We had to expel Jason Latona and take his ranking away. When I got to Singapore he claimed he was a purple belt in the gi. I rolled with him and said I couldn't acknowledge his belt and would start him off at white, later granting a blue.
After continually trying to wear purple ranked 10th Planet gear, and lying to people that he had 25 years of jiu jitsu experience, and complaining that he wasn't a purple belt in 10th Planet, I finally said I'd vet his claims of receiving a purple belt in 2001, and 2009, by 3 different instructors. I told him if he checked out, I'd help him more on the path to purple.
It turns out the person he claimed he received the purple belt from in 2001, didn't start jiu jitsu til 1999, and received a blue in 2006, purple in 2009, brown in 2012, and black in 2014. There was no way I could allow this lie to live any longer, and it was agreed that the best solution was to expel him from Evolve MMA and 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, and strip him of any rankings while at Evolve and 10th Planet.
We could not let a person that has been training at the gym for upwards of 2 years to continue to train with us, as his presence was becoming an issue. Yes, this sounds familiar. It's happened before. Please earn your rank,
legally.
After continually trying to wear purple ranked 10th Planet gear, and lying to people that he had 25 years of jiu jitsu experience, and complaining that he wasn't a purple belt in 10th Planet, I finally said I'd vet his claims of receiving a purple belt in 2001, and 2009, by 3 different instructors. I told him if he checked out, I'd help him more on the path to purple.
It turns out the person he claimed he received the purple belt from in 2001, didn't start jiu jitsu til 1999, and received a blue in 2006, purple in 2009, brown in 2012, and black in 2014. There was no way I could allow this lie to live any longer, and it was agreed that the best solution was to expel him from Evolve MMA and 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, and strip him of any rankings while at Evolve and 10th Planet.
We could not let a person that has been training at the gym for upwards of 2 years to continue to train with us, as his presence was becoming an issue. Yes, this sounds familiar. It's happened before. Please earn your rank,
legally.
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