Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda preview the Polaris 38 Welterweight GP as well as the Women's Bantamweight title fight.  In the news section of the show, we discussed some upcoming matches, including Vagner Rocha Vs Jay Rod, and discuss the recent dropouts from ADCC, speculate on why and discuss some of the people that have been confirmed for the event. In the preview of the Welterwe...

This week on the show, Maine and Rachael recap Polaris 37 team Polaris versus Team BJJ Stars. We also discussed Helena Crevar vs Amanda Pamela Nicole for the lightweight title. We kick off the show discussing the lightweight title match between Helena Crevar and Amanda Pamela Nicole, we talked about the pacing of Helena and her transition to the rear, naked choke finish in the second round.  In ou...

This we on the show Maine and Adam recap the UFC BJJ 9.  We run through every single matchup on the card and discuss how many first round finishes took place and overall the general matchmaking that led to that outcome.  We kick it off recapping the Light Heavyweight title Mason Fowler vs Devhonte Johnson that had mason Fowler win via Rear-Naked Choke after a single arm drag in the first round.  I...

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap the 2026 IBJJF worlds.  We recap every single black belt finals match for both the men's and the women's divisions, including the absolute and open class.  We take off the recap discussing the men's division starting with the rooster weight division all the way up through the divisions into the men's absolute.  After that, we recap...

This week on the show, Maine and Austin discuss a grappler pick em, and run through a grappler character creator selecting who they think has the best skills of any grapple or in any individual area using each grapple or only one time for their best attribute.  An image of the criteria and play along sheet is present in the YouTube video near the start of the video if you would like to take a look...

This week Maine and Miranda take a look back at Brazilian Jiu-jitsu history and discuss every single move named after a guy or person in the sport of BJJ.  This is a special one off show that we put together while Maine is out of the country on his honeymoon regular shows will return next week. This week we take a look and do a historical deep dive, going through some of the history and notable ma...

This week on the show, Maine and Corey recap the UFC BJJ 8 headlined by  the Bantamweight Title fight Mikey Musumeci vs Kevin Dantzler.  In the recap section of the show, we kick it off, talking about the third defense of the bantamweight title by Mikey Musumeci we discussed the lead to the match and be very quick leg lock sequence that Mikey hit to win. We then discuss some possible opponents or...

This week on the show, Maine and Adam preview the UFC BJJ 8 card headlined by Bantamweight Title fight between Mikey Musumeci vs Kevin Dantzler. In the preview section of the show, we discussed the Bantamweight title we talk about Mikey's recent interest in top pressure and passing and how he has stated that he wants to showcase more of that smash in recent interviews. We discussed the leg lo...

This week on the show Maine and Corey recap the 2026 IBJJF Brasileiro Championship. In the recap section of the show, we run through both the men's and the women's adult black belt divisions, discussing select finals match as well as the open class for both the men's and women's divisions. In our recap of the men's divisions, We talk about Rerisson Gabriel's win over...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Main Character Jiu Jitsu 9 and all the title fights on the card as well as some of the other compelling matchups on the rest of the card We kick off the recap with the Men's Lightweight title we Gianni Grippo vs Reese LaFever, we talked about the outside passing off of outside Ashi against LaFever. As well as the sweep game from the bottom as well...

This week on the show Maine and Josh preview Main Character Jiu Jitsu 9 and all the title fights on the card as well as some of the other compelling matchups on the rest of the card We kick off the preview, take a look at every single title fight, starting off with the Women's Bantamweight match which is a rematch between Amanda Bruse vs Jasmine Rocha.  We discussed their most recent matchup...

This week on the show, Maine and Adam recap the 2026 ADCC West Coast trials. In the recap section of the show we kicked off discussing the -66 kg finals matchup between Gianni Grippo vs Dominic Mejia, we talk about the early regulation back toke that Dominic nearly scored and the phenomenal understanding of the rules and the gamesmanship that Gianni implemented to avoid the score then we discussed...

This week on the show, Maine and Cory recap the one championship match between Dante Leon and Kenta Iwamoto. Plus, we recap the second North American ADCC West Coast trials for the 2026 season. In the recap section of the show we discuss the welterweight out between Dante Leo and Kenta Iwamoto we talk about the fantastic pacing of the match with the passing from Kenta coupled with some of the best...

