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It should also be noted that there are likely crossover skills when you study a genre of interest.
For instance it is usually much easier for an advanced musician to pick up another musical instrument because they understand the general concepts of reading/writing music, notes, and what they want to produce.
It might take someone years to initially master one programming language, but after that it is significantly easier to learn second and third languages (the same applies to languages that have similar bases).
I would imagine it takes an elite athlete in one sport far less time to learn another discipline than your average person because they are already masters of their own body to some extent.
Also the 10,000 theory just states an expected number of hours, but not the amount of years someone might take.
BJ Penn for example (by his own admission), when he first started learning BJJ, it was all he could think about. It was his life. While all evidence suggests he is a very fast learner, it isn't unrealistic to think he treated BJJ like a job and put in 8+ hours a day training and thinking about it (which would net someone close to 10,000 hours in 3 years).
We also know that GSP puts in tons of work into both training and researching. He puts time into the gym and likely rehashes what he's learned, takes notes, studies etc.
