February 7, 2012
Jorge Guimaraes, one of the two managers at the Black House camp, has revealed that they are close to signing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion, Roger Gracie, as well as saying the submission machine could be about to drop to the middleweight division for future fights.
Speaking via Tatame Magazine, Jorge Guimaraes said:
“It’s not sure yet, [...]
February 2, 2012
Strikeforce light heavyweight submission machine, Roger Gracie has revealed that he expects to be back in action by June at the latest despite a prolonged period away from the cage, something he puts down to a lack of representation.
Speaking via Tatame Magazine, Gracie said:
“I’m dealing with some things before signing this fight, because I’m [...]
September 15, 2011
Strikeforce light heavyweight submission specialist, Roger Gracie has been speaking about what went wrong when he took on former champion, Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal this past weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio, claiming an accidental head butt prevented him from executing his game plan of working from the clinch.
Speaking via Tatame Magazine, Gracie revealed:
“I couldn’t do [...]
September 12, 2011
Following this weekend’s Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov event in Cincinnati, Ohio there have been five medical suspensions handed out by the Ohio Athletic Commission including a couple of highly touted Brazilians who came out on the wrong side of the results.
Main card fighters, Antonio “Big Foot” Silva and Roger Gracie picked up 60 day [...]
September 11, 2011
After what seems like an age, the semi-finals of the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix are in the bag as ‘Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov‘ went down last night in Cincinnati, Ohio. As well as the much publicised ‘big four’ heavyweights doing battle for spots in the final, the San Jose-based promotion delivered a stacked [...]