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Josh Barnett has spent his career bouncing between the UFC heavyweight title and pro wrestling rings, but tucked into his resume is a piece of grappling trivia most competitors would never dream of pulling off.<\/strong><\/p>\n Back in 2009, he entered the black belt division at the IBJJF No-Gi World Championships despite having no BJJ competition history, no lineage on file, and no black belt awarded by any instructor whatsoever. According to Barnett, the entire adventure began as nothing more than talking a friend into competing:<\/p>\n I did it on a whim too because I did it to get my buddy Victor Webster to compete. Webster wasn\u2019t going alone, though:<\/p>\n He goes: \u201cI\u2019ll do it if you\u2019ll do it. And I\u2019m, like, come on.\u201d From there, Barnett got himself added to the bracket on short notice, jumped off a flight straight from pro wrestling commitments in Japan, and showed up with barely any preparation behind him:<\/p>\n I flew in from doing pro wrestling in Japan and did, you know, did some working out and then showed up on Sunday and beat everybody.<\/p>\n The real oddity of it all was that Barnett had no actual rank in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to begin with:<\/p>\n The very next year, you get what I\u2019ve heard called the \u201cBarnett rule\u201d in IBJJF.<\/p>\n So now you have to register your black belt and all that. Because I had no belt. I didn\u2019t even come from jiu-jitsu. I didn\u2019t train jiu-jitsu. \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. It\u2019s your strategy.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a passionate grappler over 35 who\u2019s sick of getting outpaced, outmuscled, or out-cardio\u2019d by opponents half your age \u2014 this 120 page e-book<\/strong> was made for you.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd13 Unlock the Power of Sloth Jiu-Jitsu:<\/p>\n \n Tired of waking up sore and burnt out after lifting?
And, well, he won it!<\/p>\n
Because he was acting and doing all this stuff and I\u2019m like: \u201cBro, you are good enough that you could medal out here. You should go.\u201d<\/p>\n
So I\u2019m already out here coaching people whatever. So I was like \u2013 fine.<\/p>\n
I was not a black belt under anyone.<\/p>\n
I just walked into the black belt division and just won it.<\/p>\nSloth Jiu-Jitsu: The Ultimate Guide for Calmly Beating Bigger, Younger Opponents <\/h2>\n
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