Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap BJJ Stars 13 headlined by Mica Galvão vs Davi Ramos.  We also recap ADXC 5, and One Championship Mayssa Bastos vs Danielle Kelly.  In the news section of the show, we discussed some of the athlete movement between CJI and ADCC.  With Achilles Rocha replacing Lucas Kanard in ADCC at 88KG with Kanard moving to CJI to replace the injured Mason Fowler.  I...

This week on the show, Maine and Josh explaining Craig Jones, invitational rules and some of the nuances regarding the sloped pit format. We also preview ADXC 5, and BJJ Stars Vikings, plus recap Pit Submission. In the news section of the show, we discuss Mason Fowler, dropping out of the Craig Jones, invitational and potentially who he will be replaced by.  We also discussed Craig Jones versus Ga...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Subversion Origin 2, Finishers WNO Qualifier, and F2W 256 Recap. In the news section we dsicuss the ADCC changes of the week ahead of the worls championships in 1 month. Plus discuss Maine getting awarded his Black Belt.  In the recap section of the show we break down Subversion Origin 2 Australia Vs Brazil and talk about Josh Saunders game changes sin...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda break down the over 80 kg division at the Craig Jones invitational. Plus recap F2W 255, and Enigma Invitational. In the news section, we discussed some of the recent divisional moves for ADCC and the final entrance announced for the Craig Jones invitational CJI above 80 kg. We discuss all of the grappler's announced for the division, including who our f...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Tye Ruotolo vs Jozef Chen On One Championship and talk the finalized CJI -80kg division.  In news we talk about the weeks ADCC and CJI swaps, and some potential additional movement between the organization.  In the recap section we talk about Tye Ruotolo vs Jozef Chen at One and break down some of the leg entries and guard work Chen used from the botto...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Pit Submission and Main Character Jiu Jitsu, plus talk about Gordon Ryans unprecedented second superfight announced for ADCC 2024. In the news section of the show we talk about Gordon Ryan Vs Felipe Pena announced for ADCC 2024 Saturday Superfight with Gordon then taking on Yuri Simoes the following day in the Main superfight for the Superfight title....

This week on the show, Maine and Simon recap the return of Gordon Ryan versus Josh Saunders on WNO 24 we also break down the entire card and in the news section discuss some of the recent announcements for the Craig Jones invitational and who has dropped out of ADCC.  In the recap section, we discussed the return of Gordan, Ryan after nearly a year of being away from competition we talk about the...

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap Polaris 28 and preview Who is Number One Gordon Ryan versus Josh Saunders.  We also preview main character Jiu-jitsu. The news section of the show we discuss all of the athletes who have been announced for ADCC and CJI and discuss how many slots are yet to be determined.  In the recap section of the show, we break down all of the main card matches on...

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap the 10th anniversary show of EBI.  We also recap the One Championship MMA debut of Kade Ruotolo, and discuss Mikey Musumeci versus Gabriel Souza.  In the Preview section, we discuss the upcoming Polaris 28 card. In the news section, we discuss all of the recently announced athletes that have been slated for the Craig Jones invitational plus a number o...

This week on the show, Maine and Josh recap the 2024 IBJJF World Championships. We also talk about all of the athletes that have been announced for the Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) and the athletes who have dropped out of ADCC. In the recap section of the show we discuss every adult black belt world championship final for the 2024 IBJJF world championships. We discuss some of the best finishes o...

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda talk about the Craig Jones invitational, and all the information that we know about the event so far. We discuss every athlete we are aware of who is now signed to the event. We talk about the pay structure, the organizations, goals and aims, as well as speculate about many aspects regarding the promotion and it's finances. We also recap AIGA Team Kasa...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the Fight Pass Invitational 7 headlined by Nick Rodriguez Vs Mason Fowler. We also recap ADXC 4.  In the news section of the show we discussed some of the announced names for ADCC 2024, and discuss some of the alternates possible. With announced names including Felipe Pena at +99kg, Nicholas Meregali at -99kg, Diego Pato -66kg, Gabriel Sousa -66, and G...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the second ADCC and Oceanic Trials for the 2024 ADCC Season. Plus recap WNO 23 Nicholas Meregali vs Vagner Rocha. We also preview The Fight Pass Invitational 7 Nick Rodriguez Vs Mason Fowler, and ADXC 4.  In the News section of the show we discuss the long list of people invited to ADCC 2024,  Eli Braz at -99kg with his 2 silvers at South American tria...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview the WNO 32 card headlined Nicholas Meregali vs Vagner Rocha. In the news section we talk about all of the champions and athletes invited for ADCC 2024. We discussed some of the weight class changes as well as the women's absolute that has been announced in the tournament as well. In the preview section we discuss  Nicholas Meregali vs Vagner Roc...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap PGF season 7 with 100,000 dollars on the line to the winning team and $20,000 to the individual champ. We also recap BJJ Stars 12.   In the news section we talk about Gabi Garcia being invited to ADCC in the +65kg division.  In the outro Miranda talks about attending a Marcello Garcia Seminar.  Recorded 4-29-2024

