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[andy ruffner]

http://www.fiveknuckles.com/mma-news/Renzo-Gracie-may-sign-with-UFC.html

by Jacob Camargo on November 04, 2009
Well-known Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert Renzo Gracie could be the latest member of the legendary Gracie family to grace the Octagon.

UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta hinted on his official twitter account that the promotion is in negotiations to acquire Renzo Gracie's services.

When a fan tweeted a request to Fertitta saying, "bring Renzo to the octagon asap!!!", the UFC co-owner replied, "We are workin on it!"

Speculation on Gracie's possible UFC signing began to pick up steam after company President Dana White posted on a picture of the two of them together at Abu Dhabi on his official twitter account.

Fertitta then tweeted, "Here in abu dhabi with renzo gracie. Do you want him to fight in the ufc?"

Gracie hasn't fought since being awarded a disqualification win against Frank Shamrock at EliteXC: "Destiny" in February 2007. The win was his third straight, with previous wins over Pat Miletich and Carlos Newton.

Gracie has competed for other notable promotions during his long career such as Pride, IFL, MARS and Rings. He has put together a 13-6-1 MMA record since turning pro in January 1992. Gracie has finished nine of his 13 career wins including seven coming by submission and holds other notable career wins over the likes of Maurice Smith, Sanae Kikuta and Oleg Taktarov.

He is a 5th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the head instructor at the Renzo Gracie Academy in Manhattan. Many well known BJJ and MMA fighters have been trained by Renzo, including brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts Rodrigo Gracie, current UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra and current UFC welterweight Ricardo Almeida.

If Gracie indeed signs with the UFC, a fight that makes a lot of sense could be one against former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes. Hughes defeated Renzo's first cousin, Royce Gracie, at UFC 60 in May 2006.

Another Gracie also recently signed with the UFC as reported here last month, Renzo's cousin, Rolles Gracie Jr., added his services to the organization and will debut against Mustapha Al-Turk at UFC 109 in February.

[Fredson Duff]

the only fight that i would want to see is Renzo Vs. Matt Hughes.

and since hughes is turning down fighters younger than him(koschek) maybe renzo could lure him back into the octogon.

[andy ruffner]

yeah, i like that matchup as well

[Nolan85]

Renzo is my favorite Gracie as far as MMA goes.  He is a warrior.

[TeeVee]

I would actually like to see a night of all the old guys, pedro izzo, coleman, bas, royce etc; Match them up against each other not the young guys and that would make for a good card.

[sponge]

I actually like renzo, but not a whole lot of good matchups for him in ufc, maybe a match with a grappler like hazelet, a good match actually would be renzo vs horn.

[goatfury]

I hate Renzo vs Hughes.  I really, really don't want to see that happen.

[ground control]

Could be Renzo vs. Pat Miletich ... Miletich was discussing coming back to the UFC w/ Dana White... I forget which one mentioned it....

Renzo is close to the royal family in Dubai, and the UFC has always discussed doing an MMA event in Dubai Hmm....

[Jiu jitsu Kingdom]

I gotta say I'd be really excited to see Renzo fight Matt Hughes! Dream match up!!!

[goatfury]

I gotta say I'd be really excited to see Renzo fight Matt Hughes! Dream match up!!!

...for Hughes.

[DeltaSigChi4]

Henzo v Hoyce!

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[Hooligan]

Renzo is the fucking man...wish him nothing but great things

[BubbaRayGracie]

I would actually like to see a night of all the old guys, pedro izzo, coleman, bas, royce etc; Match them up against each other not the young guys and that would make for a good card.

I agree. I'd like to see classic guys in a "masters" division of sorts on a regular basis. Having already seen Hughes/Royce, Tito/Shamrock, etc., my itch of old school vs. new has already been scratched, and I don't want to see the old guys get embarrassed anymore.

I would expect Hughes to have his way with Renzo, but then again, I had expected him to have a much easier time against Serra, so while I'd favor Hughes, especially given the difference in age and athleticism, I could see Renzo pulling an upset.

[andy ruffner]

I like that idea of the older crew coming in for a night and fighting.  A lot od cool matchups possible.

[livershot]

I think a match up between Karo Parisian and Renzo could be fight of the night. Renzo and B.J. @ 170 could be interesting since there is some heat and bad blood there as well.