Renzo Gracie vs Maurice Smith

Rings-King of Kings 1999 Block B 12/22/1999

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• mma
• nhb
• ufc
• pride
• rings
• fighting
• submission
• Renzo
• Gracie
• vs
• Maurice
• Smith

[majbritt1]

Renzo is awesome and he deserves to be named a LEGEND!

A humble warrior!

[poohpoohcaca]

The gracies changed the whole world, taught people u can go to the ground with a larger opponent and kick his ass

[pedroiranzo]

Very easy to Renzo!

[rayallen0]

@PunkRingOfHonorX or don frye for that matter as the biggest name on his list of victories was Ken Shamrock who was past his prime. then Goodridge & Tank also on his list of victories. Oleg also beat a fat Mark Kerr. These are all legends and some of the best fighters of all time. I'm just ranting here.

[rayallen0]

@PunkRingOfHonorX as it stands Rickson didnt accomplish much in his career. but anybody who watched him fight closely and knows MMA can see how much skill Rickson had in his fights against Takada (well ive only seen the first one so far). It would of been nice to see him against Bas or Sakarabu like you said they wanted. Just like i wish Marco Ruas or Oleg Taktarov had won against a top notch fighter (Tank & Goodridge being the best wins on their records)

[PunkRingOfHonorX]

@rayallen0 Funaki was a good fighter in his day, but by 2000 he was washed up and battling injuries. He had 50 fights in Pancrase over 6 years. That's a ridiculous schedule for any fighter. 

[rayallen0]

@PunkRingOfHonorX well rutten career ended soon after rickson's. As for Rickson dodging he retired after his son died and wanted to be with his family only. i would not call Masakatsu Funaki a washed up pro wrestler. he is a legend like sakarabu and rickson beat him. i would put Sakuraba ahead of him just off his pride 2 showing. but Rickson was def the best fighter of Pride 1.

[PunkRingOfHonorX]

@rayallen0 I'm not claiming Takada was a good fighter. He had no legitimate skills. But he was still a huge star in Japan that was already considering retiring after the UWFi folded. He only fought Rickson because it was going to do huge business at the Tokyo Dome and be his way of 'cashing out' of his career. Rickson was old, but his skills in MMA are largely exaggerated. He only ever fought washed up pro wrestlers and dodged Rutten and Sakuraba who wanted to avenge his mentor, Takada.

[rayallen0]

@PunkRingOfHonorX i know who Takada is....he still isnt a great fighter. stop acting like a hipster "im better cuz i knew of pride before you" lmfao. on rewatch Rickson was impressive as shit in that 1st fight and i will say he is an amazing fighter. Unfortunatly he never took on any real competition.

[PunkRingOfHonorX]

@rayallen0 I love the ignorant generation of new fans that don't understand what Pride was supposed to be. The only reason Takada fought Rickson was because the entire Pride audience was made up of UWFi fans. NOBODY would have attended those Pride shows if Takada wasn't in the mainevent. Pride then tried to pay Rickson to lose to Takada in their second match, because after Takada lost the first time, the fan base took a major hit. No Takada = no Pride.

[rayallen0]

renzo gets way more respect than rickson. least he fought some real fighters. yeah rickson fought in pride. against a pro wrestler...who never did shit in MMA

[k9m42]

@lindarmusic Get a little education... The Gracies learned those arm bars, leg locks and just about everything they know from Japanese Ju-Jitsu.