Carlson Gracie, Sr.
| Carlson Gracie | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 13, 1932 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | February 1, 2006 (aged 73) Chicago, Illinois Heart Failure |
| Other names | Champion |
| Nationality |
 Brazilian
|
| Height | 5'11 |
| Weight | 67–72 kg (148–159 lb) |
| Style | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Fighting out of | Rio de Janeiro & Chicago, Illinois |
| Team | Carlson Gracie Team |
| Teacher(s) | Carlos Gracie, Helio Gracie |
| Rank | 9th degree red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Notable students | Anselmo Montenegro, Carlson Gracie Jr., Ricardo De La riva, Allan Goes, Murilo Bustamante, Mario Sperry, Wallid Ismail, Pablo Popovitch, Andre Pederneiras, Ricardo Liborio, Marcelo Saporito, Julio "Foca" Fernandez, Rodrigo Medeiros, Vitor Belfort, Miguel Angel Torres, Stephan Bonnar, Javier Vazquez, Carlos "Carlão" Santos, Carlos Barreto, Marcos da Matta |
| Website | http://www.carlsongraciefederation.com/ http://www.carlsongraciechicago.com |
Carlson Gracie, (August 13, 1932 – February 1, 2006) was a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, founder of the Gracie Jiu Jitsu variant of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with his uncleHélio Gracie, and learned the art from his uncle and his father. He was a member of the Gracie family.
Carlson Gracie would later split from Hélio Gracie's group. He founded one of the top mixed martial arts teams, which spawned many champions. In 2000, following a financial dispute, many of Carlson Gracie's students would split from him to form another MMA team, the Brazilian Top Team. The so called creontes by master Carlson Gracie.
Carlson fought a total of eighteen vale tudo fights, with only one loss to Luta Livre fighter Euclides Pereira in a fight that was held in Bahia. His first fight was in March 17, 1953 against capoeira practitioner Luiz "Cirandinha" Aguiar, apprentice of Mestre Sinhozinho. Carlson won by submission due to mounted strikes after over an hour of fighting. His second match was a draw against another capoeirista, Wilson "Passarito" Oliveira, in May 1953. Carlson had a rematch with Passarito in March 1954 in the longest fight of his career, which he won in the fifth 30 minute round. Most notable are his four matches with Valdemar Santana, who had defeated his uncle Hélio Gracie in a fabled match in May 1955. He beat Santana in the first fight avenging his family. In October 1955 Carlson fought Santana to a draw in a Jiu-Jitsu match. In 1956 and 1957 Carlson won two fights and in 1959 they fought to a draw.
Carlson Gracie trained many top competitors such as Ricardo De La Riva, Allan Goes, Murilo Bustamante, Mario Sperry, Wallid Ismail, Pablo Popovitch, , Kevin Christopher, Andre Madiz, Andre Pederneiras, Julio Fernandez, Ricardo Liborio, Marcus Soares, Rodrigo Medeiros, Ricardo "Rey" Diogo, Marcelo Alonso, Mario Sukata and was also responsible for introducing and mastering Vitor Belfort into Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Carlson Gracie also trained Stephan Bonnar, a finalist in the UFC reality show The Ultimate Fighter 1. He was in Bonnar's corner during his fight against eventual The Ultimate Fighter winner Forrest Griffin. He is the author of a book on the subject of Jiu Jitsu titled Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: For Experts Only, which includes his student Julio "Foca" Fernandez.
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