Renzo Gracie pronounced "Henzo" (born March 11 , 1967 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a lifelong practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and a member of the legendary Gracie family from Brazil. He is the son of Robson Gracie, grandson of Carlos Gracie, nephew of Carlos Gracie, Jr. and grand-nephew of Helio Gracie. His brothers Ralph and the late Ryan Gracie are also famous fighters. He holds notable wins in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts over former UFC champions Frank Shamrock, Pat Miletich, Oleg Taktarov, Carlos Newton and Maurice Smith.

Mixed martial arts

Gracie has competed both in sport BJJ and mixed martial arts events such as the PRIDE Fighting Championships, the International Fight League, RINGS, Martial Arts Reality Superfighting (MARS), and the World Combat Championship.

In February 10, 2007 Gracie won a match against Frank Shamrock for upstart MMA promotion EliteXC on its debut night Saturday February 10, 2007, on Showtime. Gracie although able to take Frank down fairly easily after being overmatched on his feet was still able to dominate on the ground for most of the match before Shamrock was disqualified by referee Herb Dean due to landing illegal knee strikes to the back of Gracie's head while both fighters were on the ground. Shamrock had already been given one warning earlier in the match for illegal strikes to the back of Gracie's head. After the match, Gracie had to be helped out of the ring and back to his dressing room by his team allegedly due to receiving a concussion from the strikes.
Renzo formerly coached a team, the New York Pitbulls, for the International Fight League.

Gracie is the Head Instructor at the Renzo Gracie Academy in Midtown Manhattan. Many well known BJJ and MMA fighters have been trained by Renzo, including BJJ black belts Rodrigo Gracie, Matt Serra, Paul Creighton, Ricardo Almeida, Sean Alvarez, Alan Teo, Mike Codella, Carl Massaro, Shawn Williams, Chad Lebrun, and GRACIE Magazine founder Luca Atalla.

Gracie also has written an instructional book on jiu-jitsu, called "Mastering Jiu-Jitsu", with his training partner John Danaher. He has also been the personal jiu-jitsu teacher of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, since 1993.

Personal life

Gracie is a resident of Holmdel, New Jersey. He and his wife Cristina have three children, Catarina, Cora and Ruran. He has thirteen brothers and sisters, including Ralph Gracie and the late Ryan Gracie.

MMA record

13 Wins (2 (T) KO's, 7 submissions, 3 decisions, 1 DQ), 6 Losses (1(T)KO, 1 submission, 4 decisions), 1 Draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Outcome	Event	Round	Time
2/10/2007	Win	Frank Shamrock	DQ (Knees to the head of a downed opponent)	EliteXC - Destiny	2	2:00
12/31/2006	Win	Carlos Newton	Decision (Split)	IFL World Team Championships	3	5:00
09/23/2006	Win	Pat Miletich	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	IFL Gracie vs. Miletich	1	3:37
07/29/2005	Loss	B. J. Penn	Decision (Unanimous)	K-1 World Grand Prix Hawaii	3	5:00
10/05/2003	Loss	Carlos Newton	Decision (Split)	PRIDE Bushido 1	2	5:00
06/23/2002	Loss	Shungo Oyama	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE 21 - Demolition	3	5:00
11/3/2001	Win	Michiyoshi Ohara	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE 17 - Championship Chaos	3	5:00
3/25/2001	Loss	Dan Henderson	KO (Punch)	PRIDE 13 - Collision Course	1	1:40
8/27/2000	Loss	Kazushi Sakuraba	Technical Submission (Kimura)	PRIDE 10 - Return of the Warriors	2	9:43
2/26/2000	Loss	Kiyoshi Tamura	Decision (Unanimous)	Rings - King of Kings 1999 Final	2	5:00
12/22/1999	Win	Maurice Smith	Submission (Armlock)	Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block B	1	0:50
12/22/1999	Win	Wataru Sakata	Submission (Armbar)	Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block B	1	1:25
11/21/1999	Win	Alexander Otsuka	Decision	PRIDE 8	2	10:00
3/15/1998	Win	Sanae Kikuta	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	PRIDE 2	6	0:43
10/11/1997	Draw	Akira Shoji	Draw	PRIDE 1	3	10:00
9/27/1997	No Contest	Eugenio Tadeu	No Contest - Fans Rioted	Pentagon Combat - Pentagon Combat	1	14:45
11/22/1996	Win	Oleg Taktarov	KO (Kick and Punch)	MARS - Martial Arts Reality Superfighting	1	1:02
10/17/1995	Win	James Warring	Submission (Choke)	WCC 1 - First Strike	1	2:47
10/17/1995	Win	Phil Benedict	Submission (Strikes)	WCC 1 - First Strike	1	2:08
10/17/1995	Win	Ben Spijkers	Submission (Choke)	WCC 1 - First Strike	1	2:38
1/1/1992	Win	Luiz Augusto Alvareda	TKO (Rear Naked Choke)	Desafio - Gracie Vale Tudo	1	7:03

References

External links

• Official site
• Renzo Gracie's ProElite.com Profile
• Renzo Gracie's EliteXC Profile
• IFL profile