Crosley Gracie
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Crosley Gracie (July 18, 1979 ) is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and a mixed martial artist. He is the son of Rosley Gracie and grandson of the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie.
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[edit] Biography
Crosley Gracie was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 18, 1979.He started training at the age of 9 years old with uncle Grand master Reylson Gracie in 1988. In 1992, he went on to train at uncle's Carlson Gracie Academy competing in an internal tournament held on the same year winning his first Jiu-Jitsu match. In 1999, after 7 years competing in Brazil, Crosley moved to the U.S. to teach the gentle art to the American public. In the year of 2003 Crosley was awarded his black belt from cousin Ralph Gracie. On the same year Crosley debuted in the MMA scene, defeating current Welterweight Pancrase Champion, Kiuma Kunioku who has a MMA record of 29-15-7 (wins-losses-draws) from Japan, by unanimous decision in the Pancrase 10th Anniversary Event in Tokyo, Japan. Later in 2004, in his second MMA fight, in PRIDE Bushido 5, also in Japan, Crosley went on to defeat by armbar highly regarded Japanese star Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (20-5-2), considered to be one of the best and most exciting fighters in the world, who was never submitted in competition before.
[edit] Record
Mixed martial arts:
- Loss Melvin Manhoef KO(strikes) K-1 HERO's 6
- Loss Akihiro Gono Decision PRIDE-Bushido 7 22 May 2005
- Win Hayato Sakurai Submission (Armbar) PRIDE-Bushido 5 14 October 2004
- Win Kiuma Kunioku Decision (Unanimous) Pancrase-10th Anniversary Show 31 August 2003
