Strikeforce signs a Gracie...

Nemesis21 · Post #1 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:23 am

http://sherdog.com/news/blog/strikeforc ... acie-18237

Interesting, hmm....

Post #2 » by **CPT** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:51 am

Nice pick up, but I'm more interested to see where Ralek Gracie ends up. He's younger and seems to be more well rounded.

Either way, I like to see elite BJJ guys fight in MMA, so I'll be interested in his next fight.

Nemesis21 · Post #3 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:36 pm

Still I haven't see much of any of the Gracie's fights, a few of Royce's and Renzo's with Frank Shamrock. I'm interested in seeing how a Gracie does in the HW division.

Susan · Post #4 » by **Susan** » Wed Jul 1, 2009 3:12 am

This isn't just a Gracie. This is the best BJJ player in the world.

cowboyronnie · Post #5 » by **cowboyronnie** » Wed Jul 1, 2009 3:37 am

CPT wrote:Nice pick up, but I'm more interested to see where Ralek Gracie ends up. He's younger and seems to be more well rounded.

I don't think so. Roger outright taps most of the best BJJ guys in the world. He's unbelievable, esp with RNCs. And he's now been training MT and striking for 5 or so years.

Post #6 » by **CPT** » Wed Jul 1, 2009 6:13 am

Fair enough, but better BJJ =/= more well rounded.

I didn't know he's been training his striking for that long though, so you could be right. And I don't know Ralek's striking credentials, if he has any, I'm just going off what I've seen.

Both guys only have two fights each, and from the limited action I've seen, Ralek looked more like an MMA fighter who is good at BJJ, and Roger looked more like an elite BJJ guy fighting MMA.

I'll be interested to see both.

Cammo101 · Post #7 » by **Cammo101** » Wed Jul 1, 2009 7:17 am

Strikeforce should sign every Gracie they can get their hands on...Royce, Ralek, Renzo, Kyra, Roger, Gregor...

El Hardee · Post #8 » by **El Hardee** » Wed Jul 1, 2009 2:18 pm

Kron is going to be a beast, I think he is Rorion son. The dude is a monster on the mat, he is a brown belt and is a legend on the BJJ competition circuit. He's a small dude but still very young, I see him being the next great Gracie MMA fighter. At last years Nationals he submitted our best student in like 2 minutes, our boy is like considered one of the top 3 in the US at his weight and level and Kron ran through him.

Susan · Post #9 » by **Susan** » Thu Jul 2, 2009 10:31 pm

Kron's a blackbelt now and is Rickson's son. Kind of a big deal.