Eddie Bravo
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So he got that off up front.
Because I knew I was going there six months in advance.
I won the trials.
And then six months later, we're the world championship.
I thought, damn, my life's going to suck, but at least I got this free trip to Brazil.
Fuck.
I'm going to have one.
I didn't expect to beat anybody.
I was a brown belt, and everybody there were black belt world champions, including Hoyla Gracie, who the Gracie family are the ones that blew jiu-jitsu up.
They're the most famous family in martial arts ever.
And Hoyla Gracie was the most decorated.
No one ever had even scored a point against him.
He won it three times in a row.
And...
So I went down there thinking I was just going to get whooped, but at least I got a free vacation.
And then when I get back, I got to figure out my life.
So I went down there and I submitted Horla Gracie.
So then when I came back, I was like, oh, shit.
A friend of mine goes, dude, quit that man show job and open up a school right now.
I'm like, fuck.