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Abmar Barbosa's version of the "Medal Chaser's?"

I hope so. I would love to be a TLI medal chaser. I just don't have a solid enough mentality to leave school to train full time :/
 
I hope so. I would love to be a TLI medal chaser. I just don't have a solid enough mentality to leave school to train full time :/

man i so would drop everything, i just dont have a visa to go to usa for more then 3 months lol
 
it will help the sport get more exposure, which is good, then these top athletes can get paid
 
Its funny to me how middle class Americans dream of being broke World champs while broke World champs dream of being middle class Americans.Somewhere in Brazil is a kid killing it on the mats training multiple times a day with the dream of coming to America and becoming middle class.
 
Its funny to me how middle class Americans dream of being broke World champs while broke World champs dream of being middle class Americans.Somewhere in Brazil is a kid killing it on the mats training multiple times a day with the dream of coming to America and becoming middle class.

Lol so true
 
Its funny to me how middle class Americans dream of being broke World champs while broke World champs dream of being middle class Americans.Somewhere in Brazil is a kid killing it on the mats training multiple times a day with the dream of coming to America and becoming middle class.

lol +1
 
Its funny to me how middle class Americans dream of being broke World champs while broke World champs dream of being middle class Americans.Somewhere in Brazil is a kid killing it on the mats training multiple times a day with the dream of coming to America and becoming middle class.

this is absolute gold
 
Yeah they need to make like Job Chasers for kids in Brazil to watch.

They can all dream of making it in America, getting a desk job, and spending that job posting on Sherdog like the rest of us.
 
yeah they need to make like job chasers for kids in brazil to watch.

They can all dream of making it in america, getting a desk job, and spending that job posting on sherdog like the rest of us.

bahahahahahahahaha
 
Its funny to me how middle class Americans dream of being broke World champs while broke World champs dream of being middle class Americans.Somewhere in Brazil is a kid killing it on the mats training multiple times a day with the dream of coming to America and becoming middle class.

I remember seeing a short clip of Palhares where he talks about how awesome it is to just go to the fridge to get food when he is hungry and he is so grateful BJJ has allowed his kids to do that too. Different worlds.
 
Lmfao. Us middle class sherdoggers are out of our minds sometimes.
 
Its funny to me how middle class Americans dream of being broke World champs while broke World champs dream of being middle class Americans.Somewhere in Brazil is a kid killing it on the mats training multiple times a day with the dream of coming to America and becoming middle class.

marcelo garcia is a world champ, but i am pretty sure he is not broke

people want to make a living doing what they love, if they love bjj then yes, they want to make a living doing that.
 
well, being a world champ in Brasil does not guarantee financial success..but if the same person moves to the US, his financial success is almost guaranteed.
 
people want to make a living doing what they love, if they love bjj then yes, they want to make a living doing that.

I love sex, but I have no desire to be a porn star. When you have to do something full time to pay yours bills, you sometimes find out that you don't love the activity in quite the same way.

I respect the hell out of BJJ world champions, and I train with several. But I don't dream of trading places with them.
 
Yeah they need to make like Job Chasers for kids in Brazil to watch.

They can all dream of making it in America, getting a desk job, and spending that job posting on Sherdog like the rest of us.

ha!
 
We as Americans are blessed with these types of first world problems. Sitting behind a desk hating our lives with our 2 story houses and 4 cars, only to complain about only having a 2 car garage.

i wish i could take part in this. i'm from northern Va originally. But, bills to pay and the military isn't too keen on a one year sabbatical to "wrestle around". lol
 
i wish i could take part in this. i'm from northern Va originally. But, bills to pay and the military isn't too keen on a one year sabbatical to "wrestle around". lol
There are programs like the Army's World Class Athlete Program. Those essentially want you to already be a top 2 or top 5 guy in your weight class in the country prior to acceptance though.

They do pay you to train (while requiring that you still be somewhat current on your soldierly duties), which is nice.
 
There are programs like the Army's World Class Athlete Program. Those essentially want you to already be a top 2 or top 5 guy in your weight class in the country prior to acceptance though.

They do pay you to train (while requiring that you still be somewhat current on your soldierly duties), which is nice.

that is an awesome program. Navy could learn a thing or two, not like I'm anywhere near the top 5 in anything in the US.
 
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