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  Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy - About Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 39-year-old Gracie is one of nine children, seven of whom are boys.
Royce began competing in tournaments at age eight He received his blue belt at age 16 and was promoted to fl belt in less than two years.
www.gracieacademy.com /royce_gracie.html   (373 words)

  
 Royce Gracie
Royce (pronounced Hoyce) Gracie was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is one of nine children, only two of which are sisters.
Royce was held to a draw in UFC 5 where he once again faced Ken Shamrock who appeared to be fighing not to lose.
Royce Gracie continues forward in MMA and is among the most respected of its competitors.
www.ultimatefightingchampionship.com /subsite/Royce_Gracie_Biography.html   (748 words)

  
 royce gracie - MMA legend
At 175 pounds, and with a build much smaller than his opponents, the Gracie family felt that royce would be the perfect fighter to demonstrate the claims that jujitsu techniques could be used to overcome a larger opponent.
Shamrock then grabbed royces ankle and sat back to attempt the same finishing hold he used to finish his first match, but royce rolled on top of him and secured a rear choke that forced Shamrock to tap the mat in submission.
In the finals, Royce was again outweighed by 40 pounds, but defeated Savate World Champion Gerard Gordeau (who broke his hand in the first round of the tournament against Teila Tuli), taking his opponent to the ground and securing a rear choke.
www.freewebs.com /roycegracie/royceintheufc.htm   (361 words)

  
  Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Network of Charlotte, NC
Royce Gracie was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Royce moved to the United States at age 18 to live with his brother, Rorion.
Royce is still very active in the fight world with most recent fights in the PRIDE Grand Prix held in Japan in 2000.
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  Matt Hughes vs Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie is, along with Ken Shamrock, one of those whose abilities and appeal literally built the UFC sport we know today.
Gracie was toughness personified; but it’s not 1993 anymore.
Royce Gracie is 39 years old, fighting in what he himself has recently dubbed “a young man’s sport.” And even if age isn’t a factor for Gracie, it’s been well over a decade since Royce walked inside the UFC octagon.
www.extremeprosports.com /full_contact_fighting/matt_hughes_vs_royce_gracie.html   (902 words)

  
 Royce Gracie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although Royce came out to the ring, he was dehydrated as a result of his first round match against Kimo Leopoldo, and had to be physically helped to the ring.
Royce lost that match by a controversial referee stoppage; the referee believed that Gracie had been choked out on the ground, thus stopping fight, but Gracie jumped up immediately and claimed that he was fully conscious.
Royce still has one more fight left on his K-1 contract, but on August 13th, 2006, Royce has been announced as taking the role of trainer for former WWE and IWGP world heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar for his debut in K-1.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royce_Gracie   (2588 words)

  
 Royce Gracie - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Royce (pronounced Hoyce) Gracie (born December 12, 1966) is a professional mixed martial arts fighter and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practioner.
Royce is a son of Hélio Gracie (Helio, along with his older brother Carlos Gracie, is considered one of the originators of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) and spent his childhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Royce's most recent victory was against the former sumo wrestler Taro Akebono whom he defeated with a wristlock two minutes and thirteen seconds into their fight.
voyager.in /Royce_Gracie   (1677 words)

  
 Royce Gracie Interview
Jujitsu's newfound hype is credited with the Gracie family for their open challenges to all martial artists who claim their system as most effective.
Royce Gracie was born into jujitsu and in less than thirty years has molded himself into a modern-day icon.
Let's face it, Royce Gracie made the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and until he is defeated in the Octagon, he will remain the ultimate champion.
bjj.org /interviews/tnfc/royce.html   (1394 words)

  
 Royce Gracie
Gracie won with an armlock, but had to be helped out of the ring as he was completely exhausted, and did not return to action that night.
After his victory in the first UFC 1, Gracie did not boast that his triumph had proved to the world the superiority of his family's style of jujutsu, nor did he brag that it had proved he was the toughest fighter in the world.
Royce seems very proud of the fact that his system of self-defense allows him to neutralize and control any opponent without injury to either party.
www.fightingmaster.com /legends/royce/index.htm   (1200 words)

  
 UFC Fighters - Royce Gracie at BetUS Sportsbook
Royce Gracie is the son of the legendary Hélio Gracie who is the father figure of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) along with his brother Carlos Gracie.
Royce Gracie, at less than 180lbs, was chosen to represent Gracie Jiu Jitsu and showcase it to the world as a system that could defeat much larger opponents.
Royce Gracie went on to the most distinguished mixed martial arts fighting carrer to date with wins in both the UFC and PRIDE fighting championships and Royce Gracie is the only person have ever fought and won 4 fights in 1 night.
www.betus.com /ufc-betting/fighters/royce-gracie   (539 words)

