Kron Gracie

Kron Stavik Gracie[5] (born July 11, 1988) is a Brazilian and American mixed martial artist, submission grappler, and instructor.

He began his BJJ training under his father as a child, winning his first competition as a yellow belt at the age of ten.

[6] At the age of 16, competing as a blue belt in the Adult lightweight division, Gracie won the 2004 IBJJF American National Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

[14][15] Gracie won silver at the 2011 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, in the lightweight division, submitting Leandro Lo then losing 9-2 to Gilbert "Durinho" Burns in the finals.

[16] At 2012 Pan Am, competing under Rickson Gracie BJJ team, Gracie won bronze in middleweight and bronze in absolute after losing in the final against ultra heavyweight Marcus "Buchecha" Almeida;[17] that same year he became World Jiu-Jitsu Expo Superfight champion[8] after defeating Victor Estima in a tight match won by advantage at the World Jiu Jitsu Expo in Long Beach, California.

[18] In October 2012 Gracie participated in a Gi Superfight at Metamoris 1 in San Diego, submitting Otávio Souza at seventeen minutes of Round 1 by armbar.

[19] In June 2013 Gracie participated in a No-gi Superfight at Metamoris 2 in Los Angeles, defeating Japanese MMA star Shinya Aoki by guillotine choke in seven minutes.

[24] He started training for his first MMA bout with the California based Scrap Pack,[24] a group of fighters comprising Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu students Gilbert Melendez, Nick and Nate Diaz.

[32] Gracie faced MMA veteran Tatsuya Kawajiri at the Rizin Fighting Federation Grand Prix: Final Round event on December 31, 2016.

[51][52] When not competing, Gracie taught jiu-jitsu at his school in Culver City, California[53] and helped run his father's association.

[54] In January 2021, Gracie announced that he was closing his longtime academy and relocating to Montana to open a new BJJ school in response to the COVID-19 restrictions in place in California.