This week on the show, Maine and Josh recap the 2024 IBJJF Crown.

In the news that section of the show, we discussed Mikey Musumeci's exclusive contract with UFC Fight Pass.

In the recap section of the show, we break down every finals match from all of the divisions at the 2024 IBJJF Crown.

We kick off the recap discussing Erich Munis vs Marcus "Scooby" Ribeiro for the Men's Ultra Heavyweight final. We talk about the Sweden game from Munis and his willingness to except the bottom position, repeatedly, knowing that he would be able to get a sweep at the end. We discussed his wrestling and how he was able to go from bottom position to top position using great hip movement, then we discussed his Ezekiel choke finish to win the Crown back to back years.

In Gabi Pessanha vs Melissa Cueto for the Women's Super Heavyweight final we talk about Gabi's guard game and what kind of a player it will take to be able to beat it. We also talked about her fantastic streak at black belt and also discussed her pathway to the back and rear naked choke finish to take back to back crown championships as well.

In Adam Wardzinski vs Gustavo Batista for the Men's Heavyweight crown. We talked about Adams fantastic butterfly garden and his single leg X and half butterfly guard combo. We also discussed how his game has evolved over the years, with the inclusion of more half guard, allowing him to deal with the pressure from Batista and score and advantage to win the crown.

We discussed Andy Murasaki walkover of Tainan Dalpra due to a broken hand in the Men's Middleweight division.

In Janaina Maia vs Brianna Ste-Marie for the Women's Lightweight crown
We discusses Brianna Ste-Marie's counter guard play and game and how she uses it to score at small margins, as well as her submission and positional work that allowed her to score 2 advantages to Maia one. We also discussed our thoughts on the straight ankle lock advantage rule in IBJJF and how inconsistent advantage for submission attempts are scored.

In Diego Pato vs Joao Mendes for the Men's Featherweight crown we discussed the slow pacing of the match, initially, followed by Diego, picking up the pace working towards the back and being able to finish Joao Mendes with a collar, choke by the tips of his fingers to take the crown.

In the outro section of the show, we discussed the ongoing work on the podcast set.

Recorded 11-17-2024

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap PGF Season 7 the Light Heavyweights, Midwest Finishers the Mens 155 bracket and Women's 125 Title. plus we preview the IBJJF Crown, Main Character BJJ 5, ADXC 7, and Pit Submission.

In the news section, we discuss the return of Marcelo Garcia to One Championship. After nearly 13 years away from competition Marcello Garcia has announced that he is returning and has signed with One Championship. We discuss some of Marcello' s history, and some of his possible opponents, and some opponents we would potentially like to see him make his return against.

In the recap section of the shower, we discuss the final day of the PGF season 7. We also discuss the team winners and some of the highlights from the entire tournament. We discussed Ryan Aiken and he is overtime victories to clean the $20,000 cash prize. Plus Polish stand out Marcin Maciulewicz, and Paul Ardilla.

Recap of Midwest finishers, we talked about both main event titles on the line with Layla Watkins vs Emily Rosalynn ending in an armbar win for Layla Watkins becoming the New 125 pound champion

In Andrew McGraff vs Lucas Jones for the Mens 155 pound Lightweight title we talked about Andrew's choi bar set up and tarikoplata transition for the finish to take the title.

In the preview of the IBJJF Crown we talk about all of the divisions, front runners, including Tainan Dalpra, Eric Munis, Gabrieli Pessanha, Adam Wardzinski, Gustavo Batista, Diego Pato, and Cobrina Jr.

Main Character BJJ 5 we discuss the women's 135 pound qualifier, the winner of which will take on Mo Black, and the main event superfight Geo Martinez vs Gianni Grippo.

We preview the entire ADXC 7 stacked card main evented by Rodolfo Viera vs Derek Brunson, with a co-main of Paulo Miyao vs Junior Righetti, plus we talk about Ana Carolina Vieira vs Aurelie Le Vern, Espen Mathiesen vs Lucas Valente in the gi, and Helena Crevar vs Sabrina de Sousa.

In the outro we discussed the gyms new grand opening this coming weekend.

