Henrique submitted both of his opponents during the qualifying rounds and then also submitted Danilo Moreira in the final at UFC BJJ 1. That made him the inaugural lightweight world champion and alongside his fellow Road to the Title winner Andrew Tackett and Mikey Musumeci, he is also the longest-reigning champion they have. Henrique then returned a couple of months later to defend his title at UFC BJJ 3, facing Matheus Gabriel in the co-main event and earning his first decision win. Now Henrique has the opportunity to rack up another title-defense, and Lucas Valente is going to be the man to challenge him in his promotional debut.
UFC BJJ announced both of the title-fights featuring reigning champions for UFC BJJ 7 in a series of recent posts to their official Instagram account:
