Residence San Diego, California Name Royler Gracie Nationality Brazilian Role Mixed martial artist | Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Parents Helio Gracie Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 11 st) Siblings Royce Gracie | |
Division FeatherweightLightweight Team Gracie HumaitaVictory MMA Books Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Theory and Technique Grandparents Gastao Gracie, Cesalina Gracie Cousins Rolls Gracie, Carlson Gracie, Carlos Gracie - Jr, Carley Gracie, Robson Gracie Similar People | ||
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Royler Gracie (born December 6, 1965) is a retired Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. He ran the Gracie Humaitá school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for many years under his father Helio's direction, but currently lives in San Diego.
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- Royler gracie the impact gracie jiu jitsu has had on martial arts is unbelievable
- MMA Unlocked Jiu Jitsu With Royler Gracie
- Biography
- Media appearances
- Books
- Personal life
- Instructor lineage
- References
MMA Unlocked - Jiu Jitsu With Royler Gracie
Biography
As son to the late Grandmaster, Helio Gracie and brother of Rickson and Royce Gracie, Royler is a member of the Gracie family. He holds a 7th degree red/black belt in the style pioneered by his family, Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Prior to his retirement, Royler competed in the black-belt ranks for 20+ years. Royler is also a four-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion in the Pena/Featherweight Black Belt Category and has placed in the Absolute Division.
Royler has a professional mixed martial arts record of five wins, five losses and one draw. His retirement fight came on September 14, 2011 at the age of 45 when he lost to Masakatsu Ueda via split decision.
In 2003, Royler Gracie faced Eddie Bravo in the quarterfinals of the ADCC tournament in the under 66kg/145lbs bracket. Royler was 38 years old at the time, but still regarded as one of the favorites to win the division. Bravo did exceptionally well against Royler, submitting him by way of triangle as the Gracie tried one of his trademarked knee sliding guard passes. Royler had a highly anticipated rematch against Eddie Bravo on March 29, 2014 at Metamoris III in a submission-only competition format. Despite a tight calf slicer submission attempt and multiple groin stretch attempts by Eddie the match concluded as a draw after the 20 minutes ran out due to the no points rule.
Media appearances
In a season 3 episode of the Wildboyz, Steve-O and Chris Pontius visit Brazil and attend the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu school in Rio de Janeiro. Royler takes on Chris Pontius and chokes him out, while female student Leticia Ribeiro defeats Steve-O via armbar submission.
Books
Gracie has co-written three instructional books on Brazilian jiu-jitsu:
Personal life
Royler is married to Vera Lucia Ribeiro. They have 4 daughters.
On September 23, 2015 Royler became a citizen of the United States of America.
Instructor lineage
Kanō Jigorō → Tomita Tsunejirō → Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie → Helio Gracie → Royler Gracie