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He was obviously ins .. er, feeb .. er, se .. full of hi .. ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A STATEMENT!But the point is still that he didn't promote himself, but was automatically given a black (or maybe even red to start with) by the governing body of BJJ when they established the belt system. Originally, the belts were there only to demarcate between the students and the instructors. Helio is said to have stopped wearing his red belt at the end of his life, and to have gone back to the original blue.
And it was, "DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME/LOOK/LISTEN TO ME"!!
It was a choice of that or setting himself on fire and he went with the one that allowed him to continue basking in adulation of the deluded masses. Also, the least painful.