News Conor McGregor just received his BJJ-blackbelt

Are McGregor’s BJJ-skills blackbelt worthy?

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Thepaintbucket said:
Conor obviously has a good understanding of grappling. However If you are trying to compare him to other fighters who are dedicated ground specialists, it's a clearly going to make him look like a poor man's grappler.

It's probably true to some degree who you get your black belt from matters. But imo at the end of the day what belt you have around your waist does not matter. Jon Jones was submitting people with his white belt.
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Tbf sir, Jon had a very good understanding of grappling overall.
 
McRunner is basically the reincarnation of Rolls.

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TerrorTimmy said:
All that typing and you have ZERO justification for Conor getting a black belt. What justifies it? Go on. Point to some black belt level grappling we've seen from him.

I'll wait.

When you inevitably give up and try to change the topic, just stop. Just move along. Defending this is laughable. Conor doesn't know you exist and isn't going to pay you.
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Lol dude you can’t be serious. I refuse to believe a logical person would actually say what you’re saying without trolling.

You are better at judging Conor’s black belt worthiness than his own head coach? He’s been a brown belt for 9 years! Even if he was practicing bjj for just an hour every other week he would still be good enough for a black belt by now.

What other justification do you want? I’m not there when Conor practices, and neither are you, so why in the world do you think this is a fake belt? Because he hasn’t looked fantastic when he’s gone to the ground against Khabib and Nate? If that’s the case, then I guess only 0.01% of UFC fighters should be black belts.

This isn’t even about defending Conor, this is about defending against absolutely stupid logic.
 
Fitting to see Conor earn a belt he doesn't have to defend.
 
Nightgunner05 said:
Even if he was practicing bjj for just an hour every other week he would still be good enough for a black belt by now.
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No one that practices one hour every two weeks should ever be awarded a black belt unless the circumstances are extenuating. That infrequency would also make it very tough to improve and absorb knowledge at a significant rate.

It's not a matter of how much money you spend or how much cumulative time you've spent on a mat. Practicing that infrequently would be a clear sign you're not taking things seriously, especially if you're supposed to be training as a high-level mixed martial artist. Anyone that awards a black belt to someone who practices one hour every fourteen days should be slapped, especially if the resources are available to them whenever they want.
 
Sweater of AV said:
No one that practices one hour every two weeks should ever be awarded a black belt unless the circumstances are extenuating. That infrequency would also make it very tough to improve and absorb knowledge at a significant rate.

It's not a matter of how much money you spend or how much cumulative time you've spent on a mat. Practicing that infrequently would be a clear sign you're not taking things seriously, especially if you're supposed to be training as a high-level mixed martial artist. Anyone that awards a black belt to someone who practices one hour every fourteen days should be slapped, especially if the resources are available to them whenever they want.
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That’s all well and good that you think that, but someone else might say that the only thing that matters is if you have the skills of a black belt. If practicing once every two weeks gets you the skills eventually, then that’s all that matters. That’s my view anyway.

Either way, none of that matters. I have no idea how often Conor trains bjj. For all I know he could be doing it a few hours every day.
 
Thepaintbucket said:
Conor obviously has a good understanding of grappling. However If you are trying to compare him to other fighters who are dedicated ground specialists, it's clearly going to make him look like a poor man's grappler.

It's probably true to some degree who you get your black belt from matters. But imo at the end of the day what belt you have around your waist does not matter. Jon Jones was submitting people with his white belt.
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True. Matt Hughes is another example - hitting a "Farmaconda" on Almeida, and outgrappling others while not officially having any BJJ belt.
 
In a world getting flooded with black belts I don't see a problem with it
 
Nightgunner05 said:
That’s all well and good that you think that, but someone else might say that the only thing that matters is if you have the skills of a black belt. If practicing once every two weeks gets you the skills eventually, then that’s all that matters. That’s my view anyway.

Either way, none of that matters. I have no idea how often Conor trains bjj. For all I know he could be doing it a few hours every day.
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It's reality. No one who shows that little dedication and work ethic should be given a black belt. No one would acquire the skills necessary anyways. However, if you know of a legitimate example then go ahead and tell me. I'd love to hear about someone that practiced once every two weeks and legitimately acquired the skills necessary to earn a black belt. It's virtually impossible.
 
StonedLemur said:
No, normally they are awarded based on tournaments, and mastering each belt through the progression sir.
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Exactly. You said you never saw him submit someone. In MMA…. Do you attend his gym and BJJ training sessions, sir?

What he’s done or hasn’t done in the UFC/mma is virtually irrelevant to the awarding of his black belt in BJJ.
 
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