The door to the octagon was left open, you could legally headbutt, knee to the groin and pull peoples hair and you could put a lightweight in the same ring as a heavyweight and watch them fight it out. Man the ufc back then was insane
This is so intriguing! The crucifix intro, the hair grab, the free roamers outside the cage, the cage gate swinging open, fighting without a mouth guard, the weight difference.
Oh dude yeah..ok yeah not going at it with a mouth gaurd was asking for broken bones. actually look up UFC 1 tayolor willi a yokazima (the tittle not wrestler) vs Gerard Gordeau. because that's what happend, along with a few broken teeth.
@@gorkskoal9315 that was a great kick....Gracie submitted that guy fast in the final that year.... And he took care of Ken shamrock fast as hell in ufc 1
@@1234qwer1002 lol yeah...and because of how those two went at it: 60 minutes of crickets, just circling the ring, we now now have things like: forced stand up and do something. and time limits.
This is when the ufc was magical - you truly had fighters from many different styles. It was like Street Fighter but in a cage. Royce and his family were and are legends and I remember the mystique they had back then
I agree. It was like something out of blood sport. Unique style vs. unique style. It's kind of lost it's allure in a way. For instance if you have 2 brazilian jiu jitsu world champions fight - the fight can often just turn into a D level kickboxing match because neither wants to be on the ground with the other (same with 2 wrestlers who can't take each other down). Or you have 2 fighters with essentially all the same jack of all trade talents and nothing stands out.
"Golden years" stfu. This is trash. You'd seriously rather seeing guys get randomly kicked in the balls and have their hair ripped out and permanently damaged than watch technical battles in a sport with RULES that seek to encourage professional displays of martial arts rather the street fights? Stfu. "Golden years" my fucking hairy nutsack. The golden years are now.
@@MrCholoPants3415 the appeal of ufc in those days was it's similarities to real street fights different people from all walks of life with different capabilities allowed to do practically anything so stop being a snowflake and enjoy the golden years
@@gamerepic4760 That's what ACTUAL fighting is. You can call it pussy shit, but you'd do it too if someone attacked you outside of an octagon. I'm not critiquing UFC for protecting it's fighters, but you're not a pussy for being smart.
@@gamerepic4760 It's the opposite, fighting ain't supposed to have any rules. The UFC is combat sports, not actual, real, fighting. Fighting is what people do on the street, with eye piercing, head kicking, weapons, groin kicks, hair pulling and so on. Back then the UFC was closer to being fighting since it has fewer rules. Nowadays it's closer to a sport.
This art, expressed so capably by Royce, is the product of three generations of improvement. The Brazilian Jujitsu families forced every other martial art to up their games, and also advance. What a great gift to the martial world!
@@op8995 Back in the days when Royce Gracie dominated there were 3 rules 1. no eye gouging, 2 no blows to the groin, 3 no biting. Which of these were "created to favor the Gracies"?
If not Royce but a pro wrestling muscular dude won the tournament don’t think UFC existed till today. Royce showed how skill can overcome physical strength and how martial arts is indeed a true art.
True besides the savagery of the early fights the fact that a 190 soaking wet with work boots that isn't cut could just lay on his back and beat these beast like men added to the appeal
I watched this live.... and for those who don't know the full story, Gracie got Kimo to submit, but that submission came at a price, with exhaustion and dehydration forcing Gracie to withdraw from the field just moments ahead of a semifinal bout with Harold Howard. When the announcement came that Gracie couldn't continue, Kimo ran to the octagon and celebrated as if he hadn't just surrendered his match minutes beforehand. It was a wild night.
Kimo couldn't even tap. It was a verbal submission to big John. Royce had is elbow hyperextended underneath his hips. If Kimo didn't give up he would have broken his elbow.
@@redrum4100 Did you see his one other MMA fight outside the UFC? OMG he was horrible. Tapped to strikes and looked like a fish flopping around out of water. Granted his opponent was a monster grappler, but Howard claimed to have invented a type of defense against ground fighting and was supposedly the Ju-Jitsu champ of Canada. LOL
The hair is a good handle, and in a fight it should be taken advantage of. I have won a couple of bar fights with long haired opponents using the leverage of their hair to steer them around.
All these kids talking shit about Royce and the Gracie family are hilarious... back in the day Royce had to fight 3 or 4 guys in one single night to be the champion, no holds barred, no weight division... show some respect, ffs. Yes, the game evolved and Royce would get his ass kicked today but he planted the seed for all that shit you see now.
@Fluke I actually think he was over hyped and he wasn't pure jiujitsu like they claim. According to some of the announcers and other employees, the gracies rigged the ring. By that I mean tried to pick and choose who they fought, to boost their agenda.
I agree. Most of the Gracie family members are "still dangerous". It's just that MMA has evolved dramatically since the mid-1990s. The Gracies might not be able to beat "top-ranked MMA fighters", but that doesn't mean that they're anything to be taken lightly. In fact, many of the Gracies "train" the baddest MMA fighters on the planet, which makes these competitors as formidable as they are. Rener and Ryron Gracie "tap out" SWAT team members and Special Forces soldiers. The majority of guys who "think they're tough" wouldn't stand a chance against an unarmed SWAT officer or elite soldier, much less a typical Gracie family member.
John Hall Clearly you had taken too many drugs that night then. Harold Howard got a bye in the semis due to Royce not being able to fight due to fatigue.
silversugafish matthew He did fight a 36 minute one round fight 7 months later, So either he fixed the problem quick smart (not a sign of being overrated) or it was just a bad night.
@@hell-bringer lol so like what having a temper tantum and try to bribe refs because your school foot part of the bill is better? Personally despite my experience with tachi and kick fighting say: don't jump into a fight, carry a tazer, and just give someone that wants to fight you a smil with a legit (sounding at least) compliment. has worked so far. lol I genuinely hope I never need to use what ever skills I have. lol that or just piss my pants and go oookay this is going to suck. Mmmm that right hook of ...was that blackshirt, or small tits that kicked my dick and where's my spleen?
Royce Gracie: -Tournament seller UFC 1,2 and 4 - First member of the Hall of Fame -Together with his family he helped spread MMA around the world Legend!!!
@@Stemlok lmao "shit fighter" as you can see he dominated those years and this was truly "as real as it gets" You can thank this "shit fighter" and his family for not only bringing MMA to the US but also for making the ground game so respected. Please go ahead and log off.
Royce wouldn’t survive in today’s UFC. All the hair pulling and grabbing his rope to lock up guys is straight bs. A lot of what he did would be illegal today.
@@Coach_Kaltenecker No shit. This match was as real as it gets. You were allowed to do anything but eye gauge. You can still thank his family for bringing BJJ to the US.
@@Coach_Kaltenecker but it's okay that kimo is on roids and how much more heavier you think he is over Royce? Royce had to find a way to survive and he did that against any opponent. So stfu and sit down
That’s only because he had a good 70 to 80lbs on Royce. It does not matter if the smaller guy is a black belt or not. If he’s fighting a guy in street fight who outweighs him by that much, he’s gonna struggle before he finishes him. It’s not gonna be a walk in the park
What a great time for MMA fans. I was 18 and i had to drive to my cable company and rent a cable box for 1 day so i could order this ppv. I had a room full of people watching this event everyone was on the edge of their seat.
I remember being in the Navy and word getting around about This "Hoyce Gracie" guy. So I bought the fight for the barracks and learned his name is spelled with an R and that he was not the biggest guy in the world. Him and Oleg Taktarov were the best little guys in the sport.
Still the greatest fight after all these years. Royce gets in a cage with a dude 70lbs heavier than him in a fight with hardly any rules. What a set of balls
@@n.n.5286 hahahah. True. They were pretty bad. Gracie was the exception. Some of those clowns like Keith Hackney and that fat dude yardbury or whatever. Fuckin' comic show.
@Siedler Joe And? Are you kidding me? There are only 3 rules. So basically Kimo got his ass kicked cuz he got his little hair pulled. Awww poor baby. Like a little girl.
@Siedler Joe Nah, you got it mixed up pal. So your saying this big 250 guy got beat up by a little girl move. Got it. If you get your ass beat cuz someone pulled your hair you are a fuckin' pussy. Its that simple.
This was when Traditional Martial Arts were cool. While watching UFC 1, I wondered why there were no high flying kicks like in the movies? That’s because those kicks don’t work in real life. The TMAs got exposed.
