Rickson Gracie is the best bar none, even his dad said so, he said `Rickson is the champion of the family, he is the strongest, the best technique & sharpest mind` This was when Rickson was 37 yrs old.... Rickson has been defending ther family name in no holds barred fights in Brazil since he was about 19 or 20. Royce says Rickson is 10 times better than him.... Royler said Rickson can turn it up when he chooses & its like man v boy when he rolls with Rickson..... The Machado`s have been beat by Rickson & worship him.... Paulo Filho (well respected BJJ master) said Rickson was all over him, he`d never been treated that way before by anyone at BJJ, this was less than 2 yrs ago, Rickson turned 51 only yesterday, nov 20th..... Rickson was the best wrestler in the family also..... He used to enter different grappling tournaments like Sambo, wrestling & judo amongst others & beat them within their own rules..... Simply put, Rickson Gracie was the best fighter to ever come out of the Gracie family & likely the best pure BJJ fighter of all time, I do BJJ myself & I know art when I see it, this guy is the God of BJJ. :good
It's usually Ricksons side of the family that makes him sound so superior; the Carlson side tends to think the claims are a tad over the top.
He lost to Judoka Ron Tripp in one of the few matches of his there are any record of, and theres no record of his alleged wrestling exploits.
