Just got my UFC 8 (been missing this one from my collection) and sure enough, as it's been told to me, Gary Goodridge is listed as a practitioner of Kuk Sool Won! I've heard rumors that he apparently needed a school to train at before his UFC debut, so he stopped by some Kuk Sool Won school. He didn't like the way they trained, so he challenged the best student to fight him, and beat the poor guy pretty soundly. Impressed the KSW head instructor, awarded Goodridge a black belt in KSW, and convinced him to represent his school in the UFC so he could gain credibility.
Those of you who follow MMA, know the extent of truth to this? And what do you guys think of people who never trained in a given art, receiving high rank in it just for money? I'm up for challenge matches and such, but handing out rank in exchange for publicity and cash? Seems shallow, if this rumor is true.