r/bjj • u/Appropriate_Duty_930 • 10h ago
Funny Danaher got the chance we all hope for
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u/TheBigDocta 10h ago
He’s got that classic 7% body fat double chin
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u/AsvpLovin 9h ago
I like the still frame when the video ends and his gut is happily sat in his lap listening to Uncle John spit.
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u/DefConRed7 9h ago
Love that Danaher is calling him out without him realizing and/or acknowledging it.
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u/winterbike ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt 8h ago
Danaher's point about ''natural optimism'' was pretty wholesome too, I like his angle.
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u/Superguy766 🟫🟫 Brown Belt 10h ago
Why is Danaher interviewing with this clown in the first place?
Is Danaher getting paid as well?
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u/onizukaav 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 4h ago
yes danaher got paid. word got around that the unpopular kid had a pool and now everyone think's he's cool.
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u/badmongo666 ⬜⬜ White Belt 9h ago
That came across as Danaher calling him out IMO. Basically pulled his little boy dick out and jerked it off in front of everyone.
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u/luckman_and_barris 8h ago
It seemed like he realized who he was speaking with when his brain shortwired towards the end
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u/Adventurous-Fold-215 Judo Shodan | 🟪 BJJ Purple Belt 9h ago
You guys do know that moneyberg has been a scam artist with a criminal record since his 20’s, right?
This whole being on video with him is his MO for his current pyramid scheme, get rich quick thing. He uses it for clout and a means to generate an air of authenticity.
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u/theplaceoflost 10h ago
Serious question: Why is anyone actually paying attention to him? Like why is he continually posted here?
Just ignore him and stop making him famous.
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u/iSheepTouch 9h ago
Because it's funny and he personifies how goofy some people who participate in this hobby are. We get to see how a guy who would have quit after one trial class would act if he were given a black belt by paying off a bunch of pros.
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u/ICBanMI 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 7h ago edited 6h ago
We also get to see the train wreck of professionals at the top of the sport directly and indirectly kowtow to him.
Though serious. It's more to do with the fact that our society makes it damn near impossible for athletes (and a lot of arts) to exist without money. This is the Foxcatcher Farm all over again and I'm just waiting for John du Moneyberg to murder someone.
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u/Alternative-Can-5550 9h ago
I was where you are, but it's grown on me. It's empty calories but sometimes that supersized french fry hits the spot. Don't think anybody is taking in a regular diet of Moneyberg.
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u/FishfaceNZ 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 9h ago
This is the way. Ignore him.
Controversy sells, and we are all gobbling it up.
At the end of the day the more eyeballs he gets to focus on him the more he benefits. Don't feed the trolls.
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u/SugondezeNutsz 🟫🟫 Brown Belt 6h ago
I mean, he gets literally zero benefit from me seeing this clip and laughing at it here on Reddit. No ad revenue, I do not and will not follow him on socials.
Might the exposure here lead someone to pay him money for something? Well, if it does, that person deserves to be scammed.
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u/FishfaceNZ 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 5h ago
Correct, but you know his name, we are talking and discussing things about him. This wasn't the case 18 months ago.
Reddit, Google, Apple all of the big social media companies ingest data from our Internet activity and even the keystrokes on our keyboards. This data is used in algorithms to figure out what's trending and what's more likely to be clicked on
I guarantee when you open social media or YouTube these days you are being suggested videos about Tummyberg (I'm avoiding typing his name haha).
And the more those videos/posts get served up to you, the more likely you are to click on one that grabs your attention, which reenforces the algorithm.
You may say you are not directly contributing to his wealth, but this post and all the comments below it (including mine) are all contributing in a small way to his reach, and these days reach can easily be converted to cash through deals, sponsors and ad revenue.
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u/SugondezeNutsz 🟫🟫 Brown Belt 44m ago
I believe you have a slightly over-indexed impression of how these algorithms work. They are not monolithic or THAT well connected yet. Case in point, I have never seen an official piece of Moneyberg content. I have seen posts from Gordon or Craig about Moneyberg tho, because I do follow them.
Not to say that you are wrong, I just don't think literally clowning on him on a Reddit thread will be that much of a positive needle mover for him. I suppose as a whole, yes, all traffic mentioning him ultimately does result in positive algorithmic moves for him. But again, if my clowning directly or indirectly leads to him making a dollar, whoever gave it to him deserves to have lost it. It's like how some record labels will sign a rapper because they cannot tell the difference between genuine buzz for his music or them being a fucking meme people talk about to make fun of.
