Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show Maine recaps the 2025 ADCC North American trials live from Orlando Florida.  

We recap all the divisions starting with the Men's

We discuss the 

-66.0 kg Dorian Olivarez
-77.0 kg Jacob Bornemann
-88.0 kg Jon Blank
-99.0 kg Achilles Rocha
+99.0 kg Brandon Reed

Then  move into the recap of the womens division
-55.0 kgAna Mayordomo
-65.0 kg Morgan "Mo" Black
+65.0 kg Ma...

This week on the show, Maine and Josh preview the 2025 ADCC North American championships, also known as the East Coast trials. We take a look at all of the divisions and talk about the most notable athletes registered for the event.

We take a look at the under 66 kg divisions followed by the under 77 kg division followed by the under 88 kg division followed by the under 99 kg division followed by the over 99 kg division for the men.

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This week on the show, Maine and Miranda accompanied by Cory recap Polaris 34 that took place earlier in the day we discussed the entire squads event and every single match in the men's tournament as well as both women's title fights between Ffion Davies and Margot Ciccarelli and Helena Crevar versus Sula Mae-Loewenthal. 

In the recap section of the show, we talk about the absolutely incredible performances from the athlet...

This week on the Maine and Miranda recap WNO 30, and 8 man super fight tournament to determine who will be the next Openweight champion. We also preview Polaris 34 the Squads event and women's title fights. 

In the recap section of the we jump right into discussing the criteria of how matches were judged at the event, we run through every single match on the main card and discussed the result, including some of the more controv...

This week on the show Maine and Corey preview WNO 30 the Openweight GP, and recap the Finisher title fights. 

In the preview section of the show we discuss the "Call Your Shot" rule in place for the event and how it potentially may lead to more submissions and action. 

We discuss all 8 men in the event their best attributes and what subs they likely chose in the bonus format. 

We talk about the accolades of Dante Leon, Rober...

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...

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...

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.

In ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...