Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

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 an...

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 ho...

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 p...

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 Rounds Discussing the first first major seeding upset upset. with Isaac Doederlein...

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-antic...

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 cover...

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...

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...

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...

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 event CJI 1 finalist and stand out announced at -77kg Levi Jones-Leary Big CJI 1 dark horse at -88kg Lucas Kanard wit...

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 agai...

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 t...

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...

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 3 Then in the main part of the show go on discuss a ma...

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 sequen...

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 title in the 4 man bracket...

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

This week on the show Maine and Josh preview the 2025 IBJJF Pans. We also recap Sapateiro 100k bracket.  In the recap section we discuss some of the matches and results from the 100k Sapateiro event that we were able to find.  In the preview section of the show we discuss the IBJJF pans adult black belt brackets and who our frontrunners are in each division as well as some potential stand out matc...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the Fight Pass Invitational headlined by Victor Hugo vs Nick Rodriguez. In the news section we discuss the two teams announced for CJI2 being B Team & New Wave.  We talk about the announced First Women's Squads events for Polaris and Team Captains Ffion and Crevar happening in June. We also talk about the Sapatero 100k 160lbs bracket happenign...

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda preview the upcoming Fight Pass Invitational 10. We discussed everything but the main event that we viewed on last week's show.  We talk about the drop out of the main event Ffion Davies vs. Adele Fornarino - With Ffion out due to a shoulder injury We preview the Main Event Nicky Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo on Grappling Rewind Podcast episode 380.  on thi...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview Nick Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo for the fourth time this time serving as the main event on the Fight Pass Invitational 10.  During the preview we discussed all of the three previous matches that are taken place over the last five years and discuss the style of the match up with Victor's guard versus Rodriguez's passing. We discussed the late...

This week on the show Maine and Josh recap Polaris squads on Polaris 31. We spend the first section of the show discussing why the team battle format has become as good and as widespread as it is. We then discuss a number of the changes that Polaris introduced for this event that we think really elevated the way the event went. We talked about the shifting rules and formatting, especially with the...

This week on the show, Maine and Corey recap WNO 26 Diego Pato Vs Keith Krikorian for the lightweight title. We will cover Polaris next week.  In the recap section of the show we break down the entire Maine card and a few of the undercard matches that took place this weekend on Who's Number One 26.  We recap Diego Pato vs Keith Krikorian with Pato taking the decision to retain the WNO Lightwe...

This week on the show Maine and Josh preview the WNO 26 card headlined by a lightweight title fight between Keith Krikorian and Diego Pato Oliveira.  We preview the rematch between Diego Pato Oliveira vs Keith Krikorian we talk about their first match at ADCC 2022 that saw Pato take the match with a footlock. We talk about Patos change of camp to AOJ and his recent run of victories.  In the previe...