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Eighteen years ago, a slender Brazilian wearing white gi tied off with a black belt introduced himself, his family and his sport to the world. Not many people watched on Nov. 12, 1993, as Royce Gracie won three times in a matter of hours to captu...

It was his first fight in front of American fans but Kazushi Sakuraba proved to be a wilted fighter, whose entertainment value now resides in memories than his improvisations in the ring.