"Roger Gracie postpones his MMA fight at Strikeforce. He's taking care of his 3-week son Tristan,...

"Roger Gracie postpones his MMA fight at Strikeforce. He's taking care of his 3-week son Tristan, and hasn't been able to rest and train."

From GracieMag's Twitter feed.

This isn't the first time Roger has backed out of a fight late.

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I want to be angry, but I can’t fault him for taking care of his kid…

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by Scott C. Broussard on Jul 16, 2009 11:56 PM EDT reply actions

fool me once, shame on, shame

fool me….fool me twice….won’t get fooled again.

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by Kid Nate on Jul 17, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Yea, but it’s not like he just found out 3 weeks ago that he was having a kid…

by jafotinatos on Jul 17, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions

I lolled

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by Benicio on Jul 17, 2009 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions

This sets up Gracie vs Rogers in October :)

by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Jul 17, 2009 12:45 AM EDT reply actions

Did he even have an opponent set up yet?

by chrisbboy82 on Jul 17, 2009 1:25 AM EDT reply actions

Dude is tired and wants to take care of his kid well instead of getting his ass kicked for having his priorities straight. I for one cant fault him.

Might as well blame him for having the last name Gracie…
If the MMA press gets their panties in anymore of a bunch about this, they are just being irresponsible.

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by Swordstorm on Jul 17, 2009 2:22 AM EDT reply actions

It is not that he is being bashed for taking care of his child but more the fact that he seems to be in a pattern on dropping out of fights at the last minute. I believe it is unprofessional.

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by Stay Down on Jul 17, 2009 6:40 AM EDT reply actions

Tristan?

Someone in the family isn’t happy about that.

by Simco on Jul 17, 2009 7:06 AM EDT reply actions

No, I think it's T. Ristan Gracie

and they’re calling the boy “Histan.”

by atrain2609 on Jul 17, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

DAMNIT!!!

I freakin’ knew it! Roger is the biggest tease since my 9th grade girlfriend.

I can’t fault him for putting family first, but at this point, just stick to BJJ.

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Jul 17, 2009 10:29 AM EDT reply actions

SHHHHHHHHHOCKING.

by Chris Nelson on Jul 17, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Hah

Poor supremacy.

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by Derek Suboticki on Jul 17, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

A 3 week old child equates to no rest at night and a lot of things to do during the day that are more important than training, he also has Drysdale coming up in his future for the ADCC superfight and doesn’t need to get himself injured.

Maybe his management should try to work his scheduling better, however Strikeforce is pretty low on his priority list I assume.

by Patrick Tenney on Jul 17, 2009 11:22 AM EDT reply actions