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Originally Posted by Calogero831
Roger, Rallek, Igor, Gregor, and other gracies still fight. you dont know what your talking about
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And none of them(apart from Roger) are at the level of MMA skill and name recognition where they would make any waves in UFC, and all of them would command higher salaries in Japan right now just on account of their names. Don't get me wrong, they can fight, but I haven't heard of any of them really shining in MMA recently with the sole exception of Roger.
It's worth the effort for a japanese promoter to fork over hundreds of thousands of dollars for a Gracie, ANY Gracie, but in the US nobody's going to tune in just for that last name. The US audience needs more.
I´d LOVE to see more Gracies in the UFC but they don't seem to be all that interested.