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Brazilian professional mixed martial artist

Royce Gracie
Gracie in 2010
Built-in	(1966-12-12) 12 December 1966 (age 55) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Height	half-dozen ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Segmentation	Welterweight Middleweight Light heavyweight
Reach	194 cm (76 in)
Style	Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Torrance, California, United States
Team	Gracie Humaitá[1] Team Royce Gracie
Instructor(s)	Hélio Gracie
Rank	7th degree ruby-red/black coral belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu under Rickson Gracie[2]
Years active	1993–1995, 2000–2003, 2006–2007, 2015 (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Full	xx
Wins	15
By knockout	2
By submission	11
By decision	2
Losses	2
By knockout	2
Draws	3
Other information
Notable relatives	Gracie Family
Website	http://roycegracie.com/
Mixed martial arts tape from Sherdog

Royce Gracie (Portuguese: [ˈʁɔjsi ˈɡɾejsi]; born 12 December 1966)^[3] is a Brazilian retired professional person mixed martial artist,^[4] a UFC Hall of Famer, and a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. A member of the Gracie family, he is considered to be ane of the most influential figures in the history of mixed martial arts (MMA).^[five] He too competed at PRIDE Fighting Championships, K-one'due south MMA events and at Bellator.

Gracie gained fame for his success in the Ultimate Fighting Title. Between 1993 and 1994, he was the tournament winner of UFC ane, UFC 2 and UFC four, which at the time was an openweight single-elimination tournament with minimal rules. He was also known for his rivalry with Ken Shamrock, whom he beat in UFC i so fought to a draw in the Superfight Championship rematch at UFC 5.^{[half dozen]} Royce would later compete in PRIDE Fighting Championships, where he is most remembered for his 90-minute tour against Kazushi Sakuraba in 2000,^[vii] and a controversial "Judo vs Jiu-Jitsu" mixed rules match against olympic gold-medalist in Judo Hidehiko Yoshida at Pride Shockwave in 2002.^[8]

Royce Gracie popularized Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (also known as Brazilian jiu-jitsu) and revolutionized mixed martial arts with his results contributing to the movement towards grappling and ground fighting in the sport. In 2008, Gracie was ranked by Inside MMA as the third-greatest mixed martial arts fighter of all time.^[nine]

Groundwork [edit]

Royce Gracie was built-in in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1966. One of the 9 sons of jiu-jitsu grandmaster Hélio Gracie, having learned the art from his father since his babyhood.^[10] He had his commencement competition at age eight and started teaching classes when he was 14 years quondam. When he was 17, Royce was awarded a black belt by his father, Hélio.^[11] A few months afterwards, together with his brothers Royler and Rickson Gracie, Gracie moved to the U.s. in Torrance, California to live with his older brother Rorion Gracie, who had moved there in 1978 and had established a Gracie University.^[12]

The Gracie brothers in the United States continued the family unit's tradition of the "Gracie Claiming", in which they challenged other martial artists to a no-holds-barred Vale Tudo friction match in their gym in order to prove the superiority of Gracie jiu-jitsu.^[thirteen] Rorion would later edit footage from the Gracie Challenge fights into a single documentary serial known as Gracie in Activity, with some footage featuring Royce'southward fights.^[14] The Gracie in Action tapes inspired Fine art Davie to create the UFC.^[15]

Mixed martial arts career [edit]

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) [edit]

UFC 1 [edit]

The Ultimate Fighting Title was founded in 1993 by Rorion Gracie, business concern executive Art Davie and the Semaphore Entertainment Group (SEG). The premise of the event was doing a 8-human openweight single-emptying tournament without many rules from fighters representing different martial arts, in lodge to discover the most constructive and strongest fighting manner. While Davie and the SEG were interested in doing an event with vehement and heady Vale Tudo fights similar to what they had seen on the Gracie in Action tapes, Rorion was interested in promoting the family's ain Jiu-Jitsu style by defeating larger and stronger opponents from more well-known martial arts. Rorion said he picked Royce to represent the family'southward art because of his skinnier and smaller frame, to show how a small person can defeat a bigger opponent using jiu-jitsu.^[sixteen]

Gracie entered the tournament wearing his now iconic Brazilian jiu-jitsu gi.^[17] In his first match, Gracie defeated journeyman boxer Art Jimmerson. He tackled him to the ground using a baiana (morote-gari or double-leg) and obtained the ascendant "mounted" position. Mounted and with only 1 gratis arm, Jimmerson conceded defeat.

