Ralek Gracie (born October 4, 1985) is an American Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and

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 ...

. As the son of

Rorion Gracie Rorion Gracie (; born January 10, 1952) is a Brazilian-born Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Grand Master, a prominent member of the Gracie family, writer, publisher, producer, lecturer, lawyer and the co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the ...

, he is a member of the

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. He was awarded his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu by his grandfather

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. He is also the founder of

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, a submission-only grappling promotion.

Early life

Ralek grew up watching his father teach private Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes in his family's garage in

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MMA career

Ralek made his

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debut at the age of 21 at ''

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- Middleweight Tournament Opening Round'' on July 16, 2007 against

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whom he defeated by armbar-submission after 3:05 of the first round. Ralek's next fight was at the 2008 Dream 4 Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals, where he faced Alavutdin Gadzhiyev after Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović had to pull out of the originally scheduled match with Ralek due to injury. Ralek defeated Gadzhiyev by

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after 3:02 of round 1. On May 29, 2010, Ralek defeated

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by unanimous decision at

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. After nearly seven years away from MMA competition, Ralek returned to face

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at Bellator 170 on January 21, 2017. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

Music

On October 24, 2010, Ralek released his first single entitled “Dream World”, which he also wrote and self-produced. In May 2010 Ralek released the track "G in a Gi" along with a self produced music video.Breaking Grips- Ralek Gracie Profile
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Instructor lineage

Kanō Jigorō →

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→ Mitsuyo Maeda →

Carlos Gracie Carlos Gracie (September 14, 1902October 7, 1994) was a Brazilian martial artist who is credited with being one of the primary developers of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Along with his younger brother Hélio Gracie and fellow students Luis França an ...

→

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→ Ralek Gracie

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

Dream profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gracie, Ralek 1985 births American people of Brazilian descent American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu American male mixed martial artists Brazilian people of Scottish descent Living people Middleweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ralek People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu