2 great warriors. Remembering that Royce lost, but he was the most honored Gracie that ever existed. He put his face in the UFC and fought with everyone without denying any fight, even facing the scary monsters of the UFC who weighed almost twice his weight… There is a lot of talk about Rickson Gracie because he never lost a fight in his life, however, He denied a lot of fights where he knew it would be a problem, like Sakuraba. Not putting Rickson down, but like Royce, there hasn’t been another Gracie. 100% fearless samurai, accepted a fight without looking at his opponent
i met ismail one time and he was a super nice but very intense guy. he also spoke very little english and would have his girlfriend (assistant?) translate pretty complicated explanations of stuff lol. he could tell she was trying to summarize but then he’d butt in and force her to elaborate further. i was cracking up.
i had an antique bmw at the time and he actually stopped me to talk about it. i couldn’t believe the randomness of the encounter.