Royce is a MMA legend, no doubt about it. But......c'mon guys, get real! Before there was what we know as MMA, there was Royce blowing everyone's mind by beating much larger (and also VERY undertrained) fighters in the beginning UFCs. I was a big fan and still am to this day for what Royce has done for the sport. That being said, when I heard of the first fight I began making bets with all my friends that were absolutely positive Gracie would beat Hughes. It was funny to me to see how everyone still sees the past and doesn't want to come to the reality that Hughes vs Royce today is the equivalent of Gracie vs all the one dimensional fighters of the first UFCs. This is starting to sound like the people that are still holding on to the possibility of Ken Shamrock beating Ortiz. Its just not going to happen. Nobody wants Royce to start being thought of as a Ken Shamrock. Its time that he hang up the thought of being the best and focus on being one of the best teachers of Jui-Jitsu in the world. He's already accomplished the task of being the greatest at one point, no need to prove anything else now.
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