Before his UFC debut, Roger Gracie trains boxing with Olympic champion

Brazilian will make his debut at UFC 162 against Tim Kennedy

Roger Gracie Boxing Champion James DeGaleRoger gracie will make his Ultimate debut against Tim Kennedy at UFC 162, an event scheduled to take place on July 06th, in Las Vegas. And the Brazilian, who is a 10-time world jiu-jitsu champion, trains hard to have a successful career in the biggest MMA event in the world.

Based in London, Roger improves his boxing with Englishman James DeGale, Olympic medalist in Beijing, 2008. Through his Twitter account, the heavyweight released a photo after training and joked in the caption: “I've never been beaten so much”, he wrote on microblog.

Roger debuted in MMA in 2006 and had seven fights in his career. Before arriving in the UFC, the representative of the Gracie family accumulated six wins and just one defeat in MMA.

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