Media Chase Hooper is a black belt now.

[DragRacer]

If homey standing next to him could stretch his neck out just a bit farther , he could escape manlet status

 

[JoshTehV]

Can't get a belt in heart

 

[Marfa]

This seems fishy. I remember being in a BJJ facility and your belt ranking started at 16. Anything before that was just child belts. You needed 2 years to become a blue belt, another 2 for a purple and then within the next 3-5 years you get your black belt.

At 16 you are eligible for the adult belts. He probably was promoted to blue at 16 and ranked accordingly from there. Bear in mind that a consistent kid who started training at 8 will have more mat time by the time they turn 20 than most hobbyists will ever have.

 

[JoshTehV]

lets see dat boi get a black belt in guts

 

[JustOnce]

Everyone's a black belt now.

 

[DeepFry]

I am not impress

 

[Ace70 V2]

Congrats. Now it's time for him to go somewhere else and see how his bjj stacks up against other schools and continue to learn and grow.

 

[The Rivv]

This seems fishy. I remember being in a BJJ facility and your belt ranking started at 16. Anything before that was just child belts. You needed 2 years to become a blue belt, another 2 for a purple and then within the next 3-5 years you get your black belt.

BJ Penn got his black belt in record time and still was a BJJ champ. Some people are faster through the ranks than others.

 

[Mattola]

Legit BJJ black belt as a 21 year old? Thats fucking impressive. Who is it under? cant find it anywhere.

 

[JustOnce]

BJ Penn got his black belt in record time and still was a BJJ champ. Some people are faster through the ranks than others.

Yes let's compare Mundials champ to Chase Hooper. Brain dead ftw.

 

[The Rivv]

Yes let's compare Mundials champ to Chase Hooper. Brain dead ftw.

What?

 

[FrankDux]

 

[DivineMind]

Short time to get a bb, is it from a mcdojo?

 

[Buff]

I still can't get ny head around the fact he was born in 1999.

I spent 1999 in rehab ffs... I have tattoos older than him.

 

[Ares Black]

Congratulations to Hooper, that's a remarkable achievement for someone so young. His last fight was awesome and I am a fan.

 

[wufabufa]

Depends how good you are. The Ruotolo bro’s started training at age 3 and were purple belts by 17 and are now brown belts closing in on black.

Wasn't Robson Moura BB by 19? I could be wrong. Being a young blackbelt isn't unheard of.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

This seems fishy. I remember being in a BJJ facility and your belt ranking started at 16. Anything before that was just child belts. You needed 2 years to become a blue belt, another 2 for a purple and then within the next 3-5 years you get your black belt.

It takes around 10 years of training regularly (2-3x a day every week) to get a black belt at most legit BJJ places.

Chase started at age 8 and has spent 13 years training and has been aiming to be a pro-fighter so has definitely trained more and harder than an average practitioner. Yes he didn't have "real belts" when he was a kid but he was developing skills at light-speed and practicing them on older opponents (once you are 14-15 and pretty good they will let you roll with adults at a lot of places as well).

I'm sure by the time he was 16 he was tooling "real" blue belts, so he likely got moved up the ladder quickly for the lower level belts. Nothing wrong with that, kid put in the time on the mats.

It's blood, sweat, and tears with no shortcuts - he earned it, much respect to him.

 

[usernamee]

any info on the chick

 

[HatKick]

I like this kid. He's been training with Wonderboy lately. Expect a striking clinic.

 

[Ares Black]

Can't get a belt in heart

When has he not shown heart?