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Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie is the slight Brazilian in a gi who won UFC 1 in 1993 and proved Gracie jiu-jitsu could beat bigger fighters from any style. He also won UFC 2 and UFC 4 and fought Ken Shamrock to a famous 36-minute draw at UFC 5.
In Pride he fought Kazushi Sakuraba for 90 minutes in 2000, and he returned to the UFC in 2006, losing to Matt Hughes, before beating Ken Shamrock in Bellator in 2016. He was an inaugural UFC Hall of Fame inductee in 2003. CagePotato covered his Gracie family history and his opinions on modern MMA.
| Full name | Royce Gracie |
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| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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