Rickson Gracie
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Immediately, I felt like a double-trick that, because if I say, no, he has to sign, he could leave and tell I'm scared, I'm afraid, or I was quitting, whatever.
Said, no, no, no, forget the waiver, throw the waiver out.
He coming to fight.
Come over, let's fight, man.
And then the fight begins.
And I felt his approach was he wanted to hit me hard on the face.
His base, the way he's positioned himself, comes more towards the striking mode than actually grappling.
And based on that, I kind of played myself a little dummy for him to approach.
When he go for the punch, I deflected, grabbed him under the waist, lift, throw him on the floor, mounted, and I start to beat him up.
But in my mind, different than a regular competition was not about defeating the guy and make him tap.
Because if I make a clean victory and make him tap, he can stand up and say, nothing happened.
So I have to show physically the damage.
So my intention was not just put him to sleep or squeeze his arm.
It was just punch him in the face.
And after some punches and break his nose and make him very bloody...
He turns back and I choke him out and put him to sleep.
And as he's sleeping face down on the ground, I stood up and tell the press could come in.
So the press start to come in and take pictures of everything.
And the president of his friend tried to cover his face to don't show he's all bloody and stuff.
And then...