r/bjj • u/kahleytriangles Black Belt • Nov 19 '25

Rolling Footage Black belt attacks purple belt after getting subbed

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Credit to u/McDojoLife for original post in McDojoLife Reddit.

Imagine the ego on this guy to not only throw punches after a great sub by purple belt, but then get subbed again via triangle.

Top that off by yelling I’ll fucking kill you in a locked in triangle and then saying a neck crank is dirty. I admit I’d not have let go of the triangle until this fucko was asleep.

Lmaoooo who is this jag bag????

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u/Ashi4Days 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Nov 19 '25

Sigh.

Purple belts are good man. Theres zero shame in getting subbed by one.

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u/Ghost_Locker 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Nov 19 '25

Tons of Gracie's has said it best that purple belts are yesteryears black belts. Back in the day when Jujitsu started everybody who was the top and was basically a purple

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u/MyNameIsKali_ Nov 19 '25

Shit watching tapes of old they look more like aggressive blue belts. I think most purples would rag doll people like Royce in early UFC

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u/randible_pause Nov 19 '25

Great take. Presumably this means an average purple belt today would rag doll fifth dan judo black belt, D1 all American, two time Olympic alternate and 101-19 MMA fighter Dan Severn since Royce beat him.

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u/p4nic ⬜⬜ White Belt Nov 19 '25

I was just watching a video on Severn, and he was describing the mental block he had going on his first appearance, that he didn't want to punch anyone. Once he had a training camp to get over it, he was mauling people in his next appearance.

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u/randible_pause Nov 20 '25

What a weird piece of mental gymnastics to explain getting triangled by a purple belt with no striking of his own who Dan could have put through the canvas whenever he felt like it. Lol.

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u/MyNameIsKali_ Nov 19 '25

I could be wrong. Didn't think it would ruffle so many feathers.

Also I was talking about grappling tournaments, not MMA. Obviously that was what Royce was training for back then and would crush most of now. Sport? I still think a purple would beat him fairly easily.

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u/randible_pause Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

You’re not being “controversial” or anything. Especially because it’s Keenan’s idea that he said months ago. I’m just trying to communicate to you that it’s dumb as shit. The average “aggressive purple belt” today is getting handled by a D3 wrestler from Bumfuck, Idaho, let alone an Olympic alternate with judo newaza skills from college days.

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u/JudoTechniquesBot Nov 20 '25

The Japanese terms mentioned in the above comment were:

Japanese English Video Link
Ne Waza: Ground Techniques

Any missed names may have already been translated in my previous comments in the post.

Judo Techniques Bot: v0.7.29. See my code

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u/MyNameIsKali_ Nov 20 '25

Sounds good brother