UFC Hall Of Famer and MMA pioneer Royce Gracie made it clear during a recent interview with MMA Fighting that he is not going to be joining Eddie Bravo’s fan club at any point in the near future.
During the interview, Gracie not only voiced his opinion of Bravo’s style of jiu-jitsu, he also spoke about his desire to “punch him in the nose.”
“I’m a MMA fighter, man. I’m a MMA fighter, all the way,” said the first ever UFC tournament champion. “With Eddie Bravo, it’s personal. (Does Metamoris) allow punches to the face? Do this rubber guard stuff and I’ll punch you in the nose,” Gracie continued.
Furthermore, Gracie made it clear that in no way does he condone Bravo’s willingness to “say it’s okay to do drugs” in public.
“You’re gonna send your kids to learn from a guy that tells everybody that it’s okay to do drugs? It’s ok to drink alcohol? Sorry, man,” said Gracie. “If you wanna do it in private, do it in private. I have no problem with that. But I can never send my kid to someone that praises alcohol and drugs. Is that what you want your kids to learn? It’s okay to smoke pot? ‘Oh, pot is not a drug.’ So walk into a police station with a pound of pot and tell the cops it’s not a drug. Come on.”
Gracie concluded, “People that don’t know and hear about it, they start to think that all the people that do jiu-jitsu smokes pot, is a drug addict. Here I am fighting for something good, and the guy is fighting for something bad, in my point of view. I can’t agree with that, what he represents. Nothing to do with his jiu-jitsu, his school. If you want to do something like that, do it in private. Keep it to yourself.”
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