MMATorch.com contributor Dylan Bowker sat down with Khonry Gracie and Mike Kimbel prior to their fights at Bellator 225.
Topics discussed with Gracie:
-His thoughts on Vera as an opponent
-The generations that came before him providing perspective for Khonry
-The significance of him and his father Royce Gracie both winning under the Bellator banner and how Khonry wants to fight on the same card as his dad one day
-Who Khonry is regularly sparring and training with
-If Khonry would ever want to compete in Rizin
-Boys trips to Stagecoach
Topics discussed with Kimbel
-working with champions from all around the world
-Kimbel's 2019 MMA run being a microcosm of his life
-Getting a big fight in his home state
-The lessons Kimbel learned from his Sebastian Ruiz fight
-The Bellator bantamweight landscape/ Kimbel's place in it
-Planning a post-fight gangster dinner with a mayor in Connecticut, and more!