How did Eddie Bravo get to be an expert commentator at early UFC with zero credentials?

[AmonTobin]

There was a noob with zero credentials commentating next to GSP last night at Karate Combat. Eddie at least knew what he was looking at.

 

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To be fair being a blue belt in BJJ at the time made him more knowledgeable about MMA than being a black belt in Karate or TKD

Do you know how silly an elite striker can make a grappler look?

 

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There was a noob with zero credentials commentating next to GSP last night at Karate Combat. Eddie at least knew what he was looking at.

I know... Karate Combat hires football players and comedians

 

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MMA was an underground sport that was still being called "human cock fighting" by mainstream media.

What credentials was he supposed to have for the job?

Mainstream media doesn't determine what we are watching. Tank Abbott was a legit martial artist.

 

[maximus__]

He's a beast now days but I was surprised to see him in early UFC as an expert commentator. Was he friends with Rogan back then too?

Joe Rogans friend and JJ coach in a time when nobody knew what JJ really was.
Joe's job was to provide context for the grappling early on before it became more available to the public. His coach provided further information, just makes sense.

 

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Joe Rogans friend and JJ coach in a time when nobody knew what JJ really was.
Joe's job was to provide context for the grappling early on before it became more available to the public. His coach provided further information, just makes sense.

Haha. Joe barely knew JJ. More likely that he was hired because of his TaeKwonDo background

 

[NoSmilez]

He couldn't be more than a blue belt in BJJ back then.

Bravo that is

I think he is a black belt by then. You are talking around mid 2000s?

 

[Yep]

Someone once told me,it’s not what you know it’s who you know. Who knew?

 

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I think he is a black belt by then. You are talking around mid 2000s?

No. Early 2000s. Even.

 

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Someone once told me,it’s not what you know it’s who you know. Who knew?

He or she is very wise.

 

[Poirierfan]

Hoe Jogan

 

[NoSmilez]

No. Early 2000s. Even.

He was already a purple. Things were different back then. You could teach as a purple already.

 

[jeff7b9]

Smoking weed with the right people will take you places

Smoking weed with the wrong people will take you places too.


Very different places though.

 

[maximus__]

Haha. Joe barely knew JJ. More likely that he was hired because of his TaeKwonDo background

Joe Rogan's First Ever Jiu-Jitsu Training

No one can forget their first experience wearing a kimono. Actor Joe Rogan has always been fearless when it comes to facing the unknown. In 1994, the comedian, originally from New Jersey, made the move to Los Angeles in pursuit of opportunities with major television networks and studios. Rogan...

www.bjjee.com

Nobody knew JJ back then. Joe knowing what the guard is would have made him the most knowledgeable person in the commentary staff at that time.

 

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Joe Rogan's First Ever Jiu-Jitsu Training

No one can forget their first experience wearing a kimono. Actor Joe Rogan has always been fearless when it comes to facing the unknown. In 1994, the comedian, originally from New Jersey, made the move to Los Angeles in pursuit of opportunities with major television networks and studios. Rogan...

www.bjjee.com

Nobody knew JJ back then. Joe knowing what the guard is would have made him the most knowledgeable person in the commentary staff at that time.

Who knows. Jim Brown was a football player and they hired him lol.

 

[Haj01]

Because he taught and trained ufc brah

 

[Elvis.]

In 2003 he was a brown and tapped Royler in ADCC , was it before that ?

 

[Flower2dPeople]

He couldn't be more than a blue belt in BJJ back then.

Bravo that is

I think he got the gig after tapping Royler as a brownbelt. He probably got his black belt right away because it's friggin' Royler.

 

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In 2003 he was a brown and tapped Royler in ADCC , was it before that ?

Yes before

 

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I think he got the gig after tapping Royler as a brownbelt. He probably got his black belt right away because it's friggin' Royler.

No way. He was younger in the clip I Saw. Strange thing is, he didn't comment on jiujitsu... More of an overall commentator lol.

That's like putting one of you out there.