Back when they allowed head butts, pulling hair, groin shots, and from the looks of Kimo, PEDs. On top of that, no gloves. This looks much more like a street fight than anything I've ever seen. Great fight. Thanks for posting.
I agree. They could have moved even closer to a street fight if "street type" clothing was required. Topless fighting isn't natural as most people out there wear clothes.
I remember watching these Gracie matches when I was young & just being amazed how he could latch onto someone's body & punch, knee, bend their limbs & occasionally kick someone til they were forced to submit. It was fascinating
And I loved how Royce would rest on his opponents during long ground battles, staying as relaxed as possible, exerting only minimum required energy. Harrison does the same thing, and in a battle of attrition, having even slightly better leverage than your opponent over time will become a bigger and bigger advantage.
Yeah, he reminded me of a spidermonkey, the way he'd just sling himself around and always seem to slip out of everything. But considering the way he was pulling hair here, he probably had his body greased with Vaseline under the gi, doing all the dirty tricks that those people do.
I had the honor of attending a seminar taught by Gracie, he is incredible, the session was 2 hours long and he broke the techniques down step by step, then put it all together, he is actually tall, 6'2.
@@stefanvitali7616 I watched the video again and before they start the fight they say Kimo was 250 pounds not 240 and Royce was 176 pounds not 185. So it's 74 then.
It's rigged in ufc 1 there's a boxer with one glove against Royce the only reason why he had a glove is to well put padding on his hand because imagine getting punched in the face by let's say tyson you'll get knock out in one punch therefore it's was rigged
@@vs_nasty1305 It was rigged because the boxer had one glove? There were several fighters who went without gloves and also he probably did it because that is how he was trained.
It's the best of all time. he shows what Gracie's want to show. BJJ is superior than other Martial arts. Today we have all kind of fighters in UFC: boxer, may thay, karate, judo, Wrestling, russian wrestling... but all fighters practice BJJ.
@@andreivieira that's not the point i was trying to make though.. ahahahahaha.. 🤣😂🤣. You can talk about history if something has been around for a while where you can actually make a big comparison. Its like telling your kid that his third birthday is the best birthday ever and he just celebrated it. Lol.. i understand if you dont get it. Ahahahahaha
No rules and multiple fights in one night, no time limits, wearing a Gi This was incredible at the time. MMA has developed incredibly since then, but Gracie was the guy who opened everyone’s eyes and made it happen
there were rules and they were rules that greatly helped royce gracie, though he is still one of the greatest fighters ever.. rules like no eye gouges and no biting.. literally the most effective tools against grappling. lol.
Wasn't necessarily inevitable, if he supplexed him when he grabbed him from behind then he could'v won. Alas it was how it was, both Royce Gracie & Kimo went out like proper fighters.
@@dustin9367 Stop whining about roids. You know how many people take roids but are weak as hell, can't fight, have very little strength, so many. Roids don't give you this ability at all, no ability to fight. Some of you people just know nothing about athletics and roids. He wouldn't exactly be the same without roids, they are helping his strength, but he would still give royce a tough fight without them for sure. You don't even know he's on roids either. Go to a very very serious gym, and you'll see several guys not on roids bigger and stronger than Kimo here. He likely was on roids though, I can't say I would trust Kimo to make everything fair, but at the same time Royce is pulling hair, which is legal, but just the cheapest most BS move there is. I just wouldn't complain about this fight, that's all i'm saying.
@@MrBigbobsbeans Would have been interesting if Royce would have pulled Kimos hair so hard that it pulled a huge piece of scalp away. That would have been a bloody mess and I assume the Ring Doctor or Referee would have stopped the fight.
Royce was so revolutionary. He just showed that taking a fight to the floor is the most effective way of winning it. And that's how MMA has been ever since 👍 The first few UFCs were funny because you'd have guys trying to have stand up fights, and having no idea how to handle Royce constantly trying to take them down to the mat!
Yup. They mastered the ground when every other martial art ignored it. Wrestling is the best at going from the feet to the ground but once on the ground they have really bad habits and have no way of ending the fight.
Young Referee John McCarthy has different energy. This was the first ever UFC match I watched as a kid. Someone handed me a DVD of this match and I was so inspired by it. A fan of this sport ever since.
I remember that fight, Royce had a low blood sugar problem and hadn't eaten in awhile which is bad news for that condition, could cause death. At the least just saps all your energy. It was also found afterwards that Kimo greased himself up for the fight. No one checked the fighters then and they didn't have any rule against it anyway, so little was made of it, but that was the reason Royce had such a hard time getting him down and holding on to him. Thats why he used the hair which he later said it wasn't much easier that way cause his hair was full of the same greasy substance. Oh the old days. The talent of the guys today are light years better than that time, but nothing will ever compare to the newness and complete rawness of the begining. Today you pretty much know what you're getting. An extremely high level of athletic ability and martial art talent. Fights now are usually long because of how highly and equally talented the top fighters are. And mostly its anyones fight. And if you're a fan, you're pretty familiar with all the ways the fight could be won. The only unknown is who will win and which of those ways will they use. Back then, the whole damn thing was an unknown. That will never happen again. Literal style against style. Real blatant differences. Hell most of the fighters had never even tested what they knew like this. I love MMA now, but if you missed out on those days, you missed the most unique time in martial arts history and sports history in general. And nothing now can compare to what those guys then risked for little to no money at all and little status. Even any status gain was limited, short lived and easily turned into negative status. Back then they truely did it simply because they wanted to. And mostly the only reward was knowing you did it. These days it misses the rawness, the purity of how humans will go to extreme lengths to achieve something that promises not a monetary reward, but something else. Something that's the same as everyone else, but also distinctly different to each individual making possible only to be them to fully understand the why. Yea, that's pure, that's raw and its rare and it was present for a short time ine the very early days. Oh well, it was cool while it lasted. Hey, there's always Curling. I mean no one could possibly be doing that for financial gain, or status. Well then Curling it is! See ya'll on the ice. Olympics, here I come!!!
Eh, just more uniform style with roids being more prevalent now. overall better, not sure how you are getting "longer fights" when most are limited to 15 minutes total and five minute rounds. I would be willing to wager fights are faster now than ever before.
SlayerofFiction The fights were shorter with no time period and no winning by points. Fights generaly are quicker with no limit. Up until at least UFC 4 or 5, the longest fight was Royce and Severn at 15 min. Next longest was Royce vs a Japanese Karate guy at 5 min.
SlayerofFiction That was years later. He didn't do them during those first 5 UFC's. Hell he didn't need to then. Those first 5, non of the other fighters understood his BJJ yet. He left MMA after number 5 for a long time to get back surgery. By the time he came back, everybody was well versed in BJJ and then some. The level of talent had improved so much in such relatively short time, it was a different ballgame for him now. Not to mention hoe physically strong the competition was as well and so many of them on roids. He must of felt it was the only way he could come back. And to his credit, still took a few fights way out of his weight class. But even the roids couldn't return him to the superman he appeared to be before. The cat was out of the bag, BJJ wa unleashed to the world as well as other usable arts and all were and still are improving almost on a daily basis. But no one can ever take away from what he did in those first 5 UFC's. There has always been a fighter that seems unbeatable for a period of time. Like Anderson Silva, Fedor, GSP etc and these days Jones. Royce was the first one to have that role and will always own that spot.
This fight was Kemo’s to lose. Had Gracie’s back TWICE and didn’t know what to do and even rolled over for him! I love Brazilian Jiujitsu but I think Kemo’s lack of fighting knowledge defeated him as much as the submission did. If Kemo came down with elbows when he had Royce’s back, it could’ve been a much different bout. Thank you Gracie’s for all you’ve done for martial arts. One of the only martial arts where a smaller guy can really stand a chance against a Roid Monster.
That is exactly why BJJ is one of the most if not the most important martial art in MMA today. He didn't know what to do cause back then nobody had ground knowledge.
