Yes, guys like Takatarov and Ruas and Rizzo were basically 'modern' well rounded fighters and products of Vale Tudo and Russian combat Sambo which is basically a form of MMA anyway that has been around for 70 years.
Then you had Ken coming in from Pancrase which was a form of MMA also.
It was only the US fighters that were mainly one dimensional apart from standouts like Frye who had wrestling, Judo and boxing.
Since the sport didn't exist in the US at the time we had pure karate and ninjitsu guys coming out to do their thing as the Gracies organized 'pure style vs style' to sell the world that the one dimensional BJJ was the best single art.
Actually either Frye or Tank would've been terrible matchups for Royce since they had ko power and could force the fight to be standup.
If Tank had gotten a shot at Royce and kod him imagine his rep now- the gracies stayed well away especially after how Royce did against street fighter Kimo.
It was ironic that when an old Tank fought Kimo years later Kimo who had now trained BJJ got a simple takedown and submission.
If Tank had kept up and leaned the basics of submission defence he could've had more success on his return.
But in his prime he did very well against legit well rounded MMA fighters of the era.
