Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

A breakdown and recap of the weeks professional BJJ and grappling events. Every week we recap what has happened in the world of sport Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and preview the following weeks grappling events.

Episodes

October 14, 2025 46 mins

This week on the show, Maine and Josh recap Grapplefest 19. We talk about the top matches on the main card, including the title fight between Adele Fornarino and Julia Maele.

In the news section of the show we discussed Marcelo Garcia versus Lachlan. Giles announced for one championship in a true match of the legends. We discussed some of these stylistic tendencies between both and potentially where the mashup will take place. We al...

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This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap of UFC BJJ 3 headline by two title fights and some incredible performances. We also recap the 2025 IBJJF NoGi Pan championships. Plus Preview Grapplefest 19. 

In the recap section of the show we kicked off with the UFC BJJ 3. Kicking it off with the 135 pound title fight between Mikey Musumeci vs Kevin Carasco that saw mikey win impressively in the first round with his signature Mikey lo...

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This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap CFFC BJJ 15 we talk about all of the matches on the Main card, including the three title fights. 

We break down the scoring and decision in the main event of Pat Sabatini vs Richie Lewis that saw Pat retain welterweight title. 

In Junny Ocasio vs Estevan Martinez we talk about the regulation and the Golden Score sweep that Junny scored to retain bantamweight title.

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This week on the show Maine and Corey recap BJJ Stars 17 the superfights and the -70kg mens tournament. Plus we discuss Polaris 33 Squads storylines and submissions, and touch on Fury Grappling's wild arm break. 

In the recap section of the show we discussed BJJ stars 17 taking a look at all of the super fights and some interesting takeaways regarding gamesmanship. We talk about the controversial match between Leo Ferreira and ...

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On this weeks show Maine and Miranda break down three major promotions, new champion was crowned at Polaris 33 through sheer force of will, the first tickets to the 2026 ADCC World Championships were punched by a new generation of hungry European contenders, and a shocking upsets unfolded at the Eddie Bravo Invitational. 

In the recap of Polaris 33 we broke down the main event that was billed as a classic clash of styles. Dynamic ta...

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This week on the show, Maine and Corey recap Day 2 of the Craig Jones Invitational 2. We recap all the action from Day 2 of the biggest-paying event in grappling history.

In the recap section we talk about the two paths to the finals. 

First, we break down the strategic decisions and matchs between New Wave and Atos. We talk about some of the match controversy and the 50,000 dollar submission bonus that seemed to work to create actio...

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August 31, 2025 52 mins

On this special live from Vegas show we recap day 1 of CJ1 2 the 1 million dollar Quintet men’s event and 100,000 dollar women’s bracket and preview the Craig Jones Vs Chael Sonnen Superfight late replacement 

Regular shows with studio audio coming next week. 

Recorded 8-31-2025

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This week on the show, Maine and Miranda conclude the deep dive into the highly-anticipated men's Quintet bracket for Craig Jones Invitational 2. In the second and final part of our preview, we break down the remaining four super-teams and their wildcards, analyzing the strengths of each athlete, their best wins and accolades and why this is one of the biggest super tournaments ever put together for the $1 million prize.

In the...

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This week on the show, Maine and Miranda deep dive into the first half of the highly-anticipated men's Quintet bracket for Craig Jones Invitational 2. We break down four of the eight teams during this weeks preview. With the other 4 teams scheduled for next weeks show. We analyze the records and accolades, the strengths and potential vulnerabilities of each athlete on each team, and the strategic paths to victory that each tea...

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This week on the show, Maine and Miranda dive deep into biggest cash prize women's bracket ever assembled: the $100,000 four-woman tournament at the Craig Jones Invitational 2. 

We break down the field of four champions: reigning ADCC double-gold champion Adele Fornarino, ADCC -65kg champion Ana Carolina Vieira, teen phenom Helena Crevar, and newly-minted Atos black belt prodigy Sarah Galvão.

In our preview, we analyze the compl...

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This week on the show, Maine and Corey break down the submission-heavy action from UFC BJJ 2 in the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. We recap the entire card including the two title fights. We also touch on some of the key results from the BJJ Stars 16 Absolute Grand Prix that took place the previous week.

In our recap of UFC BJJ 2, we dive deep into the technical oddities of the main with Andrew Tackett making the first-ever successful title...

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This week on the show, we break down the high-stakes action from WNO 29, which unfolded live from Miami, Florida. 

In the preview section of the show we discussed some of the names that have been announced for the Craig Jones invitational happening next month. We discussed.Kingsway wildcard Micael Galvão, and how his participation may throw a large wrench into the other teams lineups. 

In the recap section of the show dive deep into ...

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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 and how Helena signing with ...

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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

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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 hour event that featured 55 matches of ...

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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 pound Bantamweight Title fight between ...

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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 vs. Keith Krikorian (155lbs): We ...

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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-anticipated UFC BJJ: Road to the Title, wh...

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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 covering him over the years. 

We talk abou...

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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 match across all three rounds and add...

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