Royce Gracie

Openweight · 1993–2016

Rio de Janeiro: one of nine children of Hélio Gracie, who taught him jiu-jitsu as a child. He competed for the first time at eight, was teaching classes at 14 and earned his black belt at 17. At 18 he moved with his brothers Royler and Rickson to Torrance, California, to join their older brother Rorion’s academy, where the family took on challengers from other martial arts in no-rules matches. In November 1993, at 26, Royce Gracie had his first professional MMA fight, in Denver, Colorado. Start at fight one and watch his career, one fight at a time.