Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns Of Professional Bjj And Grappling Events

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 invited back to ADCC at -77kg. In the recap section we discuss One Fight Night 21 Tye Ruotolo vs Izaak Michell that saw Tye like his brother win the welterweight title with a head and arm choke from back, after an insane takedown reversal counter. The we discuss Kade Ruotolo defeating Francisco Lo with the same head and arm choke from back. Plus touch on some of the more wild sequences of the match. In the recap of Subversion in NSW, Australia we recap Ffion Davies defeating Nikki Lloyd- Griffiths with an armbar from the back triangle, after a nice passing sequence and transition to take the featherweight title. We re

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 confirmed yet and if Gordon will do both a division and the superfight. For the women Ffion Davies, and Amy Campo in new divisions possibly. The we talk about every athlete announced for ADCC 2024 outside of the champions At -66kg we look at Owen Jones the 1st European Trial winner, Dorian Olivarez the East Coast Trials winner, Ethan Thomas the 1st Asia & Oceania Trials winner, Gairbeg Ibragimov the 2nd European Trials winner, Kennedy Maciel the 1st South American Trials winner and former medalist, Fabricio Andrey the 2nd South American Trials winner. Multiple time trials winner and invitee Ethan Crelinsten. Deandre Co

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 recap with Men's -66kg divisio Deandre Corbe vs Keith Krikorian With Deandre berimbilo roll to back take and score 3 points then scoring again with the hooks for another 3 points to punch his ticket to the ADCC World Championships in 2024. In -77kg we saw Andrew Tackett vs Oliver TazaWith Andrew Tackett proving everyones pick correct pulling a flying triangle to wrestle up and inversion early in the match then diligent counter wrestling and takedowns to score points and earn his trials qualifying slotIn the -88kg division we saw a rematch between William Tackett vs Jay RodriguezWith Tackett comeing out quick and jum

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 Fowler to -99KG , and Jonnatas Gracie to -77KG.In the recap section of the show we talk about the Polaris GP and Superfights. We talk about PJ Barch impressive run and Levi Jones Leary Berimbolo game. As well as the other bracket matches. In the superfight section we talk about Ffion Davies v. Brianna Ste-Marie a rematch from ADCC. We talk about Ffion strategy and how she was able to control the dynamics of the match. In Keith Krikorian vs Cammy Donnally we discuss the float pass Keith used to win via armbar.In the recap of IBJJF Pans we talk about the results of each Black belt finals match and some of the notable su

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 trials winner Luiz Paulo, and ADCC European trials silver medalist Davis Asare, plus Max Hanson  the holder of the most regional belts in Jiu Jitsu across multiple weight classes, and the Polaris Qualifier Harrison Woods, plus long time Gi players Espen Mathiesen and Levi Jones-Leary round out the bracket. We also discuss the superfight between Ffion Davies and Brianna Ste-Marie a rematch of ADCC 2022 finals. With the changes of both camps and how the rematch may go. Plus we also discuss Keith Krikorian superfight on the card. In our preview of IBJJF 2024 Pans we run through all the Black Belt Adult brackets and talk

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 semi finals and then the finals between Kaynan Duarte vs Giancarlo Bodoni. We also discuss the black belt super fights in the Gi.We discussed some of the other events happening this weekend, as well as the shows plan to recap the South American ADCC trials #1 and #2  back to back on next week show.  Plus the Fight Pass Invitational 6 that took place after this week's recording.In the outro of the show, Maine and Zach, discuss travel to the world championships in Las Vegas.Recorded 3-3-2024

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 a classic jumping triangle off the wall and Joao hitting a heel hook off of the Karate Combat pit walls. In the preview section we preview the IBJJF GP featuring Kaynan Duarte vs Haisam Rida Giancarlo Bodoni vs Patrick Gaudio  Dante Leon vs Elder Cruz and Pedro Rocha vs Roosevelt Souza, plus some fantastic superfights with Kade Ruotolo v. Nathan Chueng in a return to the Gi for Kade Tainan Dalpra v. Mauricio Oliveira, Andy Murasaki v. Mathias Luna, and Jamil Hill-Taylor v. Zach Kaina.In the preview of the Fight Pass Invitational 6 we discuss Craig Jones vs Rafael Lovatoin what could be a battle of pace. A rematch betw

