has tremendous respect... then shits all over him. ~oss~ ...I have tremendous respect for Rickson, but even in his prime, Rickson would be destroyed by today's fighter. Someone like Maia or Jacare or even Big Nog would embarrass him
He’s right though.
Cool story Mr. Rickson.
I wonder why you did not show Royce how to outgrapple Matt Hughes.
How would Hughes have lost? by breaking the other guy arm before making him a punching bag until the ref stops the fight? Also, the Saku fight was with special rules set by, guess who?, yes, the Gracie!
And the fact that he talks about bjj and not mma, makes no difference. How many Gracie jj are winning the ADCCC?
If he is complaining about the fake black belts, which you get in a McDojo, he is right. But the quote is too short to know what is he talking about specifically, and it sounds like a smart-ass, as he used back in the day.
Rickson Gracie’s opinion on modern Jiu Jitsu:
“If we don’t do something very soon, Jiu-Jitsu will lose its fight-identity.”
https://bjj-world.com/rickson-graci...mind-karate-practitioners-clueless-jiu-jitsu/
Is this the dude who fought a guy who was minding his business, just flying his kite on the beach?
1980's grainy video?
Bully!
Are we at Sherdog, such morons that we can't understand the quote? He is not talking about MMA as a sport, he is talking about Jiu Jitsu as a fighting style. To many, as you've just pointed out, it has become only a part of the "ring" with rounds and rules. "What about Hughes", "What about Sakuraba", we ask, but place them in an open field with no time limits or judges and things change tremendously. You may find the action boring but the results may surprise you. Two of the greatest fights I have ever seen would never have occurred or may have had different results under the new rules: Gracie vs Kimo and Gracie vs Severn. Under the new rules, I believe both fighters would have "Matt Hughes-ed" Gracie but under the old rules Gracie would have beaten Hughes. Show some respect and don't rush to elite levels of Shertardedness just because a Gracie speaks out every once in a while.
he's right thought. modern sport bjj is definitely evolving away from real fighting.
about Renzo, he's also the type of guy to group assault a bouncer that didn't let him in a club or something. not very manly...
Rickson Gracie’s opinion on modern Jiu Jitsu:
“In the past, when we arrived in the US, we were teaching Jiu-Jitsu to Karate black belts, who at the time felt like they knew everything. When they got exposed to real Jiu-Jitsu, they would say that they lost 20 years of their lives doing Karate, and now they realized what the real thing is. So somehow when I go to a (BJJ) seminar these days, I get the same impression from Jiu-Jitsu black belts. They’re like “Wow, I never taught that this existed in Jiu-Jitsu”. If we don’t do something very soon, Jiu-Jitsu will lose its fight-identity.”
https://bjj-world.com/rickson-graci...mind-karate-practitioners-clueless-jiu-jitsu/
He didn't train Royce and was bitter about the family not picking him to be in UFCCool story Mr. Rickson.
I wonder why you did not show Royce how to outgrapple Matt Hughes.
Cool story Mr. Rickson.
I wonder why you did not show Royce how to outgrapple Matt Hughes.