In the semi-finals, Gracie fought against shootfighter and King of Pancrase Ken Shamrock. This was Royce's well-nigh hard match, as Shamrock had grappling experience (having defenseless Patrick Smith in a heel hook in a previous match). Gracie started the round by attempting a double-leg, which was defended by Shamrock with a sprawl and attempted to stand back to his anxiety. Gracie then responded by pulling Shamrock to his guard and started to practice small kicks into Shamrock'south kidneys, but he got out from his guard and attempted to pull Gracie into a heel hook, every bit he had done it with Patrick Smith similarly earlier. But the Brazilian, even so, defended past wrapping his gi effectually Shamrock's arm, and when the latter sat back, it pulled Gracie on superlative of him. He and so proceeded to take Shamrock'south back and used his own gi to secure a rear naked choke.^[eighteen] Although Shamrock has affirmed it was actually a gi asphyxiate, using the cloth effectually his neck.^[19] Shamrock tapped out to Gracie's choke but the referee did non see the tap and ordered both fighters to continue the friction match. Shamrock then admitted defeat to the referee maxim it would non be off-white and Royce was declared the tour's victor, with both fighters exchanging a handshake afterward some taunting.^[20]

Gracie fought in the finals confronting Karate Kyokushin practitioner and Savate World Champion Gerard Gordeau. Gracie managed to take his opponent to the ground and secure a rear asphyxiate, winning the bout.^[21] During the fight, Gordeau bit Gracie's ear, breaking one of the few rules of the event. Gracie retaliated past belongings the asphyxiate after Gordeau had tapped out, with the Dutchman borer in panic before they were separated by a referee.^[22] Royce was then declared the "Ultimate Fighting Champion" and was awarded $50,000 in prize money.^[21]

Rivalry with Ken Shamrock [edit]

After Gracie defeated Ken Shamrock in the get-go UFC event, a rivalry developed between the fighters. Shamrock especially wanted a rematch as,^[23] according to him, Gracie had used the gi to favor his grappling while he had non been immune to use wrestling shoes by the promoters, which he considered an unfair advantage to Gracie.^[24] Shamrock all the same conceded that he had underestimated his opponent.^[25]

A rematch betwixt Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock failed to materialize at the UFC 2, as Shamrock had broken his paw in training^[26] and at UFC 3 Gracie withdrew from the competition due to exhaustion (resulting in Shamrock withdrawing from the effect too). To solve the problem of the tournament format's unpredictability, a "superfight" in which Gracie and Ken Shamrock would fight in a bout outside the main tournament was scheduled for the UFC 5.^[23]

UFC 2 [edit]

Gracie returned to defend his title four months subsequently at UFC two, this tournament would have 16 fighters and he would have to defeat four opponents in order to go the champion. Gracie began his defense of the championship by submitting Japanese Karatedo Daido Juku and Kyokushin karateka Minoki Ichihara after a five-minute bout, his longest however.^[27] Advancing into the quarterfinals, Royce Gracie fought 5 Animals Kung Fu practitioner and future Pancrase veteran Jason DeLucia, whom he had already fought and defeated before in one of the "Gracie Challenges" in 1991. Gracie submitted DeLucia via armbar just over a minute into the bout.^[28] Gracie and so submitted 250-lb Judo and Taekwondo black belt Remco Pardoel with a lapel asphyxiate,^[29] and arrived at the finals confronting kickboxer Patrick Smith, who had previously participated at UFC 1. Showing his superior grappling skills, Gracie easily took Smith to the ground and won the fight via submission to punches.^[30]

UFC 3 [edit]

Royce Gracie entered UFC 3 now every bit twice-champion and as the favorite to win. The amount of fighters was scaled downwardly back to eight like the first edition.^[31] Royce was matched up in the outset round against Kimo Leopoldo, a representative of Taekwondo and one-time loftier schoolhouse wrestler. Leopoldo utilized his wrestling background to dominate the grappling exchanges, denying several of Gracie's takedowns and even took his back. Equally both men began to tire, Gracie held down Leopoldo by grabbing onto his pony tail, eventually submitting him with an armbar at 4:40 of circular one.^[32] However, he withdrew from his next fight with Gōjū-ryū karateka Harold Howard before it began due to exhaustion and dehydration.^[31] Royce entered into the band and threw in the towel.^[33] This was the showtime outcome which Gracie did not win.

