Royce Gracie Fighting Style: How BJJ Shocked the World at UFC 1
Royce Gracie won UFC 1 on November 12, 1993, by submitting a boxer, a karate-trained kickboxer, and a shootfighter twice his size in a single night — all with Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a style almost nobody in America had heard of. He weighed 180 pounds, wore a plain white gi, and never landed a meaningful strike….