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With Gracie as his last name, one can say Strikeforce light heavyweight Roger was born into jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts.
But what if the highly decorated grappler wasn’t a part of MMA’s first family? Probably a life less involved in the fighting arts, Gracie suggested Monday on MMAFighting.com’s The MMA Hour.
“That’s the main reason I fight because I’m proud of the family,” Gracie told host Ariel Helwani. “If I didn’t have the Gracie name, I’m not sure if I’d be fighting this much, if I was going to be a fighter at all.”