UFC Rio: Senior Citizens Match?

And the hilarity ensues as UFC Rio has been made official. It all started when Dan Severn challenged Royce Gracie to rematch in August.

MMA Mania stated since the hint of a UFC Event in Brazil hit the Online Rumor Mill, Dan Severn has been passionate about his intentions to take part in this event as being his finale match to his fans and the MMA Community.


Dan has said on numerous occasions that if he had the opportunity to have such a match in Brazil, he would want it to be with Royce Gracie.

In light of Royce publically announcing his intent to take part in a UFC Event in Brazil, Dan Severn is, officially, throwing out the challenge to Royce Gracie.

Wanting to take it to the cage, one last time, in an all-out ground war; Two legends of the Octagon can thrill and amaze the UFC audience of yesterday and today, one last time.



Also, in a rare behind-the-scenes-look, Dan Severn is opening up his comeback trail training to his fans by allowing a production crew to chronicle the challenges, emotion and even the levity of a battle-tested Hall of Fame Champ, dusting off his boots, for one last run.

Then another article came out from MMA MAnia that had this to say about another possible 'throwback' match with Art Jimmerson:

The fight that got it all started, literally the first bout in the jiu-jitsu wizard's career, was against a boxer named Art Jimmerson. Gracie disposed of him rather quickly, taking him down before mounting him and forcing a tap via overwhelming frustration.

Old "One Glove" had no answer for the grappling skills of his counterpart and decided not to compete in the sport of mixed martial arts again.
Today, however, at the age of 47, Jimmerson wants back in. He wants one more shot at Gracie and he wants it in Brazil.

"I want to stay as close as we can to the Original Rules! I AM IN GREAT SHAPE," Jimmerson told FullMount.co.uk. "I will DEFINITELY BE MORE AGGRESSIVE! I WILL THROW MORE PUNCHES AND FIGHT MY FIGHT! Royce will not dictate this one! I will not allow him to take me to the GROUND! Yes, I WILL WEAR THE OTHER GLOVE!"