11 Years After Receiving His Black Belt, Joe Rogan’s Legendary BJJ Coach Jean Jacques Machado Leaves Fans Enthralled With Two-Decade-Old Snap of the 55-Year-Old- “The Blue Belt Smile”

UFC commentator Joe Rogan has impressed the MMA community with his vast technical knowledge of MMA. The 55-year-old is someone who has the ability to analyze a fight with perfection. Rogan’s knowledge about combat sports comes predominantly from his own training sessions. Rogan began his MMA training in his early teens. Later, he chose another career path; however, the commentator’s love for MMA remained intact. The JRE podcaster is a BJJ black belt. He took his BJJ training from coach Jean Jacques Machado.

Rogan has talked about his coach on several occasions. The former Fear Factor host believes that his coach, Jacques Machado, has helped him with every single step in the BJJ world. Recently, the UFC commentator’s BJJ coach shared an image of Rogan and him. The picture was taken on the day when Joe Rogan received his blue belt.

Fans react to the 20-year-old snap of Joe Rogan

Rogan’s BJJ coach took to his Instagram handle to share an image of him and Rogan that was taken 20 years ago. Along with this image, Jacques Machado wrote, “When Joe Rogan got his blue over 20 years ago.” In the photo, the UFC commentator seemed extremely happy to receive the blue belt. While talking in JRE, the 55-year-old mentioned the greatness of his BJJ coach. Rogan believes that there are a lot of layers and levels in the sport. According to him, it is his coach who helped him climb each one of them.

While talking about Machado, Rogan said that he has always been calm and composed and that he is never tired after training sessions. The MMA community is well aware of Rogan’s love and respect for Jacques Machado. When the combat sports lovers came across the post from Machado about Rogan receiving his blue belt, they were quick to react. The UFC legend, BJ Penn, also commented on the post. He wrote, “Your teaching and champion mindset is tool that has @joerogan get to the top no doubt“

Now let’s check out fans reacted to the post

One of the fans appreciated Machado and Rogan for contributing so much to the sport.

“This is awesome you have both done so much for the sport.”

In the photo, Rogan has a big smile on his face, while his BJJ coach looks serious. A fan asked about that.

“Why do you look so annoyed with him?”

Another fan took notice of Rogan’s headgear.

“Who let my man wear that head gear”

After taking a closer look at their photo, a fan felt that the BJJ coach was not happy.

“Clearly, Master JJM wasn’t that happy about this graduation.”

Another fan pointed out the “ear covers” on Rogan.

“Joe trained w the ear covers”

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One of the fans felt that the UFC commentator’s head was photoshopped.

“Am I the only a one that sees Joe’s head thinks Photoshop?”

A fan noticed the big “blue belt smile” on Rogan’s face.

“Owww the blue belt smile”

The fans were indeed excited to see the 20-year-old snap where Rogan achieved a milestone in his BJJ training. However, it took him a long time to achieve the black belt. He remained a blue belt for eight long years, then finally received his black belt in 2012.

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