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Gracie Spotlight: Rorion Gracie — The Man Who Built the UFC (Royce Gracie Lifestyle)

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Royce Gracie Lifestyle. (2026). Gracie Spotlight: Rorion Gracie — The Man Who Built the UFC (Royce Gracie Lifestyle)

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Rorion Gracie

Brazilian jiu-jitsu · 1952 · Rio de Janeiro

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Royce Gracie Lifestyle spotlight article on Rorion Gracie, covering his 1969 trip to the United States, his 1978 move to California, the garage academy, the creation of the UFC, and his 9th-degree red belt

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Accessed2026-10-18
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URLhttps://roycegracielifestyle.com/blogs/news/gracie-spotlight-rorion-gracie
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Gracie Spotlight: Rorion Gracie — The Man Who Built the UFC (Royce Gracie Lifestyle). In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZ1TRSW0GND4QNB5EPX537S5 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.

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