Crosley Gracie

Crosley Gracie was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 18th July 1979. The son of Rosley Gracie and grandson of the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie. He started training at the age of 9 years old with uncle Grand master Reylson Gracie in 1988. In 1992, he went on to train at uncle's Carlson Gracie Academy competing in a internal tournament held on the same year winning his first Jiu-Jitsu match. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (534x898, 60 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (534x898, 60 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... (Redirected from 18th July) July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), also known as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (GJJ), is a martial art that was developed in Brazil by the Gracie family during the mid-20th century. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jujutsu (also jujitsu, ju jitsu, ju jutsu, or jiu jitsu; from the Japanese 柔術 jūjutsu gentle/yielding/compliant Art) is a Japanese martial art. ...

In 1999, after 7 years competing in Brazil, Crosley moved to the US to teach the gentle art to the American public. In the year of 2003 Crosley was awarded his black belt from cousin Ralph Gracie. On the same year Crosley debuted in the MMA scene, defeating current Welterweight Pancrase Champion, Kiuma Kunioku who has a MMA record of 29-15-7 (wins-losses-draws) from Japan, by unanimous decision in the Pancrase 10th Anniversary Event in Tokyo, Japan. Later in 2004, in his second MMA fight, in PRIDE Bushido 5, also in Japan, Crosley went on to defeat by armbar highly regarded Japanese star Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (20-5-2), considered to be one of the best and most exciting fighters in the world, who was never submitted in competition before. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In many martial arts, each practitioners level is marked by the colour of the belt. ... MMA may refer to: MacRobertson Miller Airlines, a Western Australian airline (1934-1980s). ... Pancrase or Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling is a mixed martial arts promotion in Japan founded in 1993. ... The modern skyline of Tokyo is highly decentralized. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In English, the term pride referes a sense of self-respect, a refusal to be humiliated as well as joy in ones accomplishments. ...

MMA Record

Loss Akihiro Gono Decision PRIDE-Bushido 7 5/22/2005

Win Hayato Sakurai Submission (Armbar) PRIDE-Bushido 5 10/14/2004

Win Kiuma Kunioku Decision (Unanimous) Pancrase-10th Anniversary Show 8/31/2003

See Also

• Mixed martial arts
• Gracie jiu-jitsu
• List of male mixed martial artists

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is the combat sport in which two competitors attempt to achieve dominance over one another by utilizing three general tactics: striking, finishing holds, and grappling. ... This is a list of male mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. ...

External Links

• Gracie family website