  
 About Royce Gracie
Royce is one of nine children, seven of whom are boys.
Royce is still very active in the fight world with the longest MMA match in history, 90 minutes against Japanese superstar Kazushi Sakuraba in Pride Grand Prix 2000, and total domination of the Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Hidehiko Yoshida in Pride Shockwave 2003.
Today Royce is privileged to spread the techniques perfected by his father all over the world.
www.americanfistlaw.com /index.php?id=56   (543 words)

  
 Working Out With Royce Gracie
Gracie also perfected the arm bar, where you grab a guys hand, put your feet over their shoulder and lean back and try to wrench their shoulder socket apart.
The Gracie family started conducting national tournaments in Brazil, where there were no rules and no pads, except that you couldn't poke in the eyes or bite.
The Gracies have become masters in arranging their bodies into levers such that their chokes threaten to squeeze their opponent's head off and arm bars or leg bars provide the same pain at the racks did in medieval times.
martialartsmagazine.com /Gracie/working_out_with_royce_gracie.htm   (732 words)

  
 SportsFilter: Royce Gracie Returns to UFC in May   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Royce Gracie Returns to UFC in May : The dude that held the Ultimate Fighting Championship for its first 3 years defeating dudes twice his size (they didn't have weight classes at the time) is coming back to vie for the welterweight title.
Gracie and his opponent would spend 10 minutes lying on the mat, twisting and turning, trying to get a grip on the other guy's arm/leg/neck, when suddenly there would be a double-tap and the match would be over.
Gracie's success in the past was because the relatively unskilled tough guys he was fighting were not very good and his skill worked against the inexperienced who did not know how to defend against it.
www.sportsfilter.com /comments.cfm/5939   (6827 words)

  
 Royce Gracie Biography and Fighting Information
Case and point: Royce Gracie won three of the first four UFC tournaments when there were hardly any rules (you couldn't bite or eye gouge, that's about it).
Unfortunately for Royce, he fell to Sakuraba after an unbelievably grueling 90 minute match (his brother was forced to throw in the towel after repeated leg kicks by Sakuraba had taken their toll).
Royce Gracie was widely considered the greatest UFC Champion of all time, period, considering what he had done for the sport.
www.submittomma.com /articles/royce_bio.html   (1693 words)

  
 Hughes TKOs Gracie at UFC 60 -- Newsday.com
Gracie, who was on his back for most of the match and used his legs to attempt to hold Hughes in the half-guard position, couldn't contain the reigning welterweight champion.
Gracie (13-2-3-1 no contest), a 6-1, 175-pound human that became superhuman when he continually defeated larger and stronger opponents over the years, along with his family brought Brazilian jiu-jitsu to the United States.
Gracie appeared in pain, but the consummate champion who hasn't been in the Octagon in 11 years stayed calm, straightened out his arm and escaped the lock which puts tremendous strain on the elbow and shoulder.
www.newsday.com /sports/ny-ufc-fight,0,4487235.story?coll=ny-sports-mezz   (695 words)

  
 R o y c e   G r a c i e
Royce immediately holds Kimo in his guard while Kimo tries to headbutt and strike Royce which Royce deflects and neutralizes by holding onto one of Kimo's hands and protecting his face with the other hand.
Royce tucks down to prevent being thrown and they both stumble tiredly to the fence and both fall to the mat.
Royce tries to choke Severn from the bottom using the blade of his forearm against Severn's throat and grabbing his own gi which is not effective to force Severn into submission.
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 - ROYCE GRACIE WANTS A REMATCH WITH MATT HUGHES - MMA WEEKLY - Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more
Royce Gracie: The club is part of the Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Network, and I am here to conduct a seminar.
Royce Gracie: I have a contract with K-1, and I am due to fight on the K-1 New Year's Eve show in Japan.
Royce Gracie: In February, I shall be in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Italy.
www.mmaweekly.com /absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=2473&zoneid=13   (704 words)

  
 GoFish | User Profile
Gracie became well-known in the mid 1990s with a string of submission victories over larger opponents in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
He is the son of Hélio Gracie (Helio, along with his older brother Carlos Gracie, are the originators of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) and spent his childhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Royce Gracie has fought in UFC, Pride FC and K-1 in his lengthy career.
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 Royce Gracie interview!
Royce: I also train in kickboxing, about 3 times a week and I already have a fl belt in karate.
Royce: Well this is a hard question; you see when it comes to self defense you are on the street and it is a lot different than fighting in the ring.
Royce: Well right now I am talking to Pride about a fight, and teaching seminars all over the world.
www.fightingmaster.com /legends/royce/interview.htm   (484 words)

