Demian Maia becomes 4th degree BJJ black belt

[Helmut Zemo]

Congrats to one of the greatest grapplers of all-time.

 

[Randy BoBandy]

If he subs Brown, it's title shot time. He's not a good match up for Robbie.

 

[chitoortiz]

Another crackerjack black belt given out yet again.

Seems like everyone is a black belt nowadays.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Dude will be a red belt Grandmaster before he dies, for sure.

He is one of the greatest BJJ legends of all time.

Really awesome person.

 

[The Big Bang]

Congrats to one of the greatest grapplers of all-time.

Cool.

Like I've stated before, he is the OPPOSITE of Conor.

He is the "Bizarro" Conor as it were.

Amazing on the ground...very low-key...seemingly super chill and respectful, whereas the contrary can be said of Conor.

WAR Maia!

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Sounds about right

 

[ryanrandy]

Hard to believe he could be any higher level

 

[Cry0Therapy737]

I remember when people wrote Maia off after the Yakovlev fight.

Would love to see how Lawler's TDD matches up with Maia who out wrestled guys like Fitch and Story.

 

[ray tango]

I am very much looking forward to his next fight.

 

[1Shot1Stroke]

 

[chinarice]

Great grappler, whom I find painfully boring to watch. I get it, his BJJ is one of the best in the business, however, I find him incredibly boring.

 

[NightwingBJJ]

Hespect

 

[ALAN PARTRIDGE]

Another crackerjack black belt given out yet again.

Seems like everyone is a black belt nowadays.

I got mine with a Happy meal recently

 

[NightwingBJJ]

Haaaaaaaaa. That's so fucked up.

 

[Toxxus]

Hard to believe he could be any higher level

In most any style anything past 2nd degree black belt is not based on skill, but on contribution towards the art. Are you teaching classes? Are you promoting BJJ in your community? etc.

It gets political as fuck at that point.

 

[Stump]

One of the best ever in our sport.

Congratulations, Maia

 

[loisestrad]

I'm serious here: Why not just make a different colour? Instead of certain degrees of black. Could be red. Could be silver, gold, whatever.

 

[1Shot1Stroke]

Haaaaaaaaa. That's so fucked up.

that's what maia is going to do to robbie, people have been overlooking maia the last 2 years.

 

[Montecristo]

All i have got say is Conor is a brown belt soon to be a black belt an so he will equal Demian Maia skills haha

At least on Conor´s and his fans mind

 

[Luger]

He is a freak.
How poorly he made Gunnar look.
Not to mention the comments from Frank Mir, about how Maia dominated him in training.