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Marcelo Garcia's much-awaited comeback to action has gained more hype from fans after ONE Championship published a short clip of his preparation on Instagram.
The world's largest martial arts organization posted the BJJ legend's preparation for his upcoming openweight submission grappling match with Masakazu Imanari at ONE 170 on Jan. 24, which goes down inside the packed Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
ONE Championship's video caption reads:
"Marcelo Garcia makes it look effortless! 🤩 Will the BJJ GOAT earn a W in his long-awaited comeback match against Masakazu Imanari at ONE 170? @marcelogarciajiujitsu"
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In the video, the Brazilian submission specialist was seen rolling with his teammate. Throughout the session, Garcia showcased an incredible flow state and aggressive style of constantly looking for submissions.
This top-tier showcase of jiu-jitsu skills have thrilled fans, particularly users @walleite79, @adrianboucek, @ravencrow57, @christian_vela_maui, and @nohokai.productions, who commented:
"@marcelogarciajiujitsu is not from this planet 👏🔥"
"Still got it!!! 🔥🔥"
"❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 GOAT is back"
"Beautiful Jiu Jitsu. Would be bery interested in seeing his style matched up with someone with a deep leg lock game like Lachlan Giles or similar."
"Man he's so good"
Marcelo Garcia says that joining ONE Championship now was the perfect timing
With ONE Championship's continuous effort to grow the sport of submission grappling and Garcia's desire to return to a competitive setting, the signing of the multi-time BJJ world champion was like a match made in heaven.
The 41-year-old BJJ icon felt the same way, as what he revealed during his recent interview with Jordan Teaches Jiujitsu, where he stated:
"Leo Vieira convinced me to sign up with ONE. He's a close friend of mine, so he was able to just kind of get me on the right time because I feel a lot of people try. When I say a lot of people, I feel like every organization reached out to me, but Leo, who was the person that reached out to me from ONE, was the one that kind of was able to just get everything organized at the right time. You know everything sounds perfect now."
