The Gracies are the greatest???????? Does anyone remember how Kazushi Sakuraba pounced Royce Gracie like a child (Gracie's corner threw in the towel)? He's pounced a couple of them including Renzo and Royler. He also beat Nino Schembri who is hailed as the future of Brazilian Jujitsu. Also of the 11 or so Gracies that are fighting in the Pride and UFC's, most have been beaten by several opponents: (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?firstname=&lastname=gracie&search=yes&nickname=&association=&weight=). There is an offer on the table from Donald Trump for 2.5 million for Rickson to fight Gokor Chivichyan (Gokor.com). Rickson says he won't fight because he and Gokor are friends. Gokor says money is money..so let's fight. Go to Sherdog.com and you'll see the BJJ fighters getting their butts kicked. BJJ is effective when the rules favor the grappler, but you can't call them the greatest fighters when they don't win in true no holds barred competitions. Hayastan (Armenians) grapplers beat the BJJ guys all day long (I've studied under both systems). Go down to their training facility in Los Angeles on Normandie and Sunset and watch the BJJ guys come their to train. The Armenians have a foundation of Judo, just like Sakuraba......and both are better than the Gracies. Also, the LAPD doesn't use BJJ techniques, it uses Hayastan at their Westchester training center.
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The Gracies are the greatest???????? Does anyone remember how Kazushi Sakuraba pounced Royce Gracie like a child (Gracie's corner threw in the towel)? He's pounced a couple of them including Renzo and Royler. He also beat Nino Schembri who is hailed as the future of Brazilian Jujitsu. Also of the 11 or so Gracies that are fighting in the Pride and UFC's, most have been beaten by several opponents: (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?firstname=&lastname=gracie&search=yes&nickname=&association=&weight=). There is an offer on the table from Donald Trump for 2.5 million for Rickson to fight Gokor Chivichyan (Gokor.com). Rickson says he won't fight because he and Gokor are friends. Gokor says money is money..so let's fight. Go to Sherdog.com and you'll see the BJJ fighters getting their butts kicked. BJJ is effective when the rules favor the grappler, but you can't call them the greatest fighters when they don't win in true no holds barred competitions. Hayastan (Armenians) grapplers beat the BJJ guys all day long (I've studied under both systems). Go down to their training facility in Los Angeles on Normandie and Sunset and watch the BJJ guys come their to train. The Armenians have a foundation of Judo, just like Sakuraba......and both are better than the Gracies. Also, the LAPD doesn't use BJJ techniques, it uses Hayastan at their Westchester training center.