Rodrigo Gracie

{{short description|Brazilian Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial arts fighter}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|03|11}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| weight_class = Middleweight
Light Heavyweight

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| style = MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Submission wrestling,

| stance = Orthodox

| fighting_out_of = Palos Verdes, California, United States

| team = Rodrigo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu

| rank = 7th degree coral belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu

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| mma_decwin = 4

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| url = http://www.rodrigogracie.com

| sherdog = 3725

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{{MedalCompetition | ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship}}

Rodrigo Gracie (born March 11, 1974) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.{{cite web|url=http://sherdog.com/fighter/Rodrigo-Gracie-3725|title=Rodrigo Gracie|work=Sherdog}} A member of the famous Gracie family, Rodrigo is a 7th Degree Coral Belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and a Gold Medalist in the 1998 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.adcombat.net/adnet/Wrestling/ShowResultsDetails.asp?ShowYear=1998&Weight_Class=77-87&Level=1&|title=www.adcombat.net}} While competing in PRIDE Fighting Championships, Gracie was ranked amongst the top Middleweight fighters from 2003 to 2004 due to an undefeated streak with consecutive victories over Hayato Sakurai, Daiju Takase, Yuki Sasaki, and Daijiro Matsui.{{cite web |url=http://www.fightmatrix.com/historical-mma-rankings/generated-historical-rankings/?Issue=41&Division=3 |title=Generated Historical Rankings |publisher=Fight Matrix}}

Biography

A member of the Gracie family of Brazil. He is the son of Jiu-Jitsu Grandmaster Reylson Gracie and grandson of the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie.{{cite web|url=http://gracieseminars.com/rodrigo_bio.htm|title=Rodrigo Gracie}} Rodrigo began training Jiu-Jitsu at the age of 4 and was awarded the black belt at the age of 18 under his father. He then came to the United States to teach at his father's academy in California. A few years later, he went to New York City to train and work with his cousin Renzo Gracie.[http://www.rodrigogracie.com/bio.htm Rodrigo Gracie Bio]. URL accessed on April 8, 2010.

Looking for new challenges and opportunities Rodrigo moved to Los Angeles, California where he was welcomed by his cousin Royce Gracie. Rodrigo and Royce have started to train together as well as spend a lot of time as a family. Gracie is the head instructor at the Rodrigo Gracie Academy in Palos Verdes, California. Rodrigo also travels conducting seminars all over the world and in some of the "Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Networks".

Books

Gracie has co-written three instructional books on Brazilian jiu-jitsu with author Kid Peligro; “Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No Holds Barred!: Fighting Techniques”,{{cite book |title=Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No Holds Barred!: Fighting Techniques |last= Gracie |first=Rodrigo |author2=Peligro, Kid |publisher=Invisible Cities Press LLC |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-931229-40-1

|page=272}} “Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: The Path to the Black Belt”,{{cite book |title=Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: The Path to the Black Belt |last= Gracie |first=Rodrigo |author2=Peligro, Kid |publisher=Independent Publishers |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-931229-42-5 |page=272}} and “The Complete Guide to Gracie Jiu-Jitsu”.{{cite book |title=The Complete Guide to Gracie Jiu-Jitsu |last= Gracie |first=Rodrigo |author2=Peligro, Kid |publisher=Invisible Cities Press LLC |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-931229-47-0

|page=288}}