Urijah Faber vs. Royce Gracie (in his prime)

Question

Who do you think would win: Gracie in his prime, or Urijah Faber now?

If you don't know who that is, what do you think about these matchups:

Royce Gracie in his prime vs...

- BJ Penn

- Georges St. Pierre

- Feder Emelenianko (sp)

- Anderson Silvia

Answer 1

royce

Answer 2

Uriah, Bj, GSP, Fedor, and Anderson would all beat Royce in his prime. Royce is a great fighter and has done more for MMA than anyone else but the fighters of today are just much more evolved and better at all aspects. Bj would beat Royce on the ground since Bj is a world champ at BJJ and Royce is not. Uriah is basically a smaller version of Matt Hughes except is better all around. Uriah has choked a BJJ black belt in one of his fights and Jeff had Uriahs back for an entire round and couldn't catch Uriah in the choke. Uriahs BJJ, wrestling and standup is up there with the best of them. GSP would win because he has great takedowns and takedown defense so any hope of Royce winning the fight would go out the window. If GSP took it to the ground, GSP's BJJ is great and would probably overwhelm Royce with a submission or strikes. Fedor has submitted many top grapplers so Royce wouldn't have a chance since hes not a top grappler. Anderson is just as good on the ground and has much better striking. I love watchin Royce kick some *** but his day is over, the fighters are on a whole nother level now.

Answer 3

Faber,because jujitsu is common practice in MMA now it wasnt when gracie was winning in the ufc.Royce is a legend but his standup was bad,he got killed by matt hughes in the ufc because his standup was so bad.Fabor would beat him back in the day if,because everybody knows jujitsu now in MMA

Answer 4

In his prime Royce Gracie. In my personal opinion.

He was the tournament winner in UFC 1,2,4, and his family are the originators of BJJ, so I would suspect he is better at BJJ than any of the above. It is his stand up as he got older that I think cost him.