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 -66kgWith Gairbeg Ibragimov vs Yigit Hanay with Gairbeg taking a decision win over after beating Ash Williams in the semifinals in a rematch from Trials 2021. -77kgWe saw Tommy Langaker Vs Davis Asare the new wave prospect. Coming after Asare impressive win over teammate Oliver Taza in the semifinals. Langaker was able to submit Asare with a RNC after an interesting pass that we break down. -88kgTaylor Pearman vs Ben Bennett after some aggressive start Taylor hits the false reap and ends it with a heel hook. The same move he was hitting all weekend on everyone he faced in his division including Adam Wardzinski the former ADCC Trials winner. -99kgMarcin Maciulewicz vs Kaspe

This week on the show Maine and Simon recap Nick Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo on WNO 22.We kick off news with a discussion of Pit Fighting Jiu Jitsu announced matchups, and Polaris Open information. We jump right into recapping the main event of Nick Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo, we talk about the guard work and submission attempts and perfect strategy from Victor that led him to a decision victory. In the welterweight title match we talk about Mica Galvão vs Kenta Iwamoto, we discuss the wrestling counter of Mica into submissions and the variety of offensive options Mica used in the matchup.  In the recap of Amanda "Tubby" Alequin vs Adele Fornarino the second fastest submission in WNO history with Adele hitting an Aoki lock in 24 seconds. In the Lightweight title match we talk Dante Leon vs Diego "Pato" Oliveira, and how the featherweight champ became the two division WNO champ. We recap the lightning fast SLX transition to the heel hook that Pato hit to take the 155 pound title, and how the wei

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview Nick Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo on WNO 22.We jump right into previewing the main event Nick Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo, the third match so far with Hugo taking the first three we talk about the changes to Nicky Rods passing and overall game since their matches in 2020 and 2021.In the welterweight title match we talk about Mica Galvão -vs Kenta Iwamoto, we discuss the wrestling and the variety of offensive options Mica has in the matchup.  In a late replacement match we talk Amanda "Tubby" Alequin vs Adele Fornarino, adn the possibility that Tubby will continue to mix up her game plan since her One FC match. In the Lightweight title match we talk Dante Leon vs Diego "Pato" Oliveira, the featherweight champ, and how the recent staggering weight routine may play a factor in the match. In Tainan Dalpra  vs Oliver Taza, we talk about Tainan Dalpra second no-gi black belt match and how the AOJ game planning may be the big deciding factor in this matchu

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the 2024 IBJJF European championships we recap every black belt adult final, as well as recap the main event of F2W 244, talk about Pit Submission inaugural event.We recap every black belt European final for IBJJF.Recapping how, Thalison Soares, Meyram Maquine, Kennedy Maciel, Elijah Dorsey, Micael Galvao, Mauricio Oliveira, Adam Wardzinski, Erich Munis, and Gutemberg  Pereira won their mens divisions. Then we go into recaps of the women's divisions discussing Shelby Murphey, Jessica Caroline, Margot Ciccarelli, Julia Alves, Thalyta Silva, Aurelie Le Vern, Melissa Cueto, and Gabrieli Pessanha finals preformances. We also discuss the upcoming Main Character Jiu Jitsu Card, WNO 22, and USA UWW grappling qualifier. Recorded 1-29-2024

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap ADXC 2 and preview IBJJF European Championships 2024, Enigma Quintet, One FC  Ruotolo vs Langaker 2, Pit Submission Karate Combat, and talk about F2W Miami. Recorded 1-21-2024

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview ADXC 2.In the news section we talk about some of the upcoming cards and matchups on WNO 22, F2W, the ADCC Open and IBJJB Euros 2024.In the preview section we talk about ADXC 2 Headlined by Aljamain Sterling vs. Chase Hooper, and co main evented by Bruno Lima vs. Manuel Ribamar, we preview Ffion Davies vs. Luana Pinheiro the ADCC champion vs UFC star.  We talk about the rematch between Pablo Lavaselli vs. Espen Mathiesen. Also on the main card we preview Gabriel Sousa vs. Yuta Shimada, PFL fighter Denzel Freeman vs. Pouya Rahman, and Omar Al Suwaidi vs. Shay Montague.We also discuss ADCX 2 rules and judging format. Recorded 2-15-2024

