assoverteakettle Did he really compete in BJJ? I cannot find info about it anywhere...

He also won many full contact matches.

Still laughing. Worlds Greatest Karate Legend knocked out by an amateur

@@raymondfrye5017 did you see that movie Kung Fu act he did that got him knocked out?

@@jquest43 Yes. It's in the above full contact video of him in Hong Kong against some European kid. He is really a clown act from the circus. What is even funnier is that RVC claimed that his style was CHINESE Goju.The Chinese are still laughing.

Kung Fu movies also more interesting than a real fight )))

I am glad you could see that. Guess what? This kumite was done in Hong Kong for the amusement of the Chinese community.

VegasTribeOfJudah .... I believe Ron Van Clief is the oldest fighter EVER in UFC. I believe he fought in UFC1or 2, and he was decidedly into his 50’s

1970's

@@southtxguitarist8926 ....... I know that Master Ron went on to study BJJ .... not sure under who. I agree that it would’ve been nice to see him go against a striker first ..... but the Gracies stacked the deck purposely in favor of Royce. Thanks for the clarification 🙏🏽🤙🏽

i don't know what fight you was watching but i saw a kick to his head and i thought that was illegal. Ron had a chance to do it to him before it happened but he didn't.

Look again 1980's. Van Clief took several body shots with no apparent effect. AND he took several rights on the chin. It was when he tried to pull off that "capoeira" kick-to-the-head stuff that he was knocked out. He was never a real karateka, just some boxing in action and was still around as a clown, comedy act.

@@raymondfrye5017 I’d love to see your real combat competition(s). You don’t have the balls to put them on the line and will never truthfully understand or admit that you are a wussy. Real martial artists do not bag on practitioners. Good OR bad.

@@markpang8847 Yawn!!! Listen up, wise guy! Long before you came on the scene, I was in Okinawa learning karate in school. Ron Van Clief and others were "students" of "Great Grandmaster Guru" Peter Urban,a "10th dan of American Goju". Van Clief was never "Real Goju". He was just some kickboxing, and average at that.

@@raymondfrye5017 eclectic self-made mixture, yes, but very high level skills nonetheless.

Ket sugo

same here. Rules seem confusing.

There is a reason why he kept going to the ground. He wanted to show off his "BJJ training", but it didn't work.

What kind of match is it? Whatever it is it’s full contact fs

@Scotty Crawford training in a grappling art and a striking art is not mma and not effective.Sparring full contact involving striking and wrestling and ground striking is MMA,anything else is not.The ruleset makes the system,not individual techniques which may never have been pressure tested.

70's-80's

That is why showmen, like B. Lee, use stunt men. They avoid getting hurt like Stallone and Lundgren.

Which doesn't exhibit martial arts fighting styles like the competition is tailored for.

superstar1218 Yes! I was thinking the same thing throughout the fight. He had a little speed on him, but not near Sugar Ray's speed!!

Jack Daniel Vithal yeah with a kick while he was on the ground

Van Clief took Kung Fu? With whom? Peter Urban in Chinatown?... as Chinese public's amusement for the Karate Komedy Hour? Hahaha!

Because he was a hype master and movie fighter . never mastered any art so he invented his own so he could be called a master . He was smart :-P

no because he fought real streets fights with no rules, well documented, this tournament has rules you dummy, so you dont know shit about fighting, sports isnt real fighting, its a test of conditioning and favours the physically gifted as in the way they're built.

Shut up

Exhibition martial arts isn't as deadly as the well documented street fights Bruce Lee had idiot

Bruce Lee wasn't just a movie star; he was an instructor to some of the best during his era. And the video footage of him sparring at the Long Beach tournament shows that he did know how to fight. Maybe you didn't see the fighting video. Jim Kelly, Chuck Norris, Bob Wall, Dan Inosanto and others acknowledged his fighting and skills. Only after he's gone have so many people begun to badmouth him. Very few would have or could have done this to his face when he was alive. And if you need proof of his teaching or skills, you can ask his main student, Dan Inosanto, who is still alive and training in California.

Invented by Ronald Duncan and Stephen Hayes,LOL...StllLMAO.

BJJ was not popular at that time. Only in Brazil and Japan

Dirty boxers have always used the thumb part of the glove.

kako se zove nemogu dobro da razumijem kad ovaj na pocetku kaze njegovo ime

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​@@LegijatMNiz Livna, bio je ravnatelj Osnovne Škole Umag

Unfortunately, he didn't spend time learning much about ground fighting.

"Beat the shit out if the Americano"? RVC is so full of shit, it woukd have taken three days,just to get the stink out.

shut yo hateful azz up!

@@sungodjrspot Sorry sungod. I am backing Ashcan above on this one.Van Clief was selling himself as "fighting black hero" when competing in tournaments and exhibtions. He made money fooling kids,teens and their parents. He made money offa fools.

Would be nice to see where you have fought and made a name for yourself. Easy to type shit on the computer. Why weren't you up in there taking Ron out since you want to sound so tough

+BJJ_NYC Grapple I didn't realize I was sounding tough. Sorry if you felt threatened by my statements.. My statement was simply to remark on the fact that everything I have ever seen Ron do has always been with a cocky attitude. If you had read the post properly, you would have realized that is basically all that was trying to state. I wasn't there to challenge him to fight basically because I was probably a toddler up the time lol and no, I have not racked up any accolades from competitive fighting. I never made any claims stating that I was better than him nor that I was better than anyone else. In fact, I applaud people like yourself who are obviously into the competitive aspect of the martial arts. . That's just not something that I choose to do. Once again my remarks were mainly focused on seeing a cocky guy getting beaten. That is always good to watch because it puts people in check. Anyway, if you want to respond in an angry manner that's up to you, I don't have any beef with you man. Peace, and good luck in your training.

That time he was 51 and Gracie was 28,so you can't compare,in his prime he can destroy Royce Gracie,Royce Gracie was a circus and entire Gracie clan set the rules of fighting in their favour,even fight with a 51 year old,Gracie family set their rules so that they can win the match,Royce Gracie should gave the chance to Ron van clief to strike and kick him first considering age and then he should apply his technique but Gracies had fear to loose,the biggest scammers in fighting history.

@scarred10, This was nearly 30 years ago. Please keep that in mind. It seems that they weren't expecting (as I wasn't) a murderous kid going to town on a respected elder... RVC wouldn't do "Mickey Mouse" tournos.

he was 51 years old at that time to be fair. lol

Ahhh yes the gracies.. the biggest scammers in the business who handpicked non-credentialed opponents such as a taxi driver.. Had opportunity to cross train ro give them advatangr then hand picked people that had no idea and never cross trained... those infomercials worked in the beginning but then they got their ass kicked over and over and over until they disappeared...

@@cy4624 More Black Belt Magazine Horseshit. The Gracie's kept saying they were Japanese jiujitsu until Sakuraba fucked them up in front of the entire public; a Brazilian laughingstock.

Royce was 28 years, prime Van clief in his 30s can destroy Royce in few minutes as Royce is an overhyped boring pathetic fighter

@@arindambanerjee3326 Their is not much difference between 30's and 20's...he destroyed him because Ju Jitsu won...