A Tribute to MMA-Pioneering Families: The Shamrocks and The Gracies
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Classic UFC fight. Two of the top fighters at the time (the other being Royce Gracie) face off. Ken Shamrock’s wrestling surprised many here. Severn had a much more decorated wrestling career and something like 60 pounds on him. Ken’s ability top
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The first few minutes of their third fight. I’d definitely pay to see a 4th.
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Some nice highlights from perhaps the first complete MMA fighter.
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A little-known sparring session between Rickson Gracie and Chuck Norris. Norris invited the Gracies to his school and they eventually got into a sparring session.
Frank throws some knees to the back of the head (from bottom). He was disqualified as Renzo was unable to discontinue. It’s easy to roll ones’ eyes and claim that Renzo took the easy way out, and some people did. However, given
A quick fight between Frank Shamrock and an outmatched Cesar Gracie. Kudos to Cesar for stepping up.
An excellent war between two of MMA’s earliest gladiators.
Ken reminisces on his fights with Royce Gracie.
This is one of MMA’s early milestones. While Royce was dominating the early UFC’s, wrestlers were beginning to realize they had some potential in the octagon. This fight goes 16 minutes at which point Gracie catches Dan Severn in a triangle. Arguably