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On January 16, 2006, UFC President Dana White announced that Royce Gracie would return to the UFC to fight UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes on May 27, 2006, at UFC 60. This was a non-title bout at a catchweight of 175 lb. under UFC/California State Athletic Commission rules.
UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The event took place at the Staples Center , in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada .
The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31. [7] At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight , welterweight , middleweight , light heavyweight , and heavyweight .
Following UFC 1, Gracie rematched Shamrock in a bout that clocked in at 36 minutes as the longest contest in UFC history. Both men later entered the Pioneer Wing of the UFC’s Hall of Fame. There ...
On April 5, 1995, at UFC 5, Shamrock got his rematch with Gracie in a match called "The Superfight," which would determine the UFC Champion. At the time, Gracie had a reputation as being seemingly unbeatable. [52] Gracie came into the octagon at 190 pounds, while Shamrock cut his weight down to 205 pounds for the bout. [48]
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Royler Gracie (born December 6, 1965) is a Brazilian-American retired mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. Gracie ran the Gracie Humaitá school in Rio de Janeiro for many years under his father Helio 's direction, and lives and teaches in San Diego, California .
Kazushi Sakuraba in 2015. Royce Gracie in 2007. The rivalry between Kazushi Sakuraba from Takada Dojo and the Gracie family of Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners started in PRIDE 8, when Sakuraba faced Royler Gracie, though it actually traced back to the first PRIDE Fighting Championships event, PRIDE 1, where Royler's brother Rickson had defeated Sakuraba's stablemaster Nobuhiko Takada. [2]