{"id":65730,"date":"2013-08-05T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T17:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=65730"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:54:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:54:54","slug":"ufc-decides-not-to-renew-roger-gracies-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-decides-not-to-renew-roger-gracies-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC decides not to renew Roger Gracie&#8217;s contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/roger-gracie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63023\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/roger-gracie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/roger-gracie.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/roger-gracie-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/roger-gracie-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roger Gracie (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC)\u00a0will not be getting\u00a0a second UFC fight. The former Strikeforce fighter made the crossover to the UFC this year, debuting against Tim Kennedy at UFC 162\u00a0in July. Gracie was able to win the first round against Kennedy, but that was the extent\u00a0of his success as he went on to lose a unanimous decision and ultimately his place in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Raupp of Combate.com confirmed that Gracie&#8217;s UFC 162 fight was the last one on his four-fight contract, which was a continuation of his Strikeforce deal.\u00a0Apparently the UFC did not feel his contract was worthy of renewal and thus he is now a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>According to the article, Roger is considering a return to the light heavyweight division in whichever promotion he signs\u00a0with next. Which\u00a0promotion Gracie will sign with is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>World Series of Fighting already has Gregor, Igor, and Rolles Gracie on their respective\u00a0roster, so that is a definite possibility. Raupp&#8217;s article also suggests that Roger&#8217;s camp is interested in potentially joining Bellator.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for further updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Gracie (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC)\u00a0will not be getting\u00a0a second UFC fight. The former Strikeforce fighter made the crossover to the UFC this year, debuting against Tim Kennedy at UFC 162\u00a0in July. Gracie was able to win the first round against Kennedy, but that was the extent\u00a0of his success as he went on to lose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":63023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[9,783,864,907,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC decides not to renew Roger Gracie&#039;s contract | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-decides-not-to-renew-roger-gracies-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC decides not to renew Roger Gracie&#039;s contract | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Roger Gracie (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC)\u00a0will not be getting\u00a0a second UFC fight. 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