Royce would go on to win two more MMA titles after his victories in UFC 2 and UFC 4, defeating opponents representing several other styles including boxing, shoot-fighting, karate, muay thai, taekwondo, and wrestling. UFC 1 ultimately was regarded as a showcase for Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as Royce Gracie handily submitted each of his opponents to become the first ultimate fighter and champion of UFC 1. The smaller of the Gracie brothers, Royce Gracie represented his family in America’s first televised mixed martial art (MMA) tournament. In 1993, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was organized by Rorion Gracie and Art Davies and held in Denver, Colorado. In order to differentiate themselves from the Gracie Academy run by Helio Gracie and Rorion Gracie at the time, many schools began referring to their art as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instead of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Additionally, other Brazilians (i.e., the Machado brothers, Carlos Machado and Jean-Jacques Machado, among others) began teaching their version of jiu-jitsu as well. When the Gracie family moved to America and began teaching Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, several family members broke away and opened their own schools. This led to the birth of a self-defense system called Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
Because Helio Gracie only weighed 140 pounds, he did not have the strength, size, or athleticism to compete in Judo, so he began modifying the traditional techniques so that he could use leverage and timing to defeat larger, stronger opponents. In 1917, the Gracie brothers, Carlos and Helio Gracie began learning traditional Kodokan judo from a judoka named Mitsuyo Meada (also called Conde Koma, Portuguese for Count Combat).
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