 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Robson Gracie akadzidza kurwa nababa vake, Carlos Gracie, uye babamunini vake Helio Gracie. Muma1950, Robson akakwikwidza mumakwikwi eVale Tudo. Kurwa kwake kwokutanga kweMixed Martial Arts kwaiva kurwisana naArtur Emidio muna April 1957. Mukati mokurwa Gracie akaisa mupikisi wake, asi akaramba kumusunungura kutozosvikira mutongi avaparadzanisa. Pasinei zvapo nokuduku kwake, zvinoitika zvakadai seizvi zvaizoratidzira upenyu hwaGracie hwebasa somurwi ane shungu. Muma1960, Gracie akashanda semurindi waLeonel Brizola, mukwasha wemutungamiri wenyika yeBrazil panguva iyoyo, João Goulart. Kubatanidzwa kwake mune zvematongerwe enyika kwakamuisa pasi pekuongororwa kwehutongi hwechiuto, zvichitevera 1964 Brazilian coup détat. Kubatsira kwake sangano remagandanga reMarxist Ação Libertadora Nacional kwakatungamira mukusungwa kwake, uye kusungwa kwenhengo dzinoverengeka dzemhuri yake, neBrazilian Secret Service. Mudzimai waGracie, Vera Lucia, akaita zvirevo kuhurumende yemauto eBrazil kuti asunungure murume wake izvo zvakaguma nekusungwa kwake; zvisinei, akakurumidza kusunungurwa.. 