Rickson Gracie is often called the greatest MMA fighter ever. He allegedly has over 300 wins with no losses. As far as recognized MMA fights he is 11-0 winninng two vale tudo's along with a number of Pride and other orginizations fights. My question is this if Rickson is the great flag bearer for the Gracie clan why didn't he fight in Pancrase with the rest his elite peers? The top MMA fighters at the time were competing in Pancrase not Japan's or Brazil's vale tudos. Rickson claim of greatness would have been helped with victories over Bas Ruten/Frank&Ken Shamrock etc. Furthermore why was Royce not Rickson chosen to dominate the first several UFC's? This is just really me thinking out loud but maybe one of yall out there is a little more well read on the Gracie clan.