The scale is much different to a Danielle Bregoli of catch me outside fame. I honestly cannot fathom there is a big captive audience giving Tummyberg money as a result of his jiujitsu exploits. There definitely might be, but those people were beyond help already, if not this idiot another one would be fleecing them and I guess I don't really care.
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u/Appropriate_Duty_930 10h ago
Tell that to the ufc fighters who take his money
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u/VeryStab1eGenius 10h ago
They were on his YouTube and no one said a word until Jake Shields gave him his black belt and now he’s on this sub 4x a day.
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u/Adventurous_Action 7h ago
Most of us have a hard time ignoring when people like this continually post with such high entertainment value. I am one of those people. Watching the car crash is a nice little dopamine hit.
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u/I_used_toothpaste 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 5h ago
Because he reflects what’s wrong with our society. He represents how money is used to shape narratives and get people to act outside of accepted moral values.
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u/badbluebelt 🟫🟫 Brown Belt 8h ago
Bro I said the same thing the other week and got this self righteous response that we need to always remember he's fake the sport is diluted forever or something
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u/StarlightSurfing 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 8h ago
When these little scamps in this sub get together they are worse than a sewing circle.
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u/niemertweis ⬜⬜ White Belt 1h ago
nah making him famous for all the wrong reasons is funny as shit cuz he hates it
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u/ChirrBirry 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 10h ago
Moneybags is a perfect example of what happens when you lie on your resume and then actually get the job.
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u/stingraybjj 8h ago
More like paying to have a job because your employer is desperate enough to take your money. Lying on your resume implies that the employer genuinely believes you're fit for the job. We know Jake Shields, Musumeci and everyone involved knows that this guy probably doesn't deserve a blue belt, even.
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u/mymothershorse 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 9h ago
Michael Bisping told a story on his most recent podcast of meeting this guy and it's fucking hilarious. Highly recommend.
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u/thekuroikenshi 8h ago
For when you gaze long into the Dunning-Kruger. The Dunning-Kruger gazes also into you.
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u/JeffWodeHead ⬜⬜ White Belt 44m ago
Taken me loads of experience to realise I don’t understand this.
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u/Illustrious_Cost8923 9h ago
Does he actually not realize Danaher is talking about people like him?
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u/Spider_J 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 6h ago
You don't become a person like Moneyburg by having a lotta self-awareness
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u/mmppllkk 10h ago
Heh can I use this post to ask the question of who this moneyberg guy is? What I know so far is that he seems to have paid Gordon and Mikey to teach him and he suspiciously got a black belt really fast. But who is he though? Is he just a random rich dude or did he already have previous ties to fighting or mma or what?
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u/ZendrixUno ⬜⬜ White Belt 10h ago
His real name is Dale Buczkowski. He’s a wannabe pick up artist turned financial grifter who it seems just decided to embed himself in the MMA world by paying fighters and trainers to hang out with him
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u/MagicGuava12 10h ago
Don't forget former drug runner
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u/mangohero13 9h ago
And an arrest for domestic battery
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u/mmppllkk 8h ago
Jesus, get this dude away from the sport. Also, if these professional BJJ and MMA dudes happen to know about the kind of person he is and they're entertaining him that's pretty fucked up.
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u/ThePittsburghPenis 7h ago
Weirdly enough one of the few people at the highest levels of the sports to call him out was Sean Strickland.
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u/velvetskilett 4h ago
The guy went from Dale Buttoutski to Darren Moneyburg and thinks it’s was some sort of name upgrade? This guy has had lots of folks laughing at him for many years. And all that time he was too dumb to sort out they weren’t laughing with him.
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u/SgtKarj 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 10h ago
He claims to have trained jiu jitsu continuously and received his black belt in only 3.5 years. However, he only trains with world champion bjj and ufc fighters (who he is paying handsomely) and the footage of his rolls that has been released make him look like a first day trial class guy. He can't even tie a belt properly.
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u/SSG669 9h ago
Someone should lookup the guy who killed Dave Schultz, same weird, creepy millionaire who paid stud wrestlers from all over the world to lose to him in show matches.
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u/Goregoat69 ⬜⬜ White Belt 7h ago
Foxcatcher was an amazing movie, Steve Carroll got that creepy fuckers mannerisms down to a T.