UN SER HUMANO DIGNO DE ADMIRAR ROYCE FUE UNICO EN LAS MMA ENFRENTARCE A LUCHADORES MUCHO MAS PESADO QUE EL Y VENCERLOS ESO YA NO SE VE CON TIEMPOS SEGUIDOS Y SIN DESCANSOS FELICIDADES AL REY DEL LAS ARTES MARCIALES MIXTAS
ESO ERA VALE TODO TODO POR ESO EL OPONENTE LE TENIA MUCHO MAS PESO, PESANDO MAS DE 200 LIBRAS Y EL.SOLO 178 LIBRAS , HOY EN DIA NO HAY ESAS PELEAS ASI PORQUE ERA TIEMPO CORRIDO SIN DESCANSO DIGNO SE ADMIRAR Y SI HOY PREGUNTAS A LOS GRANDES CAMPEONES DE LAS MMA TENDRAS LAS RESPUESTA DE ADMIRACION, RESPETO Y SIEMPRE SERA UN GRAN MAESTRO Y ESO NO LO DIGO YO ES UN ECHO Y SALON DE LA FAMA DE LA MMA
Incrível a oportunidade de admirar atletas de estilos diferentes, lutando sem categorias de peso, sem luvas, em uma luta real. Adoraria ter a chance de algum dia lutar nessas condições. A adrenalina deve ser incrível. Bons tempos.
Says the guy who tested positive for 25 times the normal amount of nandrolone found in the average human male. Also, acne doesn’t necessarily mean steroids.
@@Bucketheadhead that only makes him more able to speak about it. No judgment tho, it was completely permited back in the days to take whatever in UFC, leveled competition.
@@Bucketheadhead zzzzz he uses steroids, hur dur, he is bad man!he is not saying he beat the guy clean, nor that he doesn't took steroids in his life.just that he kimo took a lot of steroids and that he beat him anyway. and when he fought Kimo there was no anti-doping whatsoever. stop watching karate-kid, most of those guys use whatever they can get their hands on and not get caught.
I remember a conversation with a work mate who asked me who I thought the best UFC fighter was. I told him Royce Gracie. My pal was shocked even a little disgusted and asked WHY? Simple I said because they had to change the rules to stop him winning. Those 30 minute fights with only one rule (no eye gouging) were the closest thing to mortal combat a true test of what would happen in a fight for your life. It would be really interesting to see which of today's top fighter would win in a no rules no time limit fight. Would BJJ still be a fight winner. Guess we will never know now that UFC comes with all the hype and BS of Pro wrestling. Dana White may have built a successful business model but he killed the purest form of fighting sports.
I watch ufc since the first one, and the rules were made for the spectacle and safety of them. That's part of the business. The referee John Mccarthy came with some rules, cause he coulndt even stop the fight! He had to ask the team to throw the towel. It was completely minblowing to watch but Someone would get killed live and the sport would be banned forever. Also some of those 30 min fights were boring as hell.
he had to for the growth of the sport, it would’ve died 2 decades ago if they didn’t clean it up. there was way too much negative feedback because of how barbaric it was. for every person that enjoyed it there was another 50 who hated it.
cali2491 because the creator of the ufc told him only stop fights if people get knocked out or tap. Then after ufc 2 John told him he ain’t reffing no more if he doesn’t have more power and the ability to stop fights for any reason
This was real fighting the closest thing you'll get to a real life street fight. And Royce proves he would kick anyone's ass even a guy far larger than him
@Russ H or an idiot for not getting a fucking haircut, don't be upset. real fighting is real fighting, fight to win. sounds like you're the pussy making excuses
Russ H back then once the octagon door closes it wasn't just to win it was to survive, there were no rules it was no different to a street fight other than the fact they are all trained to destroy the human body no matter how big or how different they are, if I was there back then I would use anything I can to win, I would bite, rip there hair off and grab there balls till they are jello, I don't care if it is a pussy move the last thing that should be on my mind Isi if a certain move makes me gay or a pussy, if it means I will survive I will be a pussy then
This was Royce's toughest fight because of the weight difference and aggressiveness of Kimo which is why we have weight divisions today. The mismatches in the early UFC were insane.
Royce wanted to fight bigger guys. UFC was created to be an infomercial for Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. The Gracies were trying to demonstrate that Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was the best martial art. They wanted to show the world that it was superior to any other discipline, and that it didn't matter how big and strong the opponent was - Gracie Jiu-Jitsu would always win. That was the whole point.
@Living Dead Guy Yes, no rules, no weight classes. It's a bitch move to pit someone who's 240 LBS against someone who's 170 LBS. If there's no rules, anything goes. If you want "bitch moves banned," you should watch something that has more rules in it.
@Living Dead Guy Bro idk why you keep plugging up my TH-cam feed, my point was is that you seem to be criticising "a bitch move" in a "bitch game." As I said it's a bitch move to pit someone who's like 30 kg heavier than you against you. That's a bitch move. You have so much more mass and leverage that it's not really fair.
Ver Royce lutar era emocionante. Sempre era a vitória da técnica e da inteligência contra a força bruta. Quando ele achava uma vantagem na posição em que estava, POR PIOR QUE FOSSE, tudo mudava em segundos. Era só agarrar a manga do kimono do braço oposto e logo se viam os tapinhas no chão ou nas suas costas. Gênio que estará sempre no hall of fame das artes marciais.
Los gracie eran unos desleales, ventajistas y oportunistas jalar a kimo del cabello, si le hubieran hecho eso a royce su papa y hermanos hubieran entrado al octagono llorando a reclamar
Μιχαήλ Ορλόφ Hair pulling is painful and bitching. If you want to wear that, it gives a major advantage to hold onto to lock people in place, so other people also have an advantage to better grip your
Μιχαήλ Ορλόφ I didn’t read it but I believe it. It’s not about pain, it’s that you prevent somebody from moving in an unfair way. It’s easy, takes no skill, and something commonly found in female fights. If you pull hair, you are scared and don’t fight clean. Seriously, there’s a reason it’s banned now and why street fights ban it
This fight was epic. Rules were looser then and kimo outpowered him but Gracie technique and timing was flawless. Gracie actuall frustrated kimo and beat a much larger n stronger man. This is when i realized ju jit su works esp if ur smaller
The door to the octagon was left open, you could legally headbutt, knee to the groin and pull peoples hair and you could put a lightweight in the same ring as a heavyweight and watch them fight it out. Man the ufc back then was insane
And they fought bareknuckles
Man I loved all of it excpet the kick in the groins.
UFC back then was just a marketing tool to promote Royce selected fighters they could counter
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This is so intriguing!
The crucifix intro, the hair grab, the free roamers outside the cage, the cage gate swinging open, fighting without a mouth guard, the weight difference.
Because is 1993 different rules those times I mean almost no rules.
This was the greatest fight in the world. It's been almost 30 years and I haven't seen anything close to this fight.
Oh dude yeah..ok yeah not going at it with a mouth gaurd was asking for broken bones. actually look up UFC 1 tayolor willi a yokazima (the tittle not wrestler) vs Gerard Gordeau. because that's what happend, along with a few broken teeth.
@@gorkskoal9315 that was a great kick....Gracie submitted that guy fast in the final that year.... And he took care of Ken shamrock fast as hell in ufc 1
@@1234qwer1002 lol yeah...and because of how those two went at it: 60 minutes of crickets, just circling the ring, we now now have things like: forced stand up and do something. and time limits.
I think kimo's entrance drained half his stamina meter.
Chloranthy ring and grass crest shield help alot. 😁👍
Kimo had a "cross tattoo" before cross tattoos were cool. :)
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Yes. For sure
Rofl lol
This is when the ufc was magical - you truly had fighters from many different styles. It was like Street Fighter but in a cage. Royce and his family were and are legends and I remember the mystique they had back then
I agree. It was like something out of blood sport. Unique style vs. unique style. It's kind of lost it's allure in a way. For instance if you have 2 brazilian jiu jitsu world champions fight - the fight can often just turn into a D level kickboxing match because neither wants to be on the ground with the other (same with 2 wrestlers who can't take each other down). Or you have 2 fighters with essentially all the same jack of all trade talents and nothing stands out.
Absolutely agree. The UFC of old was amazing back then, where style and technique reigned supreme.
Pulling hair does not make you a legend
Yeah as soon as he wasn't allowed to wear the gee in ufc he did nothing but lose,
Shut up please, oldhead. This is complete garbage!!! You can't make any case for this shitshow. Imagine fucking paying for this S M F H....
10 secs into the fight "this is the longest we've seen Gracie standing up" Lmfao
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FAMÍLIA GRACIE PORRA
Hahahahaah
bro this shit had me dying 😂
lmao and I thought you were exaggerating
"There's the headbutt... There's the knee to the groin!"
