I thank your father,' and he thought that was disrespectful, because I was like pointing at him, he goes ‘Don't point your finger at me! Don't disrespect me!' And he gets in my face like he wants to fight me, and Jean Jacques Machado, he separates us. I hear this voice behind me, ‘It's good that you said these things about my family.' I'm like who is this? I turn around, wipe throw up off my mouth and it's Royce Gracie, and he goes, ‘It's good that you're saying what you say because you used to talk shit about my family.' And then I get up and I'm like ‘Dude, I never talked shit on your family, who is telling you these lies?' And I go in my book, like I told him, my book in 2005, I thank you, and I'm pointing, I have my finger like, ‘I thank you. After it was all done, I felt like I had to throw up. I'm throwing up after the event, we went 20 hard minutes, I'm so emotional my mom is there, I'm crying, it was just crazy. The UFC got me into jiu-jitsu jiu-jitsu didn't get me into the UFC. ‘Oh he disrespected me and I dropped the gi.' I dropped the gi for jiu-jitsu, to make jiu-jitsu look better in the UFC. I wanted to squash all these misconceptions that I'm against jiu-jitsu, and I'm a jiu-jitsu traitor, and all this shit. As a matter of fact, in my first book which came out in 2005, in the beginning, I write about them and give them the ultimate respect. I've always been super respectful of the Gracies. "After that match, after I got onstage, I was giving it up to the Gracies like I always have. Then I got back on The Undergound, and it was 90 percent, Eddie Bravo won, and Eddie Bravo dominated.'"īravo explains what happened once he got backstage: I was sitting there at the press conference saying, maybe I'm delusional. The headline on The Underground 20 minutes later was ‘Bravo dominates Gracie at Metamoris.' He actually thought it was a legit draw at the press conference. Earlier today, Bravo stopped by the MMA Hour and spoke about the altercation, with many pundits siding with him on the fact that he "won" the fight. It wasn't as decisive this time around, as both grappling experts fought to an enthralling, 20-minute draw.Īfter the bout, UFC hall of famer Royce Gracie approached the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu developer and told him that he appreciated Bravo's kind words after the second fight, but was upset with the amount of trash talk directed at the Gracie family.īoth men needed to be separated, and the fantasy match up already has the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) talking. He was able to pull off a shocking upset win over Royler Gracie, the unbeaten son of the legendary Helio Gracie, locking in a triangle choke and falling to his knees shortly after in disbelief.įast forward to over 10 years later, the anticipated rematch was set for Metamoris 3 ( results), which took place this past weekend (March 29, 2014) in Los Angeles. With detailed descriptions, flowcharts, and more than 2,000 step-by-step color photos, Bravo provides a complete blueprint for anyone looking to expand their knowledge and improve their jiu-jitsu game.Back at Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) grappling tournament in 2003, Eddie Bravo did the impossible.
And for the first time, he unveils new 10th Planet specific setups and attacks from the X-guard, quarter guard, and prison guard positions.Īs with Mastering the Rubber Guard, Bravo divulges a complete guard system by tying together all the techniques into one cohesive web.
In Advanced Rubber Guard, Bravo not only outlines his entire rubber guard system, completely updated with new control positions and techniques, but also lays out his elaborate quarter guard game, half guard game, butterfly guard game, and spider web game, as well as how to escape back to the guard from inferior positions. He now has dozens of affiliate schools around the globe, and his techniques and philosophy have been embraced by some of MMA’s best fighters. Since unveiling his philosophy of no-gi jiu-jitsu in his bestselling martial arts books Mastering the Rubber Guard and Mastering the Twister, Bravo has been at the head of the no-gi grappling movement. In Advanced Rubber Guard, he takes you inside the evolution of the 10th Planet guard system like never before. In Mastering the Rubber Guard, Eddie Bravo redefined how people view and play jiu-jitsu.