Renzo Gracie Is Ready For ADCC Super Fight: 'This Invitation Brought Me Alive Again'
Sanae Kikuta wasn't a name on many people's radar as a potential replacement opponent for Renzo Gracie after fellow legend Matt Hughes had to withdraw from their scheduled super-fight. But for Renzo Gracie Kikuta is a name he knows well and is ecstatic about the new challenge.
When they told me his name, I said yes, right away. Yes please I'll take that match. I can't wait.
We are now less than three weeks away from the return of one of grappling's most infamous competitors, Renzo Gracie. He will take on Japan's Sanae Kikuta in an ADCC rules super fight. These two elite grapplers have both won the prestigious ADCC title in the past and have even met once before in an MMA fight.
At Pride 2 and after six rounds of brutal action Renzo, who has a long history of fighting Japanese opponents, was awarded the victory via a guillotine choke. Now almost twenty years later the two have a chance to meet again.
After I beat him twenty years ago he went 32 fights without losing at Pancrase. He was one of the best Pancrase fighters ever.The mega matchup is just what Renzo needed to get back on the mats. Alway seeking out the next big challenge Renzo is back at training in the blue basement with all his star students and is looking forward to returning to the 'most prestigious grappling tournament in the World'.
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There is always pressure, in my life if there isn't any pressure I don't get out of my chair. I'll be in bed watching TV like everybody else. The pressure is what turns coal into diamonds, I need pressure to be a diamond.
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