Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns Of Professional Bjj And Grappling Events

This week on the show, Maine and Corey break down the submission-heavy action from UFC BJJ 2 in the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. We recap the entire card including the two title fights. We also touch on some of the key results from the BJJ Stars 16 Absolute Grand Prix that took place the previous week.In our recap of UFC BJJ 2, we dive deep into the technical oddities of the main with Andrew Tackett making the first-ever successful title defense in UFC BJJ history. We break down Tackett's pace management to slow Canuto down and strategic passing to north-south and an odd Darce entry. We break down the sequence that allowed Tackett to lock up the D'Arce choke and get the sub with only 8 seconds left in the first round to retain his welterweight title.We also break down the co-main event, where Mason Fowler put on an impressive  performance to become the inaugural UFC BJJ Light Heavyweight Champion. We talked about Masons sub win over David Garmo by rear-naked choke in just over two minutes. We look at the

This week on the show, we break down the high-stakes action from WNO 29, which unfolded live from Miami, Florida. In the preview section of the show we discussed some of the names that have been announced for the Craig Jones invitational happening next month. We discussed.Kingsway wildcard Micael Galvão, and how his participation may throw a large wrench into the other teams lineups. In the recap section of the show dive deep into the technical nuances and strategic decisions that shaped each bout. We look at Vagners Rochas performance over Kit Dale the main event's and discuss the narrative behind the matchmaking.In Adele Fornarino vs Jasmine Rocha we talked about Adele's leg lock transitions, winning the match with an unorthodox ankle lock. In one of the best matches on the card we looked at the improvements in Roberto Jimenez game vs Ryan Aitken taking the EBI champ to a decision after multiple back takes off of leg lock transitions. We talked about Max Hanson close and somewhat controversal deci

This week on the show Maine and Josh preview of WNO 29: Rocha vs. Dale, on Flograppling live from Miami, Florida on July 25th. We breakdown the eleven-match card, featuring a mix of established names and interesting matchups. In the news section we discussed Craig Jones leaving B team and Helena Crevar signing to One Championship. We also discussed the upcoming Craig Jones Invitational 2 CJI 2 and how Helena signing with One Championship could potentially impact her participation in the women's $100,000 bracket.In our preview of the main event we break down the middleweight clash between veterans Kit Dale and Vagner Rocha looking at Kit's recent win over Xande and his pathway to victory in this matchup. In the bantamweight rematch between Adele Fornarino and Jasmine Rocha we discussed their first matchup and the dynamics of the style mashup with Jasmine heavy pressure and forward dominance against the dynamic close guard work that one down the last matchup via submission at ADCC. In the light heavyw

This week Maine and Corey break down all the athletes in the BJJ Stars 16 GP.We discuss every single athlete that is announced for the absolute GP. We run through all of their records, some potentially interesting matchups, depending on how the bracketing works out, and why you should be excited about the athletes in this tournament.Recorded 7-10-2025

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the 2025 AIGA championship event from last week. This week on the show we discuss the 2025 AIGA championships that took place last weekend we talk about potentially one of the least publicized major event events to happen in the year and why it is absolutely worth your time to go rewatch on YouTube. We break down both day one and day two of the 17 hour event that featured 55 matches of some of the highest level submission grappling the sport has to offer. We talked about all of the big names at the event and all of their matches we discussed some of the more notable results and some of the most interesting techniques that we saw from the two days of grappling. We also discussed some of the trends for some of the athletes that we are consistently seeing across their game in high-level events over the last few years.We discussed some of the biggest upsets, and some of the biggest perceived upsets that may not have actually been as shocking as people might have expec