UFC 4 [edit]

Gracie began the UFC 4 by submitting 51-year-old Karateka and Kung fu film player Ron van Clief in the opening round with a rear-naked choke near the 4-infinitesimal mark. In the semi-finals, he fought American Kenpo Karate specialist Keith Hackney, who was able to defend Gracie's takedowns for four minutes until he was submitted by an armbar.^[34]

Gracie's final tournament bout was confronting Dan Severn, a former Pan American freestyle wrestling gold medalist. Severn dominated the fight, securing takedowns and maintaining pinnacle control throwing footing and pound for nearly fifteen minutes. Yet Gracie somewhen managed to secure a triangle choke for the submission victory at 15:49 of round one.^[34] The match extended beyond the pay-per-view time slot and viewers, who missed the end of the fight, demanded their money back.

UFC five [edit]

Gracie and Shamrock returned for UFC 5, they were both set to headline the UFC's get-go "superfight", a special outside the main tournament in order to rematch Gracie and Shamrock, as they would have no prior impairment from a previous fight. The winner would win a special belt and become the inaugural UFC Superfight Champion.^[23] Time limits were re-introduced into the sport in 1995 due pay-per-view limits after the UFC 4 debacle and the fighters were only told a few hours before the event, upsetting both competitors.

At the start of round ane, Shamrock immediately scored a takedown with Gracie pulling guard. The majority of the contest consisted of Shamrock in top position defending Gracie'south submission game, occasionally landing basis and pound. After nearly 30 minutes of control time for Shamrock, the contest was given overtime and restarted on the feet. At the start of the overtime, Shamrock connected with a punch that led to swelling on Gracie'southward centre, with Gracie immediately pulling guard. Afterward some other uneventful few minutes, the competition was declared a describe.^{[23] [35]}

The describe sparked much fence and controversy as to who would have won the fight had judges adamant the issue, or had there been no fourth dimension limits, as by the terminate of the fight Gracie'southward right eye was swollen shut.^[36] Had there been ringside judges, UFC matchmaker Art Davie believes that Shamrock would have been declared the winner.^[35] The fight was poorly received by critics and the alive audience, due to the lack of action from both competitors.^[23]

Later on the fight, Gracie left the UFC along with his brother Rorion, who sold his shares of the result. According to Rorion, they left the organization due a disharmonize of interest because of the time limits introduced after UFC 4 and time to come plans to innovate judges, and weight classes.^[37]

At UFC 45 in November 2003, at the ten-year anniversary of the UFC, Shamrock and Gracie became the start inductees into the UFC Hall of Fame. UFC President Dana White said;^[38]

We feel that no two individuals are more deserving than Royce and Ken to be the lease members. Their contributions to our sport, both inside and outside the Octagon, may never be equaled.

Royce's claiming letters [edit]

Throughout his UFC days, Royce frequently challenged well-known fighters—though usually to no avail—to "fight to the cease, any place and any fourth dimension." Many large-name sportspeople, including Mike Tyson (who was serving the prison term at the time) received the note several times in an open letter style, ordinarily published past the Blackness Chugalug Magazine at The Ultimate Fighter cavalcade.^{[39] [40]}

PRIDE Fighting Championships [edit]

Attempts to sign Royce [edit]

Gracie was originally going to debut in PRIDE Fighting Championships in their 1998 PRIDE ii event, where he would be pitted against young man UFC champion Marker Kerr. The Gracie side demanded special rules without fourth dimension limit or referee stoppage, which were accepted.^[41] However, Royce pulled out due to a back injury after the fight had been advertised.^[42]

The situation changed after PRIDE 8, when Royce'southward older blood brother Royler Gracie was defeated by Kazushi Sakuraba. Sakuraba dominated the match and won by technical submission. This was the first time in 50 years a Gracie had been defeated in a mixed martial arts fight and Sakuraba followed by a challenge to Rickson Gracie.^[43] In response, the Gracies argued that Royler'southward loss did not count as he had not conceded or tapped out, and the referee'due south stopping of the bout went confronting the special ruleset they had requested for the fight. Many pundits were also affirming that the Gracie pure-BJJ approach was not able to match a well-rounded cross-trainined fighter anymore.^[43] In response to that assertion, and in club to defeat Sakuraba in a rematch, the Gracies signed Royce up to PRIDE.^[44]

