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Kenny Florian will return to his martial arts roots and has signed up to compete in a jiu-jitsu tournament. A former UFC lightweight fighter with a record of 14-6-0, Florian now works as an analyst for UFC on Fox.



His name is among the list of entrants for the masters 1 (over 30) middleweight black belt division for the IBJJF New York Spring International Open, which will take place on April 9th and 10th.



Now 39 years of age, Florian is a third degree black belt in jiu-jitsu and won nine of his 14 professional MMA bouts by way of submission.



The last time Florian is to believed to have competed in a grappling tournament was in 2003.



The full list of entrants (subject to change) for Florian’s division is as follows:



BLACK / Master 1 / Male / Middle

Nakapan Phungephorn – BETA Academy

Kenneth Alan Florian – Florian Martial Arts Center

Fletcher Stephen Linton Jr. – Maxercise Phila

Brent Richard Insco – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu

Maurício Croccia de Paula – Ryan Gracie Team

Filipe Braga Costa – Soul Fighters BJJ

Kevin MacMullen – TAC Team BJJ

Thiago Libardi Santos – Team Link

Patrick John Walsh – Yamasaki Academy



