Kron Stavik Gracie was born on July 11,1988 and is a Brazilian and American mixed martial artist, submission grappler, and instructor.
31 Facts About Kron Gracie
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Kron Gracie currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Training jiu-jitsu from a very young age Kron Gracie became a two-time IBJJF World champion and four-time Pan-American champion before receiving his black belt at the age of 19.
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Kron Gracie was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil the youngest son of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master Rickson Kron Gracie but lived most of his life in Los Angeles after his father moved to California in 1989.
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Kron Gracie began his BJJ training under his father as a child, winning his first competition as a yellow belt at the age of ten.
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Kron Gracie has two older sisters Kauan and Kaulin, his older brother Rockson died in 2000.
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At the age of 16, competing as a blue belt in the Adult lightweight division, Kron Gracie won the 2004 IBJJF American National Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
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At that point Kron Gracie held a record 51-match submission streak.
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In 2008, at the age of 19, Kron Gracie was promoted to black belt by his father a week before the World Championship, however Kron Gracie was submitted by Sergio Moraes in the first match of the middleweight division.
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In 2009 Kron Gracie won the European Championship after defeating Yan Cabral in the final, a few days after the death of his grandfather, Grandmaster Helio Kron Gracie, he then won silver at the 2009 Pan Championship in the middleweight division after losing by points in the final against Lucas Leite.
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At the 2009 Abu Dhabi Combat Club grappling competition in Barcelona, the most prestigious grappling tournament in the world, Kron Gracie lost the 77 kilograms Quarter-final after being submitted via mounted guillotine choke by Marcelo Garcia.
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Two years later Kron Gracie won bronze at 2011 ADCC World after losing again to Marcelo Garcia in a close match after Garcia won by points.
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In October 2012 Kron Gracie participated in a Gi Superfight at Metamoris 1 in San Diego, submitting Otavio Souza at seventeen minutes of Round 1 by armbar.
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In June 2013 Kron Gracie participated in a No-gi Superfight at Metamoris 2 in Los Angeles, defeating Japanese MMA star Shinya Aoki by guillotine choke in seven minutes.
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In October 2013 Kron Gracie won his division of the ADCC World Championship in Beijing submitting all his opponents including Garry Tonon in the Quarter-final, JT Torres in the Semi-final and Otavio Souza submitted by guillotine choke in the Final.
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On February 24,2014, Kron Gracie announced his intention to pursue an MMA career.
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Kron Gracie started training for his first MMA bout with the California based Scrap Pack, a group of fighters comprising Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu students Gilbert Melendez, Nick and Nate Diaz.
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Kron Gracie made his mixed martial arts debut on December 23,2014, facing fellow South Korean wrestler Hyung Soo-Kim at Real Fighting Championship: Real 1 at a catch weight of 161 pounds.
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Kron Gracie won the fight via armbar, sixty-five seconds into the first round.
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Kron Gracie fought on December 31,2015 at Rizin Fighting Federation World Tournament.
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Kron Gracie faced Asen Yamamoto and won the fight by submission via triangle choke in the first round.
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Kron Gracie won via rear-naked choke in the first round.
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Kron Gracie faced MMA veteran Tatsuya Kawajiri at the Rizin Fighting Federation Grand Prix: Final Round event on December 31,2016.
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Kron Gracie won via rear-naked choke in the second round.
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Kron Gracie won the fight via submission due to a rear-naked choke in the first round.
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Kron Gracie faced Cub Swanson on October 12,2019 at UFC on ESPN+ 19.
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Kron Gracie faced Bryce Mitchell on December 7,2024 at UFC 310.
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Kron Gracie lost the fight by knockout via ground elbows in the third round, leading to the first loss via stoppage in his MMA career.
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In January 2021, Kron Gracie announced that he was closing his longtime academy and relocating to Montana to open a new BJJ school in response to the COVID-19 restrictions in place in California.
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Kron Gracie has stated to various media that he believes in the flat Earth conspiracy theory.
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In 2024, Kron Gracie announced the release of his first ever online Jiu-Jitsu instructional.