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What if you could buy a medal from one of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu\u2019s biggest tournaments without ever stepping onto the mats?<\/p>\n
As strange as it sounds, medals connected to major BJJ competitions regularly appear for sale online, creating a bizarre secondary market for some of the sport\u2019s most recognizable trophies.<\/p>\n
Search through Brazilian marketplaces and you can find medals associated with events such as the Brasileiro, Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Rio Fall International Open and even the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Some listings have asking prices ranging from approximately $43 all the way up to $354<\/strong>, depending on the tournament and medal.<\/p>\n And then there is another side to the market: apparently brand-new replica or fake medals being offered for as little as around $12<\/strong>.<\/p>\n That raises an interesting question:<\/p>\n Why would somebody buy a BJJ medal they never actually won?<\/strong><\/p>\n A competition medal normally represents much more than a piece of metal hanging from a ribbon.<\/p>\n For the athlete who actually earned it, that medal represents the training camp, weight cut, tournament day, division, bracket, opponents, coaches and teammates who were there.<\/p>\n Once the medal ends up on an online marketplace, however, almost all of that context disappears.<\/p>\n You\u2019re simply buying the physical object.<\/p>\n And when it comes to major IBJJF tournaments, pretending you actually won it would be pretty difficult.<\/p>\n The IBJJF maintains extensive historical competition results online. Tournament results, divisions and athlete names can often be traced long after an event has taken place.<\/p>\n So somebody could theoretically buy an IBJJF Worlds or Pan medal and put it on the shelf.<\/p>\n But claiming to have actually won that tournament is another story.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t take much research to check whether someone\u2019s name actually appears in the results from that year.<\/p>\n In other words:<\/p>\n You can buy the medal. You can\u2019t buy your name into the results.<\/strong><\/p>\n And medals are only the beginning.<\/p>\n A look through eBay<\/strong> reveals an entire secondary market for BJJ and grappling memorabilia.<\/p>\n Old IBJJF tournament T-shirts<\/strong> regularly appear for sale, including shirts connected to events such as the Pan Championship and various IBJJF Opens.<\/p>\n Even more interesting are actual grappling championship belts.<\/p>\n Used NAGA championship belts<\/strong> have appeared for sale for well over $100, with belts from previous tournaments being marketed as collectible grappling memorabilia.<\/p>\n Other championship-style belts associated with grappling tournaments can also occasionally be found online, including older Grappling Quest<\/strong> memorabilia.<\/p>\n Then things start getting really strange.<\/p>\n Search deeply enough through online marketplaces and you\u2019ll even encounter used Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu belts<\/strong>, including black belts deliberately photographed with all the fading, wear and tear normally associated with years of training.<\/p>\n For someone unfamiliar with Jiu-Jitsu culture, it might simply look like an old piece of fabric.<\/p>\n For a grappler, though, a heavily worn black belt carries an entirely different meaning.<\/p>\n Which makes the idea of buying someone else\u2019s worn belt particularly bizarre.<\/p>\n Of course, there is nothing inherently unusual about athletes selling old competition memorabilia.<\/p>\n Collectors have bought championship rings, jerseys, trophies, fight gloves and other pieces of sporting history for decades.<\/p>\n A medal belonging to a famous BJJ competitor could legitimately become an interesting collectible.<\/p>\n The distinction comes when the object is separated from the achievement itself.<\/p>\n A medal can change owners.<\/p>\n A championship belt can change owners.<\/p>\n An old tournament shirt can change owners.<\/p>\n Even a worn-out BJJ black belt can apparently change owners.<\/p>\n But the competition record remains attached to the person who actually stepped onto the mats and earned it.<\/p>\n And Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu happens to make that particularly easy to verify.<\/p>\n Major organizations such as the IBJJF have accumulated years of searchable tournament records. Photos, brackets and competition footage provide an additional historical trail.<\/p>\n So while the physical trophies of Jiu-Jitsu are increasingly becoming collectible objects that can be bought and sold online, the accomplishment behind them remains considerably harder to purchase.<\/p>\n You might be able to buy an IBJJF medal online.<\/strong><\/p>\n You still have to win the tournament if you want the result that goes with it.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \ud83d\udca5 What if slowing down was the fastest way to win?<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcad Tired of Getting Smashed by Younger, Stronger Grapplers?<\/p>\n It\u2019s not your age. 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