Kron Gracie Blames ‘Bad Advice’ for Poor Showing at UFC 288

Kron
Gracie has broken his silence following a listless showing in a
decision loss to Charles
Jourdain at UFC
288.

In his first bout since October 2019, Gracie attempted just 57
significant strikes over three rounds and repeatedly attempted to
lure Jourdain into his guard. However, Gracie’s efforts to engage
his foe in a grappling match were largely unsuccessful, as Jourdain
outlanded him on the feet and neutralized him on the ground in a
forgettable encounter.

Gracie addressed the performance in a post on his Instagram
stories, blaming “bad advice” and a desire to please the jiu-jitsu
community for his one-dimensional approach.

“In a lifetime of fighting, it’s always been a fight to the death,”
Gracie wrote. “Understand the situation and willing to limit
myself, even that being said I threw no punches because of bad
advice and tried to please the jiu-jitsu community two days before
my fight. First fight in my life I didn’t throw a punch, going back
to my old ways.”

The son of Rickson
Gracie and an ADCC gold medalist, Gracie was victorious in his
first five professional MMA appearances — including a first-round
submission of Alex
Caceres at UFC on ESPN 1 in February 2019. He has since dropped
back-to-back outings to Cub Swanson
and Jourdain.