Another member of the Gracie clan has joined the Bellator roster.
Son of the legendary Marcelo Behring and grandson of jiu-jitsu founder Carlos Gracie, Kywan Gracie Behring has signed an exclusive multi-year, multi-fight contract to compete in the Bellator welterweight division, MMA Fighting has learned.
Gracie Behring made his professional MMA debut in July, defeating Jake Watkins via first-round TKO in a middleweight bout in England. The Brazilian 170-pounder is a black belt under jiu-jitsu icon Roger Gracie.
“I took this fight on five days’ notice as an experience, to see how I would feel entering the cage,” Gracie Behring told MMA Fighting.