Seemingly from nowhere Metamoris announced last March that 4x World Champion Marcus Almeida would be rematching 10x World Champion Roger Gracie in a super fight at Metamoris 7. However today originally reported by MMAFighting 'Buchecha' told reporters that the fight is officially off.

"There will not be a rematch between myself and Roger Gracie at Metamoris 7," Almeida said in a statement released to MMA Fighting. "Although I never officially announced this rematch, unfortunately, others did prematurely advertise it before there was an agreement. As always, I thank you for your support, and apologize to any of you who may be disappointed by this. Believe me, I'm as disappointed as you are. I assure you that there was nothing that I wanted more than to give the fans a chance to see a second fight between me and Roger. Hopefully, we're somehow able to come to an agreement at a future date, and the fight can go on. I would like to say thank you to everyone who support me during this past year and believe me now I'm back. By the way, congrats Roger Gracie on your victory and for your first MMA belt, always showing the efficiency of our art in the cage."

Marcus Almeida also missed action at this year's World Pro sighting an injury that held him back from competition. However it seems now that the 2016 IBJJF World Championships are the only thing on the young accomplished black belt's mind. He suffered a season ending knee injury during the absolute quarterfinals match, against Ricardo Evangelista at the 2015 World Championships and has not competed since.

But now, I move forward and I'm eager to once again reclaim my title as world champion this June

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