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โ€˜Letโ€™s Go!โ€™: Penn State Wrestling Great Roman Bravo-Young to Make MMA Debut

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Penn State wrestling great Roman Bravo-Young is making his MMA debut June 29,he tweeted Thursday night.

โ€œStepping in the grappling game until I can wrestle again,โ€ RBY wrote. โ€œJune 29th. Letโ€™s go!โ€

RBY will be taking on Alex Perezย in a featherweight bout on part of the fourth UFC Fight Pass Invitational.

The 31-year-old Perez is 24-7 as a pro. RBYโ€™s first pro fight comes more than a year after another Penn State wrestling legend, Bo Nickal, made his professional MMA debut. Nickal had his first pro fight June 3 as part of Jorge Masvidalโ€™s Ikon Fighting Championship. He knocked out John Nolandย in 32 seconds.

From there, Nickal competed in UFC boss Dana Whiteโ€™s Contender Series, winning both of his fights there to earn a UFC contract. His anticipated UFC debut came March 4, where he submitted Jamie Pickett in the first round.

Itโ€™s unclear if RBYโ€™s MMA career will mirror Nickalโ€™s, but his legacy at Penn State is set in stone. Bravo-Young put together one of the greatest careers in Penn State history. He was a three-time All-American, winning three Big Ten championships and two national titles. Bravo-Youngโ€™s career didnโ€™t have the storybook ending he and Penn State wanted. The 133-pounderย lost his last college match, this past March, a national final against Cornellโ€™s Vito Arujau. Nonetheless, what a career it was.

Although heโ€™s planning to dabble in MMA, Roman Bravo-Young is still focused on having a wrestling career. This was evident in his tweet announcing his impending MMA debut and is also evident by him joining the Nittany Lion Wrestling Clubย earlier this week.

Per its Twitter bio, the NLWC โ€œserves wrestling at all levels, including Scholastic, Collegiate & Olympic.โ€ The 2024 Olympics, which are set to take place in Paris, are less than a year and a half away. The Penn State greats who will be representing team USA in the Olympics will also be representing the NLWC.

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