With a career 46 fights over a span of 19 years, Kazushi Sakuraba is one of the handful of truly legendary pioneers of MMA.
He has contributed more to the sport of MMA than most people even realize. But his largest contribution by far, was becoming the Gracie Hunter.
Going into UFC 1, everyone claimed that their style was the best. Boxing, Karate, Wrestling, Kung Fu, Kickboxing, even Sumo had a representative. But Royce Gracie would come out and introduce the world to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, an art that at the time almost no one in the US new about. Then prove that it was the best by submitting everyone that he fought. That started in 1993, the Gracie family would go on to reign over the MMA world for the next 7 years. Until they eventually met Kazushi Sakuraba.
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Fast forward to 1999 were Kazushi Sakuraba would fight his first member of the Gracie family. He goes on to submit Royler Gracie with a Kimura, at the 13:16 mark o
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