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because the gracies are done in mma.
their discipline is too one dimensional. it worked fine when opponents did not know any better, or any way out of the moves.
You just have to watch Royce in K1 to realise that the ground game was over for him/them; for example, versus; Hideo Tokoro.
Tokoro not an outstanding guy, and even with rules to suit Gracie he couldn't get the win. Gracie kept taking him down and was unable to beat a simple defense.
MMA is about using everything to create a chance to win, i.e punch kick, damage the opponent, take them down and force them to tap..
simply trying to take someone down and submit them without wearing them out (unless you call palm strikes to the side of the head being worn out) just doesn't work any more. Fighters are too well versed on the most part to get caught in a submission without any setup work.
The level of standards in the UFC rose between like UFC 4-8 during this time Royce chose to leave, imo to escape a beating, not dissimilar to the beating he took from Matt Hughes when he did actually fight someone who would hit him hard. (set up the submission and almost get it, i.e break his arm off.)
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