Kron Gracie (born July 11, 1988) is a Brazilian-American

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

grappler Grappling, in hand-to-hand combat, describes sports that consist of gripping or seizing the opponent. Grappling is used at close range to gain a physical advantage over an opponent, either by imposing a Grappling position, position or causing ...

and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and instructor. A member of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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, he is the son of

Rickson Gracie Rickson Gracie (; born November 21, 1958) is a Brazilian 9th-degree red belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and a retired mixed martial artist. He is a member of the Gracie family: the third oldest son of Hélio Gracie, brother to Rorion and Relson Grac ...

and a grandson of

Hélio Gracie Hélio Gracie (October 1, 1913 – January 29, 2009) was a Brazilian martial artist who together with his brothers Oswaldo, Gastao Jr, George and Carlos Gracie founded and developed the self-defense martial art system of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, also ...

. A two-time IBJJF World and four-time Pan-American champion in coloured belts, he received his black belt at the age of 19. Gracie held in 2008 a world record of 51 consecutive matches won by submission at high level tournaments. Gracie became IBJJF European champion, World and Pan American championships medalist and in 2013

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Champion. In 2014 Gracie announced that he was transitioning to mixed martial arts (MMA). Competing under the Japanese Rizin Fighting Federation before signing up with the

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(UFC), Gracie holds a 5-1 record for a total of six professional fights, with all of his wins coming by way of submission. Gracie's last professional fight took place at UFC Fight Night 161 on 12 October 2019.

Early life

Gracie was born in

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the youngest son of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) master Rickson Gracie but lived most of his life in Los Angeles after his father moved to California in 1989. He began his BJJ training under his father as a child, winning his first competition as a yellow belt at the age of ten. Kron is the youngest of four children to Rickson Gracie and grandson of the late

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. He has two older sisters Kauan and Kaulin, his older brother Rockson died in 2000.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu career

2005–2007: First world and Pan Am championships titles

At the age of 16, competing as a blue belt in the Adult lightweight division, Gracie won the 2004 IBJJF American National Jiu-Jitsu Championship. After receiving his purple belt Gracie won the 2005 Pan Championship then in 2006, Gracie won both the

IBJJF The International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) is a for-profit company that hosts several of the biggest Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) tournaments in the world, including the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, World No-Gi Championship, Pan Ji ...

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

and the CBJJO World Cup of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Competing in

grappling Grappling, in hand-to-hand combat, describes sports that consist of gripping or seizing the opponent. Grappling is used at close range to gain a physical advantage over an opponent, either by imposing a position or causing injury. Grappling ...

Gracie won the 2006

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Championship in the Adult Lightweight Division. The following year as a brown belt, he became world champion for the second time and Pan American champion for the fourth time winning double gold, in his division and, after defeating

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, in absolute (aka open class). At that point Gracie held a record 51-match submission streak.

2008–2010: Black belt, European champion, ADCC medallist

In 2008, at the age of 19, Gracie was promoted to black belt by his father a week before the World Championship, however Gracie was submitted by

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in the first match of the middleweight division. In 2009 Gracie won the European Championship after defeating

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in the final, a few days after the death of his grandfather, Grandmaster Helio Gracie, he then won silver at the 2009 Pan Championship in the middleweight division after losing by points in the final against

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. At the 2009 Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) grappling competition in Barcelona, the most prestigious grappling tournament in the world, Gracie lost the - Quarter-final after being submitted via mounted guillotine choke by Marcelo Garcia. Two years later Gracie won bronze at 2011 ADCC World after losing again to Marcelo Garcia in a close match after Garcia won by points. Gracie became known as "Ice Cream Kron" due to his calm demeanour when fighting.

2011–2013: Superfights, ADCC World champion

Gracie won silver at the

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, in the lightweight division, submitting

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then losing 9-2 to Gilbert "Durinho" Burns in the finals. At 2012 Pan Am, competing under ''Rickson Gracie BJJ team'', Gracie won bronze in middleweight and bronze in absolute after losing in the final against ultra heavyweight Marcus "Buchecha" Almeida; that same year he became ''World Jiu-Jitsu Expo Superfight'' champion after defeating

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in a tight match won by advantage at the ''World Jiu Jitsu Expo'' in Long Beach, California. In October 2012 Gracie participated in a Gi Superfight at Metamoris 1 in San Diego, submitting Otávio Souza at seventeen minutes of Round 1 by