Recorded 11-11-2024

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Polaris 30, the 2024 IBJJF No-Gi Pans, and preview PGF Season 7 draft.

In the news section of the show. We discuss One Championship signing, Dante, Leon and Cole Abate. Plus Mikey Musumeci leaving One.

In the recap section of the show, we break down the full main card on Polaris 30, and a few of the notable undercard matches.

We recap Michael ‘Venom’ Page vs Carlos Condit that saw MVP take a decision

In the recap of Helena Crevar vs Nia Blackman we talk about the attacks of Crevars game and how Nia came in with a great strategy to stifle the attacks and work her passing game ending with a decision win for Crevar to retain her lightweight title.

In Keith Krikorian vs Jed Hue we talked about Keiths back take and back control and how his game has changed over the years, plus his post match call out of
Ash Williams
In Dante Leon vs Ellis Younger we talked about the R Guard of Dante and how his guard work is an often under-looked part of his champion winning game

In Eoghan O’Flanagan vs Philippe Geyer we discussed the submission pace of Eoghan vs the passing of Geyer leading to a decision win for Eoghan.

We recapped the finals results for IBJJF No-Gi pans and the most stand out moments and performances including Cole Abate first major Black Belt NoGi win, Elizebeth Clay returning after becoming a mother 17 weeks ago to double gold, Raphael Lovato Jr winning another adult tile at 41 years old.

In the PGF Season 7 preview for the 205 pound season we talked about the draft.

On team Roger Gracie – 1st Phorm
Paul Ardila, Adam Bradley, Kyle Chambers, Kyle Boehm (Nashville Qualifier winner), Dory Aoun , Alternates, Deyvson Souza, and Sam Schwartzapfel

On team Dean Lister – Constellation Network
Kemoy Anderson, Sebastian Attard, Marcin Maciulewicz, Fedor Nikolov, Chris Wojcik, Alternates, Drew Dyer, Jack Bidwell

On team Pedro Sauer – New Hope Regeneration
Travis Thomas, Bradley Schneider Ernesto Rivera, Cameron Hurd, Ryan Aitken, Alternates, Christos Papadelos, Jacob Howarth

On team Carlos Machado – Intrana
Elijah Carlton, Davis Asare, Nathan Haddad, Andre Porfirio, Caleb Crump, Alternates, Abraham La Montagne, Kris Olivo

In the outro we discussed Maine's gym getting a pit wall.

Recorded 11-4-2024

This week on the show Maine and Miranda Preview Polaris 30

Recorded 10-28-2024

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap Finishers Night of Champions 2 and AIGA US Qualifier Recaps.

In the News section of the show we Mo Jassim stepping down as the ADCC World Champion Coordinator.

We also discussed a few of the names that were at the IBJJF No-Gi European Championship.

In the recap section of the show we talked about Finishers Night of Champions 2 Title Fights Starting with Cindy Ung vs. Taylor Ellis for the 125 Pound title. We discussed how the open scoring and round structure of the event led to Taylor, really changing her tactics in the later rounds in order to take a decision victory.

In the recap of Alex Nguyen vs Cathryn Discanni for the 115 pound title, we talk about the leg lock exchanges and the Armbar that Alex Nguyen hit to retain her title.

In the main event we talk about the rematch between Pat Shangholi vs Cody Gamble and the false reap entry from the guard that Pat hits for the heel hook to retain his title and avenge his ADCC trials loss.

We discuss Checkmat winning the AIGA qualifier and team 10th planet also earning a slot as well.

In the outro we discuss commentary for Fight to Win 264 in Baltimore that Maine and Miranda worked.

Recorded 10-21-2024

This week on the show, Maine and Corey recap Nick Rodriguez versus Michael Pixley that took place on the Fight Pass Invitational 8 as the main event. We also recap the rest of the card, and recap Pit Submission 8.

In the news section we talk about Kody Steele on Dana Whites Contender Series and him winning a UFC contract this week.

In the recap section of the show, we break down all of the main card matchups on the Fight Pass Invitational 8 and talk about the headline main event between Nick Rodriguez, and Michael Pixley. We discussed Pixley's strategy during the match and the negatives that he received during the match. We talked about how Rodriguez's was able to leverage his speed and wrestling game, to get Pixley down in both the regulation and overtime. In the overtime we broke down the finishing takedown and Rodriguez's passing and back taking finishing with the RNC.

