Robert Drysdale and Marcelo Nunes From the moment his brother purchased some early UFC cassettes featuring Royce Gracie , Marcelo Nunes knew what would his future career would be. Nunes (5-0), who meets world-champion grappler Rafael Lovato (2-0) in tonight’s Legacy FC 54 headliner for the organization’s vacant middleweight title, has since traveled the globe to learn jiu-jitsu, muay Thai and full MMA, and the 27-year-old believes he’s finally come into his own. So when he headlines tonight’s AXS TV-televised event at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa in Catoosa, Okla., he thinks he’s ready to walk in the footsteps of Gracie, one of MMA’s first and biggest stars
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