Having cursed Jiu-Jitsu after getting submitted by Rodrigo Minotauro in the UFC, Tim Sylvia started taking his gentle art studies more seriously. During Halloween, the former UFC champion was promoted to the rank of purple belt, by his professor Pedro Silveira.
Check out a video of the bruiser getting promoted and running the gauntlet.
"The guard is the salvation of the weak," said Rilion Gracie in a GRACIEMAG interview in February 2009. Well today, after wins from stars Fabricio Werdum (in Strikeforce) and Anderson Silva (in the UFC), everyone seems to understand a little better just how important Jiu-Jitsu's leg game is in a fight situations.
