Xavier Gracie interview

Fighter profile of Xavier Gracie by Alika Webb

Last Monday on Vicious Challengers 12 in Helsinki we saw Xavier Gracie winning his third straight fight when he faced well-rounded striker Victory Agu. Victory Agu started out strong with a barrage of kicks and stopped Gracie’s takedown attempts but Gracie was determined and countered a kick with a huge takedown, when the fight hit the ground it was all she wrote.

Victory Agu didn’t stop scrambling but Gracie’s BJJ reigned supreme as he quickly and efficiently put a stop to Agu’s 5 fight winning streak. The dominating performance earned him a submission of the night bonus and a possible title shot in the near future.

After the fight I asked him about his future and the possibility of a title shot, this is what he had to say.

“My goal right now is winning as many matches as possible and hopefully retire as a bad-ass champion with a long winning streak. Is this a realistic goal? Hopefully. I know a lot of things can go wrong, but this is MMA, anything can happen and I will try my damn hardest to make my dream come through.”

Xavier Gracie isn’t getting any younger and it happens sometimes that an older fighter’s skills devolve. I think everyone can think of at least one example. Before his current 3 fight winning streak Gracie struggled and had only won 3 out his 9 last fights, with all his losses coming by KO or TKO. When he was asked about that he had this to say.

“Two of those fights were title fights and I know I have a weak chin but that’s something I was born with, there’s not much I can do about that. All I know is that when the bell rings I just need to take the fight to the ground to win.”

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