Ah the golden years
Man those looked painful
early UFC was uncharted era in fight sports..and yes i agree those were the golden years
"Golden years" stfu. This is trash. You'd seriously rather seeing guys get randomly kicked in the balls and have their hair ripped out and permanently damaged than watch technical battles in a sport with RULES that seek to encourage professional displays of martial arts rather the street fights? Stfu. "Golden years" my fucking hairy nutsack. The golden years are now.
@@MrCholoPants3415 You are right. You were still in nuts, when this sport emerged.
@@MrCholoPants3415 the appeal of ufc in those days was it's similarities to real street fights different people from all walks of life with different capabilities allowed to do practically anything so stop being a snowflake and enjoy the golden years
I loved ufc back then. Barely any rules, seems like mortal kombat characters
hahahhahaa totally
Didn’t seem like actually fighting with the pussy shit like hair grabbing groin shots and more
Watching all of this on TH-cam looks absolutely crazy. Injuries happened all the time, groin shots, kneeing in the ground. Wild.
@@gamerepic4760 That's what ACTUAL fighting is. You can call it pussy shit, but you'd do it too if someone attacked you outside of an octagon. I'm not critiquing UFC for protecting it's fighters, but you're not a pussy for being smart.
@@gamerepic4760 It's the opposite, fighting ain't supposed to have any rules. The UFC is combat sports, not actual, real, fighting. Fighting is what people do on the street, with eye piercing, head kicking, weapons, groin kicks, hair pulling and so on.
Back then the UFC was closer to being fighting since it has fewer rules. Nowadays it's closer to a sport.
This art, expressed so capably by Royce, is the product of three generations of improvement. The Brazilian Jujitsu families forced every other martial art to up their games, and also advance. What a great gift to the martial world!
This was before Muay Thai was popular, the literal counter to the clinch.
There were a lot of rule created to favor the Gracie's. There tons of info on it on TH-cam.
It's the art of fixing the fights so you don't get your head kicked in.
Fake champ.
@@op8995 Back in the days when Royce Gracie dominated there were 3 rules 1. no eye gouging, 2 no blows to the groin, 3 no biting. Which of these were "created to favor the Gracies"?
@@op8995 VC TA FALANDO MERDA SÓ EXISTIA TRÊS REGRA SEU IGNORANTE...OUTRA COISA SE O LUTADOR LUTAVA COM SAPATILHAS NÃO PODIA CHUTAR SEU ADVERSÁRIO ....
Deyontay Wider after losing: "It was the weight of my costume after walking to the ring"
Kimo Leopoldo: "Hold my 10 foot cross"
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I remember when Jesus said, "and tattoo your stomach with my name, get ripped, and beat people up in the name of all that is holy. "
Josef Lanz This guy has no clue.
amen
Everyone has their cross to bare.
Ahhh Christians. The clueless.
@@arisn32 says one world yoga 🤣
If not Royce but a pro wrestling muscular dude won the tournament don’t think UFC existed till today. Royce showed how skill can overcome physical strength and how martial arts is indeed a true art.
That was not skill. He literally was flailing around like a fish and pulling hair like a bitch. And this yall hero ok.
William Drumgoole ok
@@EllTorn He died
@@OfficiallyWill martial arts are for self defense in street fights, not scoring points you little pussy.
True besides the savagery of the early fights the fact that a 190 soaking wet with work boots that isn't cut could just lay on his back and beat these beast like men added to the appeal
I watched this live.... and for those who don't know the full story, Gracie got Kimo to submit, but that submission came at a price, with exhaustion and dehydration forcing Gracie to withdraw from the field just moments ahead of a semifinal bout with Harold Howard. When the announcement came that Gracie couldn't continue, Kimo ran to the octagon and celebrated as if he hadn't just surrendered his match minutes beforehand. It was a wild night.
Kimo couldn't even tap. It was a verbal submission to big John. Royce had is elbow hyperextended underneath his hips. If Kimo didn't give up he would have broken his elbow.
Howard turned out to be so rubbish Gracie could have fought in the condition he was in and still won.
@@redrum4100 Absolutely true. Howard later went on to lose his mind and get arrested for assault and threatening his family. Crazy.
@@maxxxmodelz4061 And totally bottled it the moment he was on his back in the final, so would have instantly tapped with Gracie taking him down.
@@redrum4100 Did you see his one other MMA fight outside the UFC? OMG he was horrible. Tapped to strikes and looked like a fish flopping around out of water. Granted his opponent was a monster grappler, but Howard claimed to have invented a type of defense against ground fighting and was supposedly the Ju-Jitsu champ of Canada. LOL
"If one wishes not to be handled, one should not grow a handle" - some words from my old instructor that apply well here.
The hair is a good handle, and in a fight it should be taken advantage of. I have won a couple of bar fights with long haired opponents using the leverage of their hair to steer them around.
Does that count for the hog too?
@@richardstaccone1927 then your a pussy if you can't win a fight without grabing someone's hair
@@JDJD-mw9rr social conditioning really worked well on you didn't it lol
JD JD, You may be right, so if you ever fight me get a short haircut first.
All these kids talking shit about Royce and the Gracie family are hilarious... back in the day Royce had to fight 3 or 4 guys in one single night to be the champion, no holds barred, no weight division... show some respect, ffs. Yes, the game evolved and Royce would get his ass kicked today but he planted the seed for all that shit you see now.
It's also easy to run thru people that think they know how to fight vs going thru say 3 or 4 Ken Shamrocks.
@Fluke I actually think he was over hyped and he wasn't pure jiujitsu like they claim. According to some of the announcers and other employees, the gracies rigged the ring. By that I mean tried to pick and choose who they fought, to boost their agenda.
I agree. Most of the Gracie family members are "still dangerous". It's just that MMA has evolved dramatically since the mid-1990s. The Gracies might not be able to beat "top-ranked MMA fighters", but that doesn't mean that they're anything to be taken lightly. In fact, many of the Gracies "train" the baddest MMA fighters on the planet, which makes these competitors as formidable as they are. Rener and Ryron Gracie "tap out" SWAT team members and Special Forces soldiers. The majority of guys who "think they're tough" wouldn't stand a chance against an unarmed SWAT officer or elite soldier, much less a typical Gracie family member.
Fluke this is true, and when Rorion lost control they got out.
Royce ended up completely on his last legs, completely exhausted, battered and bruised. But that armlock was the key.
5% bodyfat cracked me up 😂😂
Hahaha
Ya dude maybe 14. If he was 5 he'd be looking like phil heath or dorian lmao.
Yeah, not a chance.
@@wesrobertson8753 lmao no.... he's at least 20% here. At 14 you would at least have an outline of abs.
Depends dorean used to go down to 2.5-3 after that skin callipers were not that efective so he didnt know to where he went down
It's always inspired me when i see Royce Gracie fight on the octagon. Very talented, skill full, and his fighting spirit, no one can do the same.
Pulling the opponet's hair is a great skill.
that was a bitch move
@@tedgregersenvalasko2375different times man don’t forget the groin kick
Gracie was so one dimensional, He would get killed today in the octagon because he had zero stand-up. Just look at what Matt Hughes did to him.
the man days of ufc the clock counts up and no weight classes.royce fought 3 fights that night.legendary
No he didn't. Lol he forfeited after this fight because of exhaustion. 5 minutes caused him to be overly exhausted. Overrated as hell.
i watched this live!! Yes he did.
silversugafish matthew Against an opponent that outweighed him by 80 lbs. Not something you could do I'm almost willing to bet mucho dinero against.
John Hall Clearly you had taken too many drugs that night then.
Harold Howard got a bye in the semis due to Royce not being able to fight due to fatigue.
silversugafish matthew He did fight a 36 minute one round fight 7 months later, So either he fixed the problem quick smart (not a sign of being overrated) or it was just a bad night.
Lol people complaining about that hair grab... how about that 100 pounds weight difference...
and he had to wear a gi
+Thehanx Yeah, 100 lbs weight difference was the clincher on this. Royce lost the next fight after this one because Kimo had thrashed him.
+Anything Ordinary yeah he could grab his gi
+Thehanx if only it was just a hair grab lol
+8digitPDX Who did he fight next?
I'm trying to go back and watch these fights.
