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UFC alum Renzo Gracie allegedly involved in physical altercation on New York City subway platform

Renzo GracieFormer UFC and Pride FC feature, decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, Renzo Gracie, is alleged to have been involved in an altercation at a New York City subway station, with footage showing two persons grappling on the floor of a platform.  Gracie, 55, a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – featured just once under the […]

Renzo Gracie

Former UFC and Pride FC feature, decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, Renzo Gracie, is alleged to have been involved in an altercation at a New York City subway station, with footage showing two persons grappling on the floor of a platform. 

Gracie, 55, a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – featured just once under the Dana White-led UFC banner back in April 2010 against former undisputed welterweight champion, Matt Hughes, suffering a third round knockout loss.

Last competing professionally back in July 2018 at ONE Championship: Reigns of Kings, Gracie submitted Yuki Kondo with a second round rear-naked choke in Manilla.

Boasting a 14-7-1(1) professional record, Renzo Gracie, who has also competed under the banner of Rings, Pride FC, IFL, EliteXC, and K-1 to name a few, holds notable career victories over the likes of Frank Shamrock, Carlos Newton, Pat Miletich, Maurice Smith, and Oleg Taktarov to name a few. 

A 6th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr. and Rickson Gracie, Renzo Gracie has offered his tutelage to the likes of Georges St-Pierre, Frankie Edgar, Chris Weidman, John Danaher, Ricardo Almeida, and actor, Guy Richie to name a few. 

Alleged to have been involved in an altercation at a New York City subway station, footage has emerged which appears to show Gracie and another person grappling on the floor of a platform. (H/T Bloody Elbow)

While details of the alleged altercation are yet to surface, commenters across Twitter alleged that Gracie was the subject of a verbal attack after he spoke Portuguese, the native language of Brazil, according to ‘Choke Lab’ on Instagram.

“Video footage of Martial Arts legend, Renzo Gracie in an altercation on the platform of a New York City subway station,” Choke Lab posted on Instagram. “After coming back from an academy, Gracie was having a conversation with a fellow black belt and staff members when he was confronted for speaking Portuguese with his friends. Based off of information we retrieved from an audio recording on WhatsApp, Gracie stated the the aggressor was a black/dark skinned man who was yelling at him to “speak English here”. In the audio recording Gracie stated that the young man accused him of speaking bad about him in Portuguese.”

“A fight ensued. According to Gracie the man begged to be leg go from a Kata Gatame saying “I cant’ breathe, I can’t breathe”. While controlling him, Gracie made the assailant apologize and released him, saying, “you see, you’re a nice guy. Why are you doing this? Why are you so impolite?”

Renzo Gracie was previously slapped with a misdemeanour assault charge

Gracie was previously charged with a misdemeanour assault back in 2014 in the state of New York after he was involved in an altercation with a bouncer, in which the latter required hospitalization to treat a fractured arm.

Video | MMA fighters arm snapped grusomely by Kyle Pavao’s keylock submission at Cage Titans 55

Kyle Pavao Cage Titans 55Things got vicious at Cage Titans 55 when one amateur MMA fighter got his arm snapped almost instantly by a devastating keylock submission by Kyle Pavao. Typically joint-lock submissions result in a tap, but in rare occurrences a tap doesn’t come in time, and the phrase “Tap or snap” truly comes into play. At Cage […]

Kyle Pavao Cage Titans 55

Things got vicious at Cage Titans 55 when one amateur MMA fighter got his arm snapped almost instantly by a devastating keylock submission by Kyle Pavao.

Typically joint-lock submissions result in a tap, but in rare occurrences a tap doesn’t come in time, and the phrase “Tap or snap” truly comes into play. At Cage Titans 55 this would be the case for one very unfortunate fighter, as Pavao’s keylock would be too swift for Wayne Downer.

Kyle Pavao’s submission and Cage Titans 55 results

As seen in the video, Downer is in bottom side control, and uses his feet to attempt to transition back to his feet. Kyle Pavao, however, seemed prepared. Already fishing for the keylock, the sporadic scramble created the perfect opportunity for him to sink it in. A tap should’ve been imminent, but both fighters were still in motion, and you can see how momentum comes into play to aid in the submission attempt.

