Patrick Smith vs Royce Gracie
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
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Patrick Smith and Royce Gracie met once (1994). Royce Gracie won in 1994 by submission.
SOURCE·Patrick Smith (fighter) and Royce Gracie — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Patrick Smith | Royce Gracie | |
|---|---|---|
| — | Reach | 76.4″ (194 cm) |
| 74″ (188 cm) | Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) |
| — | Reach advantage | +6.07% |
| 20–16 | Record | 15–2 |
| 95% | Finish rate | 87% |
| 7 | Longest unbeaten run | 4 |
| 38 | Recorded bouts | 20 |
| Orthodox | Stance | Southpaw |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Common opponents
Both fought these 4. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.
| Opponent | Patrick Smith | Royce Gracie |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Shamrock | L | W |
| Ken Shamrock | L | D |
| Kimo Leopoldo | L | W |
| Ken Shamrock | L | W |
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Patrick Smith
Royce Gracie
Where this pairing leads
The full ledger: 38 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
20–16 Royce GracieThe same, from the other corner — 20 bouts and the cohort Gracie is ranked inside.
15–2 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
900 BOUTS