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Yeah, Severn, Ken (rematch), Kimo and even Keith Hackney led to different ways to beat Gracies and similar grapplers.
Severn - Later said that he didn't feel right using GnP on Royce and thought Helio would let Royce get beaten half to death before throwing the towel in...so he didn't do much GnP or any headbutts (legal back then). But it showed how a stronger wrestler could win the position war...too bad Severn didn't know what a triangle choke was.
Kimo - Big strong dude with nothing but high school wrestling and maybe a tiny bit of BJJ (rumor back in the day was that he trained a few times with the Machado brothers) gave Royce fits and kept him from competing the rest of the tourament.. If he cut his hair so Royce couldn't hold it, I really think he could've pounded Royce out.
Hackney - First ever sprawl and brawl attempt. It worked for a whilel, but Hackney was too gunshy to unleash many strikes on Royce.
Beast never had any deadly GNP, he´s reachin´on this one...
The Puerto Rico episode [brawl btw Allan Goes & Tank and his crew] somehow linked Kimo to Allan, and he began to train BJJ with them, Allan & Joe Moreira which became a mini-scandal in the BJJ community, since Kimo had just battled Royce...
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