Without hesitation, Pavao continues to crank and the result is inevitable: a grusome snap. After the damage is done, Kyle Pavao can be seen celebrating his victory, attempting to check on his opponent but stopped short by a ringside official.

Check out the official results of Cage Titans 55 below!

  • Joe Giannetti def. Trevor Gudde via KO/TKO, 5:00 R2
  •  Brendan Battles def. Jahsua Marsh via KO/TKO, 4:24 R1
  •  Lionel Young def. Will Smith via KO/TKO, 0:33 R1
  •  Kam Arnold  def.  Michael Taylor via Sub, 1:58 R1
  •  Arthur Mpofu def. Tyler Smythe via KO/TKO, 2:50 R5
  •  David Burke def. Jideofor Ojukwu via KO/TKO, 0:21 R1
  •  Shane Dillehay def. Josh Smith via KO/TKO, 2:28 R1
  •  Jayden Curley def. Rafael Lopez via KO/TKO, 1:25 R2
  •  Will Doolin def. James Thomas via KO/TKO, 0:56 R2
  •  Kyle Pavao def. Wayne Downer via Sub, 1:40 R2
  • Anthony Scott def. Julian Connerton via KO/TKO, 0:19 R3
  •  Dan Walsh def. John Lee via Sub, 0:49 R1
  • Raoul Scott def. Donavan Lozada via KO/TKO, 2:49 R1
  •  W. Fiasconaro def. Andrew Jacobs via Unanimous Dec
  •  Mike Antidormi def. Jake Caskey via Unanimous Dec
  •  Michael Robillard def. Gage Looby via KO/TKO, 2:54 R1
  •  Shane Wellman def. Steve Pyles via KO/TKO, 0:20 R1
  • Sean Wakefield def. Brian Ferguson via Unanimous Dec

Geoff Neal becomes first man to KO Vicente Luque in bloody back-and-forth – UFC Vegas 59 Highlights

Geoff NealIn a massive statement-making performance, Fortis MMA kickboxer, Geoff Neal turns in his best UFC performance to date — becoming the first competitor to finish New Jersey-born welterweight, Vicente Luque with strikes in the latter’s professional career, in tonight’s UFC Vegas 59 co-headliner. Neal, who recently snapped a run of two straight losses to both […]

Geoff Neal

In a massive statement-making performance, Fortis MMA kickboxer, Geoff Neal turns in his best UFC performance to date — becoming the first competitor to finish New Jersey-born welterweight, Vicente Luque with strikes in the latter’s professional career, in tonight’s UFC Vegas 59 co-headliner.

Neal, who recently snapped a run of two straight losses to both Stephen Thompson, and Neil Magny, with a close, split decision win over Santiago Ponzinibbio, becomes the first man to finish Luque with strikes tonight — bludgeoning the Kill Cliff FC staple over the course of three rounds.

Bloodying Luque on the feet and landing with ferocity on each occasion, Neal eventually got the ever-gritty #6 ranked Luque out of there in the third round of their co-main event slot, colliding with him at the Octagon fence, before launching a flurry of uppercut strikes, and felling Luque with a straight shot.

Following the victory, Neal called out Luque’s Kill Cliff FC teammate, one-time welterweight title challenger, Gilbert Burns next.

Below, catch the highlights from Geoff Neal’s KO win against Vicente Luque

Terrance McKinney stops Erick Gonzalez with quickfire standing neck crank – UFC Vegas 59 Highlights

Terrance McKinneyRebounding from a back-and-forth short notice loss against Drew Dober, uber-prospect, Terrance McKinney returns to the winner’s enclosure to open the main card of UFC Vegas 59 — stopping Torrance native, Erick Gonzalez with a first round standing neck crank at the UFC Apex facility. Landing prior UFC victories over both Matt Frevola, and Youssef […]

Terrance McKinney

Rebounding from a back-and-forth short notice loss against Drew Dober, uber-prospect, Terrance McKinney returns to the winner’s enclosure to open the main card of UFC Vegas 59 — stopping Torrance native, Erick Gonzalez with a first round standing neck crank at the UFC Apex facility.