On this weeks show Maine and Miranda recap the UFC BJJ 1 and Polaris 32 Squads. This week in the news section we discuss Raphael Lovato Jr winning No gi Brazilleros making him the only black belt to ever win every IBJJF major Gi and NoGi.In the recap section of the show we discussed the final of the UFC BJJ 1 card. We talk about each of the three title fights on the card breaking down the 135 pound Bantamweight Title fight between Mikey Musumeci vs Rerisson Gabriel that saw Mikey on the legs for 3 round and taking the title home with a heel hook. In the 170 pound Welterweight Title Match Andrew Tackett vs Andy Varela we talked about Andrew Tackett finishing an arm in rear, naked choke on Andy. We discussed some of the stylistic matchups and the pacing that was put on early in the match. In the 155 pound Lightweight bout between Carlos Henrique vs Danilo Moreira we talked about the wild Round 3 uncharacteristic Armbar that Carlos  finished to claim the lightweight title.We also discussed some of the main card

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the first week of the UFC BJJ Road to the title show. This week on the podcast, we're breaking down the full results from the inaugural season of UFC BJJ: Road to the Title with the first week of episodes completed.Our recap of Episodes 2-3 we covered the Opening RoundsDiscussing the first first major seeding upset upset. with Isaac Doederlein vs. Keith Krikorian (155lbs): We analyzed this three-round match and judges' decision ultimately going to Isaac Doederlein in his first pro No-Gi match. In Davis Asare vs. Austin Oranday (170lbs): We recapped  the welterweight match, where Davis Asare secure an ankle lock sub in first round.Our recap of Episodes 4-5 we discussed the Mid-Tournament Action and Roster Changes in the quarterfinal matchups. Recapping Carlos Henrique vs. Gianni Grippo (155lbs): we talked about Henrique's entry into the anaconda choke in the second round for the sub win over Grippo.In the recap of Elijah Carlton vs. Jason Nolf (170lb

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap all the action from the week in professional grappling. We break down the entire WNO 28 main card from FloGrappling, and UFC BJJ Episode 1. We discuss the main event where Mica Galvão put on a dominant performance to capture the WNO Middleweight Championship from Jonnatas Gracie. In the news section of the show, we discuss the debut of the much-anticipated UFC BJJ: Road to the Title, which is now airing daily for free on the UFC's YouTube channel. We analyze the format, a TUF-style reality show featuring two teams of lightweight (155 lbs) and welterweight (170 lbs) grapplers competing in the CJI-style pit and ruleset. We talked about the coaches, Mikey Musumeci and Rerisson Gabriel, and discussed their eventual championship fight at the finale. We break down the team selections, discussing the incredible depth on Team Gabriel with established no-gi stand outs like Andrew Tackett, Keith Krikorian, and Gianni Grippo, against Team Musumeci's squad led by IB

This week on the show Maine and Josh recap the 2025 IBJJF World Championship, and preview WNO 28.We recap all the all the action from the Mundials 2025. Breaking down all the black belt finals matches. We discuss Adam Wardziński winning his second world title to complete the jiu jitsu Grand Slam before retiring on the podium. We talk about his influence on our games and the joys we have had covering him over the years. We talk about Mia Funegra making history as the youngest female black belt champ with a dominant 12-0 performance in the 53kg final. We also talk about where both Tainan Dalpra's continued dominance at middleweight, and where he potentially goes from here. Discussing his possible move to No-Gi. We talk about  Joao 'Bisnaga' Mendes's underdog win at featherweight from the 22 seed slot and, and another absolute division victory for Gabrieli Pessanha.In the preview section of the show we preview the WNO 28. The main evented by Jonnatas Gracie defending his middleweight title ag

This week on the main Zak recap Ffion Davies vs Adele Fornarino on FPI 11. In the news section of the show we talk about why we decided to push the recap of the IBJJF 2025 world championships into next week. Giving us more time to recap the fight pass invitational.In the recap section we discussed Ffion Davies defeating Adele Fornarino by split decision. We discussed some of the dynamics of the match across all three rounds and addressed some of our frustrations with the closed scoring used under the unified rules. We discussed potentially how difficult it would be for Adele to win in this rule at given her preference for playing from the bottom essentially in our eyes, making it a requirement to submit to win given her style. We talked about a potential rematch happening as the women's super fight at the 2026 ADCC world championships and how much we would love to see the rematch take place under those rules. In Ana Carolina Vieira win over Raquel Canuto by unanimous decision we discussed some of the tak