  
 ROYCE GRACIE ARTICLE - SubFighter.com
Royce's displays at the UFC were marked by the use of pure Jiu-Jitsu, without any influence from other martial arts.
Royce, of course, hasn't become a Chute Boxe specialist, but his game is more aggressive and prepared for these days.
The fight - later to be known as Royce's last UFC presentation - ended as a draw after 30 minutes plus a five-minute extra-time, and pretty much saw nothing but the American all crumpled up in Gracie's guard, blocking Royce's hips to avoid any dangerous locks.
www.subfighter.com /article2045.html   (1664 words)

  
 Royce Gracie is an MMA Master - Bodog Nation
Royce Gracie will take anyone to school – and he doesn’t need his fists to do it.
Royce was chosen to represent the Gracies at the first UFC because he was the least imposing, adding to the incredulous reactions when he won.
The fighters expressed their admiration to Gracie while he was on set as a guest commentator and that didn’t surprise the man who is often at his side.
nation.bodoglife.com /fight-files/exclusive-interview-mma-legend-royce-gracie-665686.html   (1065 words)

  
 Royce Gracie [Mixed Martial Arts]
Royce was taught Jiu-Jitsu as a toddler by his father and his older brothers Rorion, Relson and Rickson Gracie.
Royce had already suffered a broken foot, and had succumbed to the rough barrage of kicks that Sakuraba had inflicted upon him.
In January of 2006 it was officially announced that Royce would return to the UFC for a non-title bout with welterweight champion Matt Hughes.
www.ultimate-fighter.ca /wiki/royce_gracie   (1887 words)

  
 Royce Gracie Suspended, Fined For Steroids | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
Royce Gracie is 6'1" and used to fight around 180 lbs (81.8 kg) With Royce being built the way he is he had to drop weight to fight Matt Hughes (talk about a funny looking fight where a great fighter seemingly intentionally breaks his guard, gives his arm and his back).
I personally think Royce and the Gracie team could kick ass but they are a family of pride (they have no reason not to be) if they just evolved with the commercial fighting arena.
Why would the all-time MMA towel-tosser (Royce Gracie) use steroids is beyond me. If Royce was not using illegal steroids, he would probably have 6 to 8 additional losses by towel toss.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/5164/royce-gracie-suspended-fined-steroid-use   (3938 words)

  
 Royce Gracie teaches Mixed Martial (MMA) and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Alexandria, Washington DC, Loudoun County and NOVA
The 175-pound Royce Gracie was able to quickly defeat much heavier and stronger fighters from all styles of martial arts, such as Judo, Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Wrestling, Boxing, Shootfighting and Kung Fu.
Royce's success was convincing proof of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu's superiority over other martial arts, making him an internationally recognized martial arts icon.
Royce also founded the Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Network, consisting of numerous academies all over the world.
www.gracieva.com /instructors/royce.php   (271 words)

  
 OTM - Royce Gracie Interview 3
Jujitsu's newfound hype is credited with the Gracie family for their open challenges to all martial artists who claim their system as most effective.
Royce Gracie was born into jujitsu and in less than thirty years has molded himself into a modern-day icon.
Let's face it, Royce Gracie made the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and until he is defeated in the Octagon, he will remain the ultimate champion.
www.onthemat.com /articles/Royce_Gracie_Interview_3_10_13_2005.html   (1102 words)

  
 Royce Gracie--The Forgotten Warrior who Built the UFC Octagon
Gracie (in his prime) fought back when there were no weight classes, no gloves over your knuckles, no one card fights, and back when there were virtually no rules.
This was the last time we'd see Royce in battle except for UFC 60 in which a much older Gracie was brought back to fight in what seemed more of a publicity stunt by the new owners of the UFC, but this was not the same fighter as he was in 1993-1995.
Royce Gracie was honored by the UFC in 2003 by being admitted the the UFC Hall of Fame along with veteran fighter Ken Shamrock.
hubpages.com /hub/Royce-Gracie--The-Forgotten-Warrior-who-Built-the-UFC-House   (1051 words)

  
 Royce Gracie
He went on to win 3 UFC titles and today is the only man in the history of no holds barred matches to successfully defeat four opponents in one night.
Royce is still very active in the fight world with the longer MMA match in history 90 min against Japanese Superstar Kazushi Sakuraba in PRIDE Grand PRIX 2000, and total domination of the Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Hidehiko Yoshida in PRIDE Shockwave 2003.
Royce defeated the giant in just 2min and 13sec with a shoulder lock.
www.gracieorlando.com /royce-gracie.html   (343 words)

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