BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » kimo leopoldo https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Today in MMA History: When Royce Gracie couldn’t continue and all hell broke loose https://www.badmma.com/today-in-mma-history-when-royce-gracie-couldnt-continue-and-all-hell-broke-loose.html https://www.badmma.com/today-in-mma-history-when-royce-gracie-couldnt-continue-and-all-hell-broke-loose.html#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:00:54 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/today-in-mma-history-when-royce-gracie-couldnt-continue-and-all-hell-broke-loose.html While the organization was still very much in its infancy in 1994, one important UFC truth had already been established by the promotion’s third event: Royce Gracie was the man to beat. With seven victories in seven trips to the octagon and two tournament titles to his name, Gracie was no longer the skinny Brazilian kid in the funny pajamas. He was a submission master, a warrior representing his family’s incredible art, which was quickly revolutionizing the art of combat. On Sept. 9, 1994, the UFC went outside of Colorado for the first time, traveling to North Carolina, where Charlotte’s Grady Cole Center played host to “UFC 3: American Dream,” an eight-man, open-weight, single elimination tournament.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/today-in-mma-history-when-royce-gracie-couldnt-continue-and-all-hell-broke-loose.html/feed 0 Today in MMA History: The birth of PRIDE FC https://www.badmma.com/today-in-mma-history-the-birth-of-pride-fc.html https://www.badmma.com/today-in-mma-history-the-birth-of-pride-fc.html#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:23:34 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/today-in-mma-history-the-birth-of-pride-fc.html Filed under: News By the time he showed up at the Tokyo Dome on Oct. 11, 1997, for a fight against a pro wrestler who he was practically guaranteed to beat at an event dubbed PRIDE 1, Rickson Gracie was already an MMA legend. What else do you expect when you’ve got over 400 fights and no defeats? Yeah, well. About that.

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