After being released by the UFC, Roger Gracie (6-2) is planning torelocate from the U.K. to the U.S. to train full-time at Blackhouse MMA in Southern California. Gracie’s manager, Ed Soares, who also runs the Blackhouse gym,said that moving to the US will make Roger more focused on MMA (source MMA Junkie). Blackhouse MMA is located in Gardena, Calif., and also hosts top fighters Lyoto Machida, Glover Teixeira, Pedro Rizzo, and ex-champ Anderson Silva, who trains there when not in his native Brazil.
“I think he just needs more time to prepare for fights. In his last few fights, he hasn’t been able to get a full training camp here.”
About Gracie’s MMA future, now that he has been released from the UFC:
“We’re going to look around and see what other options are out there. He hasn’t expressed (when he’d like to fight next). I’m sure he’d like to fight by the end of the year. Soares said
About what weight Gracie would fight at:
“He’s going to try to stay at middleweight if he can, because he feels that he has a lot of advantages,” said Soares.
