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Lord Byron's Conquistadors Black Belt (4th Degree) Posts: 2,562	GAP-Sandmen Feb 17, 2015 16:26:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lord Byron's Conquistadors on Feb 17, 2015 16:26:50 GMT -5 i rmember royce
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xx - Team GAP Former Team Red Belt Posts: 10,770	GAP-Sandmen Feb 18, 2015 2:54:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xx - Team GAP on Feb 18, 2015 2:54:34 GMT -5 ya he was good for his time... when ufc was still about various martial arts.. once everyone had a well rounded fighting background royce kinda failed.

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GAP-Sandmen Feb 18, 2015 4:02:40 GMT -5

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Post by The Sandmen on Feb 18, 2015 4:02:40 GMT -5

Yeah, nothing shattered the Gracie legacy for me more than watching the Gracie family fights in Pride. Pride let them have all kinds of custom rules and stipulations that the Gracies pretty much changed up every time they lost. I particularly like when the Gracies got pissy because of judges, demanded an unlimited rounds fight against Sakuraba and he out-stamina'ed Royce after 90 minutes of fighting. Royce gave up on his stool. It was a thing of beauty.

Other special rules demanded by various members of the Gracie family in one MMA fight or another include:
- No judges
- Unlimited rounds
- No ref stoppages
- No knees or elbows to head standing up or on ground
- No stand ups
- No Strikes on the ground

These of course changed as time went on and the Gracies found more and more ways to lose, even under the Gracie-dictated rules (i.e. Unlimited rounds became no judges so rather than retiring as fools on their stools like tools, they got a draw).

The one thing the UFC did very, very right was not change their rules to cater to these twack jobs.

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Lord Byron's Conquistadors Black Belt (4th Degree) Posts: 2,562	GAP-Sandmen Feb 19, 2015 3:14:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lord Byron's Conquistadors on Feb 19, 2015 3:14:23 GMT -5 i like royce big fukers come in punching like animals this tiny guy fineses them to the ground and makes them cry uncle. nothing better in fighting. you never gonna see that in boxing
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xx - Team GAP Former Team Red Belt Posts: 10,770	GAP-Sandmen Feb 19, 2015 9:44:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xx - Team GAP on Feb 19, 2015 9:44:48 GMT -5 and your not going to see it again.

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Post by The Sandmen on Feb 19, 2015 16:49:07 GMT -5

True. You see it a tiny bit, but nothing like UFC 8. That was the David vs. Goliath card. Such interesting fights. But fighter safety is paramount, and weight classes are important. Now, if we can get fight-day weigh-ins, I will be happy.

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xx - Team GAP Former Team Red Belt Posts: 10,770	GAP-Sandmen Feb 20, 2015 3:37:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xx - Team GAP on Feb 20, 2015 3:37:48 GMT -5 does manmma have fight day weight ins? lol

The Sandmen The Mad King Red Belt Posts: 41,576	GAP-Sandmen Feb 20, 2015 12:31:37 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Sandmen on Feb 20, 2015 12:31:37 GMT -5 ManMMA fighters are not allowed to cut weight at all. They walk around and weigh-in at the exact same weight without ever gaining or losing a single pound. (Only exceptions being when Diego and ANderson switched weight classes)

xx - Team GAP Former Team Red Belt Posts: 10,770	GAP-Sandmen Feb 21, 2015 1:14:33 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xx - Team GAP on Feb 21, 2015 1:14:33 GMT -5 That is impressive...lol

The Sandmen The Mad King Red Belt Posts: 41,576	GAP-Sandmen Feb 21, 2015 3:42:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Sandmen on Feb 21, 2015 3:42:03 GMT -5 We aim to impress. That is, as they say, how we roll. As they say.

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	"If you knock me down... I get back up!" ~Adam 'Edge' Copeland~

The Sandmen The Mad King Red Belt Posts: 41,576	GAP-Sandmen Feb 26, 2015 0:24:57 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Sandmen on Feb 26, 2015 0:24:57 GMT -5 ?

xx - Team GAP Former Team Red Belt Posts: 10,770	GAP-Sandmen Feb 26, 2015 2:30:05 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xx - Team GAP on Feb 26, 2015 2:30:05 GMT -5 I don't think he agrees about your "aiming to impress" comment