Pankronicles, our Luke Thomas narrated video series on the secret history of MMA, is back with a brand new episode. (If you missed our first two segments, check out episode 1 and episode 2)
For our third installment we follow Rickson Gracie from Brazil to Japan, where the burgeoning "shoot fighting" scene (basically pro wrestling matches for real - which makes it indistinguishable from MMA) offers him a stage to showcase his fighting prowess.
While Royce became world renown by winning the inaugural UFC event, Rickson was widely considered the true champion of the family.