Roger Gracie confirms May 15 Strikeforce debut against Kevin Randleman
World class grappler and mixed martial arts enigma Roger Gracie will finally make his Strikeforce debut when he tangles with free-falling light heavyweight Kevin Randleman at the upcoming Showtime event planned for May 15 in St. Louis, MO.
Gracie confirmed the pending match up to Graciemag.com earlier today.
The celebrated ADCC and CBJJ jiu-jitsu champion made his fighting debut back at Bodog’s ‘USA vs. Russia’ event way back in December of 2006, forcing muscular mauler Ron "H20" Waterman say uncle courtesy of a textbook armbar.
Despite showing much promise, Gracie has only competed once since then -- a 2008 submission win over fading Japanese star Yuki Kondo at Sengoku 2 in May of 2008.
He was expected to appear on separate occasions under the Sengoku banner but pulled out of a fight against Travis Wiuff after suffering a rib injury and was then denied a second time when his next opponent, Jeff Monson, fought the law (and the law won).
Despite the layoff, he matches up well against the ice-cold Randleman. While he's a tremendous wrestler bearing a resume littered with the world's top fighters across multiple weight classes, "The Monster" has dropped a staggering 9 of his last 12, including a cardio-deprived decision loss to Mike Whitehead in his Strikeforce debut last June.
And it certainly doesn't help that close to half his losses have come by way of submission.
The Strikeforce card for its rumored return to St. Louis already boasts an impressive unofficial line-up of heavyweight attractions including Brett Rogers vs. Alistair Overeem, Andrei Arlovski vs. Antonio Silva and perhaps even Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for future updates to this still-developing fight card.
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If he fights anything like Rolles, Randleman may actually stand a chance.
by Captain Ernesto on Mar 15, 2010 6:39 PM EDT reply actions
Roger is in a different league to Rolles
and anyone else for that matter
by BritishBulldog on Mar 15, 2010 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
I haven’t seen Randleman fight for quite sometime… does he still just jump on top of dudes and get submitted/elbowed in the head?If so, you have to give this to Roger as a lock.
Fedor with a gun... ULTIMATE DANGER!!!
by Spinning Fat Kick on Mar 16, 2010 7:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Hopefully
He actually fights, maybe his knee will explode, or back will hurt! But damnit do I want to see what he can do
didn’t randleman have a multi fight contract with the ufc? or was it just that 1 fight he had a while ago?
Randleman hasn't fought in the UFC in years
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by PSYQO78 on Mar 15, 2010 8:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
his last fight was vs Whitehead
..on the Sheilds/Lawlor card where Arlovski got ko’d by Rogers, I thought. Could be wrong. But he looked awful if I’m not. Dammit that’ll bug me now if I’m confused here. I’m not 100% someone help me out. It was a pitiful 15 mins and he was totally beat down.
But I do still like him. Lol
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 16, 2010 10:43 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
a 'disGracie' even!
Sorry I had to.
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 15, 2010 8:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Looking forward to seeing Roger fight in SF
His BJJ is world class and it’s been too long since he last competed. Good fight for him as Randleman is well known but matches up well with him as his cardio is poor and his submission defence is suspect at best. Gracie by first round submission.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
I wanna see him stand and bang with the monster.
Seriously, after this fight it will be another 2 yrs before we see him again. The man just doesn’t care for MMA. He already makes a truck load of money of the name and is the best BJJ world champ ever. Why should he have to do shit?
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Mar 16, 2010 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm just happy that we are getting to see him fight in MMA again
I didn’t think that he’d ever compete in the sport again so at this point I’ll take any appearance from Roger though even against a shot Monster he’ll need to take this fight and the sport seriously if he’s going to win.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
by David W-S on Mar 16, 2010 2:22 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
he's really starting to look like Renzo
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
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