{"id":1177,"date":"2023-05-19T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2023-05-19T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:00:58","slug":"craig-jones-vs-felipe-pena-to-headline-ufc-fight-pass-invitational-on-june-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/craig-jones-vs-felipe-pena-to-headline-ufc-fight-pass-invitational-on-june-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Jones vs Felipe Pena to Headline UFC Fight Pass Invitational on June 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dana White has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsETZztPfFk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">officially announced the return of the UFC Fight Pass Invitational<\/a>, which will be headlined by a submission grappling matchup between B-Team leader Craig Jones and notorious Gordon Ryan rival Felipe Pena on June 29.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The evening will also feature former UFC champ Glover Teixeira, who will be taking on Anthony Smith in the co-main event. The full card will be available for exclusive streaming only on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcfightpass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UFC Fight Pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CsETZztPfFk\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fjiujitsutimes.com&amp;rp=%2Fcraig-jones-vs-felipe-pena-to-headline-ufc-fight-pass-invitational-on-june-29%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR33BUcvACFzeLENx0HwEyS5AEbeaRIDgXrh0BEYMRBDYOQjm-FN-zCRTsc#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A18157.19999998808%2C%22ls%22%3A3938.399999976158%2C%22le%22%3A17360.30000001192%7D\" height=\"1251\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-craig-jones-vs-felipe-pena\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Craig Jones vs. Felipe Pena<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most popular figures in grappling, Jones is a two-time ADCC silver medalist and co-founder of B-Team Jiu-Jitsu. The match against Pena will be Jones\u2019 first appearance since the 2022 ADCC World Championships where he defeated\u00a0Joao Costa,\u00a0Kyle Boehm, and\u00a0Nicholas Meregali\u00a0before losing to returning champion Kaynan Duarte in the final of the 99kg division.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Pena is one of the most accomplished competitors on the scene today. In addition to his multiple IBJJF world titles in both gi and no-gi, he is a 2017 ADCC absolute champion. The Brazilian also competed at the 2022 ADCC World Championships, losing to\u00a0Nick Rodriguez\u00a0in the heavyweight division and\u00a0Tye Ruotolo\u00a0in the absolute.<\/p>\n<p>Pena bounced back from those defeats earlier this year when he earned a close decision victory over Rodriguez at Who\u2019s Number One.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CpIU3KIA5Xn\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fgrapplinginsider.com&amp;rp=%2Fcraig-jones-vs-felipe-pena-booked-for-ufc-fight-pass-invitational-4%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A4105.199999988079%2C%22ls%22%3A2705.5%2C%22le%22%3A3136.600000023842%7D\" height=\"1401\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although Jones and Pena have never competed against each other before, they do share some interesting history. When Pena was preparing for a scheduled fourth match against\u00a0Gordon Ryan, Jones briefly joined his fight camp at Atos Jiu-Jitsu. When Ryan pulled out just days before the event, Jones\u2019 teammate Rodriguez filled in on short notice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previous UFC Fight Pass Invitational events followed the EBI ruleset, and that\u2019s expected to be the case here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stylistically, this should be an intriguing matchup. While Jones is best known for his top-tier leg locks, Pena has proven to have truly elite leg lock defense, having no problems avoiding danger in three matches with Gordon Ryan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent years, Jones has displayed an ever-evolving wrestling and guard-passing game, and he\u2019ll likely test that game against Pena\u2019s vaunted guard. The Brazilian possesses excellent sweeps and back-takes from the single-leg X position and is a superb finisher once he achieves dominant position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How to watch:<\/strong>\u00a0The UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4: Craig Jones vs. Felipe Pena takes place on Thursday, June 29, and will air live on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ufcfightpass.com\/\">UFC Fight Pass<\/a>\u00a0(subscription required).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White has\u00a0officially announced the return of the UFC Fight Pass Invitational, which will be headlined by a submission grappling matchup between B-Team leader Craig Jones and notorious Gordon Ryan rival Felipe Pena on June 29. The evening will also feature former UFC champ Glover Teixeira, who will be taking on Anthony Smith in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jiujitsu-bresilien","8":"category-grappling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}