PRIDE 1000 Prix and bout against Nobuhiko Takada [edit]

Royce Gracie's kickoff event in PRIDE was in the "PRIDE Grand Prix 2000", an openweight tournament that would exist divided into ii events: the Opening Round, which consisted of the Round of 16 and the Finals which would happen three months subsequently and consisted of the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals. The bouts in the Opening Round had their rules modified to have but 1 round of 15 minutes.^[45] In the get-go round, he fought Japanese professional person wrestler Nobuhiko Takada. Takada was a very pop wrestler who had headlined Pride 1 and Pride 4 confronting Royce's blood brother Rickson. After a largely uneventful fight, Gracie was declared the winner by unanimous decision and advanced to the One thousand Prix Quarter-Finals.^[46]

Bout with Sakuraba [edit]

Royce was and then gear up to fight Kazushi Sakuraba in the Quarter-Finals at the PRIDE One thousand Prix 2000 Finals. Sakuraba was a professional wrestler who derived his foundation in submissions from catch wrestling and shoot wrestling. He had defeated several opponents and become ane of the first Japanese stars of PRIDE. As Royce entered the Grand Prix peculiarly to fight Sakuraba, the Gracies demanded special rules for the fight: an unlimited number of 15-minute rounds, no judges, no referee stoppages, and wins could simply come by knockout, submission or throwing in the towel.^{[43] [47]} Sakuraba criticized the different ruleset, the Gracie's demands to fight nether information technology and their demands for special handling, just ended upwardly like-minded to the claiming still.^[47]

The two battled for an hour and a one-half, after which Gracie began to fatigue, and could no longer stand due to a broken femur every bit a consequence of numerous leg kicks. The towel was thrown in and Sakuraba was alleged the winner. Sakuraba went on to defeat other members of the Gracie family, including Renzo Gracie and Ryan Gracie, earning him the nickname "Gracie Hunter."^[48]

Bouts with Yoshida [edit]

Gracie returned to PRIDE in 2002 to fight Japanese aureate-medalist judoka Hidehiko Yoshida in a special "Judo vs. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu" special rules match, billed as a "rematch" of Masahiko Kimura vs. Hélio Gracie, which had happened 50 years earlier. The rules were that the fight would be contested in two 10-minute rounds and would exist declared a draw if no result was achieved. Strikes to the head were disallowed, as it was any kind of strike if both opponents were on the ground. Lying on the mat or dropping down without touching the opponent would be banned as well. Both fighters would wear a keikogi as per their corresponding disciplines'south preference.^[49] It happened at Pride Shockwave a co-production between PRIDE and K-1 kickboxing, intended to be a mega-event jubilant martial arts, with the event even so having the largest alive attendance in MMA history, drawing almost 91,000 fans^[fifty] (with some sources suggesting instead 71,000).^[51] Royce'southward father Hélio Gracie lit a ceremonial olympic torch along with MMA pioneer Antonio Inoki in the opening ceremony.^[50]

Royce started the fight pulling guard and attempting a heel hook and an armbar, with Hidehiko blocking them and coming back with a gi choke and an ankle lock attempt. Gracie pulled guard again, just Yoshida turned information technology into a daki age and sought the Kimura lock; so, when the Brazilian blocked the technique, Yoshida passed his guard and performed a mounted sode guruma jime. After a moment of inactivity, the referee Daisuke Noguchi stopped the match in the belief Royce was unconscious and gave victory to Yoshida.^[fifty]

Gracie immediately protested and footage of the fight was reviewed, which showed that Gracie'south visible arm during the execution of the choke was limp and motionless.^[fifty] Gracie began to debate with Noguchi, the squabble soon resulted in him attacking the referee and information technology escalated into a full a brawl between the corners of the 2 fighters.^{[52] [8]} After backstage, the Gracies demanded it be turned into a no competition, and an immediate rematch exist booked with different rules. If not, the Gracie family would never fight for PRIDE FC again.^[53] PRIDE, wanting to keep the Gracie family with them, accustomed their demands.

