The accomplished Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt will attempt to shake up the Professional Fighters League welterweight standings when he collides with Don Madge as part of the PFL 6 undercard.
undercard this Friday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Gracie needs a finish—preferably a quick one—in order to keep his dim playoff hopes alive.“I have an obligation to win this fight in the first round to score six points to be able to move on to the next phase,” he told Sherdog.com. “If I wish to continue in the tournament, I have to win this fight in the first round.
The first step in Gracie’s blueprint for a successful 2024 campaign went awry at PFL 3, where he dropped a unanimous decision toin their April 19 rematch. All three cageside judges scored it the same: 29-28 for Yamauchi, who improved to 2-0 in his head-to-head series with the Rio de Janeiro native. It was a bitter pill for Gracie to swallow, but swallow it he did.
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