Sherdog’s Top 10: Greatest Walkouts

Lev PisarskyMay 08, 2023


7. Royce Gracie “The Gracie Train” | UFC 1-4


Easily the oldest walk-out on this list, I couldn't even find it on YouTube. Yet it was one of the most iconic images of the early Ultimate Fighting Championship. A long procession of Gracies, with their hands resting on the shoulders of the man in front, would all walk out to the cage. Most wore track suits, but somewhere in the middle would be Royce in his white gi, ready to dominate three or four opponents in a single night, including many outweighing him by 50 pounds. It was intimidating and awe-inspiring, one of the great walkouts of the very early UFC and stirs feelings of nostalgia and wonder in any old-school fan—especially those lucky enough to have seen it live.

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