Next year will mark a big milestone for Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt Renzo Gracie as he reaches his 50th birthday on March 11. To celebrate the occasion, he would like to have one more UFC fight.
As Gracie told AG Fight, he still has a contract with the UFC, even though the last time he performed in the Octagon was in April 2010, at UFC 112. On that occasion, he was TKO’d by Matt Hughes.
“Actually, I’m not retired. I just lost 26 pounds and I have been training with these young kids so I feel like getting into a brawl again. I can’t wait. I’m 49 and I still have my contract with the UFC. Masters division? What, I’m going to fight an old man who’s my age? I want to fight by the end of this year or in the start of the next one. I want to celebrate my 50th birthday by beating someone up or getting beat up.”
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