Who is the most influential person in MMA history?

[Dpl198274]

Well?

[tko1]

Without a doubt it has to be Royce Gracie!

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for america - shamrock



for japan - inoki


for brazil and most of the world - royce gracie

[Dpl198274]

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for america - shamrock
for japan - inoki
for brazil and most of the world - royce gracie

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that would have to be my pick as well.....going back and watching UFC 1, those guys had absolutely no idea what to do with Royce, but now it seems everyone know a little bit of Gracie JuiJitsu

[Orion]

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for america - shamrock
for japan - inoki
for brazil and most of the world - royce gracie

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I agree here.

[Hanzy]

Emelianenko Fedor :biggthumbup: J/K
Anyway, it has to be Gracie for me. When MMA came to the market, we saw bar club guys claiming to be streetfighting gods, taekwon do fighters, kung fu masters, the whole deal. Heck we even had some poor boxers coming in to try out the circuit like that moron who fought while wearing a boxing glove. :D But Gracie showed us the importance of submission and ground fighting and that's when I realized the effectiveness of his art. He was influential to me.

[Dpl198274]

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Emelianenko Fedor :biggthumbup: J/K
Anyway, it has to be Gracie for me. When MMA came to the market, we saw bar club guys claiming to be streetfighting gods, taekwon do fighters, kung fu masters, the whole deal. Heck we even had some poor boxers coming in to try out the circuit like that moron who fought while wearing a boxing glove. :D But Gracie showed us the importance of submission and ground fighting and that's when I realized the effectiveness of his art. He was influential to me.

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Art Jimmerson.....he was Gracie's first UFC victim

[sexperienced]

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Heck we even had some poor boxers coming in to try out the circuit like that moron who fought while wearing a boxing glove. :D

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are you serious? .... wasnt it supposed to be bare knuckle back then?

[Hanzy]

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are you serious? .... wasnt it supposed to be bare knuckle back then?

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bare knuckle was optional I think at the time. But this Jimmerson guy had a boxing glove on his right hand against Royce Gracie. It was funny as hell.

[Dpl198274]

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bare knuckle was optional I think at the time. But this Jimmerson guy had a boxing glove on his right hand against Royce Gracie. It was funny as hell.

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:huh: ...i'm almost sure it was on his left hand

[GeeNOMoney]

Royce Gracie without a doubt

[NeighborMike]

shamrock biggest MMA start...first guy to go "mainstream"

maybe in japan kerr...he was out big fighter representing america in pride