The Influence of Rodrigo Gracie on My Career

Ricardo Omeda, Matt Serra and Dean Lister were all big influences. Hulchigresi had a huge influence since he showed the idea of defense first in Jud Jiu Jitsu. Rodrigo Gracie convinced me to work hard on butterfly guard and X-guard. I just put a very low emphasis on belts in general. No one really cares about it.