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Pit Submission 4 headlined by Craig Jones submitting Rinat Fakhretdinov twice in one match. Plus Kaynan Duarte vs Pouya Rahmani. Then we preview the stacked BJJ Stars 12 card.  In the news section we talk about PJ Barch getting an ADCC 2024 invite and Dante Leon also getting an invite both at the -77kg division.  In the recap section we talk about and...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Kade and Tye Ruotolo One FC title defenses both winning by the same arm in RNC "The Ruotolotine" We also recap Subversion in NSW, Australia headlined by Ffion Davies vs Nikki Lloyd- Griffiths, and Keith Krikorian matches on  Arte Suave and Subversive X. Plus a little on UFC 300 in the outro.  In the news section we discuss Micah Galvao being...

This week on the show Maine and Zak preview and talk about every athlete announced for ADCC 2024. We break down every name in the mens and women's divisions. We talk about all the announced champions for 2022 we will likely see including Diogo 'Baby Shark' Reis, Kade Ruotolo, and Kaynan Duarte who have all been confirmed.  We discuss Giancarlo Bodoni, and Gordon Ryan not being confi...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap every ADCC North American Trials final for the 2024 qualifier. We also preview One FC Tye vs Michell and Kade vs Lo, and Subversive Ffion vs Griffith. In the news section of the show we discuss Ethan Crelinsten receiving an ADCC invite for -66kg.  In the recap section of the show we talk about every West Coast 2024 ADCC Trials final.  Kicking off the r...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the Polaris 27 GP and superfights, we also recap the Black Belt Adult finals for the 2024 IBJJF Pans, plus Karate Combat grappling matches, then preview the most notable names in the 2024 ADCC North American Trials.  In the news section we talk about recently announced invites for ADCC 2024 including Mazenzie Dern to -55KG, Tye Ruotolo to -88KG, Mason...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview the Polaris 27 GP, and the 2024 IBJJF Pan Championships.  In the preview of the Polaris GP we talk about the welterweight GP entrants and how we believe they should be seeded.  We talk about where PJ Barch should sit as the 1 or 2 seed  followed closely by also fighting for the 1 or 2 seed Jozef Chen as a recent ADCC trials willer.  Recent Brazilian...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the Fight pass Invitational 6, and both the ADCC South American Trials for 2024  Recorded 3-10-2024

This week on the show, Maine and Zak recap the IBJJF Nogi GP 2024.  In the news section of the show, we discussed Mikey Musumeci training with Cobrina and receiving his third degree on his black belt, as well as Cobrina Jr winning the ADCC trials. In the recap section of the show, we recap every black belt match part of the IBJJF GP. We go through all of the matches from the quarterfinals to the s...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Pit Submission event headlined by Craig Jones Vs Phillip Rowe, and Joao Miyao vs Ricky Simon. Plus we preview 8 upcoming events happening this week.  In the news section we discuss JT Torres and Nicky Ryan getting an invite to the -77 KG division at ADCC. In the recap section we talk about two fast submissions on Pit Submission with Craig Jones hitting...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the 2024 ADCC European, African, and Middle East Trials. Plus the main event from F2W 264.  In the recap section we break down every finals match for all the divisions at the 2024 ADCC European, Middle-Eastern, & African Trials that took place in Zagreb, Croatia. We kick it off Men’s Divisions  -66kg With Gairbeg Ibragimov vs Yigit Hanay with Gairb...