| Royce Gracie Vs. Matt Hughes No one thought it | | | | every move, and Matt Hughe's victory becomes |
| would have ended the way it did. The legend went | | | | somewhat destiny.In theory, another Gracie would |
| down.Looking back, one can't be surprised with the | | | | have had a much better shot at beating Matt Hughes. |
| result. In retrospect, it was inevitable.Matt Hughes has | | | | Take a look at Renzo Gracie's incredible performance |
| been training for nearly a decade for a fight with | | | | against BJ Penn, who has been touted as pound for |
| Royce Gracie without even realizing it. When Royce | | | | pound the best fighter on the planet by many. Renzo |
| Gracie unleashed Gracie Jiu Jitsu on the MMA world in | | | | fought tough and nearly pulled out a victory. His |
| UFC 1, no one knew what it was or how it worked. By | | | | different style than Royce's may have been enough |
| UFC 2 people began to see that there was a pattern | | | | for him to gain victory over Hughes.Royce is possibly |
| to what he was doing. The years that followed sealed | | | | the greatest ever, but even a bullet can be dodged |
| Royce's fate as a marked man.Fighters were | | | | when its target has advanced warning.A strategy for |
| attempting to dissect Gracie Jiu Jitsu, but in reality they | | | | Royce, which under normal circumstances would |
| were analyzing Royce Gracie's application of the | | | | seem absurd, would be to do the opposite of what |
| fighting style. Without setting out to do so, every fighter | | | | some of the Gracie Jiu Jitsu tactics are. When he |
| that wanted to evolve and step up his game by | | | | should place his body weight a certain way, if he were |
| learning to employ and defend Gracie Jiu Jitsu was | | | | to suddenly shift the opposite way his opponent would |
| training to fight Royce. It became Royce Gracie vs. the | | | | be totally thrown off momentarily. And a moment is all |
| MMA world.To Royce's credit, he remained largely | | | | a boa constrictor like Royce needs.I'll explain the tactic |
| victorious in all of his bouts for years to come. But a | | | | in the next post. I used it extensively on the AAU |
| man with a bulls eye on his back is bound to get hit | | | | Freestyle wrestling tour a few years back. Until then, |
| once in a while. Matt Hughes was an on target bullet at | | | | you can post your comments on Matt Hughes Vs. |
| UFC 60 where he bested the king and pulled out the | | | | Royce Gracie at a blog on this topic can be followed |
| most significant victory of his career.But was it | | | | at |
| fair?That's hard to say. Matt Hughes is a tremendous | | | | Mardo is a former freestlye wrestling champion who |
| athlete with dedication to his craft and an abundance | | | | runs the Ultimate Fighting Mixed Martial Arts website |
| of skill. Add to that palette an army of trainers teaching | | | | for everything related to the submission fighting |
| students how to defend and counter Royce Gracie's | | | | sport.Ultimate Fighting Championship. |