Royce Gracie: I've got one more fight left in me
Posted on April 28, 2011, 10:11 PM by Joey SantosusLegendary MMA icon Royce Gracie, who was in Toronto for the UFC 129 Pre-Fight Press Conference, discusses rumors that he will compete one last time as part of the upcoming UFC event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gracie explains that while nothing is official at this time, he feels he has "one more fight left in him." When asked about a potential opponent, the Brazilian admits he has someone in mind, but declines to specify who.
UFC 134: Rio is set to take place August 27th from the the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The landmark card will be headlined by a Middleweight title fight between division Champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva and challenger Yushin "Thunder" Okami and will mark the promotion's first trip back to Brazil since 1998.
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but with the difference between today's MMA fighter and Royce, he will be brutally murdered. RIP Royce Gracie.
Royce Gracie is one of the reasons why MMA is where it is now.
great fight would be him vs dustin hazlett or mia
Yes, Royce was the only reason why MMA exists *sarcasm*
No, you don't Royce.
Leave the sport of MMA alone now, please. You've done enough, especially with your arrogance.
Who the **** are you again?
if you say so Royce
I don't know how he's gonna use his BJJ without the cardio levels and flexibility of the younger guys
good luck to him though, the man's a legend
When asked about a potential opponent, the Brazilian admits he has someone in mind, but declines to specify who. --> Randy Couture, maybe?
Matt Hughes probably... that makes the most sense as that is the only one of the two losses he did not avenge yet..
hate on royce all you want he is the reason mma is where it is today.. at least hes getting into the cage where you guys are fighting online
you didn't see "inside mma"? the opponent he wants is matt hughes, to avenge his one humiliating loss.
hughes-sanchez is a much better matchup anyway :)
sure, very much look forward to that one.
Im describing the contents of the video : )
Just give this man, who gave all u have today 1 last chance...let him go back in front of his people 2 say goodbye...idk why Dana is being such a shitman n not letting Royce compete
The mystery man has gotta be Matt Hughes. Any other ideas? And stoppin givin the man sh!t. He deserves the utmost respect for what he's done for the sport.
No doubt about it, it's Matt Hughes. And if Royce has evolved somewhat, then maybe he has a fighting chance. Either way it goes it would be interesting to see.
i want to see royce get some bjj opponent=) Hughes will kill royce=(
He might do better against Hughes now that he's had some time to train against Matt's MMA style of wrestling and developed his standup a little bit more. He could also be looking to avenge Henzo's loss against BJ Penn.
However, if he wanted to have one more fight to go out with a bang and try to go out making the statement that his BJJ is better than anyone else's, I could see him going to Middleweight and calling out Maia. Would be interesting to see how that went.
is it possible that he would fight Henzo?? probably not but I'd watch.
"One more fight," thats the same thing Ken Shamrock thinks....
Royce Gracie sullied the Gracie name several years ago when he fought Sakuraba at K-1 Dynamite U.S.A. and got a positive drug test for steroids which did nothing but blemish an impressive record of an largely under sized fighter who exploited grapplers weakness' towards submissions on the ground. Granted he did change the way fighters trained to incorporate submission based defense and offense from a ground position. If he were to fight at UFC Rio it would be both foolish and a wasted opportunity for a more deserving fighter currently climbing the ranks amongst the UFC roster.
those fights were in 1993-1995
Honorable? ...When?
Does an honorable man talk s*** about another man who he lost to? And then proceed to insult his country?
Like Mike also stated below, Royce gave the Gracie name a black eye with his usage of PEDs. There is no recovering from that. The entire philosophy behind Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was skill over size/strength. If he were a man of honor then he would give up his Red Belt rank and apologize to the martial arts community.
Personally i have no interest in watching two past-prime athletes compete ... legends or not. Rather this this slot should have been filled with a competitive bout that had some bearing on the standings.
Don't see much difference in this fight and the Couture vs Toney fight ... just gimmicks that take up space and mean nothing.
i see the mystery opponent being Sakuraba
i see the mystery opponent being Sakuraba
not Hughes... at least the Sakuraba Royce fight would still be competitive
No he avenged the Sakuraba loss.... so Hughes is the only one left !! doesnt make any sense for him to fight sakuraba again..
Apparently (this is according to some articles), there wasn't enough judges to score the bout... yeaaa.
His 'draws' involving Shamrock, the Yoshida 'rematch' and Tokoro are bullshit. Lack of judging my ass.
I think it hilarious that it was never changed... but hey, I suppose there's a good reason behind it. I'm sure it has nothing to do with his last name *sarcasm*
hey like he says in the video, at the maracana, which seats 80,000 people in Brazil, royce's dad fought vale tudo in front of 70,000 people and 70 years ago. so i think he deserves a great deal of recognition. this kind of thing started off in his country, and brazilians are very proud, rightfully so.
well, he fought gracie jiu jitzu anyway.