Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week Maine and Josh discussed some of the top moments of ADCC that stick out in our head.  On this special show, we discussed some of the most memorable moments in our heads related to ADCC.  This show is very off the cuff and is a late replacement recording for the scheduled show for this week. Regularly formatted shows with recaps and breakdowns on professional matchups will pick back up th...

This week on the show, Maine and Josh recap UFC BJJ 11 Mikey Musumeci vs Bryce Mitchell and Mason Fowler vs Nick Rodriguez. We went through the results of all of the matches that essentially went exactly as we had previewed them the week prior.  We discussed some of the matchmaking choices on the card and from the organization as a whole, then discuss the rule that consistently leads to draws for...

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda preview the UFC BJJ 11. We preview the main event this time at featherweight between Mikey Musumeci vs Bryce Mitchell. With Mikey coming up as the bantamweight champion, we talk about how odd the matchmaking is for this in generally are surprised that it is the main event versus the on paper cocaine headline of the Light Heavyweight Title Match between Maso...

This week on the show, Maine and Austin recap the entirety of ADCC 2026. We discussed every single match in every single division and breakdown all the top moments across the entirety of the 2026 world championship.   We break down the men's -66 kg division, -77 KG division -88 KG division, -99 KG division, +99 KG as well as the absolute and the super fight. Plus the women's -55 KG, -65...

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview the three Women's divisions at ADCC 2026. We preview the +65kg division then the -65kg division, and then the -55kg division,  We run through all the athletes in the division talking about each athlete and their pathway to the world championships and previous matches.  ADCC 2026 Womens +65kg Division Helena Crevar (Invitation) United States of A...

This week on the show Maine and Corey preview the ADCC -66kg division.  We run through all the athletes in the division talking about each athlete and their pathway to the world championships and previous matches.  Dorian Olivarez | (1st North American Trials Winner) | United States of America Diego Pato (Invitation) | Brazil Kennedy Maciel (Invition) | Brazil Owen Jones (Invitation) | United King...

This week on the show, Maine and Corey recap the UFC BJJ 10. We discussed Andrew Tackett and his fourth title defense, as well as everyone he called out in his post interview and why everyone should be doing it exactly like that.  In the recap section of the show we checked it off discussing Andrew Tackett vs Jonnatas Gracie, talking about the counter back, take off of the leg lock attempts by Gra...

This week on the show Maine and Adam preview the ADCC -88kg division.  We run through all the athletes in the division talking about each athlete and their pathway to the world championships and previous matches.  Matheus Diniz (Invitation) | Brazil Felipe Costa (Invitation) | Brazil Jozef Chen (1st Asia & Oceanic Trials Winner) | Republic of South Africa Jay Rodriguez (Invitation) | United St...

This week on the show Maine and Corey preview the ADCC -77kg division.  We run through all the athletes in the division talking about each athlete and their pathway to the world championships and previous matches.  Mateusz Szczeciński (Invitation) | Poland Dante Leon (Invitation) | Canada PJ Barch (Invitation) | United States of America Vagner Rocha (Invitation) | Brazil Taylor Pearman (Invitation...

This week on the show Maine and Corey preview the ADCC -99kg division.  We run through all the athletes in the division talking about each athlete and their pathway to the world championships and previous matches.  Kaynan Duarte (Returning Champion) | Brazil who may or may not be part of the division as he will be in the superfight.  Declan Moody (1st European, African, & Middle East Trials Wi...

This week on the show Maine and Adam preview the ADCC +99kg division.  We run through all the athletes in the division talking about each athlete and their pathway to the world championships and previous matches.  We talk about Felipe Pena (Returning Champion) | Brazil Mark MacQueen (1st European, African, & Middle East Trials Winner) | Scotland Brandon Reed (1st North American Trials Winner)...

This week on the show, Maine and Josh preview the upcoming 2026 ADCC world championship roster scheduled for Poland in a few months. We discussed some of the notable competitors as well as the lack of returning champions for the 2026 world championships. We take a look at every single men's and women's division and briefly touch on how all of the competitors and athletes got there and wi...

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap the Polaris 38 Welterweight GP, plus the Womens Bantamweight title match.  In the news section of the show we discuss ADCC entrants and the missing champions in the 2026 event.  In the recap section of the show, we discussed every single match in the men's Welterweight GP.  In the Quarterfinals we broke down Mateusz Szczecinski vs. Deandre Corbe...

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...