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Tammi Musumeci Lives For Competition
One Of The World's Most Decorated Grapplers And Sister Of UFC BJJ Bantamweight Champion Mikey Musumeci Makes Promotional Debut Tonight At UFC BJJ 2
After Mikey Musumeci won the UFC BJJ bantamweight title last month, you know big sis Tammi Musumeci had to come in to get some of that spotlight for herself.
“Always,” she laughed, before clarifying her stance. “No, I'm not like that. I'm not really into the whole spotlight thing. I just like to compete.”
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It’s understandable, but when you’re one of the best American grapplers out there, the spotlight will inevitably follow. And with the promotional muscle of the UFC getting into the BJJ world, Musumeci knew she had to get involved.
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“I definitely wanted to do this,” she said. “I definitely love competing and I like getting pushed. I like having something to focus on and to work for.”
Focus has been the keyword for the New Jersey native and Henderson, Nevada resident, who owns a seemingly endless array of accolades for her work on the mat. And when you consider that she’s done it all as a practicing attorney, well, that takes things to new levels entirely.
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“I do the best I can with it,” said the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. “I work all day and then at night I try to get as much in as I can do for jiu-jitsu so I can get the same amount of training that I need. It's stressful, especially when the match is coming up. I'm eating dinner at 10:30 at night, and my day starts at 6:30. I have a commute to work, then come home, train, work out. It's a full day.”
Navigating that kind of schedule makes her accomplishments even more impressive as she heads into her Thursday match against Leilani Bernales on the UFC BJJ 2 card. And expectations are high for Musumeci’s debut among newer fans of the sport, especially on the heels of Mikey’s title-winning effort on the first UFC BJJ card in June. And while we’ve seen sibling tandems in all combat sports, very few have been as accomplished as this one.
“We've always had each other to train with and support each other through this,” said Tammi. “So it's kind of always been a team effort. I think no matter where we were training or where we were living or whatever, we always had the training, and we always had the consistency in that. I think that's the thing that kept us both succeeding.”
Neither appears to be slowing down anytime soon. Mikey has emerged as the face of the promotion, and many are expecting Tammi to follow suit on the ladies’ side. So what if the 31-year-old flyweight who isn’t interested in the spotlight is asked to stand in the middle of it?
“I'm just thankful to be a part of it and I'm just going to keep doing the best I can and see how far I can go.”
