Royce Gracie
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Shogun
Master Black Belt
its very likely. Hughes has lost to Dennis Hallman twice, armbar and triangle I believe, both times equal less than 40 seconds combined! he also lost to BJ Penn by Mata Leao and neither guy is half the Jiu jitsu specialist Gracie is. Gracie trains modern mixed martial arts. a lot of people have got this preconceived notion that he is stuck in the past. C'mon guys....when have the GRacies been stuck in the past? they have always been lightyears ahead of anyone else.Royce by Armlock
Kembudo-Kai Kempoka
Senior Master
I'm rooting for Royce. He's a fun dude, and was an outstanding MMA fighter before there was MMA. I remember bumping into him at a staged cage fight put on by Kazja at the Irvine Bren Events center about a year before the 1st UFC. He very quaintly said, "I don't know why my brother (Rorion) sends me to these things...they are so silly". A year later he's in a cage at UFC 1 with the bright lights and anouncer we were making fun of.
Before, well, probably ANY of you had even HEARD of jits or MMA, Royce was taking all comers at the Torrance Academy for the Gracie Challenge (Rickson had left to start his own gig and Royler returned to Rio for a spell). They included some big, strong nasties right out of the brig with something to prove for 100K; local and national martial arts notables; and Pan-Am & Olympic freestyle & Greco-Roman champs only a year or so out of their victories. Even if Royce loses, he wins for getting out there after having done it before it was done. All y'all can knock him if you like, but if it weren't for his presence in the Gracie Challenge matches and the 1st couple UFC's, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
And he's done it all with a sense of humor around not being able to pronounce "buffalo" or "bullets" without that dorky Brazilian accent (tank you for dat geeft, my fren').
Regards,
Dave
Before, well, probably ANY of you had even HEARD of jits or MMA, Royce was taking all comers at the Torrance Academy for the Gracie Challenge (Rickson had left to start his own gig and Royler returned to Rio for a spell). They included some big, strong nasties right out of the brig with something to prove for 100K; local and national martial arts notables; and Pan-Am & Olympic freestyle & Greco-Roman champs only a year or so out of their victories. Even if Royce loses, he wins for getting out there after having done it before it was done. All y'all can knock him if you like, but if it weren't for his presence in the Gracie Challenge matches and the 1st couple UFC's, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
And he's done it all with a sense of humor around not being able to pronounce "buffalo" or "bullets" without that dorky Brazilian accent (tank you for dat geeft, my fren').
Regards,
Dave
