"Legit profile congrats on the brown"

"Legit"

"I verify Samuel's brown belt rank based on external evidence from Gracie Gym NZ affiliates, NZJJF listings, Gracie Gym NZ's web site, and competition databases. Roney "Kabecao" da Silva is a black belt head of the North Island Gracie Gym team under Crolin Gracie lineage, has full authority as an established instructor to promote, with multiple black belt students like Kate da Silva since 2016-2019. Samuel's brown belt promotion on December 6, 2020, follows his purple belt in August 2016 (~4 years), exceeding IBJJF minimums (typically 18 months from purple to brown). Competition databases like Smoothcomp and NZ Grappler event results, which align with Samuel's listed medal history with multiple golds in heavy/purple divisions at NZ Grappler events from 2015–2018, consistent with his profile's 24 medals including 14 golds at the time of my Jan 2026 review."

"Lots of high quality photo evidence. Legit!"

"Photo evidence"

"I don't know Samual, but there seems to be enough evidence to verify rank. :)"

"Verified"

"Good photos. Appears legit. Congrats."

"Legit! nicely documented profile"

"Solid profile "