Kron Gracie blames ‘bad advice’ for ugly loss

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At UFC 288 we saw the return of Kron Gracie after over 3 years on the shelf. Normally when a fighter takes a long time off they come back with a better version of themselves, but that wasn’t the case with Gracie.

Dana White reacts to Kron Gracies performance UFC 288: It was like stepping out of a time capsule in 1995 (@DamonMartin) https://t.co/hdmVbtH3ur pic.twitter.com/yG7ti0YoOy

MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) May 7, 2023

Even Dana Whit criticized the performance of Rickson Gracie’s sons. Watching him fight was like watching UFC 1 with Royce Gracie everywhere. Gracie was looking for takedowns every chance he got and when he didn’t get them, he just pulled guard. From there, he was just controlling Charles Jourdain in his guard without attacking and given that Jourdain is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, he was well equipped to fend off any submission attempts.

Kron Gracie showed little to no striking in his return to the octagon when many thought we would see more. He only attempted 56 strikes in total against 168 strikes thrown by Jourdain. Gracie recently opened up about his loss at UFC 288 and said bad advice was the reason he didn’t throw more punches.

Kron Gracie wants to kick the next fight. Good idea. pic.twitter.com/lqB6gC44ry

Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) May 15, 2023

It looked like he was trying to please the Jiu Jitsu community and his fans by coming back and winning a submission victory at UFC 288. In doing so, he did himself no favors. as dangerous and as versatile as Jourdain.

As dangerous as Gracie is on the mat, if he doesn’t round out his skills in his next fight with the UFC, it could very well be his last fight with the promotion. He showed much improved striking in the Cub Swanson fight but then regressed 3 years later against Charles Jourdain.

It will be interesting to see who Gracie will be paired with next and if she holds herself accountable and actually lets her hands go no matter who is standing in front of her.

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