Our bro-4-life Ariel Helwani ran down to Renzo Gracie‘s NYC gym to ask the most affable member of Brazil’s first family of fighting why he feels the need to come back at 43 years old to fight in the UFC. A smiling Gracie attributes it to his irrepressible love of combat, proving yet again that some guys are just born for this stuff and there’s nothing they can do about it. Gracie refers to the chance to fight Matt Hughes at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi as "an honor," and says he’s already dropped twenty-five pounds, so now you can kind of see his abs. Now if only he could get his wife to stop complaining about all the time he spends at the gym, he’d be golden.
If you watch this to the end, you’ll see Helwani asking Gracie to repeat one of his favorite Renzo-isms of all time. He complies but, much like the "Planet of the Apes" remake, it lacks the fire of the original. See what we mean after the jump.
A wild-eyed Renzo and a chubby-faced B.J. Penn, full of stoic fatalism about the beatdown that lies somewhere in his future? You can’t top that.
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commentsAgreed, best damn MMA journalist in the game. Bar none.
trying to figure out if i was still a nutsack solider
Very true, I never thought of it that way. . . now that's the second time today I've felt old :)
No problem buddy, tearing down walls is a good thing. Here's a little fodder for your enjoyment:
hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGfeDMJU0_w
And hey, we all do some stupid shit out of frustration, Renzo's still one of the better personalities of the sport and a seemingly cool dude.
Ariel Helwani is one of the better interviewers, if not the best, in MMA. Hats off to him.
hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY6Cnhrdq9w
hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Tbrp7mN4c&feature=related
Yeah, but did you hear about how that dude that got his neck stepped on prank called Renzo all night long, fuckin with him? I'm sure the guy that got spit on started some shit too. Not sayin that's exceptable or honorable, but he was provoked. I still think he's one of the classy guys in the sport.
And a Dinosaurs reference, to boot! Thanks for reminding me of that horrible F-ing TV show, landO. I had completely blocked it out of my mind until today. Back to bricking up those walls...
I guess you didnt see that time he stepped on a dudes neck he just beat as he walked away. or the time he spit on a dude in the ring. Renzo is kind of a jerk. I'm still a fan though.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not the Mama!!!! I'm the baby...gota love me!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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