I'm not even a big fan of the Gracies in general, but I've just got to say I like this guy. From what I've seen, he always comes out to fight win or lose and has respect for his opponents and the sport. He's a funny guy too- I saw an interview in Pride where he mentions that he choked out his daughter's boyfriend who was watching tv on his couch when he came home. Pretty funny.
I've read the same article and he was kidding about his daughters b/f.
isnt Renzo's daughter, Coralina very young, as in preteen?
Renzo = class act
One of MMA's great moments:
"Many people make excuses when they lose, I have only one: He was better than me tonight."
I think its evident why Renzo is so respected not just by BJJ fans but by MMA fans.
The Fight Day documentary on the Smashing Machine DVD was very good.
Renzo rules
A belated (by a day) Happy 38th Birthday to a legend in BJJ and MMA (Every year I always get it a day or two late :)).
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Renzo seems to have grasped the diffrence in attitude between the
latin culture and the american one. He seems more adjusted to what
is considered "classy" in the US. I´ve heard that in Brazilian interviews
he sound far more like the rest of his family, since over there it´s the
norm to say more deprecating things about your opponents. It´s all
to do with south american machismo and IMO the brazilian fighters
that are called whines or trash talkers shouldn´t be blamed too much.
They were brought up that way and to them it´s not so offensive as it
is to us westerners.
And oh yeah, happy birthday Renzo!
Me too.
- When is his birthday?
- Was Renzo actually in Spiderman 2? I haven't seen it but will rent it today if Renzo has a role.
LOL @ a class act!
Go watch what he did after the fight against Ben Spijkers in an older MMA event (WFC I belive).
"They were brought up that way and to them it´s not so offensive as it is to us westerners."
Did they move Brazil to the eastern hemisphere or did this make no sense?
Happy Birthday Renzo!!! Met him at the 2002 Inoki Bombaye. Really came across as a nice guy.
Renzo is the best !
Happy B-Day Renzo! Damn he's only 38? For some reason i thought he had more years on me than that.
Spijkers desereved much worse as he tormented Renzo before the
fight, the night before by calling his hotel room and waking him up
every 5 minutes. Renzo got very little rest. This why he stepped on
Spijkers neck after he finished him..Although he did later apologize.
Great googly-moogly could that be Zee!??
Hah hello!