For about a month ago, one of the main point scorers at Alliance academy has not been training with the team in Sao Paulo.
Gabriel Vella, ultra heavyweight world champion and bronze-medalist in the 2009 absolute, confirmed to GRACIEMAG.com he officially exited the team.
After a long conversation with our reporter, the fighter made his statement.
“As in every family, in every household, it’s normal that problems arise in relationships between human beings. For relationship problems, I opted to leave the team. Dirty laundry should be washed at home. I see no need to expose anyone,” remarked Vella to GRACIEMAG.com.
And what now?
“After making my exit, I’ll return to training at Ryan Gracie academy, with the friends I never left behind – my friendship with them never ceased to exist. The curious part is that, before he died, Ryan had called me up and said I could return whenever I wanted no problem. It’s even crazy to say, he left everything in order here, put Celso (Venicius) in charge of classes. It’s as though he’d prepared everything (before departing)…”
So Vella won’t be heading back to Gracie Barra?
“We had a first meeting and even started to talk about that. I don’t understand how Ryan’s academy isn’t associated with Gracie Barra these days… After all, I always competed at big championships under Barra. To me, it’s the same as Renzo’s guys not representing Gracie Barra at championships. So we’ll see. But for now that’s it, I’m back in the Gracie family,” he said in closing.
