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Eddie Bravo Just Rewarded Tony Ferguson His 10thP Black Belt

Eddie Bravo Just Rewarded Tony Ferguson His 10thP Black Belt

 

 

Interim lightweight champion of the UFC Tony Ferguson got a lovely surprise from his instructor late yesterday – he’s just been awarded his 10th planet black belt.

In the past Ferguson has been quoted saying he’s more interested in the coveted brazilian jiu jitsu ranking than in the UFC title:

I’m more interested in receiving my black belt from Eddie Bravo’s 10th Planet jiu-jitsu system than the UFC belt right now. The [UFC] belt is tarnished, man. I feel like the belt has been in so many different hands, it’s so polluted. It needs to be recycled by the time I get there.”

“I think everybody wants me to get the title, but for me, I don’t do what everybody else wants me to do. I’m a leader, not a follower, man. I’m a super fighter. I create super fights. The people who actually give me the righteous fights are the ones who are going to be the best for me, give or take whether it’s a title fight. I really don’t give a [expletive]. I really don’t.”

And now his wait is finally over as Bravo has awarded him the ranking. Bravo writes:

 

The day I got back to Jean Jacques Academy after 2003 ADCC, he gave me the black belt off his waist. Tonight I gave it to @tonyfergusonxt

 

Ferguson has yet to comment on the promotion