According to brothers Rener and Ryron Gracie, yes he did. At the last Strikeforce, the Russian was dominated on the ground by Antonio Bigfoot and paid for it with an eye swollen shut after the second round. “Bigfoot had the plan, the size and the Jiu-Jitsu to dominate a legend,” say the brothers. Check out their breakdown of the fight:
"The guard is the salvation of the weak," said Rilion Gracie in a GRACIEMAG interview in February 2009. Well today, after wins from stars Fabricio Werdum (in Strikeforce) and Anderson Silva (in the UFC), everyone seems to understand a little better just how important Jiu-Jitsu's leg game is in a fight situations.
