how is lauzon a purple belt?!?!?

Just like the title says i was amazed when i found out one of the guys with most subs in the ufc is a purple belt. And he has done amazing submissions finishes!!

 

Rac****s aren't allowed to go higher than purple.

 

where did you see that he is a purple belt? I know for the longest time he called himself a "no belt", meaning that although he trained BJJ every day for years, he was not moving up any formal ranking system.

 

Why? What's wrong with rac****s?

Edit: Why is that word censored? I typed the name of an animal that appears to be wearing a mask.

 

Oftentimes people who train mostly no Gi BJJ don't have high belt ranks

 

That's what Wikipedia, the compendium of all human knowledge, says.

 

Belts are overrated

 

They have rabies and get into the trash.

 

Belts mean nothing in MMA.

Need proof?

Jon Jones is a white belt in BJJ

 

His BJJ instructor has only seen fit to give him a purple belt so far. /thread

 

He doesn't train with a gi and there are no belt in no-gi. And besides, belts are here only to prevent your pants from falling down.

 

UFC.com said he was a black belt.

Lies.

 

Iv seen this as well. It's pretty mind boggling if true which I doubt. He's a black belt level at least in no gi and if there were belt rankings for MMA bjj he's black. Only gsot has out grappled and he's a phenomenal practicioner.

 

He said he was a purple in one of his Q and A livestreams, it's because he trains no gi only

 

what about championship belts?

thanks for the answers

 

cause he isn't under Nog's?

 

Its a racist term used against black people.

 

The place I took submission grappling was a Kenpo place.. The guys there were high level grapplers with no belt in JJ. You can grapple without one. I think Frank Shamrock and Sakuraba proved that 15 years ago kiddies.

 

Don't think he's been training with an instuctor who's allowed to grade him, doesn't mean anything though, he might just be very good at MMA jiujitsu but nothing special at stand alone BJJ.

 

It was more Joe's gas tank that let him down against Gsot than his grappling.