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Frankie Edgar and Marlon Moraes receive BJJ Promotions from Ricardo Almeida along with Tom DeBlass

Frankie Edgar and Marlon Moraes receive BJJ Promotions from Ricardo Almeida along with Tom DeBlass

 

 

Ricardo Almeida recently gave out promotions to two of his students representing in the UFC.

Marlon Moraes received his black belt after many years of training.

Moraes captioned the promotion:

 Graduation Black belt at RABJJ, great honor to receive the belt of the hands of the Teacher @ricardoalmeidabjj Thank you so much @mottaprimebjj @chavesjj @flavioserafin you are also part of this graduation, I have learned a lot from you and I am very grateful for the teachings Oss

Almeida wrote on the occasion:

Congratulations gentleman! @mmarlonmoraes Congratulations on your Black Belt, 6 years as a Brown Belt and I tried to promote him last year but he wouldn’t accept it. You won’t find a more humble guy!!

#hometeam 🥋 such an honor to have these guys on our mats day in and day out!! Congratulations gentleman! @mmarlonmoraes Congratulations on your Black Belt, 6 years as a Brown Belt and I tried to promote him last year but he wouldn’t accept it. You won’t find a more humble guy!! @frankieedgar Black Belt 1st Degree – our team leader/captain always setting the pace we all try to follow. @tomdeblass Black Belt 3rd Degree – One of our OGs who started when we were still in a racket all court and helped us built the team. @timurvaliev_df Brown Belt -the original Dagzilian, the first brother from Dagestan to come reinforce our team. @ramazan_kuramagomedov_ Purple Belt – The younger Dagzilian and the future!! This kid with 1 year of BJJ training took second at ACB Jiu Jitsu World Championships in Russia @renzograciebjj @mark_henry7 @rabjjacademy @dagestan_fighter #mma #bjj #rabjj .

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Former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar received a first degree on his black belt.

Black Belt 1st Degree – our team leader/captain always setting the pace we all try to follow

Tom DeBlass received his 3rd degree :

One of our OGs who started when we were still in a racket all court and helped us built the team.