Las Vegas — It’s been over a year since we last saw Kron Graice in action.
That was a May 2023 loss to Charles Jourdain, a performance that was highly criticized. Since then, it’s been a long road back for the BJJ expert and member of the famed Gracie family. During COVID, he made the move to Colorado and opened his own gym. More recently, he shut the facility down, and is now more focused on his own fighting career.
“Every fight, there’s always something to improve, win or lose. That’s basically how my life has been. Since then, I planned to fight sooner, but life got in the way,” Gracie said during Wednesday’s UFC 310 media day, speaking with outlets including Cageside Press. “So here we are right now, hoping to put on a good performance.”
Gracie is fighting Bryce Mitchell this Saturday in Las Vegas, a grappler vs. grappler bout that has many fans excited. It was, however, a seemingly late addition to the card, though that wasn’t exactly the case.
“I was aware a good amount before. I don’t know why the delay on the announcement [happened] or the delay in general,” noted Gracie. “There were some delays, but I feel like they were just busy, and probably trying to do a bunch of things at the same time.”
“It would be nice to have an announcement sooner, so I could have more people behind this, but it is what it is.”
The late announcement is par for the course with Gracie, who has fought sparingly since making his pro MMA debut in 2014. In ten years, he’s fought just seven times. UFC 310 will mark pro fight number eight, and if successful, he hopes to compete more often.
As for the mystique about him, “I think there is some mystery because I don’t really post everyday and kind of let everybody know what I’m doing, because there’s nothing really to say,” Gracie allowed. “I’m working on my life and doing things and if I’m training, I’m focused on training. I’m not always trying to promote it. But I’m not against it, if somebody wanted to promote it then I’d be open to that. But I think I’ve just kind of always have bigger priorities than to talk about what’s going on— but we’ll see in the future.”
Watch the full UFC 310 media day appearance by Kron Gracie above.