"He's grabbing his hair", that's perfectly legal".
😂😂😂
LOL
Moral of fight:"Dont jump into a fight with long hair."
That's crazy. UFC sure has changed
@@hell-bringer lol so like what having a temper tantum and try to bribe refs because your school foot part of the bill is better? Personally despite my experience with tachi and kick fighting say: don't jump into a fight, carry a tazer, and just give someone that wants to fight you a smil with a legit (sounding at least) compliment. has worked so far. lol I genuinely hope I never need to use what ever skills I have. lol that or just piss my pants and go oookay this is going to suck. Mmmm that right hook of ...was that blackshirt, or small tits that kicked my dick and where's my spleen?
Royce was always so good at avoiding getting hit with hard, clean punches! Even his clinch had incredible timing.
Royce Gracie:
-Tournament seller UFC 1,2 and 4
- First member of the Hall of Fame
-Together with his family he helped spread MMA around the world
Legend!!!
legend my ass he was a shit fighter
and the gracies ran the ufc back then to promote their style
@@Stemlok lmao "shit fighter" as you can see he dominated those years and this was truly "as real as it gets" You can thank this "shit fighter" and his family for not only bringing MMA to the US but also for making the ground game so respected. Please go ahead and log off.
Royce wouldn’t survive in today’s UFC. All the hair pulling and grabbing his rope to lock up guys is straight bs. A lot of what he did would be illegal today.
@@Coach_Kaltenecker No shit. This match was as real as it gets. You were allowed to do anything but eye gauge. You can still thank his family for bringing BJJ to the US.
@@Coach_Kaltenecker but it's okay that kimo is on roids and how much more heavier you think he is over Royce? Royce had to find a way to survive and he did that against any opponent. So stfu and sit down
Rewatching all these years later never realized kemo takes Royce back, Locks Hooks in, escapes mount, I’d say he had some Jiu jitsu
Luke Thomas every body start it learning bjj after UFC 1 so that’s why some people knew some moves
The announcer brought it up - apparently he had been training at a Gracie gym.
Those are also basic wrestling skills though
That’s only because he had a good 70 to 80lbs on Royce. It does not matter if the smaller guy is a black belt or not. If he’s fighting a guy in street fight who outweighs him by that much, he’s gonna struggle before he finishes him. It’s not gonna be a walk in the park
@@warmkaril1 no its judo armbar
What a great time for MMA fans.
I was 18 and i had to drive to my cable company and rent a cable box for 1 day so i could order this ppv.
I had a room full of people watching this event everyone was on the edge of their seat.
That's awesome. I watched this on VHS as a kid at a friend's house. I was hooked on MMA after that.
I remember being in the Navy and word getting around about This "Hoyce Gracie" guy. So I bought the fight for the barracks and learned his name is spelled with an R and that he was not the biggest guy in the world. Him and Oleg Taktarov were the best little guys in the sport.
Same here, saw it live with a friend named Shane in Waco Texas. That was a crazy year for me but good times.
spiderman< the weirdest fighers was back in the days... jesus christ figher hahahaahahahahha
OMG, didn't you know anyone that was selling de-scrambler boxes?
Love how you can watch UFC events from the early 90's and still see Big John McCarthy reffing the fights
I love that john mccarthy's been there since the start
pp
statingjake yea same and still people think turd dean is better
Yep. McCarthy is definitely one of the best referees ever in MMA.
statingjake
Not the start, UFC 1 had a different referee.
statingjake actually he came in at ufc 2
Kemo is constantly whispering to royce "jesus loves you"
HAHAHAH i was thinking the same joke when i saw that huge cross
😂😂😂
kkkkkk good one tho
hahaha
@Thrasymachus Monk i call that a obama and sometimes michelle obama.
Early ufc was full medieval
I don't see horse and lance.
Medieval tournaments were waaay more organized than this clusterfuck Lmao
The closest we'll ever get to gladiator fights.
Yeah for real no gloves at all
Love watching these older fights. Truly the ultimate fighter.
Still the greatest fight after all these years. Royce gets in a cage with a dude 70lbs heavier than him in a fight with hardly any rules. What a set of balls
Absolutely one of the greatest fights in MMA history!
@@charliecox7574 don't be unreasonable these guys had balls and deserve all the respect but most of the fights from those days are a joke
@@n.n.5286 hahahah. True. They were pretty bad. Gracie was the exception. Some of those clowns like Keith Hackney and that fat dude yardbury or whatever. Fuckin' comic show.
@Siedler Joe And? Are you kidding me? There are only 3 rules. So basically Kimo got his ass kicked cuz he got his little hair pulled. Awww poor baby. Like a little girl.
@Siedler Joe Nah, you got it mixed up pal. So your saying this big 250 guy got beat up by a little girl move. Got it. If you get your ass beat cuz someone pulled your hair you are a fuckin' pussy. Its that simple.
I miss Royce Gracie and his very controlled style. you feel he is always in control, badass right there!
He was a cheating bitch, but pretty good. People today are so much better, but without him and his dad it wouldn't be the same.
By pulling and holding hair 😂
@@CapFlipGaming
Cope
He was just that good
keeping crying
I miss the early days of mma when the Gracie family and bjj had a mystique . Nowadays everyone knows everything so the magic is gone
This was when Traditional Martial Arts were cool. While watching UFC 1, I wondered why there were no high flying kicks like in the movies? That’s because those kicks don’t work in real life. The TMAs got exposed.
Back when they allowed head butts, pulling hair, groin shots, and from the looks of Kimo, PEDs. On top of that, no gloves. This looks much more like a street fight than anything I've ever seen. Great fight. Thanks for posting.
I agree. They could have moved even closer to a street fight if "street type" clothing was required. Topless fighting isn't natural as most people out there wear clothes.
@Grant Smith Literally everyone back then was on peds
Dont need to. Everyone knows that people back then used peds because they weren't ever caught
@Grant Smith possibly
Weak ass fucking fight casual
I remember watching these Gracie matches when I was young & just being amazed how he could latch onto someone's body & punch, knee, bend their limbs & occasionally kick someone til they were forced to submit. It was fascinating
And I loved how Royce would rest on his opponents during long ground battles, staying as relaxed as possible, exerting only minimum required energy.
Harrison does the same thing, and in a battle of attrition, having even slightly better leverage than your opponent over time will become a bigger and bigger advantage.
@@itinerantpoet1341 most boring shit ever
Yeah and used that reinforced ghee as a weapon...cheat
Yeah, he reminded me of a spidermonkey, the way he'd just sling himself around and always seem to slip out of everything. But considering the way he was pulling hair here, he probably had his body greased with Vaseline under the gi, doing all the dirty tricks that those people do.
I had the honor of attending a seminar taught by Gracie, he is incredible, the session was 2 hours long and he broke the techniques down step by step, then put it all together, he is actually tall, 6'2.
Are you talking about Rorion maybe? I met Royce years ago and was eye to eye with him and I'm 5'11.
5 percent bodyfat maybe 17 is generous
Hell Yeah..looks like 20%
@@dhruvishkapadia350820% is a little high. He is certainly closer to 20% than 5% though. I would put him around 15%.
James Reese 5% can be fatal wtf
15% body fat with ROIDS. LOL
@@Poseidon_43 what? 4% body fat Lex Luger would disagree.
He beats a 80 pounds heavier guy through submission. I guess this is why basically every MMA fighter today knows at least some BJJ for "ground game".
The annoying part though is since everyone knows bjj now submission finishes are very hard to get
Whats 240-185? It's 55. Not 80
@@stefanvitali7616 I watched the video again and before they start the fight they say Kimo was 250 pounds not 240 and Royce was 176 pounds not 185. So it's 74 then.
It's rigged in ufc 1 there's a boxer with one glove against Royce the only reason why he had a glove is to well put padding on his hand because imagine getting punched in the face by let's say tyson you'll get knock out in one punch therefore it's was rigged
@@vs_nasty1305 It was rigged because the boxer had one glove? There were several fighters who went without gloves and also he probably did it because that is how he was trained.
Saw this live for free on illegal cable when I was 11, ah the good 'ol dayz
Commentator: "One of the best fights in UFC History"
Event: UFC 3 LOL!!
It's the best of all time.
he shows what Gracie's want to show. BJJ is superior than other Martial arts.
