The winners of the 2022 Best of Reno awards were announced on Tuesday, May 10, ... Winner: Renzo Gracie Reno, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Finalists: EVOKE Fitness; R.W. Training Facility.

Three months after that challenge, Renzo's cousin, Royce Gracie, would win the first UFC, opening up the MMA market for Renzo, Wallid and the entire jiu-jitsu community.

Renzo Gracie's last fight came in the UFC in 2010, a loss to Matt Hughes. Igor Gracie, 34, trains and teaches at Renzo Gracie Academy in Manhattan and also runs his own gym in nearby New Rochelle.

Renzo Gracie is a world-class mixed martial arts competitor who has spent his life preaching and practicing Brazilian (aka Gracie) jujitsu: a judo-based martial art that his grandfather devised.

The 15th branch of Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu – with a key partner unlike any of his other schools – will be established in Houston. Its construction should be complete by the end of 2023.

Vale tudo became MMA, jiu-jitsu became professional and as a result of this natural evolution, almost all of the great rivalries that marked the history of both sports in Brazil were resolved.