Phillipe Nover Awarded Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt
Phillipe Nover
The Ultimate Fighter 8 lightweight finalist Phillipe Nover, who has recently drawn comparisons to UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, was awarded his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt on December 6th by Abu Dhabi champion Alexandre “Soca” Freitas.
Nover announced the accomplishment on Saturday on his blog.
“My teacher Soca gave me my black belt today. It has been a long journey and I have finally arrived,” wrote Nover on his blog. “I’ve been training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu for over 8 years. To me, obtaining a black belt brings the art to full circle. I will continue to train just as hard as I have been and will strive to the top. Thank you to all my training partners and teachers, especially Soca for believing in me! I only hope to make you all proud next week and bring home victory! I will keep this fire in me burning. My time is now!
Nover meets fellow TUF 8 lightweight finalist Efrain Escudero on Saturday at The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale for the season’s 155-pound tournament title.
Finally, here’s a video of Nover being awarded his belt:
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“I only hope to make you all proud next week and bring home victory! I will keep this fire in me burning. My time is now!”
I was at this point I expected his hair to get bigger and yellow, while a glow surrounds him and he jumps 50 feet into the air, screaming, before tossing Efrain over a mountain….
Congrats, not an easy task to do. i dont think he will have to use his newly acquired black belt to beat Efrain though, his standup is galaxies away compared to Efrain
I don’t think that Efrain will offer him much of a challenge either.
Glad he didn’t faint, that would have been embarrassing.
“I will keep this fire in me burning. My time is now!”
Dude, I think they make a cream for that….
Efrain is soooo dead. To sort of quote Amir, “I predict Phillipe Nover to win by murder.”
BJJ doesn’t have a traditional and congratulatory “arm bar” or “triangle” administered by the awarding grand master Black Belt?
Nover gonna be great to watch progress.
i think its going to be better then everyone expects efrain is a good fighter. i got nover by unami.
What a great accomplishment. It is going to be a good fight for Nover.