Ever since Renzo Gracie signed with the UFC to fight Matt Hughes on April 10th, the jiu-jitsu guru seems to be receiving a lot more, much deserved hype. After all, this is a dude that showed no signs of pain whatsoever, while having his arm snapped by Kazushi Sakuraba (seriously that seems like 5 years ago not a decade, holy eff…) If that’s not a sign of a bad ass dude what is?
Due to the fact Renzo hasn’t fought since 2007 (you may recall his DQ win over Frank ‘how’d that illegal knee get there?’ Shamrock), Gracie has received more recognition in MMA circles recently due to fighters like Matt Serra, Jim Miller, Dan Miller and Georges St. Pierre, who have picked up a thing or two from him about bending human bodies the wrong way. One of the things that has received a lot of coverage over the last week is that GSP wasn’t able to tap out Dan Hardy at UFC 111, despite the fact that on two occasions, it looked like he could have rendered the British welterweight’s arms useless. Your thoughts Professor Gracie (thanks to MMA Weekly for the quote)?
“It was a very simple question. When he was doing the Kimura lock, instead of being at 12 o’clock, he should have been at 9 o’clock,” said Gracie. “Like his lower body shouldn’t have been here, that would give him the leverage to actually get the guy’s arm to break.”
Now remember kids; don’t try this sh-t at home or in your cardboard Octagon out back. To bet on Renzo’s upcoming out with Hughes head here.