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UFC Matchmaker Mick Maynard receives black belt from Renzo Gracie After 15 Years

UFC Matchmaker Mick Maynard receives black belt from Renzo Gracie After 15 Years

In many ways UFC Matchmaker is among the most important positions in the UFC. Last night marked a momentous occasion for the current UFC Matchmaker Mick Maynard – he received his jiu jitsu black belt after 15 years!

“It’s been about 15 years, and I always said to myself, ‘You’re a kickboxer. It doesn’t matter that it took you five years longer than average,’” Maynard joked at the ceremony earlier today at Renzo Gracie Academy in New York. “I’ve always liked jiu-jitsu a lot, and I just really maintained so that I wouldn’t get tapped out all the time, and then as the years went on – and more importantly since becoming a member of Master Renzo’s association, Renzo Gracie Academy – the like and the love has become a passion, so it’s almost unusual in a sense that I’m getting my black belt now, because I love it. All of my family does it, and it’s changed my entire life.” – Maynard told MMAJunkie

“Perseverance pays off,” Gracie told MMAjunkie. “Eight years as a brown belt, and today he kicked my ass. A well-deserved black belt – welcome to a very select family.”

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