History It is firstly important to have a look at the history of the Gracie family in Brazil to see how mixed martial arts initially emerged. George Gracie immigrated to Brazil in 1801 and settled in the Para province of north eastern Brazil. His family grew and flourished, and in the early 1900s, a Japanese man named Mitsuyo Maeda immigrated
Mauricio Rua
Bio Mauricio Milani “Shogun” Rua (born November 25, 1981 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a mixed martial arts fighter, and the winner of the PRIDE Fighting Championships’ 2005 Middleweight (205lb) Grand Prix. He is known for his aggressive fighting style and for his extreme versatility. He has received a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Nino Schembri. Mauricio is the younger