This week on the show, Maine and Cory preview the 2025 IBJJF Worlds, and UFC Fight Pass invitational 11 headlined by Ffion Davies vs Adele Fornarino 2. We also recap Fury Pro Grappling 13. In the recap section of the show we broke down the main card of Fury Pro Grappling 13. we discussed the four woman tournament. Some of the scoring and rules of the event and both of the title fights on the card.In the preview of FPI 11 we discussed the rematch between Ffion and Adele, we discussed the dynamics of their first matchup three years ago, and how the guard play of Adele was going to potentially play into the top pressure and knee cut passing game of Ffion. We also discussed the overhook Armbar series that Adele uses as a potential pathway to victory. In the preview of the 2025 IBJJF Worlds we reviewed all of the brackets and discussed all of the front runners in each division for the entire tournament. Plus, discussed some of our more anticipated, match ups and divisions.Recorded 5-26-2025

This week on the show, Maine and Corey preview Fury 13. In the recap section of the show, Maine discusses doing commentary with Josh at Fight to Win 281 in Washington DC. We discussed the main event of Elijah Dorsey vs Overstreet, we also discuss the Finishers open 20 with the winner, winning a spot at the upcoming WNO card. We discussed the finals for the tournament. With Sean Yadimarco punching his ticket.In the preview section of the show we discussed Fury 13 headlined by Patrick Sabatini vs. Joe Solecki for the welterweight title. Kevin Dantzler vs. Junny Ocasio for the bantamweight title, plus we discuss the 4-Woman 125lb $5,000 Bracketfeaturing Trinity Pun out of New Wave, now Kingsway, Taylor Hishaw out of B-Team Amanda Bruse out of Atos, and Cindy Ung out of Balance. We discussed some of the recent matches between some of the women in the bracket and how we hoped the bracketing will work out.Also on the card we previewed Chris Weidman vs. Pat Downey discussing the wrestling credentials of both athlete

This week on the show Maine and Austin recap the Giles Trials for CJI 1 the Team Australia 6 man bracket and 16 man qualifier event. We talk about the entire event and the team with Declan and Belal winning there slot on the team.Wildcard at -66kg Fabricio Andrey announced at the eventCJI 1 finalist and stand out announced at -77kg Levi Jones-LearyBig CJI 1 dark horse at -88kg Lucas Kanardwith the -99kg Trials winner Declan Moodyand the +99kg Trials winner Belal EtiabariAll coached by Lachlan GilesRecorded 5-12-2025

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the Middleweight Title Bout between Tye Ruotolo and Dante Leon. We discuss this third matchup at One Championship. Plus we recap the Brazillian Nationals 2025. In the news section we talk about the New Wave rebrand to Kingswave, and the CJI Wildcard team. In the recap of One Tye Vs Dante 3 we discussed the phenomenal guard work from Dante paired against some of the best passing in the world from Tye. We discussed all of the sequences of the match and the way that Tye continue to deal with grips and initiate passing attempts off of the guard of Dante. Lead to a decision in favor of Tye.In the recap of the 2025 IBJJF Brasileiro the third major grand slam event of the year we recapped all of the finishes for the adult black belts, and discussed some of the more interesting sequences in select finals matches of the tournament. We talked about some of the huge upsets, as well as some of the matches that merited a rewatch. We also talked about some of the recurring them

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap BJJ Stars 15. In the news section, we discussed Raphael Lovato Jr recent wrestling tournament success.In the recap of BJJ stars 15 we discussed the 185 pound middleweight tournament. We recap all of the matches and discussed the best moments from each one plus all of the rounds. We talk about some of the more interesting style matchups that we saw throughout the tournament, and some of the more shocking results. Plus delve into a lot of the tactics that we saw on display in most of the matchups.We also recap the highlight main event finish in the Mica and Roberto. In the second half of the recap section, we discussed all of the main event superfights. Recorded 4-28-2025

