First, he had to not let himself get flustered.
Roger Gracie just lost the absolute final, with an armbar firmly in place, to Ronaldo Jacaré, who didn’t quit and left the encounter as champ. After that there was still the weight group final against phenom stifler Rodrigo Comprido. The outcome of this saga was Roger’s first title, as you will recall here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cFDBFL_lA
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