Landing prior UFC victories over both Matt Frevola, and Youssef Zalal ahead of his return tonight against Gonzalez, McKinney made relatively short work of the Californian with a series of brutally precise strikes on the feet, however, was briefly rattled himself after Gonzalez landed an overhand strike.

Securing a double-leg takedown, McKinney leapt to the back of Gonzalez as he returned to his feet at the fence, stopping the Californian with a standing neck crank as referee, Chris Tognoni jumped in to call a halt to the matchup.

Below, catch the highlights from Terrance McKinney’s win over Erick Gonzalez

Michal Oleksiejczuk flattens Sam Alvey with first round knockout – UFC Vegas 59 Highlights

Michal OleksiejczukMaking short work of the faltering, Sam Alvey in the American’s final contracted fight the promotion — Polish middleweight, Michal Oleksiejczuk stops the veteran with a bloodying first round knockout, in the featured preliminary card of UFC Vegas 59. Starting aggressively against the faltering, Alvey, Oleksiejczuk had the former on his heels from the opening […]

Michal Oleksiejczuk

Making short work of the faltering, Sam Alvey in the American’s final contracted fight the promotion — Polish middleweight, Michal Oleksiejczuk stops the veteran with a bloodying first round knockout, in the featured preliminary card of UFC Vegas 59.

Starting aggressively against the faltering, Alvey, Oleksiejczuk had the former on his heels from the opening exchanges, and forced him to fight from the fence from the onset of their featured preliminary matchup.

Felling Alvey with a massive overhand left, resulting in a laceration to the former’s face, Oleksiejczuk was forced standing once again after sprawling from a double leg attempt, walking Alvey onto another massive overhand left — stopping Alvey and handing him his eighth loss in his most recent nine Octagon appearances.

Below, catch the highlights from Michal Oleksiejczuk’s first round win over Sam Alvey

Video – Paul Craig, Volkan Oezdemir Separated Following UFC London Weigh-In Altercation

UFC LondonAhead of their UFC London main card opener, surging light heavyweight contender, Paul Craig, and one-time division title challenger, Volkan Oezdemir required corralling by UFC officials and security – with the former forcing a close engagement at the ceremonial weigh-ins.  Craig, who enters tomorrow’s matchup off the back of a rallying first round triangle submission […]

UFC London

Ahead of their UFC London main card opener, surging light heavyweight contender, Paul Craig, and one-time division title challenger, Volkan Oezdemir required corralling by UFC officials and security – with the former forcing a close engagement at the ceremonial weigh-ins. 

Craig, who enters tomorrow’s matchup off the back of a rallying first round triangle submission win over Nikita Krylov – donning his usual Scottish-themed face paint, wasted no time closing the distance with the Swiss native, with Mick Maynard doing his best to prevent a physical altercation.

Tensions between highly-touted flyweight prospects, Muhammad Mokaev, and Charles Johnson also reached and exceeded boiling point this Friday during today’s ceremonial weigh-ins ahead of UFC London – with matchmaker, Maynard separating the two following notable physical contact.

Mokaev, who debuted in the UFC back in March at the first edition of UFC London this year, landed in the promotion with a stunning first round guillotine win against Cody Durden in quickfire fashion.

UFC London lands with a 14 fight card tomorrow at The O2 Arena in the capital

As for Johnson, this weekend’s O2 Arena event will come as the LFA staple’s organizational bow.

However, ahead of the preliminary card matchup, tensions between the two rose across social media over the course of the week, with Mokaev receiving flak from Johnson as he posed with an AK 47 while seated in his car, in a bid to hype up to their fight.

As a result, Johnson, who had taken severe umbrage with Mokaev’s photo posted on social media, leaked a lengthy and tense direct message exchange with the highly-touted Mokaev. 

Noting his dislike for main card opponent, Jordan Leavitt ahead of the capital showcase, polarizing lightweight prospect, Paddy Pimblett – who had claimed that he would rearrange the face of the Las Vegas native on Saturday, smiled cordially with Leavitt before embracing the London crowd to boot.