Royce Gracie on Winning UFC #1 and Being a MMA Pioneer
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February 4, 2026
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JRE MMA Show #156 w/Royce Gracie YouTube: https://youtu.be/asOlKAk1DN0 JRE on Spotify: …
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I actually taught him the armbar. They all couldnt believe it. As soon as he tapped everyone started clapping and even today they tell that story. Its a bit humiliating for them so its an inside story. Sorry to brag
Making a Beast like dan severn tap out, was THE moment.
Best fighter I have ever seen
Ken Shamrock clearly won that fight in UFC V.
Nobody got put into concentration camps in Australia during Covid. Joe Rogan spokesDUH for the Idiocracy.
UFC 1 = 🇧🇷 😉
🙏✝️🤴😄👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Ufc is the same as if 2 guys get in a street fight, no weapons, a cup, & a referee. It's almost a real fight without getting crippled. It's actually extremely educational.
Why where they no judokas selected for UFC 1 ? Would have been a different story if there had been
there are other martial arts that fight and have technique on the ground, like judo, kosen judo, and sambo. all these incorporate joint locks and chokes.. lets not make it seem that bjj was the pioneer to all this.
Royce was a great champion – UFC 1 started my interest in ju jitsu – thank you Royce !!!
But running beats jiu jitsu. 😅
im just now starting my jiu jitsu journey at 48. My goal is to make it to purple belt
This is my ufc Rushmore .. royce , chuck Liddell ,Anderson Silva , gsp
That Japanese guy that taught them this should be thanked
One of my most favorite fighters of the early MMA! My goodness gracious!!!!!
Joe know if Royce wasn’t in ufc 1, Rickson would have been there.
Most of the grapples and thrown I know I taught myself. They didn’t have bjj where I lived, judo would have been my thing because my dad was familiar with it. I’m 40 now so I’m too old to be throwing mfs around lol
Ya ves con el flaco, Royce…..se te enrolla en el cuello cual planta trepadora….eso sí, en dos segundos o menos… 👏👏👏👏
NHB. Extreme Fighting was MMA.
Gerard Gordeau set the tone for UFC by coming to the ring … throw up the nazi salute to the 4 corners of the earth and proceeded to kick someone's tooth out
this defined modern self defense and how BJJ changed that.
First time I saw Mr Gracie fight it blew my mind ,was like , win from the bottom ?🤯
I was in my teens when he fought his first UFC match and of course I watched it. I was very much into Taekwondo at the time and saw grappling from a WWF/ now WWE perspective. Real athletes, but putting on a show, not a serious skill to focus on in terms of combat. He changed all of that. Suddenly getting tackled wasn't a reason to panic, it was a reason to think. "You screwed up and now I own you. I'll still be right here when you get tired."
Ladies and gentlemen, UFC original OG gangster….Royce Gracie
Time to stop wearing your daughters T shirts joe and dress like a normal man. Your TRT is blurring your vision.
Bruce Lee & Royce Gracie! The two martial artists that absolutely did more than anyone to change the world.
ufc 4 will always be my favorite hands down
Awesome. Thanks for sharing. – take care
The last 30 years have not been more important for martial arts than the last 30k years! The ancient Greek Olympics were designed to test real battle skills. Boxing, wrestling, Pancraton, throwing javelin, discs and shotput, and sprinting – were all for improving battle skills. The ancient Europeans knew EXACTLY what worked in real fights. All the confusion came from the Hong Kong Fooey 70s.
Rigged.
Much respect . Gracie family !
He cheated shamrock
They only looked good an won because no one knew what the art was about. Now, it's a whole different story. Primer khabib would toy with all of the gracies
Still al legend but its facts that they stopped accomplished wrestlers from competing in UFC until UFC 6. Stacked the deck a bit.
Class act man, what a legend
i remember… big guys hated royce! but little guys loved 'em!
Lenda
Royce inspired me to do BJJ to this day, thank you Royce
In 2003 I named my first pup as an adult living on my own Gracie. After this man, Found her in the woods with 32 ticks on her and throwing up worms, vet said she wouldn’t survive so I gave her the strongest name I could think of. She was the best dog ever and lived long. Also made me a pit bull lover, was hard to tell at 4 weeks old what kind of dog she was but quickly became apparent she was a pit, great dogs and was very protective of my wife and son.
Long story short, that's just what he did.
Class act, but not an act.
UFC is pussy now just like the nfl
What a legend Royce, great interview
Royce Gracie is a LEGEND!!!!
My favourite era was the chuck,rampage,Forrest,Rashad,Machida and shogun era. Then the UFC 1 days. UFC has come along way since then