he had a way to win and rarely took punches
I posted this in another thread and I post it whenever this conversation happens.
The combined record of all Ricksons opponents is 74-63, and he fought a 2-7 AND a 2-6 guy twice.
Without Funaki and his questionable record, the opponents total records are 35-50.
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agreed but he also easilly won each fight without taking damage That said of course I wish hed have faced Sakaraba Ruas or Kerr…I think he could have won and for his weight class of 185 even more so.But thats opinion and what if
This. It would have been the most important fight of his life.
Imagine Sakuraba spanking Rickson and clowning him and what that would do for the Gracie name.
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It was up to the promoters.?.
None of them had an aura.
Is this a typo or is Benadryl really a banned substance?
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First and foremost all of my Jiu Jitsu heros day that he is the best…
With that said
You me of the biggest issues that I have with Rickson’s record is the fact that he and Alan Gies never competed against each other in Jiu Jitsu.
Goes is a 7x national champion at the BB level
- at the age of 18 he got his BB from Carlson
In that 7x run he lost only 1x in the absolute division, while in overtime and by an advantage.
Goes is as close to perfect as a competitor as you will ever get from that era of Jiu Jitsu
Rickson and Goes never competed against each other.
Goes competed at the highest levels available and of a frequency that no one could deny
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Ask Goes what happened with him n Hugo Duarte
Goes in our interview stated that what took place was deserved
He was encroaching on the Luta Livre territory
Winston
It’s people like you that make sure that the Luta Livre guys get the proper respect that they deserve
Goes is well younger
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This may be the gayest post I’ve read on here lol
“What can be asserted with no evidence can also be dismissed with no evidence” Christopher Hitchens
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450 now? lol Fucking myth.
Pancrace, Rings, The UFC, shooto & others were absolutely not MMA. How could they be? That term MMA back then wasn’t even made up yet. UFC was NHB (no holds barred),Pancrace was Hybrid Wrestling using catch wrestling as a base. Rings was a convoluted mix of works, shoots & Hype. The sport of MMA didn’t happen until years later. In the UFC we weren’t even a sport, banned in a ton of states & considered a Bloodsport. You can’t trace anything back to the beginnings of MMA cuz back then that Mixed Martial Art scene was non-existent . We fought .mma came later with it’s rules, drug tests, and sissified shit til it’s now unwatchable.
It was 450-0 two years ago.
Wild that people are still discussing Rickson’s ‘record’ in 2023.
His autobiography is an interesting warts-and-all read and puts to rest a good chunk of the Rickson mythology on its own. And its his own book.
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Was 400-0 for ages… now it’s 450? Fuck right on off.
Hasn’t been two years.I was looking at an old post of mine wrong.
But yeah,he is claiming 450-0 now.
There’s a whole thread about that too.
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