BJJ powerhouses, Royce Gracie and Eddie Bravo don’t see eye to eye.<\/p>\n
Chael Sonnen recently sat down on his Youtube channel to explain their ongoing feud.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Royce] said, \u2018People think I have a problem with Eddie [Bravo] because he came to Jiu-Jitsu and created a rubber guard, or because he renamed moves, or because he did so well in business,\u2019” said Sonnen as he paraphrased a conversation he had with Royce Gracie.<\/p>\n
“He said, \u2018It\u2019s none of those things\u2019. He said, \u2018I didn\u2019t like some of the images that Eddie was portraying towards the community of Jiu-Jitsu and was spilling over to me.'”<\/p>\n
Sonnen and Gracie credited Bravo for his ability to effectively market the sport and his success launching 10th planet Jiu-Jitsu. That didn’t stop the BJJ royalty taking issue with Bravo typecasting the sport:<\/p>\n
“Royce said ‘Man, good for him. I’ve got no problem [with that]. He loves Jiu-Jitsu, I love Jiu-Jitsu, but I don’t love some of the stereotypes that he-on accident or on purpose- was perpetuating.’<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Eddie doesn\u2019t like the gi, I do, Eddie made a comment that he cleans his mat with a gi, that bothered me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Royce Gracie<\/a>, he was looking for Eddie Bravo for five years before he got the opportunity to confront him backstage. After a grappling match between Royler Gracie and Eddie Bravo at Metamoris, the younger Gracie approached his foe.<\/p>\n Gracie went to say his piece to Bravo but Eddie’s mentor, Jean Jacques Machado stepped in and grabbed Royce Gracie to calm him down.<\/p>\n “He [Royce] said ‘Jean don’t you touch me, you go grab him, you keep him away from me. I won’t get any closer. All I came here to do was to tell him my piece and that’s it. If he<\/em> wants to do something else, I’m open to it, but that’s not what I’m here to do.'”<\/p>\n Sonnen believes the animosity is out of character for Gracie who usually steers clear of feuds. Both the Jiu-Jitsu veterans have great respect for what each has done for the sport, but Gracie reminded Sonnen that the Gracie family don’t forget a feud. Watch Chael Sonnen<\/a> tell the full story below:<\/p>\n