Thread: Gracies in UFC?
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Old 03-14-2008, 11:21 PM   #15 (permalink)
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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.

IŽd LOVE to see more Gracies in the UFC but they don't seem to be all that interested.
i agree, the next generation of gracie upincomers are still young and only have a few fights,more experience is needed but they can still hang with otehr new guys in the ufc IMO
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