Daniel Gracie
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| Born | Daniel Simoes June 28, 1972 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) |
| Division | Light Heavyweight |
| Team | Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu |
| Rank | 4th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 10 |
| Wins | 5 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Daniel "Gracie" Simoes, a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), mixed martial arts and professional wrestler . He is cousin to Renzo Gracie, Ralph Gracie, Charles Gracie and Ryan Gracie.
Daniel “Gracie” Simoes was born June 28, 1972 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being very close to his cousins; Charles, Renzo, Ralph and Ryan Gracie, jiu-jitsu was always present in Daniel’s life growing up. He started taking training more serious around 1982, training under Carlos Gracie, Jr. at Gracie Barra. He received his black belt in 1996 after winning at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the absolute division as a brown belt.
Gracie has competed both in sport BJJ and mixed martial arts events such as the PRIDE Fighting Championships, the International Fight League, and the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship. He fought for Team Gracie in the IFL, where he submitted former UFC fighter Wes Sims. After a TKO loss in 2006, Daniel decided to walk away from MMA for a while to concentrate on teaching BJJ at Renzo Gracie's Academy.
Gracie made his return to MMA after a 4-year hiatus from fighting. He fought at Israel FC: Genesis and earned a quick 1st round submission victory.
Gracie participated in the Bellator Season 4 light heavyweight tournament that began in March 2011 on MTV2. He was eliminated in the opening round at Bellator 38 by Tim Carpenter via split decision.
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