Press Release: POLARIS 8 – WORLD-LEADING GRAPPLING PROMOTION END OF YEAR SPECTACULAR WILL CROWN 3 CHAMPIONS
Polaris Staff
POLARIS 8 - WORLD-LEADING GRAPPLING PROMOTION END OF YEAR SPECTACULAR WILL CROWN 3 CHAMPIONS Will Craig Jones become the first ever Polaris two-division champion? Light Heavyweight Championship Match Keenan Cornelius vs Craig Jones (Middleweight Champion) Welterweight Match Vagner Rocha vs Benson Henderson Welterweight Championship Match Ross Nicholls vs Marcin Held Heavyweight Match Satoshi Ishii vs Dan Strauss Featherweight Championship Match Nicky Ryan vs Masakazu Imanari Catchweight Gi Match Pedro Bessa vs Santeri Lilius Dated: 14 November 2018, United Kingdom Polaris® 8, the end of year spectacular from world-leading professional jiu jitsu promotion Polaris, will be streamed live and exclusively on UFC Fight Pass® on Sunday, December 9th from the Ice Arena in Wales. The main event sees breakout star Craig Jones move up in weight to challenge one of the most successful jiu jitsu athletes the United States has ever produced in Keenan Cornelius. Jones, the current Polaris middleweight champion, believes he can beat the American and become the first ever two-division weight class champion of Polaris. "Keenan has blue hair and invented the 'worm guard' - who doesn't want to see this man lose?" says Jones, who trains out of Absolute MMA in Melbourne, Australia. Keenan hails from the...
