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Cesar Gracie: 2 Weeks Out Nate Didn’t Know If His Fight With Henderson Was Really On

Not to be overshadowed by the more immediate, and perhaps more anticipated, matchup between Nick Diaz and GSP are the April fights of Nate Diaz and Gilbert Melendez. These two fighters have long been at the top of the lightweight division, Diaz in the UFC and Melendez in Strikeforce.

On Diaz’s recent loss to Henderson, Gracie remarked confidently that it was just a learning experience for the young Stockton native. “He didn’t look good. I don’t think it was indicative of who he is, he had a bad night. Not a bad night. I’m not going to say that. He got beat by the better guy that night, for sure… You could see it even in the weigh in, with his physique. If you look at the last fight before that, you know. These fighters, they got to prep correctly. There were contractual issues and stuff like that. I mean people don’t know this, but literally a couple weeks before the fight Nate wasn’t even sure he was fighting. It was that bad. We were having problems with certain things. It got resolved, but you know, it’s hard to train for a fight like that with that mentality when you’re not happy with certain things and everything. It was a mistake on his part, you got to just put all that aside and Henderson, that’s what he did, and that’s why he’s the champ today. But it’s a learning experience and we’re going to move on… So it goes for all of us, me, you, Nate. It’s a life experience, he’s going to move on from it.”

Cesar Gracie is a lying sack of shit who will do anything to deflect the blame. Did you guys know his last name wasn't even Gracie? His mother is Sonja Gracie-Gronning, daughter of Carlos Gracie. So his legal last name isn't Gracie because the Gracie heritage is from his mom's side. He changed his surname to Gracie himself. He was not born a Gracie, he was not asked to become a Gracie.