Rickson Gracie
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So in my mind, there was no defeat.
It was just victory, and that's it.
Because...
I believe what I do is perfect.
Yeah, that was my first professional fight.
I was 19 years old.
The guy was 30-something.
Oh!
He has 120 fights...
and four draws, so 120 victories and four draws.
You know, he was never being defeated.
Wow.
And my father pulled me to, I was crazy about representing, and he kind of received a call from the manager of this other guy.
And he set up a fight.
He said, no, I'm sorry, I don't have nobody to fight.
And then I said, dad, please pull me in, pull me in, pull me in.
I said, I have a kid here, 19 years old.
And the manager said, no, master, this guy is professional.
He's a very tough guy.
And as the guy tried to take my father out of the deal, my father got excited because he felt like, oh, I'm going to have to put this kid to prove himself.