Recent Articles on Sherdog.com · Oct 17, 2018
One Hundred Years of Choking People
“I was born a son of bitch, and I’m going to die a son of a bitch.” -- Gabriel García Márquez, “One Hundred Years of Solitude”
In the annals of MMA pioneers, we are to first remember his cousin, Royce Gracie, who won three of this first four Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments and in the process changed martial arts. When it comes to invincibility, no one holds the myth together like his other cousin, the undefeated Rickson Gracie. Such legends were granted status long ago. However, it is time at last to acknowledge a king whose story is still ongoing. Equal parts magic and realism, Renzo Gracie’s MMA journey is linked to the history of the sport.