Today we have all kind of fighters in UFC: boxer, may thay, karate, judo, Wrestling, russian wrestling... but all fighters practice BJJ.
@@andreivieira *it's funny how he talks about ufc history and it's only their third event. A bit premature, don't you think??*
@@robertwhite uh, i think its because ufc was created by his old brother
@@andreivieira that's not the point i was trying to make though.. ahahahahaha.. 🤣😂🤣. You can talk about history if something has been around for a while where you can actually make a big comparison. Its like telling your kid that his third birthday is the best birthday ever and he just celebrated it. Lol.. i understand if you dont get it. Ahahahahaha
@@andreivieira Technically doesn't Khabib do Sambo? I don't actually know
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Sempre irmão, sempre 🇧🇷
Br aqui irmão
Não
Sempre
Oss
9:00 Cutest tap in mma history.
Lolol super mini tap
Lazy taptap
Must have been a more exhaustion tap. If it really hurts you will tap much more emphatically lol
Very discret, and private...meaning: "now I know, you're the man!!" Lol
Hahahaa baby tap
I remember seeing this live. My life was never the same.
No rules and multiple fights in one night, no time limits, wearing a Gi
This was incredible at the time. MMA has developed incredibly since then, but Gracie was the guy who opened everyone’s eyes and made it happen
there were rules and they were rules that greatly helped royce gracie, though he is still one of the greatest fighters ever.. rules like no eye gouges and no biting.. literally the most effective tools against grappling. lol.
whatever us ay promo account. your boy Gracie got rag rolled
Roids, hair pulling, doors opening, Gi's- raunchy as hell!
gracie was such a cheesy fighter puaj
@@misterasterisco5217 that first punch he thruw looked like it was in slow motion must of been the slowest punch in history.....
And Gary Busey.
@@fireball8767 Lmao ikr, shit took a full second to become fully extended 🤣
@@RicegumRicebum he had time to have his dinner
How to lose a match:
Waste 80% of your energy via carrying a big damn cross to the ring, where you'll have to fight.
deontay wilder could have learned a lesson from this lol
@@GhostMonkey772 lol
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Dude could have been carried to that octagon, he was going to tap regardless.
This has a pro wrestling intro to it... the walk in... so great.
Kimo lost because he wasted too much energy on carrying that CROSS to the Ring lol
lmao ikr
+Isaac Bell OhhhhYea, one person agree with me :)
I can't deny the truth
He would've won if Gracie wasn't pulling his hair like a bitch
+Jack Young I think so. his way is like a girl.
I still remember back in 1997 renting all the octagon fights on VHS tapes. There were about 3 rules and no time limits.
Kimo went to my church at this time (24/7 in Huntington Beach) I remember we all watched the PPV cheering him on... dude was huge in person!
Only dummies go to church
@@FreeHat_ dummies go to church? then youre probably dumber to even care about it
this is the embodiment of ultimate fighting, in that by the end of it, only a few minutes later you can see the exhaustion on both fighters.
Amazing
God bless you, brother Kimo.
Royce was such a legend, mad props on him.
This was no doubt the best era of UFC. I only have access to this via vhs tapes. Good old times
Ah yes the good old days of watching ufc on vhs
Why not get UFC fight pass? Very cheap and you can watch all the old tapes on demand
@@Gorrgrim Good call!!!
That ref has his shit together and has total control of the situation great work
Its very easy to have total control of the situation when there are like 5 rules and one of them is not to bring a ak47 to the fight
"that ref"
"Big" John McArthy, you mean.
@@hamdiatasoy2456 Big John back in the day.🙏👊
Matt Burns you must be new here lol
Kimo held his own against inevitable defeat, he deserves our respect
Wasn't necessarily inevitable, if he supplexed him when he grabbed him from behind then he could'v won. Alas it was how it was, both Royce Gracie & Kimo went out like proper fighters.
MAYBY IF HE WASN'T ROIDED!!
@@dustin9367 Stop whining about roids. You know how many people take roids but are weak as hell, can't fight, have very little strength, so many. Roids don't give you this ability at all, no ability to fight. Some of you people just know nothing about athletics and roids. He wouldn't exactly be the same without roids, they are helping his strength, but he would still give royce a tough fight without them for sure. You don't even know he's on roids either. Go to a very very serious gym, and you'll see several guys not on roids bigger and stronger than Kimo here. He likely was on roids though, I can't say I would trust Kimo to make everything fair, but at the same time Royce is pulling hair, which is legal, but just the cheapest most BS move there is. I just wouldn't complain about this fight, that's all i'm saying.
There is literally no way he is 5% bodyfat. 15% would be a stretch.
he forget to add 1 in front of 5
They hype up tales of the tape. Plus it ain’t like they were there with calipers to call him on it. He probably just told them.
Well he's Hawaiian so we can give it to him considering those people and how fat they get but I bet he's like 600 today
Around 10 ,at 15 you start to look fat
Yo..... facts👊
Kimo-therapy
LOOOOOOL what a legendary pun.
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Kenji314159 kek 😂😂😂😂😂
Seriously, you didn't have the door to the octagon securely closed?!?!?!?!?!?!
Jack Jackson lol for real
Lol read this as it happened. Nice timing
i mean, a guy was nearly scalped from having his hair pulled "perfectly legal" the door was the least of there worries.
Who cares its no rules
@@MrBigbobsbeans Would have been interesting if Royce would have pulled Kimos hair so hard that it pulled a huge piece of scalp away. That would have been a bloody mess and I assume the Ring Doctor or Referee would have stopped the fight.
Royce was so revolutionary. He just showed that taking a fight to the floor is the most effective way of winning it. And that's how MMA has been ever since 👍 The first few UFCs were funny because you'd have guys trying to have stand up fights, and having no idea how to handle Royce constantly trying to take them down to the mat!
Yup. They mastered the ground when every other martial art ignored it. Wrestling is the best at going from the feet to the ground but once on the ground they have really bad habits and have no way of ending the fight.
Just made fights more boring TBH...I enjoy the stand up fights more.
Only good in the ring . For the most part
Young Referee John McCarthy has different energy. This was the first ever UFC match I watched as a kid. Someone handed me a DVD of this match and I was so inspired by it. A fan of this sport ever since.
I remember that fight, Royce had a low blood sugar problem and hadn't eaten in awhile which is bad news for that condition, could cause death. At the least just saps all your energy.
It was also found afterwards that Kimo greased himself up for the fight. No one checked the fighters then and they didn't have any rule against it anyway, so little was made of it, but that was the reason Royce had such a hard time getting him down and holding on to him. Thats why he used the hair which he later said it wasn't much easier that way cause his hair was full of the same greasy substance.
Oh the old days. The talent of the guys today are light years better than that time, but nothing will ever compare to the newness and complete rawness of the begining.
Today you pretty much know what you're getting. An extremely high level of athletic ability and martial art talent. Fights now are usually long because of how highly and equally talented the top fighters are. And mostly its anyones fight. And if you're a fan, you're pretty familiar with all the ways the fight could be won. The only unknown is who will win and which of those ways will they use.
Back then, the whole damn thing was an unknown. That will never happen again. Literal style against style. Real blatant differences. Hell most of the fighters had never even tested what they knew like this.
I love MMA now, but if you missed out on those days, you missed the most unique time in martial arts history and sports history in general.
And nothing now can compare to what those guys then risked for little to no money at all and little status. Even any status gain was limited, short lived and easily turned into negative status.
Back then they truely did it simply because they wanted to. And mostly the only reward was knowing you did it.
These days it misses the rawness, the purity of how humans will go to extreme lengths to achieve something that promises not a monetary reward, but something else. Something that's the same as everyone else, but also distinctly different to each individual making possible only to be them to fully understand the why. Yea, that's pure, that's raw and its rare and it was present for a short time ine the very early days.
Oh well, it was cool while it lasted.
Hey, there's always Curling. I mean no one could possibly be doing that for financial gain, or status.
Well then Curling it is! See ya'll on the ice.
Olympics, here I come!!!
Eh, just more uniform style with roids being more prevalent now.
overall better, not sure how you are getting "longer fights" when most are limited to 15 minutes total and five minute rounds.
I would be willing to wager fights are faster now than ever before.
SlayerofFiction The fights were shorter with no time period and no winning by points. Fights generaly are quicker with no limit.
