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I remember when he entered the ring carrying a cross like Jesus on one of the original (badass) UFC fights. The first ones were the best in my opinion. No weight divisions, no rules, just some crazy ass fights. Watching Gracie get beat like a dog by all these guys and then finally wrap them up like a crab to "win" even though he was barely able to walk was awesome!
These days they would have stopped those fights and Gracie would never have won.
Also thinking back to those first 10 or so UFC's...when I read guys complaining about Brock Lesnar's "theatrics" I have to laugh. Those first ones were WAY more theatrical. And tougher too.
Watching Gracie fight a 400 pound monster was awesome. Tons of blood and gore and genuine TOUGH guys. It was truly a FIGHT back then.
Of course it was banned no time at all and they had to reinvent it with a bunch of rules etc. But boy, that brief couple of years in the mid-1990s was just some amazing PPV's.
And of course having NFL great Jim Brown on the announce team was pure gold. heh-heh
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