Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Roger Gracie has signed with Team Black House and will make his middleweight debut in his next outing, according to MMAFighting.com. The budding Strikeforce star is 4-1 and will add some sorely needed depth to the promotion's middleweight division.
GracieMag Twitter Retweets that Roger Gracie has signed with the UFC Translation: Roger Gracie Signs With UFC and # with @ SpiderAnderson must train for the first fight. # Jiujitsu! Retweeted by GRACIEMAG
Strikeforce has added several more bouts to their September 10th card, which will feature the semifinal round of the Heavyweight Grand Prix. Rising Canadian prospect Jordan Mein will face Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos, Josh "the Punk" Thompson will meet Maximo Blanco, "King Mo" Lawal fights Roger Gracie, and "Jacare" Souza defends his middleweight title against Luke Rockhold.
UFC welterweight champion, Georges St. Pierre trained with Brazilian Jiujitsu world champions, Roger Gracie and Braulio Estima recently in preparation for his UFC 129 bout against Jake Shields. Here's the photo gallery.
Photos of GSP, Roger, Braulio training. More at The Grappling Dummy. Photo by Big Bad Wolf Media.
Strikeforce: Trevor Prangley Looks To Roger Gracie To Stay On Track, Prangley and Gracie will fight on the Strikeforce Jan. 29 event featuring Nick Diaz vs. Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos in the main event on Showtime.
