Rener Gracie and Lyoto Machida did an impromptu breakdown the day after the controversial Royce Gracie vs Ken Shamrock 3 fight. In the video, Rener said that Royce did hit Shamrock with a groin strike, but that it was Shamrock’s fault for having a late reaction and that’s why the referee didn’t intervene.
Royce’s camp (including Royler) maintained that Royce did not hit Shamrock’s groin. Royler Gracie didn’t appreciate the breakdown, and he left a comment on the Gracie Breakdown Facebook video. The comment has since then been removed.
In view of this criticism from their uncle Royler, Rener and Ryron were able to dig into all the critical details of fight and this time stated that it wasn’t a knee to the groin but was instead a knee to the lower abdomen.
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