Royler Gracie is one of the greatest competitors in the history of Jiu Jitsu. He is the most accomplished athlete of all the members of the Gracie family.
Collin Huckbody (9-2) vs. Aaron Jeffery (9-2)
The COVID-19 era has led some organizations to adopt a new event format. Instead of spreading out dates across multiple weeks and months, these companies choose to run shows on consecutive nights. So is the case this week for Cage Fury Fighting Championships, which delivers CFFC 92 on Thursday and follows with CFFC 93 on Friday. The latter of these efforts includes a middleweight title tilt between champion Collin Huckbody and challenger Aaron Jeffery.
“Young Huck” enters on the strength of a six-fight winning streak. The 26-year-old made his pro debut in 2017 after a 6-1-1 amateur run and went just 3-2 through his first five appearances, including a decision loss to Bevon Lewis at Legacy Fighting Alliance 38. Huckbody found his groove in the second half of 2018 and kicked off his current streak with a decision nod over sub-.500 fighter Thomas Krenzel. He marched through 2019 by adding another decision victory and two submissions. T
WATCH: MMA Fighter Gets Choked Out After Waving To Crowd Shinya Aoki chokes out David Gardner at DREAM 7 Photo: dreamofficial.com
KEY POINTS
David Gardner became a meme in the MMA community after his loss to Shinya Aoki in 2009
Gardner waved to the crowd in the middle of the fight, leading to his submission defeat
Since then, Gardner came to be known as the Hello Japan guy.
In mixed martial arts (MMA), the margin of error is so small that one brief mistake could mean the difference between winning and losing.
A split-second could get a cage competitor knocked out, or a brief moment in a bad position will likely get someone submitted.