Around 25 years ago, Royce Gracie won the first UFC with a rear-naked choke. Tonight in Phoenix, Arizona, Kron Gracie continued that tradition.

(Kron) Gracie made his debut tonight against Alex Caceres at UFC on ESPN 1, with plenty of eyes glued on him to see if he could live up to the feared jiu-jitsu of his family name. And as soon as the fight got to the grappling, he proved he could.

Check it out below.

THE LEGACY LIVES ON! #UFCPhoenix pic.twitter.com/JZtH9vq88j

— UFC (@ufc) February 18, 2019

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