BJJ News — credentials

Kron Gracie already called it. Jeff Glover wants to prove it.

Chris Bones has spent years building one of the most aggressive online presences in BJJ on a very specific foundation. He calls himself a "3rd Degree Black Belt under Master Rickson Gracie and Professor Jason Roebig." That credential — Rickson Gracie's name literally attached to his rank — is load-b

March 2026 was, among other things, the month the BJJ community decided to audit every martial arts credential in existence. Senator Markwayne Mullin told a congressional staffer he was a "black belt world champion" who defeated a Gracie at Worlds.