Hello all, I made my first jump to expert as a newly promoted blue belt lol my decision came after having a good last 2 years in intermediate as a white belt and losing about 75lbs i move better and than i ever did before and just wanted the chance to experience higher level belts in competition. I was told by the bracket table he was a carlson gracie brown belt, The guy told me after he was a brown bet in gi but not what school he was an instructor from wherever he was from someone on fb pointed out his rash guard logos weren't of gracie so not exactly sure on his lineage. I wanted to get a finish but i'm happy either way. Still got some bad habits to fix like staying flat on my back during LD but overall felt pretty good with how i moved and such guy had an incredible base.