If a tree falls in the woods and there's nobody around, does it make a noise? If you never wear a belt as part of your grappling attire, is belt ranking really relevant? Maybe beltchecker should have a "no belt" option. You could still post your comp videos, instructionals, bad-ass pics and share your awesome opinion with others on the forums. You could say stuff like "I don't have rank in BJJ, but most people say I'm at purple belt level". Would be pretty dope.

🤔wearing the belt as part of your grappling attire seems like the least relevant part of the belt ranking system to me. Is the most important part of your black belt to you that its holding your gi closed? I might be miss understanding the point you are making...

I was thinking the other way around, a Luta Livre black belt could create a profile here and become verified as a "bjj" black belt. If his (whatever we collectively value) is what it should be.

I get it you were thinking the other way around, but my point was that I don't believe the two sports can be merged just like that, either way. They have their own belt system and promotion authorities. For sure I can not promote anyone in Luta Livre, nor claim a belt for myself in their system without training with / being promoted by one of them.

Is there any chance of Lutalivrechecker coming back online?