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12-23-2010, 10:17 AM
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|  Renzo Gracie Wants to Fight in UFC's Return to Brazil
Renzo Gracie Wants to Fight in UFC's Return to Brazil -- MMA Fighting Quote:
Renzo Gracie Wants to Fight in UFC's Return to Brazil
12/22/2010 2:52 PM ET By Ariel Helwani
Ariel Helwani
Video Reporter and Writer
Renzo Gracie's camp wants you to know that his MMA career isn't close over and that he wants to fight on the UFC card in Brazil on Aug. 27.
MMA Fighting recently spoke to Gracie's manager, Ali Abdel Aziz of Dominance MMA Management, about the 43-year-old's desire to fight on what will be the first UFC card in Gracie's home country since October 1998.
"It's Renzo's dream to fight in a UFC in Brazil," Abdel Aziz said, "but it's up to the UFC and Dana [White] to make it happen."
Gracie, whose academy in New York City recently underwent a massive expansion, lost his UFC debut in April to Matt Hughes in Abu Dhabi. And while he didn't look particularly great in the fight, he told MMA Fighting immediately afterward that his UFC career wasn't over.
"Oh, hell yeah," Gracie responded when asked if he will fight again in the UFC.
Abdel Aziz said that he hasn't had serious talks with the organization about booking Gracie on the card just yet, but did note that the UFC never released him from his contract following the loss to Hughes.
And with Roger Gracie already signed with Strikeforce and Royce Gracie perhaps a little too old to climb back in the cage one more time, Abdel Aziz noted that it would only be right for a member of the Gracie family to compete on the card.
"Having a UFC in Brazil without a Gracie wouldn't make sense," he said.
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12-23-2010, 10:30 AM
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Again, Renzo vs. Royce. Problem solved. Gracies don't give a shit, they will fight anyone anytime!
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12-23-2010, 11:16 AM
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eh... maybe its just me but I dont like seeing brother vs. brother in the cage.
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12-23-2010, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Bearded Big Country  eh... maybe its just me but I dont like seeing brother vs. brother in the cage. | ya kiddin me? I'd pay forty bucks to watch my uncles fight each other
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12-23-2010, 12:18 PM
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i say hell yeah give the brazilians what they want to see, put the gracies on the undercard though and dont pay them ridiculous money, if they still want to fight so be it, renzo i could see charming his way into another match but not royce not so much though his history with the company makes up for not being very personable i guess
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12-23-2010, 12:59 PM
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hahah i think for what him and his family have done for the sport he deserves a shot....but on the undercard
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12-23-2010, 01:33 PM
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I'd much rather see Royce than Renzo simply because he's got more of a legacy within the UFC brand.
Maybe they could try and sign Robert Drysdale and give him an amazing debut fight in the UFC without the risk of somebody with relatively superior striking killing Royce...
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12-23-2010, 01:49 PM
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UFC shouldve kept Hazelett to match up with Royce or Renzo. Brookins has horrible stand up so maybe that fight wouldnt be too one sided.
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12-23-2010, 02:02 PM
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Royce vs Frank Ken Shamrock for old times sake.
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12-23-2010, 02:09 PM
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Royce vs Art Jimmerson
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