Ralek Gracie On Fighting Sakuraba *

*English interview with Portuguese introduction // 24 year-old Ralek Gracie, a third generation fighter from the ever-enduring Gracie family, sits down with MMA H.E.A.T.'s Karyn Bryant. Ralek is the son of UFC founder Rorian Gracie, with a record of 2-0 hes about to enter the cage with the man they call The Gracie Hunter, Kazushi Sakuraba. That man has defeated Royler, Renzo, Ryan and Royce in the past. But on May 29th at DREAM 14 its Raleks turn to represent the family. Hes been training with UFC middleweight Mark Munoz at Reign Training Center. We caught up with him there and got the story on his preparation; but more importantly, we found out why there are so many Gracies.
From Tatame.com //
A história entre a família Gracie e o japonês Kazushi Sakuraba está perto de ganhar mais um capítulo. No próximo sábado (29), Ralek Gracie fará sua terceira luta de MMA contra a lenda japonesa, que já derrotou Royce, Renzo, Royler e Ryan. "Para mim é apenas mais uma luta, uma oportunidade de me provar", disse Ralek ao site MMAHeat, elogiando a decisão do japonês de enfrentá-lo aos 40 anos.

"Não podemos subestimá-lo. Ele está chegando ao final da carreira, mas aceitar uma luta dessas diz muito sobre ele. Ele é um lutador maravilhoso, será uma grande oportunidade... Estou empolgado", conta o jovem lutador, revelando o conselho que recebeu dos familiares que já enfrentaram Sakuraba: "não seja pego na kimura (risos)... E eu não posso bater... Se eu bater, arrancam a minha cabeça (risos)", se diverte. Em cinco lutas contra os Gracie, Sakuraba venceu quatro, incluindo duas finalizações por kimura, sobre Renzo e Royler.
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* 5/29/2010 Results: Ralek Gracie defeats Kazushi Sakuraba by unanimous decision. ###
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[@greasebob]

Saku was way past his prime in 2010, at 42 years old. Ralek was 25. Saku was in his prime and his absolute BEST in 2000 when he beat Royce in the greatest match of all time and came out to fight IGOR V for 15 min after that before finally calling it a day. Respect to Ralek for being the only young Gracie brother to fight MMA, but beating up the old war-torn lion (Saku put up a decent fight too, though) is not something to get too excited about.

[@callactm14]

The referee broke sakurabas lock WTF that's history

[@breakdancerQ]

nobody surprised how squared his chin is?

[@qatraband5969]

You were saved by the ref dude!!! U should be ashamed of urself

[@RichardsWorld]

Yeah, I'm not sure WTF the ref was doing.

[@thilaksalian9509]

Ref was a c***

[@winsoncheong2025]

@Tom Bystander watching the rematch with royce gracie and sakuraba, it seems the gracies have strings to pull. Their names and company would forever be buried if they didn't win, and they're huge in brazil. It def looked fishy

[@panther2552]

i'm rooting for Mr. Sakuraba as i always do, but seeing this has given me a greater respect for Ralek Thank you for posting this. it's a wonderful interview showing the humanity of combatants rather than just the damage they can inflict

[@Larswallinpt]

Good interview Karyn! I feel comfortable that Ralek will put on a great performance, he looks very focused and traines really hard with good coaching. Go Ralek!!!

[@dyravan6715]

Thanks ref.

[@Golden_Bough]

The referee was payed by the gracies

[@RichardsWorld]

He seems like a cool guy. But his match with Sarakuba had a BS ref.

[@oluwakamau]

is she Brazilian?

[@muhammadalialfikri5607]

saku would beat ralek in his prime

[@yeshuahamashiach2981]

Já era pro SAKURABA!

[@flipteezy]

referee help

[@kRaZycHyNeSebOi]

ginagi

[@pauliesaf]

lmao...Relek please tap. Your family has given us fans enough proof of your balls...especially us old fans. Just do you

[@LionelWitchieWardrob]

You need love? Such a weird guy

[@ItsameAlex]

Ralek Gracie won, well done.

[@winsoncheong2025]

1. with the ref's help. 2. 25 year old vs 42 year old.

[@marcioferreira1814]

SAKURABA VS RICARDO ARONA sakurada went straight to the hopital, brutal fight jiu jitsu won

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

Steroids and striking won that fight. Let's be honest.

[@omegasquad868]

sure sure but Sakuraba won against the greatest BJJ when he wasn't shot to hell... lets be honest

[@lucaskane1607]

Esse Arona era mais grande e pesado que o sakuraba, será que Arona aceitaria lutar com alguem mais pesado que ele?, nao, duvido muito, nao é Tao corajoso como sakuraba

[@yeshuahamashiach2981]

@@lucaskane1607 Ele perdeu e ponto final!

[@TheReal_DeanD]

KB doesn't age. I can't believe I never commented on this one years ago. Those Gracie men. Knockin up women left and right. I wonder if they have the same mind set as Uncle Renatch on child support. Ha ha.

[@KarynBryant]

I know YOU listened to last WHHW show! LMAO!

[@dinah259]

Ugh!!!!