BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Rickson Gracie https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Combat Rewind, April 20: Rickson Gracie, aka Rickson tha God https://www.badmma.com/combat-rewind-april-20-rickson-gracie-aka-rickson-tha-god.html https://www.badmma.com/combat-rewind-april-20-rickson-gracie-aka-rickson-tha-god.html#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:38:10 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/combat-rewind-april-20-rickson-gracie-aka-rickson-tha-god.html There’s “Flashback Friday” and “Throwback Thursday” (and Tuesday, too, if you want). But at MMA Junkie, we figured why not expand that to every day? “Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year. It’s a look back at history, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives, featuring stellar finishes and classic moments in MMA and beyond on their anniversaries. Today’s highlight include some amazing footage from Vale Tudo Japan 1995, including a fantastic submission from MMA legend Enson Inoue, as well as three victories in a single night from the undefeated jiu-jitsu master many believe was the greatest talent of his family, Rickson Gracie.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/combat-rewind-april-20-rickson-gracie-aka-rickson-tha-god.html/feed 0 Rodrigo Caporal: The Hong Kong Based Brazilian Lightweight Who is Dominating Chinese MMA https://www.badmma.com/rodrigo-caporal-the-hong-kong-based-brazilian-lightweight-who-is-dominating-chinese-mma.html https://www.badmma.com/rodrigo-caporal-the-hong-kong-based-brazilian-lightweight-who-is-dominating-chinese-mma.html#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:17:23 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/rodrigo-caporal-the-hong-kong-based-brazilian-lightweight-who-is-dominating-chinese-mma.html Brazilian fighters have been making a name for themselves competing in Asia since the dawn of modern MMA competition when Rickson Gracie would submit multiple opponents in a single night at Vale Tudo Japan. Today, the sport has evolved almost beyond recognition, but fighters from the same country that gave us the Gracies are still holding their own in Asia. Among them is Rodrigo Caporal, a long-term resident of Hong Kong, who recently became the 155-pound champion of China. Caporal (9-4) has won five fights out of five since signing with RUFF, a Chinese organization that is government sanctioned, giving its fighters the right to call themselves national champions of the most populated country on the planet. The 30-year-old, who holds a black belt in BJJ, won the title at RUFF 8 in February by defeating Haotian Wu in a rematch. In addition to the belt, he received one million RMB (160,000 USD) in prize money. “Winning the belt meant a lot to me, to see all my hard work and dedication pay off made me very happy. My plan is to use the money to help my family and to help build my life together with my girlfriend,” he said. Caporal’s record competing in Brazil was unremarkable, but he has won six fights out of six in Asia and believes that his skillset as a BJJ black belt gives him an edge against the predominantly Chinese opponents he has been facing.

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