On mixed martial arts’ Mount Rushmore, Kazushi Sakuraba beautiful war torn mug deserves its own engraving. Ten years removed from his last Pride fight and four years into his MMA retirement Sakuraba body is a road map of Japanese MMA history. When not grappling Renzo Gracie at Metamoris or shooting an angle in New Japan Pro Wrestling, “The Gracie Hunter” is filming instructional videos.
Sakuraba is not only teaching about the finer points of adapting catch wrestling to MMA he’s also wants the world to successfully perform pro wrestling moves in a legit cage fight. We support Sakuraba on all his unique endeavors.