Q&A with UFC legend Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie prefers his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu bouts be based not on points but on the true principles of the sport modernized by his father, Helio Gracie.

Enter Metamoris, founded by Royce Gracie's nephew, Ralek Gracie. The bouts at Metamoris II on June 9 at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles are based on one thing: submissions.

No points can be scored, except from those fans in attendance cheering on the fights.

Newsday spoke with Royce Gracie about the second Metamoris event, the early days of the UFC and what he thinks about the current UFC champions.

So instead, we make it open for every fighter to compete in it and get the top 14 or 16 guys and match them up in the dream matches. No points, just submission. This year, we added a 20-minute time limit.

Sometimes, one fighter dominates the fight, stays on top of the other one -- kind of like when Dan Severn and I when we fought at UFC 4 [in 1994]. If you judged the fight on 15 minutes, he would have won because he was dominating. But he never attempted a submission, he never really landed a solid hit. But he was on top of me, 260 pounds lay on top of 180. He was dominating, but in the end, I tried to submit him more than he did. I tried chokes, I finally ended up catching him in a triangle and he tapped [at 15:49]. So that's the idea of Metamoris -- make the guy go for the submission.

Shinya Aoki vs. Kron Gracie

Braulio Estima vs. Rodolfo Vieira

Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu vs. Brendan Schaub

Mackenzie Dern vs. Michelle Nicolini

Andre Galvao vs. Rafael Lovato Jr.

Bill "The Grill" Cooper vs. Ryan Hall

(* subject to change)

When: June 9, 4 p.m. PDT

Where: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles.

Watch: metamoris.com/live-stream for $19.95.