Similar to the boxer who will drop his hands and throw looping counters, Sakuraba would put himself in calculated danger on the mat to secure his infamous kimura lock or a knee bar. While I am ...

And that's what I did." The kimura submission had the same look that Kazushi Sakuraba would have. While standing, Jin Tae Ho put both hands on his opponent's arm from the clinch, then spun into a ...

He later knocked down Gracie with a head kick, pancaked his subsequent takedown attempt and locked in a kimura from half guard. Sakuraba bent his opponent’s shoulder beyond its bounds until the ...

Royler Gracie refused to tap to a kimura against Kazushi Sakuraba (who turned 41 today), but the bout was stopped at 13:16 of the round when the referee feared that Gracie's arm would be broken.

He later knocked down Gracie with a head kick, pancaked his subsequent takedown attempt and locked in a kimura from half guard. Sakuraba bent his opponent’s shoulder beyond its bounds until the ...

Sakuraba already had kimura grips during the tie-up, and never let go even when he was brought down to turtle position. And as soon as the action went back up, he twisted Renzo’s shoulder and ...

According to legend, it was the first time a Gracie had publicly—perhaps even privately—suffered a loss in a fight since their father Helio fell to Masahiko Kimura in 1951. As Sakuraba made ...