Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie

12-Dec-1966


Brazil


Athlete

Royce Gracie is a very popular jiu-jitsu with MMA / NHB, for being an influential person in sports. Growing up as the son of Helio Gracie (founding member of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy), Royce Gracie held the Graciie family flashlight while helping to create the MMA game and made Brazil Jiu-Jitsu aware of his famous UFC victory over other art disciplines. In 2003 Royce Gracie was re-admitted to the UFC Hall of Fame.

QUOTES BY Royce Gracie


You have to know your opponent and take him out of his game.

If you trained jiu-jitsu his whole life, why would you trade punches on fight night against a striker?

It's always a pleasure to watch a Gracie winning. We were born fighting.

I could live on fruits.

I have such a big family, sometimes, I was wondering, when is it going to be my turn? There's always a brother who's older, younger, bigger, stronger, faster, I was like, 'hey, give me a chance guys.'

The main thing is strategy. It's not just come in and duke it out and fight.

OK, if he's a grappler, good for me, I know what to do. If he's a kickboxer, I gotta get in a clinch and move a certain way. If he's a karate man, he moves a different way, but I'm still going to have to clinch. So, a sumo wrestler, I have to clinch. It's just, how I get there, how I move it.

The UFC was my home and will always be my home. I helped creating and building that home.

You have tons of talents everywhere you go, so you can't be stuck to only one promotion.

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