Royler Gracie
| Royler Gracie | |
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 Royler Gracie |
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| Born | December 6, 1965  Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
| Residence |  San Diego United States |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 11 st) |
| Division | Featherweight Lightweight |
| Team | Gracie Humaitá Victory MMA |
| Rank | 7th degree red and black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[1] |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 11 |
| Wins | 5 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Notable students | Saulo Ribeiro, Leonardo Xavier, Leticia Ribeiro |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/Grappling | ||
| World Jiu-Jitsu Championship | ||
| Gold | 1999 | Featherweight (black)[2] |
| Gold | 1998 | Featherweight (black)[3] |
| Gold | 1997 | Featherweight (black)[4] |
| Bronze | 1997 | Absolute (black)[5] |
| Gold | 1996 | Featherweight (black)[6] |
| ADCC World Championship | ||
| Gold | 2001 | -65kg [7] |
| Gold | 2000 | -65kg [8] |
| Gold | 1999 | -65kg [9] |
| Pan American Championships | ||
| Gold | 1999 | Featherweight (black)[10] |
| Gold | 1997 | Featherwieght (black)[11] |
Royler Gracie (born December 6, 1965) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. He ran the Gracie Humaitá jiu-jitsu school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for many years under his father Helio's direction, but currently resides in San Diego, US.
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Biography [edit]
As son to the late Grandmaster Helio Gracie, Royler is a member of the Gracie family. He holds a 7th degree red/black belt in the style pioneered by his family, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.[12]
Prior to his retirement, Royler competed in the black-belt ranks for 20+ years. He and Marcelo Garcia are the only individuals to have won the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship (ADCC) for three consecutive years. Royler is also a four-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion in the Pena/Featherweight Black Belt Category and has placed in the Absolute Division.
Royler has a professional mixed martial arts record of five wins, five losses and one draw. His retirement fight came on September 14, 2011 at the age of 45 when he lost to Masakatsu Ueda via split decision.[13]
Media appearances [edit]
In a season 3 episode of the Wildboyz, Steve-O and Chris Pontius visit Brazil and attend the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu school in Rio De Janeiro. Royler takes on Chris Pontius and chokes him out, while female student Leticia Ribeiro defeats Steve-O via armbar submission.[14]
Books [edit]
Gracie has co-written three instructional books on Brazilian jiu-jitsu:
- “Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Theory and Practice”[15] with his cousin Renzo Gracie;
- “Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Submission Grappling Techniques”[16] with author Kid Peligro; and,
- “Gracie Submission Essentials: Grandmaster and Master Secrets of Finishing a Fight”[17] with his late father Helio Gracie and Kid Peligro.
Personal life [edit]
Royler is married to Vera Lucia Ribeiro. They have 4 daughters: Rayna, Rayssa, Rhauani and Rarine.
Mixed martial arts record [edit]
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 11 matches | 5 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 0 | 2 |
| By submission | 4 | 1 |
| By decision | 1 | 2 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 5–5–1 |  Masakatsu Ueda |
Decision (split) | Amazon Forest Combat 1 | September 14, 2011 | 3 | 5:00 | Manaus, Brazil | Retirement fight. |
| Loss | 5–4–1 | Hideo Tokoro |
Decision (unanimous) | K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!! | December 31, 2006 | 2 | 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Loss | 5–3–1 | Norifumi Yamamoto |
KO (punch) | Hero's 3 | September 7, 2005 | 2 | 0:38 | Tokyo, Japan | Hero's 2005 Lightweight Grand Prix quarter-final. |
| Win | 5–2–1 | Koji Yoshida |
Decision (majority) | Hero's 2 | July 6, 2005 | 2 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 4–2–1 | Kazuyuki Miyata |
Submission (triangle choke) | Rumble on the Rock | November 20, 2004 | 2 | 2:46 | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | |
| Loss | 3–2–1 | Genki Sudo |
KO (punches) | K-1 MMA ROMANEX | May 22, 2004 | 1 | 3:40 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Draw | 3–1–1 | Takehiro Murahama |
Draw | Deep (mixed martial arts) | January 8, 2001 | 2 | 10:00 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Loss | 3–1 | Kazushi Sakuraba |
Technical submission (kimura) | Pride 8 | November 21, 1999 | 2 | 13:16 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 3–0 | Yuhi Sano |
Submission (armbar) | Pride 2 | March 15, 1998 | 1 | 33:14 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Win | 2–0 | Noboru Asahi |
Submission (rear-naked choke) | Vale Tudo Japan 1996 | July 7, 1996 | 1 | 5:07 | Urayasu, Japan | |
| Win | 1–0 |  Ivan Lee |
Submission (rear-naked choke) | Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 2 | June 24, 1996 | 1 | 1:33 | Brazil |
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/1/13/2706293/royler-gracie-awarded-red-and-black-belt-jim-hannans-facebook-page
- ^ "CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL 1999". Official IFBJJ results. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL 1998". Official IFBJJ results. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL 1997". Official IFBJJ results. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL 1997". Official IFBJJ results. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL 1996". Official CBJJ results. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "ADCC Results". Official 2001 ADCC results. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "ADCC Results". Official 2000 ADCC results. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "ADCC Results". Official 1999 ADCC results. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ^ "CAMPEONATO PANAMERICANO 1999". Official CBJJ results. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "CAMPEONATO PANAMERICANO 1997". Official CBJJ results. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ Academia Gracie de Jiu-Jitsu. URL accessed on June 8, 2009.
- ^ Ueda Retires Gracie, Ishii Robbed Against Filho at Amazon FC
- ^ http://www.jackassworld.com/lang/en_uk/videos/1581769/210495
- ^ Gracie, Royler; Gracie, Renzo (2001). Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Theory and Technique. Invisible Cities Press LLC. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-931229-08-1.
- ^ Gracie, Royler; Peligro, Kid (2003). Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Submission Grappling Techniques. Independent Publishers. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-931229-29-6.
- ^ Gracie, Royler; Gracie, Helio (2007). Gracie Submission Essentials: Grandmaster and Master Secrets of Finishing a Fight. Invisible Cities Press LLC. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-931229-45-6.
External links [edit]
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- Professional MMA record for Royler Gracie from Sherdog
- Royler's web site
- Academia Gracie de Jiu Jitsu
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Brazilian mixed martial artists
- Featherweight mixed martial artists
- Lightweight mixed martial artists
- Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu trainers
- People from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian people of Scottish descent
- Brazilian emigrants to the United States
- Gracie family
