Riberio keen on UFC move

Xande Riberio has admitted he would be keen to fight in the UFC one day.

Riberio is regarded as one of the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters there is in the world.

“When I step in the ring again, with God’s help, it will be in the UFC’s, and I hope I’m in a good shape so that I can represent Jiu-Jitsu well and show my evolution of the last few years,” he said in an interview with Tatame Magazine this week.

“Get in [the UFC] is not the tough part, the thing is the conditions under which that happens. Unfortunately, Jiu-Jitsu is not a thing everyone understands, our federation doesn’t invest in marketing or the exposure of the athletes. Everyone has heard about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, but no one really knows what it is.”