Mikey Musumeci accuses jiu-jitsu community of "blatantly" using PEDs, vows to fix "horrible ethics" issues ahead of UFC debut

Mikey Musumeci is the first athlete to have signed an exclusive jiu-jitsu contract with the UFC and will be headlining the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 9 on Dec. 5 alongside Felipe Machado.

The Brazilian black belt jiu-jitsu competitor recently revealed the dark secrets of the sport, including the open use of performance-enhancing substances, duringhis UFC 310 media day interview.

In Musumeci's opinion, athletes require a reliable platform such as the UFC that will serve to control the athletes and ensure that contests are fair:

"I feel tremendous responsibility...I feel like what I’m doing right now is definitely the most important thing for grappling in terms of having a stable platform. I feel like a lot of jiu-jitsu right now is very unstable, there’s a lot of horrible ethics, morals and I hope now that with UFC, we can change that and we can make it a professional sport because it hasn’t been a professional sport."

He added:

With people just talking about, like, they blatantly use PEDs. Like, they’re not athletes, you know? So, they really don’t have the values of martial artists, you know, so, I really just want to change that and give us this platform on UFC and become professionals."

Watch Mikey Musumeci's comments below:

‘Darth Rigatoni' desires stability, belts, and drug testing. Additionally, he thinks that the UFC will help athletes who are using steroids to stop. =

The 28-year-old American submission grappler also disclosed that he has never cheated or taken shortcuts in his professional life, but he is here to change things since he cannot remain silent about those who use performance-enhancing drugs.

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Mikey Musumeci was stripped of the ONE flyweight submission grappling title in 2024

Mikey Musumeci parted ways with ONE Championship last month. He broke the news to his fans and followers via Instagram in a heartfelt post.

The decision came after ‘Darth Rigatoni' missed weight for a short-notice match with Carlos ‘Bebeto’ Oliveira in September, for which he needed to compete at 135 pounds. He managed to weigh 141 pounds before falling ill. Shortly after, Musumeci was stripped of the flyweight submission grappling title.