One of the true martial arts legends, Renzo Gracie is a Jiu Jitsu black belt from the famous Gracie family. A fantastic coach that has produced several renowned black belts, Renzo Gracie primarily excelled as a competitor in the 1990’s winning important tournaments such as the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) and several MMA fights in Japan, Brazil and US. Renzo Gracie was also the main protagonist of a famous documentary about his life as a fighter named: Legacy.
Renzo was born on March 11, 1967, in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil. He is the grandson of Gracie Jiu Jitsu founder Carlos Gracie and son of 9th Dan BJJ black belt Robson Gracie, brother to Ralph and Ryan Gracie. Like most men in the Gracie family, Renzo started training Jiu Jitsu as an infant. He had formal instructor from many of the Gracie patriarchs, but to of his biggest influences were the legendary Rolls Gracie and Carlos Gracie Jr (the man who later awarded him his black belt).
The Renzo Gracie name is also a synonym of Vale-Tudo, the famous No Holds Barred style of fighting in Brazil that originated today’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Renzo’s first official fight was at the age of 25 in the Gracie Vale Tudo Challenge were he submitted his opponent Luiz Augusto Alvareda by rear naked choke.
Renzo pursued his fighting career moving to the US to compete where the sport was gaining recognition after the early UFC’s, he also opened his own academy in New York, a gym that rapidly became a reference in America and the world for high quality Jiu Jitsu. From this same academy Renzo Gracie forged fighters such as Matt Serra, John Danaher, Ricardo Cachorão, Shawn Williams, Jerry Rinaldi and many, many others.
After a successful victory over the famous Russian fighter Oleg Taktarov, Renzo was invited to defend the Gracie surname in Japan, a challenge Renzo grabbed with both hands. He went on to fight and be successful at the prestigious Pride FC.
Even though Renzo had spent most of his later years as a coach in his academy in New York, he never retired officially from competition, and in 2010 he signed a contract with the UFC at the age of 43, fighting Matt Hughes one of the most dominant UFC champions of all time on his first fight for the organization. Renzo was out classed and lost due to a TKO on the 3rd round showing many signs of ring rust due to his long inactivity period
Kazushi Sakuraba (桜庭 和志, Sakuraba Kazushi, born July 14, 1969) is a Japanese mixed martial artist, submission grappler and professional wrestler, currently signed to Rizin Fighting Federation[2][3][4] and Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is one-half of the former GHC Tag Team Champions with Takashi Sugiura. He has also competed in traditional puroresu for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and shoot-style competition for UWFi and Kingdom Pro Wrestling (KPW). He has fought in MMA competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships, Hero's and Dream. He is known as the "Gracie Hunter"[5][6][7][8] or the "Gracie Killer"[9][10][11][12] due to his wins over four members of the famed Gracie family: Royler Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Ryan Gracie, and Royce Gracie. In particular, Sakuraba is famous for his initial fight with Royce, which lasted ninety minutes and ended after Royce was unable to continue due to damage received from Sakuraba. This was Gracie's first loss in mixed martial arts.
Known for his excellent skills in catch wrestling and submission wrestling, he is considered to be one of the greatest mixed martial art fighters of all time,[13] and also holds notable victories over 7 UFC champions, 3 Pancrase Champions, a DREAM champion, a King of the Cage champion and Battlecade Extreme Fighting champion; former Welterweight Champion Carlos Newton, two former Light heavyweight champions Vitor Belfort and Quinton Jackson, former Heavyweight Champion Kevin Randleman, 3-time UFC Tournament champion Royce Gracie, former Superfight champion and King of Pancrase Ken Shamrock, former King of Pancrase Masakatsu Funaki, DREAM Super Hulk Tournament Champion Ikuhisa Minowa, former King of the Cage Light Heavyweight champion Vernon White, and former Battlecade Extreme Fighting champion Marcus Silveira. He is also the first of only two Japanese champions in UFC history. Sakuraba's Pride fights routinely draw more than 20 million viewers in Japan.[14] Sakuraba is the founder of the submission wrestling promotion Quintet, where he has competed since 2018.
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@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ3 years ago🙏🙏Thanks so much for watching. Make sure to BE KIND & SUBSCRIBE to the channel for more great BJJ Content: 44
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@1madinjun3 years agoSaku, the guy that everyone loves. Renzo, the Gracie that everyone loves. 134
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@ahs31293 years agoLoved Renzo using basic combatives with the double under hook pass! BASICS work once you’ve mastered them. A chess match from the get go. Well done on both sides. 39
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@markhunter23073 years agoWas in the front row for this, and have never seen any video of it. Amazing to watch . . . thank you for posting, as always. 44
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@AndyP9982 years agoRenzo shows most respect to his opponents among all of his family and generally is a nice guy 44
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@jamespacia86103 years agoFinally! Been looking for this, thank you 🙏 8
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@CommunismiEstCacas3 years agoThanks very much for posting this fight. Muito obrigado por ter postado a luta Ricardo. 9
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@ken2443 years agoTwo of the greatest competitors and very honorable men. God Bless them Both. 31
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@gxtmfa3 years agoFor some reason, having Chris Haueter as the referee adds something to this. 23
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@matthewmonsour62353 years agoOMG i didnt know about this. I cant believe it. Thank you for posting this. 7
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@loganstabb22782 years agoThis was beautiful to see. Both of them doing their purest forms of combat. Amazing. 4
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@Ongyokage63893 years ago👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I loved every second of this! This was a treat. Thank you 🙏🏽👊🏽🥋 6
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@LucasPenido3 years agoThis fight was like watching Picasso and Dali painting live!!! I literally choked up when they faced each other! And that NEVER happened to me! This is some legit SAMURAI sh*t right there! Oss!!! 🥋 10
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@shaolin76893 years agoObg por postar tava querendo ver está luta faz tempo 9
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@edcarrasco40933 years agoA pleasure to see 2 legendary fighter go at it. It an honor 3
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@SoloFan873 years agoLove this fight and in all honesty have nothing but love and respect for both Saku and Renzo. What really irks me is how everyone always worships Saku yet trashes Renzo and his family. Sure the Gracie’s aren’t perfect and I do not agree with everything they say or do. But let’s face it if it weren’t for the Gracie’s there would be no UFC and myself and numerous others would have not got into BJJ and get active. I could say more but I feel this is adequately done nothing but respect for this two legends!!! ...15
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@primouomo12802 years agoThe level of respect for each other, outstanding 2
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@turdferguson39823 years agoBoth are legends! Had Saku had more time to heal his body when fighting in his prime, his career could’ve been longer and greater than it is. 30
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@ilyassnejjar61953 years agoYoutube recommendations works great sometimes 4
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@felipemaia98593 years ago2 excelentes lutadores verdade seja dita...
