Rockson Gracie (bjjheroes article)

[Vitamin C]

lol rustled jimmies at a two year old post

 

[wordspeaker]

Hmmm....so really the guy isn't a hero at all, just a drug addict.

What a scumbag thing to say. He was a person. You are a bad one.

 

[fittycentguard]

I never read that before. I remember when he died and on the intheguard.com forum, the story was that he died in a car crash.. I always thought that was how he died (although I heard the rumors he was high when he crashed). i didn't know he died in a hotel room.

 

[Was at Pride GP 2000]

Thanks for posting. I never knew the details. I remember when he first died they said it was in a motorcycle wreck. Then a training partner once said, that's what happens when you mess around with drugs, and I was puzzled.

My old instructor in Japan (Mario Sergio Yokoyama) was close with Rockson, said he had the smoothest game you've ever seen. And he said Rickson was an absolute mess, that every time he went to the academy he would just start crying, and he basically just checked out of life for about a year (I heard all of this in 2002, so it was still pretty fresh). Funny, the way he died never came up.

It's shitty that he was dead and buried and no one even knew.

And or those calling him just another dead drug addict, I say: maybe, but he was only 19. Many people have been addicts at much more advanced ages, but have still gone on to turn their lives around and do great things. It's too bad this young man never got that chance.

That said: who was the fucking moron that did not google "Rickson Gracie?" The dude had a tattoo of his father on his arm, that identified him as his father! WTF!!!???

Google become a company in like 98 and really wasn't a big deal until early 2000s. The Internet was not what it is today.

 

[Was at Pride GP 2000]

I think you've got your wires crossed buddy about Rockson Gracie & getting mixed up with Ryan Gracie, Prof Marios close friend was Ryan Gracie who sadly passed in a in Jail cell in 2007.
He was the youngest son of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Master Robson Gracie. On December 8, 2002 his only son, Rayron Gracie, was born. Ryan's brothers are Charles Gracie, Renzo Gracie, and Ralph Gracie.
Ryan was the leader and head coach of Gracie São Paulo, one of the largest jiu-jitsu associations in Brazil, with affiliated schools spread over the world.
On December 15, 2007 at 7:00 am Ryan Gracie was found dead in a jail cell in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A few hours earlier, at about 1:30 am, Gracie had been arrested for stealing and crashing a car, then attempting to hijack a motorcycle to flee from police officers. The owner of the motorcycle hit Gracie on the head, and he was detained by several cyclists until police arrived. A toxicological examination at the Medical Legal Institute was conducted, after which he was transported to the police station.[9] While in jail, Ryan Gracie's wife called psychiatrist Dr. Sabino Ferreira de Faria to attend to him. The psychiatrist was later accused of negligence by over prescribing medication and causing the death of Ryan. He was later sentenced to two years of community service for recklessness.[10] The doctor was with Gracie most of the night, and was notified of Ryan Gracie's death as he was driving home.[11] Gracie was found alone and slumped into a corner when police were checking the cells.
An awesome fighter, alittle crazy but much loved & sadly missed.

Ryan was a lot crazy. He.grew up with Charles, Renzo and Ralph. Those dudes threw Karate guys through windows. Ryan had drug issues and had been stabbed at least once before.

Still sad but he was a lot crazy

 

[MadSquabbles500]

How deep was BJJ back then in 1997?

 

[rmongler]

lol rustled jimmies at a year old post

Throughout the ages, the jimmies rustle softly.

PS don't stop people from suiciding guys, it removes quitters from the gene pool!

 

[discrawg]

Thanks for the post. Sad story, I didn't know that he died from a drug overdose in New York. I heard years ago it was a kidnapping gone wrong. I assumed it was in Brazil at the time and never looked into it.

 

[mattemate]

Thanks for the post. Sad story, I didn't know that he died from a drug overdose in New York. I heard years ago it was a kidnapping gone wrong. I assumed it was in Brazil at the time and never looked into it.

Vitor's sister died in a kidnapping/ransom situation. It was around the time he beat Randy via cut. At the press conference he had his head down on the table and was crying.

 

[discrawg]

Vitor's sister died in a kidnapping/ransom situation. It was around the time he beat Randy via cut. At the press conference he had his head down on the table and was crying.

Yep I remember this, but someone also told me about the same thing happening with Rockson.

 

[Stun Gun]

Hmmm....so really the guy isn't a hero at all, just a drug addict.

Ha! A tough guy in keyboard

 

[ironwolf]

Ha! A tough guy in keyboard

You realize I typed that like 2 years ago right???