This week show Maine and Miranda recap WNO 27 headlined by Nick Rodriguez vs Kaynan Duarte in a third match and co-main evented by Luke Griffith vs Victor Hugo.In the news section of the show, we discussed the potential rumor, retirement of Gordon, Ryan and John Danaher. We also discuss an upcoming potential coaching based off between Craig Jones and Gordon. In the recap section of the show, we break down the main event discussing the improvements that Nick Rodriguez has made to his game in five years since his first two matches with Kaynan Duarte. We discussed the early takedown from. Kaynan the improved back defense from Rodriguez. We then discussed the pacing and passing and mounting sequence from Nicky Rod that allowed him to take the match on decision. In a recap of the company that we discussed Luke Griffith versus Victor Hugo, we talked about some of the dynamics in the wrestling and takedowns, and how this match shared a lot of dynamics with the main event matchup with a seemingly come-from-behind vic

This week on the show, Maine and Josh preview the WNO 27 card mainly focusing on the Co-main event down, but touching on the main event that was previewed in full on last week's show. We kick off the show in the news section discussing the CJI 2 announced teams and names. In the preview section we discuss Kaynan Duarte vs Nick Rodriguez 3Then in the main part of the show go on discuss a matchup between two men who have beaten both of the main event fighters. Luke Griffith vs Victor Hugo we talk about some of their recent matches and performances, as well as some of the dynamics and the match and how the guard may play into this match as well as how each Camp will have prepared for the matchup.In our discussion of Women's Featherweight Championship between Elisabeth Clay vs Helena Crevar we talk about the recent performances as well as the kneebar game of Clay we talk about their first matchup at West Coast trials in 2021 and the similarities and differences between both of the games. In Andrew Tacke

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap One Championship Ash Williams Vs Fabricio Andrey, and preview the main event of WNO 27 Kaynan Duarte vs Nick Rodriguez 3. In the news section of the show we discussed CJI Main Event announced as Craig Jones vs Gabe Steveson. In the recap section of the show we One Championship Fight Night 30 Ash Williams Vs Fabricio Andrey we discussed for the sequences and some of the past of the match as well as the leg lock sequences and passing from Fabricio. We also discussed potential opponents on the roster after this matchup.In the preview section, we looked ahead to WNO 27 headline by match between Kaynan Duarte and Nick Rodriguez.  We talked about their first two matches in 2019 some of the history behind the matchups as well as some of the areas where both athletes have improved and made changes to their game we discussed the rules for the event and how it made favor various games and strategies, as well as discussed some of the mental hurdles going into the mashup with

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Main Character Jiu Jitsu 6, Combat Jiu Jitsu Mexico, and F2W Brooklyn. We also preview Enigma, and One Championship Fabricio Andrey vs Ash Williams.In the recap of Main Character we discuss Natasha Druggan the 125 Champion vs Mo Black the 135 pound Champion we talk about the finishing armbar sequence that sees Mo retain her titlein the 4 man bracket recap we discuss all rounds of the event including  Wallison Oliveira vs. Sam Schwartzapfel, Ethan Vistro vs. Cam Hurd and the takedown and RNC sequence and Wallisson Olivera vs. Ethan Vistro in the finals where Olivera hits a lightning lock  In the recap of F2W Brooklyn we discussed the Main Event of Devonte Johnson vs. Denis Gunic we talked about the match tactics and and passing range used by Devonte to take the decision in the match. In the recap of EBI- Combat BJJ we discussed the highlight reel gogoplata knockout, and some of the high flying work from Kevin Dansler hitting a flying armbar and heel hook in the tou

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the 2025 IBJJF Pan championships for the Black Belt Adult division. We also preview the Main Character 6. Recorded 3-24-2025