IBJJF Pan American no-gi Championship and the IBJJF World No-Gi Championship at brown belt. At black belt, he has won the IBJJF Pan American No-Gi Championship, and the IBJJF New York Summer Open.

The match will be held under KASAI Pro rules: 10-minutes submission-only, and 5-minutes overtime KASAI points. 

“We couldn’t think of a better superfight than a match between these two New York superstars” said KASAI President Rolles Gracie. 

“Matheus will return to our stage for the first time since his dominant performance in April when he handily won the KASAI World Middleweight belt. He will be facing one of the biggest challenges of his career as Gordon has been one of the most dominant players in the sport. Expect them to burn up the KASAI mat”.

In addition to Gordon vs Matheus, ‘KASAI Pro 4’ will also showcase a dynamic superfight between two-time KASAI World Champion Renato Canuto and Edwin Najmi, as well as an eight-man no-gi tournament to crown KASAI’s first-ever World Featherweight Champion. Names confirmed so far for the tournament are Gianni Grippo, Paulo Miyao, Bruno Frazatto, and Jon Calestine.

Tickets for ‘KASAI Pro 4’ go on sale on September 25th via Ticketmaster. The event can be streamed live exclusively on FloGrappling.