My friends and I gathered together around the TV to enjoy this new fighting tournament called the Ultimate Fighting Championship. "The UFC is a lethal combination of over 30 disciplines of fighting, including boxing, judo, karate, kickboxing, jujitsu and wrestling"(Wuebben 132). This event has no rules and no weight classes; this is UFC 1, the first of its kind in the US.
             The best Kung Fu fighters, the best kick boxers, and the best brawlers in the world came together to prove they were the best. They proved the greatness of their specific discipline until they ran into the slight 6'1", 180 pound Royce Gracie. Royce's opponents consistently outweighed him by more than 50 pounds. Each one of us would have bet that Royce would lose each of his fights.
             Royce's first opponent is a professional kick boxer, named Art Jimmerson. Royce shot in (like a wrestler would do) and got the full mount (in which you sit on your opponent's chest, pressing his back to the ground). Jimmerson taps-out (taps the mat or his opponent to show that he quits fighting) before Royce even gets a submission (a technique that would require an opponent to tap-out). Jimmerson said he gave up because he didn't know what to do.
             The next round Royce would meet Ken Shamrock, the toughest looking of all the fighters. This beautiful fight left the 230 pound Shamrock tapping out due to a choke: not the huge kick to the head, not a powerful punch, but an effortless choke. We could not believe our eyes.
             Royce moved into the championship fight against Sambo (Russian military fighting) master Gerard Gordeau. In this fight, Royce held an arm lock for the victory. Royce came to prove that not he, but the technique was superior. As a witness to that night, I too can say that his style of Jiu-Jitsu is the superior form of fighting in the worlds.
             That was 1993; the first of it's kind in the US and one Mixed Martia...