In the recapo of the Co-Main Event we talk about the rubber match and rematch between Renato Canuto vs PJ Barch. We discuss Canutos pace vs barch and his flying scissor leg takedown to the heel hook that won him the match.

In Andy Varela vs Dante Leon we discuss the penalty that Andy received for striking and how Dante was able to counter the blast double to finish as arm in guillotine.

In Gabriel Sousa vs Josh Cisneros we talked about Cisneros leveraging his game but giving up 2 points in overtime and being unable to come back leading to Sousa winning on points.

We also discuss Raquel Canuto vs Gabrielle McComb, with Raquel putting on her best preformance in a long time submitting McComb. Plus we recap Isaque Bahiense vs Ronaldo Souza Junior with Souza finishing an interesting anaconda choke in the match.

In the recap of Pit Submission 8 we talk about the beef between Vagner Rocha and Calon Sabino that ended with Vagner putting on a 3 round clinic over Sabino then capping it off with a Triangle Choke Armbar Combo from the back with 15 seconds left in round 3 to make a statement.

We also talk about the pace that AJ Agazarm put on vs Piter Frank taking a clean Decision win in their match and showing off more of his wrestling than we have seen in years.

We talk about Paulo Miyao vs Pablo Mantovani, and Daniel Sathler vs Matheus Costa that Sathler was able to win with a highlight reel Flying Triangle Armbar off of the pit wall to cap off the recaps.

Recorded 10-13-2024

This week on the show, Maine and Corey preview Nick Rodriguez versus Michael Pixley taking place on the Fight Pass Invitational 8 we also preview the rest of the card.

In the Preview section of the show, we break down all of the main card matchups on the Fight Pass Invitational 8 and talk about the headline main event between Nick Rodriguez, and Michael Pixley. We discussed Pixley's wrestling credentials, and his recent matches at the ADCC World championships. We talk about his long range guard passing and his sub and Darce game. We also discuss varying methods of victory that Pixley could implement in order to win the match. In our breakdown of Rodriguez's game, we discuss his recent $1 million championship performance winning the over 80 kg division at the Craig Jones invitational, and how his own wrestling and his ability to hit low singles and wrestle ups, as well as his ability to submit from the back and his recent foray into foot locks may be winning opportunities for him in this match.

In the preview of the Co-Main Event we talk about the rubber match and rematch between Renato Canuto vs PJ Barch. We discuss Canutos high flying style, in contrast to the recent performances from PJ, including huge notable wins at ADCC, and his recent heel hook win over Canuto at PGF.

In Andy Varela vs Dante Leon we discuss the well-rounded Ness from Dantes game and discuss his recent absolute performance at ADCC, we contrast that to Andy's recent performances and discuss their levels of competition, and how extremely difficult both men are to put away.

In Gabriel Sousa vs Josh Cisneros we talk about Josh's recent performance is at ADCC and Sousas performances in the same division. And then discuss some of the areas we think both will decide to push the match.

We also briefly discuss Raquel Canuto vs Gabrielle McComb, and Isaque Bahiense vs Ronaldo Souza Junior with Souza coming off a recent victory over Kody Steele at the a recent Fight Pass Invitational.

Recorded 10-6-2024

This week on the show Maine and Zak talk about the most exciting grappling match of all time Kade Ruotolo versus Andrew Tackett that took place in the semifinals of the Craig Jones Invitational 2024 Edition in the under 80 kg division.

We spend the entire episode breaking down the action moment by moment and talking about all of the interesting sequences that occurred during the match. We discuss the somewhat controversial scoring in some places, talk about the Craig Jones Invitational rule set in general. Plus talk about how we think the pit format and competition arena played into this match being the best showcase of what professional grappling can offer of all time.

We discussed all of the counter-sequences, takedowns, submission attempts and some of the more interesting technical nuances that we certainly missed live at the arena, and that we were able to catch on rewatch and analysis.

Recorded 9-28-2024