Brent Primus ready for next step toward title at Bellator 153: ‘I feel like I’m ready now’

Brent Primus invites a ground fight.

The 6-0 Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt feels he’s unmatched in this realm, and five first-round finishes corroborate this belief. Heading into his Bellator 153 tilt against Gleristone Santos, Primus continues to lean on this foundation.

“I really think a lot of guys that are in the cage, they have more of, like, submission wrestling and stuff like that,” Primus told MMA Fighting. “Mine is Brazilian jiu-jitsu. It’s technical, step-by-step positions, passing the guard. I think a lot of people blow by a lot of that stuff, and that’s what’s helped me so much is being technical. Training in the gi did that for me. I always say, if you can pass somebody’s guard in the gi, you can slip right through in no-gi. The gi is so technical, and it’s helped me out so much in every aspect, in even life. Jiu-jitsu changed my life for sure.”

That doesn’t mean Primus isn’t improving the other areas of his game. Most recently, in August 2015 at Bellator 141, Primus fought a gritty, three-round fight against Derek Anderson, ultimately squeaking out a split-decision victory. There, his submission wizardry never had a chance to …

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