This week on the show, Maine and Josh recap the UFC BJJ 7 and WNO 32.  In the recap section of the show, we discussed the lightweight tournament for the WNO title at 155 pounds we discussed Dorian Olivarez and his various improvements since 2023 leading to two ADCC trials victories, and we discussed how his wrestling in passing game have evolved to be an absolute nightmare for everyone in the -66...

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap the 2026 IBJJF pan championships.  We recap every single black belt, adult finals match, including the open class for both the men's and women's divisions.  We kick off the recap with the men's Roosterweight Division with Marcos Gomes vs Bebeto Oliveira. Discussing Marcos Gomes belly down ankle lock win. In the Light-Featherweight Divis...

The Maine and Corey recap both ADCC South American trials for ADCC 2026.  We kick off the show recapping the Rio de Janeiro trials that we may have called São Paulo trials accidentally in Brazil, after that we recap the trials in Indaiatuba, Brazil. We recap every single finals match across all of the divisions for both events. We discuss the non-qualifying women's finals in Rio de Janeiro as...

This week on the show Maine and Austin recap UFC BJJ 6. In the recap section of the show we talk about Tye Ruotolo vs Pawel Jaworski, and the One championship catch submission judging system.  After that we recap every match on the UFC BJJ 6 card. We kick off the recap talking about the main event matchup between Mason Fowler vs Pedro Machado we talked about the wrestling and top pressure for Maso...

This week on the show Maine and Josh recap Polaris 36 and preview UFC BJJ 6.  In the recap section of the show we break down the entire Maine card and every title fight on Polaris 36.  We kick off the recap discussing Ethan Crelinsten vs Shai Gerena we talked about Shai pathway to this title fight and career directory as well as Ethan's rear, naked, choke victory in round one to retain his ti...

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda break down the 2026 IBJJF NoGi Grand Prix. Plus preview Polaris 36. In the news section of the show, we discussed the recent news that athletes in the UFC BJJ will not be allowed to compete in ADCC in 2027. We also discussed them with a recent news across the sport.  In the recap section of the show, we breakdown all of the super fights and every single mat...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview the 2026 IBJJF No-Gi GP we break down all of the big black belt, super fights, and every single athlete in the Grand Prix.  In the preview section of the show, we discussed every single first round matchup in the IBJJF absolute No-Gi GP. We kick it off discussing the quarterfinal matchups that kickoff the event with the top seed Victor Hugo vs Marlon...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the UFC BJJ 5 and ADCC European and African Trials 2026.  We kick off the show talking about Gordon Ryans official retirement. After that we move into the recap section of the show talking about UFC BJJ 5 headlined by Mikey Musumeci vs Shay Montague for the Bantamweight title. We talked about Shay tearing something in his upper leg and announcing it to...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview, the UFCBJJ5 headline by Mikey Musumeci vs Shay Montague for the Bantamweight title.  We preview the main event talking about some of Mikey's past opponents and talking about the recent accolades from Shay we discussed some of the dynamics of the match, including the leg lock avenues that both men are well known for finishing fights with as well...

This week on the show Maine and Maggie recap Polaris 35 Team Polaris Vs Team WNO Squads. We kick off the show talking about the Middleweight title superfight between Davis Asare vs Levi Jones-Leary we talk about Levi's game plan versus Davis and how he used De la Riva hook and threat of the Berimbolo to win all three rounds with commanding positional work and solid top positioning once on top...

This week on the show Maine and Corey preview Polaris 35 the Polaris Vs WNO squads event, and recap every Black Belt Final at the 2026 IBJJF Euros.  In the preview section of the event we discuss Polaris going to FloGrappling after a decade on fightpass. We talk about the stacked squads event with Team Polaris bringing Santeri Lilius, Eoghan O'Flanagan, Lucas Kanard, Taylor Pearman, Owen Jone...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview the 2026 IBJJF European Championship for all the adult black belt divisions. We also recap the main event of F2W 302.  In the preview section of the show, we take a look at every single adult black belt division for the men and the women. We talked about the seeding of each division and some of the most interesting potential matchups in each division...