No family has left their mark on the sport of Mixed Martial Arts as much as the Gracie Family due to the fact that their brand of martial arts; Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is a necessity to compete at the top of the game. But how have the Gracie’s themselves fared in the sport? Let’s take a look at the Top 5 Gracie’s who’ve competed in MMA past and present.
5) Kron Gracie
The latest Gracie to step foot into the world of mixed martial arts is Kron Gracie who is the son of the legendary Rickson Gracie. Rounding out his MMA game with the Diaz Bros, Kron was last seen choking out long time veteran Tatsuya Kawajiri at the 2016 Rizin World Grand Prix.
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4) Roger Gracie
One of the most accomplished Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu artists of the last decade with multiple medals at both ADCC and the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Roger Gracie made his MMA debut in 2006 and went onto to fight for Strikeforce, the UFC and most recently ONE FC where he captured the inaugural ONE FC Light heavyweight championship.
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3) Renzo Gracie
Perhaps having one of the toughest opponent resumes in the sport, Renzo Gracie held victories over multiple UFC champions including Maurice Smith and Pat Miletich. His most noteworthy performance though was a defeat at the hands of the Gracie Hunter Kazushi Sakuraba, who broke Renzo’s arm after a refusal to tap at Pride 10.
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2) Rickson Gracie
The legend himself Rickson Gracie sported an undefeated record of 11-0 (although he himself famously claims a combined record of 400-0) fighting for promotions such as Vale Tudo Japan and the Pride Fighting Championships, with all victories coming the way of submission. Although highly revered bouts with some of the contemporaries at the time like Bas Rutten and Kazushi Sakuraba never materialized leaving a big what if in the eyes of fans.
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1) Royce Gracie
The man that put BJJ on the map, Royce Gracie makes our number one spot for obvious reasons. The winner of three UFC tournaments he also still to this day holds the record for the most submission wins in UFC history at 11.
Royce was last seen settling the score with longtime rival Ken Shamrock in their trilogy fight at Bellator 149 which was over twenty years after their last encounter. Gracie authored the first TKO victory his career.
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Gracie authored the first TKO victory his career.
