TheReal ep 43- feat Javier "Showtime" Vazquez owner Gracie Rancho, MMA fighter

IM HONORED TO HAVE JAVIER "SHOWTIME" VAZQUEZ ON "THEREAL".  JAVIER IS THE OWNER OF GRACIE JIU JITSU RANCHO CALIFORNIA, A SUCCESSFUL RETIRED MMA/UFC FIGHTER, AND HUSBAND OF ROSE GRACIE- THE MIND BEHIND GRACIE WORLDS AND GRACIE NATIONALS JIU JITSU TOURNAMENTS.  JAVIER'S STORY IS VERY INTERESTING, AS HE BUILT HIS CAREER AND MADE HIS WAY TO SUCCESS WITH BLOOD AND SWEAT.  BORN IN CUBA, HE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES WHEN HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD, AND GROWING UP HE PROVED TO BE AN AWESOME WRESTLER. FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE, HE PLACED 3RD IN THE CIF TOURNAMENT IN 1994, AND WAS THE CAPTAIN FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAM AND HIS COLLEGIATE TEAM AND PROVED HIMSELF TO BE ONE OF THE BEST BY PLACING 7TH IN THE STATE AND WAS CONSIDERED A LEADER ON AND OFF THE MAT.  IN 1997 HE STARTED HIS JIU JITSU JOURNEY WITH CARLSON GRACIE TEAM AND COMPETED IN EVERY JIU JITSU TOURNAMENT AND SUBMISSION GRAPPLING TOURNAMENT HE COULD, EARNING HIS BLACK BELT IN MERELY 5 YEARS. EVENTUALLY ENDING UP IN MMA, AND ENDED HIS CAREER IN  WITH A VERY SUCCESSFUL RECORD OF 16-5. IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST ALBERTO CRANE, HE TORE HIS ACL AND CONTINUED TO FIGHT THE ENTIRE MATCH. ESPN CALLED IT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DECADE.  WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO JAVIER ABOUT HIS BEGINNINGS IN WRESTLING, HIS JIU JITSU, AND HIS MMA CAREER. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIS SCHOOL GRACIE RANCHO AND  GRACIE NATIONALS AND GRACIE WORLDS. THIS IS A SHOW NOT TO MISS....