Up until at least UFC 4 or 5, the longest fight was Royce and Severn at 15 min. Next longest was Royce vs a Japanese Karate guy at 5 min.
JON DOE
So three rounds, and over one round.
Fail
*****
Royce also used Roids ;)
Not saying he was not good, he was amazing, but he did hiw own thing to make sure he won.
SlayerofFiction That was years later. He didn't do them during those first 5 UFC's. Hell he didn't need to then. Those first 5, non of the other fighters understood his BJJ yet. He left MMA after number 5 for a long time to get back surgery. By the time he came back, everybody was well versed in BJJ and then some. The level of talent had improved so much in such relatively short time, it was a different ballgame for him now. Not to mention hoe physically strong the competition was as well and so many of them on roids. He must of felt it was the only way he could come back. And to his credit, still took a few fights way out of his weight class. But even the roids couldn't return him to the superman he appeared to be before. The cat was out of the bag, BJJ wa unleashed to the world as well as other usable arts and all were and still are improving almost on a daily basis.
But no one can ever take away from what he did in those first 5 UFC's.
There has always been a fighter that seems unbeatable for a period of time. Like Anderson Silva, Fedor, GSP etc and these days Jones. Royce was the first one to have that role and will always own that spot.
"Hes grabbing the hair thats perfectly legal" lol i almost freaking died
ALL GIRLS PULL HAIR WHEN THEY FIGHT LMFAO
Noel Carvajal lol the only reason
If i know hair pulling is legal im going bald with coconut oil rubbed on
By that time almost everything was legal in UFC. The only illegal was fingers into opponent's eyes and kicking his nuts. Everything else was legal
@@cesar0610 King the nuts was legally. Gracie actually kneed Kimo in the nuts a couple of times here.
One of the best UFC fights ever.
Everybody has a plan until they get their hair pulled.
LOL
It’s Vale Tudo. You can kick in testicles, punch without gloves, pull hair, etc.
"Kimo-therapy" lol this joke would not fly today
It did right now, I laughed too hard.. lmao
Yes, back then it consisted of hair pulling in lieu of chemicals.
It flew!
Kimbo Slice did! 🤷🏻♂️
Yea super foul
I miss the old UFC
The new ufc is like wwe big drama show ,a lot of talk not much fighting.
Where the sport ended up going is what makes you really appreciate it
100% people like the wwe drama, not the actual fighting
Knotty Boy73 the old ufc doesn’t miss you
Deutschland402 😂😂😂😂
Royce Gracie 🥋
The Greatest of All Time. 🐐
Royce Gracie
The most envious of others having hair of all time
This fight was Kemo’s to lose. Had Gracie’s back TWICE and didn’t know what to do and even rolled over for him! I love Brazilian Jiujitsu but I think Kemo’s lack of fighting knowledge defeated him as much as the submission did. If Kemo came down with elbows when he had Royce’s back, it could’ve been a much different bout.
Thank you Gracie’s for all you’ve done for martial arts. One of the only martial arts where a smaller guy can really stand a chance against a Roid Monster.
It's "Kimo"
@@brixan... Thank you, Mr. Spell-Check.
u try doing something while ur hair getting ripped off ur head 😂
@@dg5165 - don’t be a fool and wear a pony tail into the Octagon. 🤷♂️
Royce basically used it as a handle to punch his face. Lol
That is exactly why BJJ is one of the most if not the most important martial art in MMA today. He didn't know what to do cause back then nobody had ground knowledge.
good to see medium john mccarthy
lol
fucking LOL!
I actually just loled
OUT OF THE RING! OUT OF THE RING! OUT OF THE RING NOW!!!
hahaha my first thought when I saw him so young was nearly the same as this.
Gracie was the first guy I saw beat guys who were way bigger than he was. He also wore the traditional gi, which I always liked for some reason.
He used the gi to choke
UN SER HUMANO DIGNO DE ADMIRAR ROYCE FUE UNICO EN LAS MMA ENFRENTARCE A LUCHADORES MUCHO MAS PESADO QUE EL Y VENCERLOS ESO YA NO SE VE CON TIEMPOS SEGUIDOS Y SIN DESCANSOS FELICIDADES AL REY DEL LAS ARTES MARCIALES MIXTAS
Jalando el cabello como señorita jajajaj
ESO ERA VALE TODO TODO POR ESO EL OPONENTE LE TENIA MUCHO MAS PESO, PESANDO MAS DE 200 LIBRAS Y EL.SOLO 178 LIBRAS , HOY EN DIA NO HAY ESAS PELEAS ASI PORQUE ERA TIEMPO CORRIDO SIN DESCANSO DIGNO SE ADMIRAR Y SI HOY PREGUNTAS A LOS GRANDES CAMPEONES DE LAS MMA TENDRAS LAS RESPUESTA DE ADMIRACION, RESPETO Y SIEMPRE SERA UN GRAN MAESTRO Y ESO NO LO DIGO YO ES UN ECHO Y SALON DE LA FAMA DE LA MMA
5% with no visible abs
Right? 5% my ass.
Raymond Bates He was in good shape but no way 5% that is really low
more like 20%
ROidS
Its just a little water retention.............
No weight classes and hardly any rules.
This seems a lot more entertaining than now
That's what actual martial arts street fight would look like.
But now we have better fighter and not powered with steroid
The strength of chemo is incredible. Royce pushes him into fence with ease.
@Charlie S. BS, Kimo comes at him aggressively and then gets manhandled.
@Charlie S. ya nit a good example. Kimo, was a sub mediocre fighter on way to much water reataining roids.
@@rich8381 ^*not, not nit ^*Kimo, not chemo ^*retaining, not reataning🤦♂️🤡🤡💩
Parabéns para o brasileiro o Royce Gracie ums de os melhores lutadores em o UFC em sua tempo🇺🇲🇧🇷🇧🇷
Puxou o cabelo do Kimo!
@@tedgregersenvalasko2375 Royce venceria Jon JOnes em uma luta de MMA?
@@brunoricardo2133Jones é categorias muito acima, mas em uma luta de glapping o Royce venceria.
4:23 - He had been waiting for months, to throw the ugliest punch ever seen.
lmao thats me when im dreaming
Lmao
That was weak asf
He taught that punch to CM Punk and he used it in the Mickey Gall fight.
That's funny af!!!
I thought Big John was going to start laying people out.
LEOBear no fat John there....
Holy shit i gotta start watching the old fights.
Lmao your name made me laugh
Its all good fights. Royce vs Shamrock was a whole buisness day though. They just hug each other
Yeah, The UFC used to not suck.
Incrível a oportunidade de admirar atletas de estilos diferentes, lutando sem categorias de peso, sem luvas, em uma luta real. Adoraria ter a chance de algum dia lutar nessas condições. A adrenalina deve ser incrível. Bons tempos.
Royce years later said kimo "had a pharmacy inside him", the pimples in the back don't lie.
Says the guy who tested positive for 25 times the normal amount of nandrolone found in the average human male.
Also, acne doesn’t necessarily mean steroids.
@@Bucketheadhead that only makes him more able to speak about it. No judgment tho, it was completely permited back in the days to take whatever in UFC, leveled competition.
luiz felipe moreira paulin It makes him a hypocrite.
He was fined and banned until the end of his license. Hardly ‘legal’.
@@Bucketheadhead zzzzz he uses steroids, hur dur, he is bad man!he is not saying he beat the guy clean, nor that he doesn't took steroids in his life.just that he kimo took a lot of steroids and that he beat him anyway. and when he fought Kimo there was no anti-doping whatsoever. stop watching karate-kid, most of those guys use whatever they can get their hands on and not get caught.
luiz felipe moreira paulin Hur dur, he is hypocrite, learn to read
4:25 my favorite punch of all times
I actually expected to see a punch land when I clicked on that
@@patbateman69420 what do you call it? A squat uppercut maybe?
😂😂
that's exactly where I stopped watching
Man, no jokes, if that shit lands... A guy who lifts with that same tecnique, I don't know, man. That shit gotta hurt, lol.
I remember a conversation with a work mate who asked me who I thought the best UFC fighter was. I told him Royce Gracie. My pal was shocked even a little disgusted and asked WHY? Simple I said because they had to change the rules to stop him winning. Those 30 minute fights with only one rule (no eye gouging) were the closest thing to mortal combat a true test of what would happen in a fight for your life. It would be really interesting to see which of today's top fighter would win in a no rules no time limit fight. Would BJJ still be a fight winner. Guess we will never know now that UFC comes with all the hype and BS of Pro wrestling. Dana White may have built a successful business model but he killed the purest form of fighting sports.
