The Gracie submitted Randleman last May. Photo: Esther Lin.
Roger Gracie, who just turned twenty-nine years old last week, now knows who next he will face in MMA and when.
His next challenge will be December 4 against Mike Kyle in the Strikeforce cage.
The current three-time absolute world champion of Jiu-Jitsu will fight in the light heavyweight division aiming for his fourth MMA win – he has three submissions on his record: one armbar from the guard and two rear-naked chokes, against Ron Waterman, Yuki Kondo and Kevin Randleman.
Now Mike, a kickboxer from Idaho, has 25 fights and 17 wins, the last coming by way of rear-naked choke.
Tall and with a long reach similar to Roger, the American lost to Fabricio Werdum via guillotine in August, 2009. He holds wins over Rafael Feijão, TK Kohsaka and Wes Sims.
Mike Kyle, in publicity photo.