Gracie: Bravo thinks 1st Royler win was fluke
Royce Gracie: “I’m surprised that for the last 10 years, he’s been chasing me…That means he doesn’t believe that his win was credible. He knows it was a fluke.”
I was talking to [Royler] when he signed up for the [rematch], and he was like, ‘Man, I never asked for the rematch. I’m surprised that for the last 10 years, he’s been chasing me,’ Royce Gracie said. That means he doesn’t believe that his win was credible. He knows it was a fluke.
Bravo and Royler Gracie met in the semifinals of the 2003 ADCC submission wrestling championships, and Bravo delivered a career-defining win when he submitted the decorated grappler via triangle choke. In the final, Leo Viera outpointed Bravo.
Over the years, multiple attempts to rebook Gracie vs. Bravo was met with little results, but the Gracie-backed Metamoris succeeded in booking the rematch. Eleven years after the first bout, jiu-jitsu fans will be able to see whether Bravo’s first victory was a fluke, or whether he is the better man on the mats.
Of course I’ll be there, Royce Gracie said. I wouldn’t miss this one. But it’s a match. Anything can happen.