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