Royler Gracie

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Royler Gracie in front of a picture of his late father Helio Gracie.

Royler Gracie (born December 6, 1965 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a former Brazilian-American mixed martial arts fighter and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grandmaster. For many years he directed the Gracie Humaitá School in Rio de Janeiro under the direction of his father Helio and lives and teaches in San Diego, California.

biography

As the son of the late Grand Master Helio Gracie and brother of Rickson and Royce Gracie , Royler belongs to the Gracie Family . He holds a 7th degree red / black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the style his family developed.

Before he retired from active MMA sport, Royler competed in various tournaments for over 20 years. Royler is also a four-time Jiu-Jitsu World Champion in the Pena / Featherweight Black Belt category.

He holds a professional mixed martial arts record of five wins, five losses and one draw.

His last fight took place on September 14, 2011 at the age of 45 when he lost to Masakatsu Ueda by a split decision.

In 2003, Royler Gracie met Eddie Bravo in the quarter-finals of the ADCC tournament in the under 66 kg class.

Royler was 38 years old at the time but was still considered one of the favorites to win the division. Bravo, who was only wearing the brown belt at the time, surprisingly dominated him with his " Rubber Guard ", which was still largely unknown at the time , from which he forced Royler to give up with a triangle choke .

On March 29, 2014, there was a highly anticipated rematch against Eddie Bravo in the "Metamoris III" tournament format.

Despite the clear dominance of Bravo, who controlled Gracie in his lockdown for almost the entire fight time of 30 minutes , and made several attacks using his "vaporizer", a calf crank and a twister , the match ended in a draw, as the first 20 minutes had no points were rated. This rule should prevent an opponent from taking the lead early with points and then holding the points for a longer period of time, which would end the fight in a "lay and pray" and thus become uninteresting for the spectators.

Media appearances

In an episode of the third season of the US series "Wildboyz", Steve-O and Chris Pontius visit Brazil and the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu school in Rio de Janeiro. Royler confronts Chris Pontius and dominated him with a choke while the student Leticia Ribeiro Steve-O via Armbar - Submission defeated.

Publications

Gracie co-authored three textbooks on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:

  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Theory and Practice with his cousin Renzo Gracie
  • Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu submission grappling techniques with author Kid Peligro
  • Gracie Submission Essentials: with his late father Helio Gracie and Kid Peligro

Private life

Royler is married to Vera Lucia Ribeiro. They have 4 daughters; Rayna, Rayssa, Rhauani and Rarine. On September 23, 2015, Royler became a citizen of the United States of America.

MMA statistics

Result Professional record opponent date event method round time
defeat 5-5-1 JapanJapan Masakatsu Ueda September 14, 2011 Amazon Forest Combat 1 Point decision (shared) 3 5:00
defeat 5-4-1 JapanJapan Hideo Tokoro December 31, 2006 Amazon K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite !! Point decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
defeat 5-3-1 JapanJapan Norifumi Yamamoto September 07, 2005 Hero's 3 Point decision (unanimous) 2 00:38
victory 5-2-1 JapanJapan Koji Yoshida July 06, 2005 Hero's 2 Point decision (majority) 2 5:00
victory 4-2-1 JapanJapan Kazuyuki Miyata September 20, 2004 Rumble on the rock Task (triangle choke) 2 2:46
defeat 3-2-1 JapanJapan Genki Sudo May 22, 2004 K-1 MMA ROMANEX TKO (blows) 1 03:40
draw 3-1-1 JapanJapan Takehiro Murahama January 03, 2001 Deep - 1st Impact draw 2 10:00
defeat 3-1 JapanJapan Kazushi Sakuraba November 21, 1999 Pride FC (Pride 8) Abandonment handle (stop by referee) 2 13:16
victory 3-0 JapanJapan Yuhi Sano March 15, 1998 Pride FC (Pride 2) Task (armbar) 1 33:14
victory 2-0 JapanJapan Noboru Asahi July 07, 1996 Vale Tudo Japan 1996 Task (Rear Naked Choke) 1 05:07
victory 1-0 JapanJapan Ivan Lee June 24, 1996 Vale Tudo Universal Fighting 2 Task (Rear Naked Choke) 1 01:33

Web links

Commons : Royler Gracie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Royler Gracie on the official website "Academia Gracie Humaitá Jiu-Jitsu accessed on June 20, 2020 (English)
  2. ↑ Biography and achievements / Battle statistics Royler-Gracie BJJ on the specialist side "Bjjheroes.com accessed on 20 June 2020 (English)
  3. ↑ Royler Gracie on MMA specialist page Sherdog.com "Ueda retires Gracie" accessed on June 20, 2020 (English)
  4. ↑ Article of the MMA specialist website Sherdog.com "Ueda retires Gracie" accessed on June 20, 2020 (English)
  5. ↑ Record of Royler Gracie's fight against Eddie Bravo in 2003, accessed June 20, 2020
  6. ↑ 3: Bravo vs. Gracie Results . Retrieved June 20, 2020
  7. ↑ Metamoris 3 results recap from last night (March 29) , accessed June 20, 2020
  8. ↑ Recording of Royler Gracie's rematch against Eddie Bravo in 2014 , accessed June 20, 2020
  9. Jump up ↑ Jackass boys Steve O and Chris Pontius take on Royler Gracie and Leticia Ribeiro. accessed on June 20, 2020
  10. ^ Royler Gracie, Renzo Gracie: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Theory and Technique . Ed .: Invisible Cities Press. 2001, ISBN 978-1-931229-08-1 , pp. 304 .
  11. ↑ Royler Gracie, Helio Gracie: Gracie Submission Essentials: Grandmaster and Master Secrets of Finishing a Fight . Ed .: Invisible Cities Press. 2007, ISBN 978-1-931229-45-6 , pp. 250 .
  12. ↑ Royler Gracie, Kid Peligro: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Submission Grappling Techniques . Ed .: Invisible Cities Press. 2003, ISBN 978-1-931229-29-6 , pp. 304 .
  13. ↑ Royler Gracie presents his US citizenship certificate on Instagram , accessed June 20, 2020
  14. ↑ Royler Gracie and Vera Lucia Riberio Gracie , blockshopper.com, accessed June 20, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Gracie, Royler
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian-American martial artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro