Marco was one of my main instructors for about 10 years. He is an incredible example of “living the martial arts lifestyle. #kravmaga #martialarts #marcoruas #mma #kickboxing
My favorite Brazilian fighter of all-time. The prototype MMA fighter with 6 black belts in 6 different martial arts including Brazilian Jiu_jitsu and Luta Livre. My dream fight for the early UFCs would have been between Ruas vs. Don Frye.
Marcos Ruas, for me he was a real Badass from Rio de Janeiro and Brasil 🇧🇷 as well. Imagine if he could have come to America 🇺🇸 when he was in his 20 years old? Rickson Gracie always avoid him
The Gracies always had respect for Master Marco Ruas, but Helio’s vision was to fight JiuJitsu against other Martial Arts, what culminated in UFC1. Master Marco himself recounts once Master Hélio told him, while trying to set up an event to fight him and Master Rickson, said “you don’t fool me, you’re a Jiu-jítsu fighter”
Lol ruas knocked out a dude twice his size with leg kicks and to this day people cross train like he did in the 80s and 90s before anyone even knew what "mma" was
