well shimmy... i don't know if rorion actually "hand picked" the fighters as definite victories for royce, but more like he felt pretty confident that royce could defeat any of those guys, since they were one dimensional and knew NOTHING about BJJ, much less basic ground fighting. Plus, they had no real experience with NHB. Royce really didn't either, but he grew up around it all his life and was at least somewhat acostomed to the athmosphere.
also, royce has stated that he had the most respect and some fear of gerard gordeau and also had respect for scott morris too (no shit).
and yeah... ufc4 was fixed too... i too would have hand picked dan severn... a wrestler, 80lbs heavier than royce. what a match maker. (pffftttzzzz)
bottom line, i don't think he necessarily hand picked fighters... the fighters at that time were just not truly cross-trained or experienced in NHB.
no conspiracy here (sorry masala... lol)
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