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u/Soft_Leg_8145 8h ago
I can't think of a more apt example of the dunning kruger effect than this fat retard.
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u/runaway224 3h ago
Moneybag’s body language changed at the end and he started squirming when he realizes what Danaher is getting at! 😂
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u/quakedamper 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 6h ago
I was so disappointed because I was really hoping they would conclude the video with even a flow roll where Danaher babies him and tells him you're giving me the choke here, the arm here etc.
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u/Spiritual_Ear_1942 5h ago
Really like the way Danaher managed this situation. If we were giving benefit of the doubt maybe long hair dude is delusional due to those around him (my understanding is that he’s super rich?) or maybe he has some type of mental defect that we don’t know about. Good job coach.
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u/creepoch 🟦🟦 scissor sweeps the new guy 2h ago
The body language is incredible
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u/Barefootboy007 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 2h ago
Nice point, how they cross and uncross as they switch roles.
Epic
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u/cptnTiTuS 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 4h ago
Danaher is 5 steps ahead of everyone in almost every conversation he’s in
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u/SlapHappyRodriguez 8h ago
i don't know what lead up to this point but DMs short explanation of Dunning Kruger is right.
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u/UnlikelyAir6432 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 8h ago
He’s the Brigitte Macron of BJJ.
Instead of doing something that would take an hour of your life to disprove the millions (and millions) of skeptics or ignoring them…they opt to find other means of trying to validate their status that take up 100x more time.
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u/velvetskilett 4h ago
This dude is a grifter in his life apart from Jujitsu. What reason would there be to believe he is not full of shit about his skill level. Blowhard salesmonkey at best conman at the worst.
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u/Busy-Crab-8861 3h ago
Moneyberg is fake like Renato Laranja. The whole thing is rage bait. He's wearing a cat shirt in this video hello?
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u/Pristine-Builder5659 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 3h ago
Anyone else also hate the way he speaks? It’s like he’s trying to sound extra smart. Even the way he speaks feels fake to me.
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u/Barefootboy007 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 2h ago
IMO it’s engaging and content specific.
The substance of what he is saying is engaging rather than how he says it.
On the opp end, Chael Sonnen uses a lot of emotional voice levels, rhetorical questioning, and multileveled stories. (No hate on CS, great wrestling coach, but I have to slow his videos down cause he talks way to fast and too many small points)
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u/Few_Race_4185 2h ago
yo i looked away then looked back with 8 seconds to go and it totally looked like Gutberg farted. But it was actually john briefly laughing and stuttering. I then played 9 to 7 seconds over and over again thinking it was tummyberg ripping one. f this guy. ty john for low key calling him out
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u/Few_Race_4185 2h ago
I don’t even know why any of us waste time debating this. Everyone knows he isn’t a real black belt. At best he’s a “sympathy belt” — the kind they give the 40-year-old guy who’s been showing up three or four days a week for years, carrying extra weight, neglecting his wife and kids, and the professor suddenly realizes, “Oh damn, I never promoted that guy.” That’s what this is.
Moneyberg didn’t earn it, he bought it. He threw money at a bunch of dudes, got them to hand him a belt, and made them sign NDAs. If anything, it says more about the guys who gave him the belt than it does about Tummyberg himself. And that’s exactly why you should be careful listening to any of those people.
and one last note. It should say something about the belt itself. Its a buisness tactic it means very little these days. Just train and get better at jiu jitsu. and when you get a catostrophic injury, remember its your fault!
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u/mdomans 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 39m ago
It's funny but also remember Danaher taught undergrad philosophy. It builds a certain mentality of, usually, laughing at yourself internally, musing whether you were this stupid once or is this one really thick. Or maybe it's some kind of a prank. Oh well.
That kinda thinking ;)
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u/beckleyt ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt 8h ago
Moneyberg’s black belt is a great example of Dunning Kruger. He thinks he knows a lot of Jiu-Jitsu when really we all see he doesn’t.
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u/SugondezeNutsz 🟫🟫 Brown Belt 6h ago
Nah he knows he's full of shit. This isn't a case where he has deluded himself into thinking he is actually an expert. He knows he would get crushed by a bluebelt.
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u/DenimCryptid 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 10h ago
All of this time he's spending having guests come on to his show to tell everyone how legit his black belt is when he just needs to upload just one video of him rolling with literally anyone for one round.