I watch ufc since the first one, and the rules were made for the spectacle and safety of them. That's part of the business.
The referee John Mccarthy came with some rules, cause he coulndt even stop the fight! He had to ask the team to throw the towel.
It was completely minblowing to watch but Someone would get killed live and the sport would be banned forever.
Also some of those 30 min fights were boring as hell.
Interesting take
MMA is just like boxing now. Probably safer in fact
he had to for the growth of the sport, it would’ve died 2 decades ago if they didn’t clean it up. there was way too much negative feedback because of how barbaric it was. for every person that enjoyed it there was another 50 who hated it.
@@toninhopavan2 shamrock vs Gracie 2 was so fucking boring lol
God the rules back then were absolutely insane!!
What rules lmao. It was just "you can do anything you want - you can even eye gouge bite but you'll be fined after if you do those 2 things"
This fight also shows how amazing a referee John McCarthy is.
He's the only one who knew the fight was over
Have you seen him in UFC 2? He was letting people get killed...Like straight up bashing fools basically it was attempted murder charge
cali2491 because there were no rules dumbass the fighters would pretty much go until one of the corners threw the towel in
Big John McFatass🤣
cali2491 because the creator of the ufc told him only stop fights if people get knocked out or tap. Then after ufc 2 John told him he ain’t reffing no more if he doesn’t have more power and the ability to stop fights for any reason
They are like characters from 80's movies with VanDamme
That's the 90's...
Marcos Scaianschi not necessarily, his biggest movies were by far Blood Sport and Kickboxer both from 80's
The quest
Caddy Shack
MGecko PMPL For real dude 😂
One of the most inspirational videos I’ve ever seen
Kimo: I don’t believe in ground and pound.
Royce: Thanks for not punching me in the fight.
I still remember this epic fight. And still I'm a Big fan of MMA
This was real fighting the closest thing you'll get to a real life street fight. And Royce proves he would kick anyone's ass even a guy far larger than him
Yeah we saw royce kicking Sakuraba's and Matt Hughes's asses...hahahhahaha
a fourth degree bjj black belt vs an unskilled fighter. A much much stronger brawler vs and well versed lighter martial artist
He proved that as long as the rules are fixed for him
@@henriquefrancisco300 unskilled? He was a third degree Tae Kwon Do black belt with some grappling training.
@@alextaylor2939 haha...if they said it, then must be true hey! got you
That's so legendary to have Helio Gracie in your corner
Well ya, when he's your father?...
Lol
wtf lol
haha
This fight was referenced in Baki.
He's now driving a Holls Hoyce
Mark Sabaduquia this deserves more likes.
Lmfao!! I was just thinkin of how the fuck that’s pronounced “hoyce “
@@ruderocky1431 in portuguese the R is pronounced like H in english.
Gabriel Faraco so it’s hoyce ghacie?
Katie Giles nope... not funny.. you fucked it up
5% bodyfat? That's what professional body builders have when they step on stage! This guy has at least 18%.
Id say
10-12%
No, with 10% you have a totaly defined sixpack and veins all over. This guy doesn't even have visible abs.
ripppking i'd make it 18 or more. when u have as much muscle as kimo u have to have a significant layer of fat to not show any ab definition.
not necessary. check boyer coe, how much ab definition did he have? 0
Ro man 18 is to much maybe 14 the highest google what the percentages look like
Smart hairstyle for a no-rule fight...
Russ H well gracie was wearing a gi also not to mention the 100 pound weight difference
Russ H nope that was legal
@Russ H or an idiot for not getting a fucking haircut, don't be upset. real fighting is real fighting, fight to win. sounds like you're the pussy making excuses
@Russ H it is pussy no doubt.
Russ H back then once the octagon door closes it wasn't just to win it was to survive, there were no rules it was no different to a street fight other than the fact they are all trained to destroy the human body no matter how big or how different they are, if I was there back then I would use anything I can to win, I would bite, rip there hair off and grab there balls till they are jello, I don't care if it is a pussy move the last thing that should be on my mind Isi if a certain move makes me gay or a pussy, if it means I will survive I will be a pussy then
This was so powerful, real honorable performance
This was Royce's toughest fight because of the weight difference and aggressiveness of Kimo which is why we have weight divisions today. The mismatches in the early UFC were insane.
Royce wanted to fight bigger guys. UFC was created to be an infomercial for Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. The Gracies were trying to demonstrate that Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was the best martial art. They wanted to show the world that it was superior to any other discipline, and that it didn't matter how big and strong the opponent was - Gracie Jiu-Jitsu would always win. That was the whole point.
@Remix God He tapped
spiderman< the weirdest fighers was back in the days... jesus christ figher hahahaahahahahha
If you get into a real fight on the streets you can’t pick the person’s weight.
MMA now is junk
The cage door flys open golly
cDaze YT Royce took that opportunity to get double underhooks 😂😂😂
7:36 " ... he is grabbing the hair, that is perfectly legal" lolol
Fuck that. The oponent of gracie is just having a clean fight. Gracie dirty fighter. Even the referee is on gracies side.
@@inspiredwork-in-progress2595 grabbing hair was legal you melon
@Living Dead Guy dude see weight difference please try fighting a guy twice ur size once
@Living Dead Guy Yes, no rules, no weight classes. It's a bitch move to pit someone who's 240 LBS against someone who's 170 LBS. If there's no rules, anything goes. If you want "bitch moves banned," you should watch something that has more rules in it.
@Living Dead Guy Bro idk why you keep plugging up my TH-cam feed, my point was is that you seem to be criticising "a bitch move" in a "bitch game." As I said it's a bitch move to pit someone who's like 30 kg heavier than you against you. That's a bitch move. You have so much more mass and leverage that it's not really fair.
Ver Royce lutar era emocionante.
Sempre era a vitória da técnica e da inteligência contra a força bruta.
Quando ele achava uma vantagem na posição em que estava, POR PIOR QUE FOSSE, tudo mudava em segundos.
Era só agarrar a manga do kimono do braço oposto e logo se viam os tapinhas no chão ou nas suas costas.
Gênio que estará sempre no hall of fame das artes marciais.
Los gracie eran unos desleales, ventajistas y oportunistas jalar a kimo del cabello, si le hubieran hecho eso a royce su papa y hermanos hubieran entrado al octagono llorando a reclamar
“He’s allowed to do groin kicks”
“He’s grabbing his hair, that’s perfectly legal”
Lmaooo
It’s Vale Tudo. A Brazilian fight system which everything is allowed. It was made to simulate a street fight.
1:40 - 5% bodyfat Lol yeah right - not even CLOSE to 5%
Came to the comments section after I saw that thinking "surely someone had to address that blatant lie."
Juan Garcia
Lol yeah...i cant even believe they said that, at least keep it within 5% + or - , but this dude is like 15-20% BF
Hkl
nah not 20%, maybe around 12%
Sujit Sharma I'm gonna say 15%
Kimo grabbing the clothes, Gracie grabbing the hair. Fair enough.
@@TurboPaskal It was on his option to not take the risk. Action and Counteraction.
Μιχαήλ Ορλόφ Hair pulling is painful and bitching. If you want to wear that, it gives a major advantage to hold onto to lock people in place, so other people also have an advantage to better grip your
@@generictoasterstroodle1080 We are men, there is no pain in a fight (with hands). Now, tell me were you read that the hair pulling is bitching?
Μιχαήλ Ορλόφ I didn’t read it but I believe it. It’s not about pain, it’s that you prevent somebody from moving in an unfair way. It’s easy, takes no skill, and something commonly found in female fights. If you pull hair, you are scared and don’t fight clean. Seriously, there’s a reason it’s banned now and why street fights ban it
GENERIC Toaster Stroodle 'street fight bans it' do you even know what the fuck you are saying??
This fight was epic. Rules were looser then and kimo outpowered him but Gracie technique and timing was flawless. Gracie actuall frustrated kimo and beat a much larger n stronger man. This is when i realized ju jit su works esp if ur smaller
When they took the gee away from Gracie he couldn't win a single fight
sakuraba beat the gracies
Joke