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Flashback: Royce Gracie’s Revolution at UFC 1

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Oct 11, 2024

An arm raised in victory that marked the beginning of a revolution and the birth of a legend. In a single historic night at UFC 1, Royce Gracie faced three men in a single-elimination tournament to prove that technique could topple brute strength. With no weight classes, no gloves, and barely any rules, he faced fighters from wildly different disciplines—a......

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Royce Gracie: Family ties

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The UFC 1 victor explains to FO how he’s proud of his early achievements and is now a dedicated Diaz fan  Did you feel any pressure or responsibility


The Old Guard

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Royce Gracie may be missing from the Octagon at UFC 134, but he maintains the key to being the champion is one of strategy, not strength


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Flashback: Royce Gracie’s Revolution at UFC 1

Fighters Only
Oct 11, 2024

An arm raised in victory that marked the beginning of a revolution and the birth of a legend. In a single historic night at UFC 1, Royce Gracie faced three men in a single-elimination tournament to prove that technique could topple brute strength. With no weight classes, no gloves, and barely any rules, he faced fighters from wildly different disciplines—a......

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Royce Gracie: His Father’s Son

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When Royce Gracie won the tournament at the first UFC event, he told the people watching live and on cable television that he was going to Disneyland


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Founding father

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Without the wave of interest generated in the early 1990s by Rorion Gracie’s brainchild, the UFC, MMA would be nowhere near as popular as it is today.


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