Afterward, Gracie started fighting without a gi so that his opponents could not stall past holding onto it. The grudge match betwixt Yoshida and Gracie took identify at PRIDE's Shockwave 2003 event on Dec 31, 2003. Gracie dominated Yoshida only, equally the lucifer had no judge per Gracie's asking, the bout was declared a draw subsequently 2 10-minute rounds.^[54]

Fighting and Entertainment Grouping [edit]

In September 2004 Pride had a disagreement with Gracie nigh his participation in the 2005 Pride Middleweight Yard Prix. Gracie had issues with the proposed opponents and rules (K Prix fights must have a winner and cannot end in a depict). He jumped to Fighting and Entertainment Group'due south K-1 arrangement. Pride sued Gracie for breaching his contract with them. The instance was settled in Dec 2005, with Gracie issuing a public apology, blaming his deportment on a misinterpretation of the contract past his manager.

In K-ane, Royce Gracie competed on K-1'due south Dynamite!! series, which featured both kickboxing and MMA matches on their cards. On December 31, 2004, Gracie entered the Yard-1 scene at the K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite!! event inside the Osaka Dome, facing off confronting former sumo wrestler and MMA newcomer Akebono Tarō aka. Republic of chad Rowan under special MMA rules (Two 10-minute rounds; the match would end as a draw if there was no winner subsequently the two rounds). Gracie fabricated quick work of his heavy opponent, forcing Akebono to submit to a shoulder lock at 2:xiii of the beginning round.

Exactly one year later, on the Thousand-one PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!! carte du jour of Dec 31, 2005, Gracie fought Japan'southward Hideo Tokoro, a 143-pound fighter, in a fight ending in a draw after twenty minutes. Gracie's original opponent was scheduled to be the tall Korean fighter Choi Hong-man, another MMA newcomer.

Render to UFC [edit]

On January sixteen, 2006, UFC President Dana White announced that Royce Gracie would return to the UFC to fight UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes on May 27, 2006, at UFC 60. This was a not-title tour at a catchweight of 175 lb. nether UFC/California State Able-bodied Commission rules. To fix, Gracie cantankerous-trained in Muay Thai and was oft shown in publicity materials from Fairtex.^[55]

In circular i, Hughes secured a straight armbar that hyper-extended Royce's arm, still Royce refused to tap. Hughes somewhen won the fight by TKO at 4:39 of the get-go circular.^{[56] [57]}

Royce said later afterward the fight with Hughes that he wanted a rematch and that he was non surprised past Hughes's operation: "No, we knew what he was planning to do. We worked out his gameplan before the fight, and he did exactly what we expected. I over-trained for the fight. That was all. I started training too much, as well hard, for as well long. He did exactly what nosotros expected."^[58]

Rematch with Sakuraba [edit]

On May 8, 2007, EliteXC appear that Gracie'due south opponent for the June two K-1 Dynamite!! USA effect in Los Angeles, California, would be Japanese fighter Kazushi Sakuraba.

Gracie defeated Sakuraba by a unanimous decision. However, a mail service-fight drug screen revealed that Royce had traces of Nandrolone in his system. "Use of steroids is simply adulterous," said Armando Garcia, California State Athletic Committee executive manager. "It won't be tolerated in this state."^[59]

Steroids scandal [edit]

On June 14, 2007, the California Country Athletic Committee alleged that Gracie had tested positive for Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, after his fight with Sakuraba.^[59] According to the California State Athletic Commission, the average person could produce almost ii ng/ml of Nandrolone, while an athlete following "rigorous physical exercise" could take a level of effectually 6 ng/ml.^[lx] Both "A" and "B" test samples provided by Gracie "had a level of over 50 ng/ml and we were informed that the level itself was so elevated that information technology would non register on the laboratory's calibrator," said the CSAC.^[61] Gracie was fined $2,500 (the maximum penalisation the commission can impose) and suspended for the remainder of his license, which ended on May xxx, 2008. Gracie paid the fine.^[62]

Royce Gracie decided to dispute the allegations during an online video interview in May 2009, saying that his weight in the get-go UFC issue was 178 lb and claiming his weight during his Sakuraba fight was 180 lb, thus only gaining 2 pounds.^[63] This was widely disputed by experts. According to ESPN, "In the former contest, he weighed in at 175 pounds; for Sakuraba, he was 188. I may not need to exist nutritionist to detect that a muscle gain of thirteen pounds in one year at the age of forty is a strikingly accomplished feat. Athletes nearing the half-century mark are ofttimes happy to maintain functional mass, let lonely pack it on".^[64]

