Originally posted by: bjj_rage
Date: December 22, 2010 at 02:06 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bas-rutten-and-marco-ruas-vs-rickson-gracie.33511/
BaconBits said:
bjj_rage said:
may be they take credit because simply, there would not be any MMA if it wasnt for them.
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Yes there would. The sport made it's greatest strides without them even being in the forefront. Chuck, Fedor, Randy, Tito, Shogun, Rampage, Crop Cop, Forrest, BJ, Wandy, the Nogs, Gomi, these are the types of guys that made mma what it is today and caused the popularity spike. The days of competition between the UFC and Pride had more of an impact than any one Gracie.
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of course those guys did a lot, but if it wasnt for RORION and the gracie family who actually set up the UFC and was seting up the vale tudo fights way before the UFC ever came public, chuck would've been compiting in kempo, Fedor in sambo, randy probably coaching wrestling in some university etc etc etc.