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the 2023 Grappling Conjectures stats breakdown of 2023.Recorded 12-7-2024

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Fury Grappling 8 and Medusa 5. In the recap section we discuss Fury Pro Grappling 8 with main event  Kevin Dantzler vs Aljamain Sterling in a match that saw an armbar attempt from Dantzler to take the decision. We talk about the exciting suplex game of Alexandr Romanov vs Chris Daukaus that saw Romanov take a decision win in the matchup. In Pat Sabatini vs Niko Price via Submission we talk about Pat Suloev Stretch win and some history of the man behind the Suloev. We also discuss Eryk "Ya Boi"  Anders vs  Kyle Daukaus and Eryk decision to wear wrestling shoes.  Plus Fatima Kline vs Cindy Ung.In the recap of Medusa we talk about the bracketing of the event and the first round win then withdraw from the tournament of number 1 seed Alex Enriquez, and how her first round matchup in Gillian Noll was brought back into the event to go on to win the entire thing. We also discuss some of the strategy and tactics that come with CJJ and the changes between regulati

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the best moments of 2023. We recap the best male and female grapplers of 2023, the best submissions of 2023, the breakout grappler of the year, and best moments of 2023. Recorded 12-24-2023

This week on the show Maine and Josh recap the AIGA championship, we talk about select matches from the 2 day event, and recap how team Modolfo won the 50K championship. In the news section we talk about Nicholas Meregali visa issues per his post and speculate on how this might affect his competition participation in 2024. In the recap section we talk about all the subs from the AIGA championship event and break down Team Modolfo and Team Acai Republic most notable moments. We talk about Dante Leon submission over Johnatha Alves, Big Dan heel hooks from the weekend less than a day after his FPI performance. We talk Cobrinha Jr wrestling and how it may be the best at -66kg. We also talk about both impressive matches from Dominic Mejia, and how next level Mica Galvão has looked as of late and a possible Gordon Ryan match in the coming years, or a rematch with Kade. In the outro we talk about the Grappling Rewind best of 2023 show coming in the following weeks. Recorded 12-17-2023

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the Fight Pass Invitational 5 FPI 5, and the 2023 IBJJF No-GI Worlds. Plus preview the teams for AIGA Championship.In news we talk about the ONE FC apprentice Season 2 launching in Asia. the 50k belt match proposal between Nicky Rod and Gordon Ryan. Gutenberg leaving GFT to go to AOJ, and Talita Alencar winning her UFC debut. In the recap of the Fight Pass Invitational 5 we recap Felipe Pena vs. Nicholas Meregali that saw Meregali submit Pena with a RNC. In Yuri Simões vs. Nicky Rodriguez we saw Rod win via points. We also recap the entire rest of the card including Mason Fowler vs. Haisam Rida, Nicky Ryan vs. Jonnatas Gracie, Victor Hugo vs. Big Dan Manasoiu,  Luiza Monteiro vs. Elisabeth Clay, Andy Varela vs. Achilles Rocha, Vagner Rocha vs. Victor Silverio, Amanda Mazza vs. Hannah Goldy, and Cristian Guzman vs. Aaron Wilson. In the recap of IBJJF No Gi Worlds 2023 we talk about every black belt adult finals match, recapping Roosterweight with Everton Teixeiria

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the WNO 21 card, Arte Suave 30, Subversion Ascension, and preview UFC Fight Pass Invitational 5, Finishers Money in the Bank, and talk IBJJF No-Gi Worlds.In the recap section of the show we talk about WNO and discuss the technical points of the matches starting with Mica Galvao vs Kody Steele that saw Mica win with a RNC after some amazing suplexes and retaining his Welterweight Title. In Pedro Marinho vs Rafael Lovato Jr. we talk about how Pedro used pace and wrestling to win a decision and retain his Light Heavyweight Title. In Diego "Pato" Olivera vs Diogo "Baby Shark" Reis we talk about the title changing hands due to a knee injury via Injury giving Pato the WNO Featherweight belt. In late replacement Giancarlo Bodoni vs Lucas Barbosa we talk about this ADCC finals rematch that saw Giancarlo take a decision over Hulk. In Luke Griffith vs Roosevelt Sousa we talk about Sousa leg entries and the counter Heel Hook Luke was able to hit early in