Retirement [edit]

On March xi, 2011, Royce Gracie's profile was added dorsum to ufc.com active fighters listing as a middleweight. His manager stated that they were actively negotiating with the UFC for a return to the Octagon and said it was just a matter of "getting information technology nailed down" and that at that place was plenty of time for information technology.^[65] On November 15, 2013, at UFC 167 on the 20th Anniversary of the UFC, Royce Gracie confirmed to MMA announcer Ariel Helwani that he had retired from competing in mixed martial arts.^[iii]

Return with Bellator MMA [edit]

At Bellator 145, it was announced that Gracie would return from retirement to face rival Ken Shamrock in a trilogy fight, taking place on February 19, 2016, at Bellator 149.^[66] Gracie won the fight via TKO in circular ane.^[67] The win was non without controversy, all the same, as replays showed that Gracie landed a knee strike that grazed the groin of Shamrock prior to the cease. Shamrock protested the stoppage, withal the bout was officially ruled a victory for Gracie.^[68] Information technology was later announced that Shamrock had failed his pre-fight drug exam for banned substances.^[69]

Mail service-fight career [edit]

Royce Gracie demonstrates a Kesa-gatame in a seminar in 2011.

Gracie has been since retired from MMA competition and has been focusing in pedagogy Jiu-jitsu. He more often than not travels around the world going to schools, teaching in seminars and doing interviews in magazines, websites and talk shows.^[70] He has opened his own association of gyms known every bit "Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Network", with affiliate schools in 34 locations in the United States, and many throughout the globe in Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and the United kingdom.^[71]

Career accomplishments [edit]

Ultimate Fighting Championship [edit]

• • UFC Hall of Fame (Inaugural inductee, part of the pioneer wing, class of 2003)
  • UFC 1 Tournament Championship
  • UFC 2 Tournament Title
  • UFC iv Tournament Championship
  • UFC Viewer's Choice Award^[72]
  • First tournament champion in UFC history
  • Longest fight in UFC history (36 minutes) - vs Ken Shamrock at (UFC 5)
  • Most tournament wins in UFC history (Eleven)
  • Most tournaments won in UFC history (3)
  • Nigh fights in a unmarried night in UFC history (Four) - tied with (Patrick Smith)

Pride Fighting Championships [edit]

• • Longest fight in Pride history (90 minutes) - vs Kazushi Sakuraba at (Pride One thousand Prix 2000 Finals)

Fight Matrix [edit]

• • Fighter of the Twelvemonth (1993)^[73]

Black Belt Magazine [edit]

• • Competitor of the Year (1994)^[74]

Wrestling Observer Newsletter [edit]

• • Fight of the Twelvemonth (2000) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba on May i

World MMA Awards [edit]

• • 2013 Lifetime Achievement^[75]

Personal life [edit]

Gracie filed for divorce in 2016. He and his former wife Marianne have three sons and a daughter.^[76] His son Kheydon Gracie enlisted in the U.s.a. Army.^[77]

Despite being a seventh caste coral belt, Gracie wears a nighttime blue belt when grooming in Brazilian jiu-jitsu paying homage to his father, Hélio Gracie, who primarily wore a dark blue belt despite having the highest possible rank, ruby-red belt. Hélio Gracie died in 2009, and Royce said he does not want to be promoted by anybody else.^[78]

He is a supporter of Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro.^{[79] [lxxx]}

Instructor lineage [edit]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu [edit]

Kano Jigoro → Tomita Tsunejiro → Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie → Hélio Gracie → Royce Gracie^[81]

Controversies [edit]

Gracie has engaged in multiple disputes with other martial artists including his nephews Rener Gracie, Ryron Gracie,^[82] and Eddie Bravo.^[83]

Legal troubles [edit]

On April i, 2015, the IRS sent Royce Gracie and his wife a Find of Deficiency claiming they owe $657,114 in back taxes and $492,835.25 in penalties for Civil Fraud, based on IRC 6663(a).^[84]

Mixed martial arts tape [edit]

Professional record breakdown
xx matches	15 wins	2 losses
By knockout	2	2
Past submission	11	0
By decision	2	0
Draws	iii