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. In June 2013 Gracie participated in a No-gi Superfight at Metamoris 2 in Los Angeles, defeating Japanese MMA star

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by guillotine choke in seven minutes. In October 2013 Gracie won his division of the ADCC World Championship in

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submitting all his opponents including

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in the Quarter-final, JT Torres in the Semi-final and Otávio Souza submitted by

guillotine choke The guillotine choke, also known as Mae Hadaka Jime (前裸絞, "front naked choke"; compare to a rear naked choke) in judo, is a chokehold in martial arts applied from in front of the opponent, often on the ground but can also be done while stan ...

in the Final.

Mixed martial arts career

2014–2016: Japanese debut, Rizin Fighting

On February 24, 2014, Gracie announced his intention to pursue an

MMA Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ...

career. Gracie chose to cut down weight to compete at - instead of his usual jiu-jitsu and grappling weight class. He started training for his first MMA bout with the California based ''Scrap Pack'', a group of fighters comprising Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu students

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and

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. Gracie made his mixed martial arts debut on December 23, 2014, facing fellow South Korean wrestler Hyung Soo-Kim at ''Real Fighting Championship: Real 1'' at a catch weight of . Gracie won the fight via armbar, sixty-five seconds into the first round. Gracie fought on December 31, 2015 at Rizin Fighting Federation World Tournament. He faced Asen Yamamoto and won the fight by submission via triangle choke in the first round. Gracie fought

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on September 25, 2016. He won via rear-naked choke in the first round. Gracie faced MMA veteran

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at the Rizin Fighting Federation Grand Prix: Final Round event on December 31, 2016. He won via rear-naked choke in the second round. This improved his professional MMA record to 4-0.

2018–2019: Ultimate Fighting Championship

In November 2018, Gracie was signed by the

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. In his debut fight for the promotion, Gracie faced

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on February 17, 2019 at UFC on ESPN 1. He won the fight via submission due to a

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in the first round. This fight earned him his first ''Performance of the Night'' award. Gracie faced

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on October 12, 2019 at UFC on ESPN+ 19. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. This fight earned him the '' Fight of the Night'' bonus award. Many people were confused at Gracie's decision to strike with Swanson instead of taking the fight to the ground where he was predicted to have the advantage. In the years since, several members of the Gracie family have spoken about his loss and criticized his decision to avoid grappling, including his father Rickson and uncle Relson Gracie. Gracie has been absent from the world of MMA since.

Instructor lineage

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→ Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda →

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→

→ Kron Gracie

Championships and achievements

Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Main Achievements (at black belt level): * IBJJF European Champion (2009) * 2nd Place

IBJJF World Championship The World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship (commonly known as the Worlds or Mundials) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament held once every year by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. It is widely considered to be the most important and ...

(2011) * 2nd Place IBJJF Pans Championship (2009) * 3rd Place IBJJF Pans Championship (2012) Main Achievements (at colored belts): * IBJJF World Champion (2006 purple, 2007 brown) * CBJJO World Cup Champion (2006 purple) * Copa Pacifica de Jiu Jitsu Champion (2007) * IBJJF Pan American Champion (2005 purple, 2007/2008 brown) * IBJJF American National (2004 blue) * South Bay Open Jiu-Jitsu Champion (2006)

Grappling

*2013

– 1st Place – Under 77 kg Division *2011 ADCC Submission Wrestling Championships – 3rd Place – Under 77 kg Division *2008 Rickson Gracie Cup – 1st Place – Adult Middleweight Division – Brown Belt, 1st Place – Adult Open Division – Brown Belt *2006 Naga Championships – 1st Place – Adult Lightweight Division – Purple Belt *2006 6th Annual Gracie United Tournament – 1st Place. *2006 NAGA Chicago Championship – 1st Place.

Mixed martial arts

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(One time) vs.

Fight of the Night (One time) vs.

Grappling record

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Personal life

When not competing, Gracie taught

jiu-jitsu Jujutsu ( ; ja, link=no, 柔術 , ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdu ...

at his school in Culver City, California and helped run his father's association. In January 2021, Gracie announced that he was closing his longtime academy and relocating to

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to open a new BJJ school in response to the

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restrictions in place in California. Gracie has stated to various media that he believes in the flat Earth conspiracy theory.

Notes

References

External links

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