Title is self evident. Will post more as it comes in! But if it is true! :] Oh shit, son!
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Title is self evident. Will post more as it comes in! But if it is true! :] Oh shit, son!
He better start training the other aspects of the game. But I'm excited for sure.
Here's a thread we did a couple of days ago on Roger...going to Black House: http://www.10thplanetjj.com/threads/...drop-to-185lbs
Awesome. I hope he dominates
holy shit of a loss in to the UFC one of the less times this has happend. i know bout mark hunt coming of a loss and joining the ufc but they had to give him his payday from pride anyways... and he wanted to fight! thats a warrior
Roger Gracie has reportedly signed to compete as a light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
GracieMag reported the news Friday on Twitter, revealing that the former Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championships gold medalist would join the UFC’s 205-pound ranks. No debut date for the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace was mentioned, but the outlet stated that Gracie (Pictured) could find himself training with longtime middleweight champion Anderson Silva before he enters the Octagon for the first time.
Born in Brazil but now residing in England, Gracie is one of the world’s best grapplers. In 2005, the 30-year-old won both the heavyweight and absolute divisions at the ADCC submission grappling championships, submitting Shinya Aoki, Fabricio Werdum, Alexandre Ribeiro and Ronaldo Souza en route to the absolute title.
Gracie racked up a 4-0 record to begin his MMA career, submitting Ron Waterman with an armbar in his 2006 pro debut. The Brazilian then took out an undersized Yuki Kondo in 2008 before finishing former UFC heavyweight king Kevin Randleman in his 2010 Strikeforce debut. Another submission win -- this time over UFC veteran Trevor Prangley -- would come before Gracie tasted MMA defeat for the first time, falling by knockout to onetime Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Muhammed Lawal on Sept. 10.
Which is BS! I think Vinny Magalhaes deserves it more! Gracie just has more name recognition.
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Can you link where you found this? I am not doubting you, just would like to read more.
Gracie Mag seems to be the only ones with the story. Havent seen it on any of the other sites I go to
Sherdog has an article.Quote:
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I copied & pasted it from Sherdog
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news...-with-the-UFC/
Yesterday it was being reported that Strikeforce lightheavyweight Roger Gracie had signed a deal to come to the UFC. Gracie, who is only 4-1 as a professional, most recently lost a bout to Muhammed 'King Mo' Lawal.
Last night on the Underground, UFC President Dana White cleared up the story:
From: dfw jr
Posted: 2/11/12, 11:12 PM
Member Since: 1/1/01
Posts: 1165
not true
Good, maybe Vinny will get his chance! I love how reporters don't fact check anymore.
It could be in the works but I thought it was odd that, to me, such a big story wasn't being covered by all the MMA media website. I dont doubt that he'll be there soon thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge