Royce Gracie Signed Sport Memorabilia – Mixed Martial Arts Legend – Father of MMA and First UFC Champion

April 27th, 2009 |

Author: Zdot

Royce Gracie is, without a doubt, the first legend in MMA. He’s the one who sold MMA to the fans. He has amazed fight lovers for his ability to win, and dominate, huge brawler with speed and skills without using massive punches or strikes.

Before Royce Gracie, nobody knew about BJJ. The crowd of the first UFC was booing Gracie while he was actually winning the fight!

Everyone was like: WTF?… What is he trying to do?… Even TV hosts didn’t know what to say. If you watch UFC 1 it’s quite hilarious to see that no one knew what was going on, except Gracie and the poor fighters on the other side…

The rest is history! Despite a serious and skilled opposition, BJJ was considered the reigning fighting style and was adopted as the most important martial art to be use in MMA.

Royce Gracie only appeared in UFC 1, UFC 2, UFC 3, and in the UFC 4 superfight. (a draw against Ken Shamrock)

He made few appearances in Pride Fighting Championship’s ring and was defeated by Sakuraba in one of the longest fight in MMA history. The fight lasted six rounds of 15 minutes and total 90 minutes of fighting. He also competed in K1 against Chad Rowan and avenged his loss against Sakuraba in K-1 HERO’s – Dynamite!! USA. That was his last fight.

You can get some autographed collector items from Royce Gracie on eBay. MMA Glove, picture, etc. The price varies from $15 to $280 depending on the object.