We take a look back in this clip to one of the most important fights in Royce Gracie’s professional fighting career.

Royce Gracie shocked the world in UFC 1 when he dominated the competition and won with what seemed like minimal effort at times, all while being the smallest fighter competing in the event.

For those who thought it was a fluke, he went back and did the same thing again at UFC 2. Which gave reason to believe that he would most likely do it one more time at UFC 3.

In the opening round he was matched up against high-school wrestler and taekwondo black belt Kimo Leopoldo, who made his way to the octagon carrying an actual wooden cross that laid upon his back.

Kimo and Royce weighed in to the event nearly a whole hundred pounds apart from one another but in a time where there were no weight divisions, that did not matter.

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This fight turned out to be one of the most dramatic and hard fought victories Royce would ever have inside the octagon. So hard fought actually, that Royce had to withdraw from fighting further in the tournament, which for the first time allowed someone other than Royce Gracie to win a UFC.

About Royce Gracie:
Royce Gracie (born December 12, 1966) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist for Bellator MMA, a UFC Hall of Famer, and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He is considered by UFC fans to be the most influential figure in the history of modern MMA. Gracie gained fame for his success in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Between 1993 and 1994, he was the tournament winner of UFC 1, UFC 2, UFC 4, and fought to a draw with Ken Shamrock in the championship match in the Superfight at UFC 5. Gracie popularized Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and revolutionized mixed martial arts with his results contributing to the movement towards grappling and ground fighting in the sport. He holds the most consecutive submission victories in UFC history with 11, which he earned between UFC 1 and UFC 4.

About Kimo Leopoldo:
Kimo Leopoldo (born January 4, 1968) or simply Kimo, is a retired American mixed martial artist. Leopoldo was born in Munich to an American father of Caucasian and Polynesian descent and a half-German; half-French mother from Germany. Four months after he was born his family moved to Hawaii. Leopoldo was a natural athlete growing up, playing football, wrestling, and he also had an interest in surfing. Leopoldo was a dominant wrestler at Waianae High School and played on the team that won the Hawaii High School Athletic Association Championship. [Source: Wikipedia]