If you was around at time he gained loads
First fighter to beat Gracie guard in mma
Royce guard was death sentence ken beat him down
60 punches 40 head butts and two big tight hands in OT
I respectfully disagree.
Btw UFC 1 & UFC 5, Ken had basically 2 yrs to study Royce´s game.
He was injured at UFC 2, but still, during an interview at ringside, he stated that he was workin´
on his game, and that he would come back with some kind of "master plan".
That was obviously hinted at Royce.
But, at UFC 5, he didnt really go for the win, he definitely wanted the draw, believed it was a victory for him...
Thus he L&Ped, didnt mount any serious offense (Im aware of the numbers though).
Look at Kimo for instance, he was much more game than Ken against Royce, and Kimo was very close to win.
Royce was never really in danger in that fight against Ken, reminded me one of the ol´Vale Tudo fights from the 1980s-90s, where even the BJJ guy would only headbutt and basically L&Ped..
Ken could have showed more in this 2nd fight, but he shrinked.