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Appointment	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	15–ii–3	Ken Shamrock	TKO (human knee and punches)	Bellator 149	February 19, 2016	1	two:22	Houston, Texas, Usa	Light heavyweight tour.
Win	fourteen–2–3	Kazushi Sakuraba	Decision (unanimous)	Dynamite!! U.s.a.	June 2, 2007	3	5:00	Los Angeles, California, The states	Gracie tested positive for anabolic steroids after match. The judges' decision was not overturned.[85]
Loss	xiii–2–3	Matt Hughes	TKO (punches)	UFC 60	May 27, 2006	1	iv:39	Los Angeles, California, United States	175 lb Catchweight bout.
Depict	13–1–iii	Hideo Tokoro	Depict	K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!	December 31, 2005	two	10:00	Osaka, Osaka, Japan	Rules modified for no judges' decision.
Win	13–i–2	Akebono Taro	Submission (omoplata)	K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite!!	December 31, 2004	1	2:13	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Depict	12–one–2	Hidehiko Yoshida	Draw (time limit)	Pride Shockwave 2003	December 31, 2003	two	ten:00	Saitama, Saitama, Nihon	Rules modified for no referee stoppages and no judges' decision.
Loss	12–1–1	Kazushi Sakuraba	TKO (corner stoppage)	Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals	May 1, 2000	half-dozen	xv:00	Tokyo, Nippon	2000 Openweight GP Quarterfinal; Rules modified for unlimited rounds and no referee stoppages; Fight of the Year.
Win	12–0–1	Nobuhiko Takada	Decision (unanimous)	Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round	January 30, 2000	ane	15:00	Tokyo, Japan
Describe	11–0–1	Ken Shamrock	Draw (time limit)	UFC 5	April 7, 1995	1	36:00	Charlotte, Due north Carolina, United states	For the inaugural UFC Superfight Championship. Match was declared a draw due to lack of judges. Longest fight in UFC history.
Win	11–0	Dan Severn	Submission (triangle choke)	UFC iv	December 16, 1994	1	xv:49	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States	Won the UFC 4 Tournament. Became the beginning and only three time UFC Tournament Winner.
Win	10–0	Keith Hackney	Submission (armbar)			1	5:32		UFC 4 Tournament Semifinals.
Win	9–0	Ron van Clief	Submission (rear-naked choke)			1	3:59		UFC four Tournament Quarterfinals.
Win	8–0	Kimo Leopoldo	Submission (armbar)	UFC 3	September nine, 1994	1	4:forty	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	UFC iii Tournament Quarterfinals. Gracie withdrew from tournament subsequently.
Win	7–0	Patrick Smith	TKO (submission to punches)	UFC two	March 11, 1994	1	1:17	Denver, Colorado, U.s.	Won the UFC 2 Tournament.
Win	six–0	Remco Pardoel	Submission (lapel choke)			1	one:31		UFC 2 Tournament Semifinals.
Win	5–0	Jason DeLucia	Submission (armbar)			1	1:07		UFC ii Tournament Quarterfinals.
Win	4–0	Minoki Ichihara	Submission (lapel choke)			1	5:08		UFC ii Tournament Opening Round.
Win	3–0	Gerard Gordeau	Submission (rear-naked asphyxiate)	UFC 1	November 12, 1993	1	1:44	Denver, Colorado, United States	Won the UFC 1 Tournament.
Win	2–0	Ken Shamrock	Submission (rear-naked choke)			1	0:57		UFC ane Tournament Semifinals.
Win	1–0	Art Jimmerson	Submission (smother choke)			i	ii:xviii		UFC one Tournament Quarterfinals.

See likewise [edit]

• Gracie family
• Rodrigo Gracie
• List of doping cases in sport
• Listing of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners

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External links [edit]

• Royce Gracie at IMDb
• Official website
• Professional MMA tape for Royce Gracie from Sherdog
• Royce Gracie at UFC

Achievements
New championship	UFC 1 Tournament winner November 12, 1993	Succeeded by Royce Gracie
Preceded by Royce Gracie	UFC ii Tournament winner March 11, 1994	Succeeded past Steve Jennum
Preceded by Steve Jennum	UFC four Tournament winner December 16, 1994	Succeeded by Dan Severn

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