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@felipemaia98593 years agoSakuraba grande lenda! Não tinha tempo ruim caia para dentro... 11
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@bigheadrhino2 years agoSakuraba vs the Gracies is still the greatest stories in all of mma 2
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@amenselah3 years agoand this friends is a chess match using grappling..great masters.. 8
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@lincolnalves38473 years ago👏👏👏 show de humildade e jiu-jitsu! Em nome dos velhos tempos, o esporte só cresce! Parabéns 15
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@silvadossantos68033 years agoOs dois 'lutaram' toda suas vidas p esse momento, para que o judo,jiu jitsu; a suave arte encontrasse seu lugar no panteão das artes marciais e pudesse ser telespectada por todos, sem o estima da violência ou do orgulho, parabéns à ambos pela dedicação as artes marciais. ...15
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@eduardomachado1983 years agomuita emoção rever estes monstros da luta m uma vez Parabéns grande SaKu, grande Renzo sem palavras grandes mestres 8
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@ken2443 years agoThese guys have that hidden strength like wrestling with an orangutan 32
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@ryanj75173 years agoCatch wrestling vs BJJ at its finest. Two absolute legends. They have a great deal of respect for one another. Renzo even went as far as to call Sakuraba as the “Japanese Gracie”. That’s high praise considering he was taking down several Gracies during his career. This is like the Eddie Bravo and Royler rematch. ...12
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@golden_bjj2 years agoMetamoris was such an amazing event... can't believe it ended how it did 1
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@ramancavalcantti21233 years agoa honra de renzo como lutador é vista pelo respeito dos adversarios.... todo meu respeito 2
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@rileylong80003 years agoLegends. Off the mat these two couldn't be any more opposite. On the mat, it's like a positively charged nucleus coming together with a negatively charged electron to form the perfect atom.
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@SingaporeFriedricelast yearAt that age and competing, it's all about having fun and not getting hurt. 1
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@ibaryabaq91973 years agoSaku is almost crippled. He walks on his heels with a wobble. Renzo attempted a sweep and then felt bad. Two legdens! 9
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@tabaccount96223 years agowhen was this fight? Thanks for posting. 6
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@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA3 years ago14 years later 5th Gracie, still couldn't pull it off 37
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@platim20083 years agoDois Samurais...Congratulações a Ambos!!! 2
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@euziresalmenara20103 years agoSakuraba foi o único que os Gracie deu o braço a torcer! 41
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@mariamamart80863 years agoIn Quinton Rampage Jackson must have fall tears from his eyes seeing Renzo with an opportunity like that !!!!!!!!!! 💪🤙👌 😅😅😅😅😅 5
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@fernandomonzato58053 years agoLuta top, respeito entre ambos foi excepcional
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@jonDoe-ml3jq3 years agoThe Gracie hunter is always my favorite he tore that empire down I thought he be older 7
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@tiemanschnitzel794011 months agoI think Renzo is the better pure grappler. Saku, the better mma fighter. Seeing the respect between these two is an experience to remember.
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@GratefulPrimate3 years agoThank you for all the background info, but ... when did this match occur ? LOL eight paragraphs of history but we left out the date of this rematch. 2
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@fatehsinghbedi9042last monthMan sakuraba is such a badass that he went to a draw with probably one of the best bjj practitioners alive
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@onaldoper2 years agoACHO QUE QUANDO VAMOS AMADURECENDO FICAMOS MAIS AFETIVO;CHOREI QUANDO A TERMINO DO COMBATE O GRANDE MESTRE RENZO BRINCOU CARINHOSAMENTE COM O GRANDE MESTRE SAKURABA. CHOREI QUANDO "O AMOR VEIO SUBSTITUINDO AS TOLICES E MESQUINHARIAS DO PASSADO". PARABÉNS AO BOM EXEMPLO E VITORIA DOS DOIS MESTRE☻🥋👊🏿👍🏿QUEM CONHECE O PASSADO SABE A IMPORTÂNCIA DESSE PRESENTE. ...2
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@SoNewEnglandsux9 months agoRenzo Gracie side mount is almost inescapable
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@amorim2613 years agoPosta Saulo Ribeiro X Cacareco no Submission de Campos. Osss 4
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@JBDacasinJr3 years agoPut the medeiros vs ribeiro fight on pls.
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@XfiIesX11 months agoVc chegar nos 58 anos com esse fôlego e agilidade não eh pra qualquer um.
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Sure the Gracie’s aren’t perfect and I do not agree with everything they say or do. But let’s face it if it weren’t for the Gracie’s there would be no UFC and myself and numerous others would have not got into BJJ and get active.
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LOL eight paragraphs of history but we left out the date of this rematch. 2
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