Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns Of Professional Bjj And Grappling Events

This week we recap the Black Belt divisions (and talk about others) for the 2018 IBJJF Gi World Championships. We talk about the mens divisions, the woman's divisions, who we picked; the best and most stand out matches of the event. This show was our highlights of what to watch and who got robbed at this years event (Spoiler it was Keenan). We talk about sandbagging, and time in requirements, plus our general excitement surrounding this years matches. Only a single team close out in the mens and woman's divisions this year. We also preview Quintet 2 the lightweights, plus preview the Black Belts on Fight to Win Pro 76 in Sacramento California. Mundials happened we watched. Recorded 6-3-2018

On this weeks show Maine and Josh preview the brackets for the 2018 IBJJF Gi Worlds. The most prestigious Gi event in the world, and speculate who will take each Black Belt Adult Division for the men and the women. We also give a general overview of the event. This episode was recorded in to segments with the first preview segment being recorded before the brackets had been released, and the second segment of the show being recorded after the release of the brackets. If you are interested in only the brackets section it begins at roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes. On this episode we also recap the Sumo Basho, and make ranking change predictions.

Episode 28 of the Grappling Rewind Podcast we recap Fight to Win Pro 75, Rise Invitational 4, talk about the halfway point of the Sumo basho. We also speculate/ tease how we plan to cover the 2018 IBJJF worlds. We talk about the number of black belt women signed up at the worlds and more. Scottsdale Arizona put on a fun card in the last F2W Pro card before worlds. Maine and Josh also talk about applying for the upcoming F2W Pro card in Maryland, and generally try and relax in the calm before the storm that will be worlds previews and coverage in the coming weeks. Recorded on 5-20-2018 v2

Episode 27 of the Grappling Rewind Podcast. We recap F2W Pro 74, and the first day of the Sumo basho. We also preview of Fight to Win Pro 75, and Rise 4, plus talk a little bit about Makenzie Dern, and Gabi Garcia's performance this last week. We talk about some dope walk outs on F2W pro Denver, and shout out some great commentary for the event. We also forget that we will be previewing worlds next week and think there are no additional upcoming events. Josh breaks his one episode streak of bringing his reading glasses, and again has to read everything at 200% size. Plus as usual we butcher tons of names. Recorded on 5-13-2018

Episode #26 of the Grappling Rewind Podcast on this weeks show Maine and Josh recap ACBJJ 13 in Long Beach CA, Talk about Keenan's finishing sequence, Eberth Santos, Cyborg, Buchecha and more. We also recap F2W Pro 73 in Chicago which is apparently the best crowd in the country for Fight to Win Pro. We recap IBJJF Brazilian Nationals 2018 Black Belt results for the mens, and woman's adult divisions. This week we preview F2W Pro 74, and the upcoming Sumo basho. Josh actually brings his reading glasses this episode (First time in show history) and as a result does not butcher the BJJ competitors names. The show hosts also talk about the lull in professional event the weeks leading up to the 2018 IBJJF world championships. Plus this is the first show in the new studio. Recorded 5-6-2018

On this weeks show we recap UAE King Of Mats, Fight to Win Pro 72 in Pittsburg, PA, Abu Dhabi Pro 2018, the final standings and payouts for the 2017-2018 season. Plus give our thoughts about the bracket of death and how UAEJJF deals with multiple entires from the same country. We previews Fight to Win Pro 73 in Chicago Illinois, then make our predictions on who wins each match on ACBJJ 13 in Long Beach California. Spoiler we thing Gordon Ryan will try and heel hook. We also talk moving the studio into the new space, and Josh goes off on a tangent about the two different peoples feet that he has broken in competition their reactions, and his reactions. This is another great week in BJJ and professional sport grappling. Recorded on 4-29-2018

On this weeks show we recap Submission Underground 7 (SUG 7) , Sub Spectrum the 155 pound tournament and superfight card, Fight to Win Pro 71 in Philadelphia, the Marianas Open 2018 in Guam, which sounds like the coolest place ever if you listen to the commentary on the event. We also Preview the weeks upcoming events, F2W Pro 72 in Pittsburgh, UAE King Of Mats, UAEJJF 10 year Anniversary event, the IBJJF Brazilian Nationals, which has more black belts and entries than you can shake a stick at. Plus the USA Grappling Team Trials. Maine also talks about having a fever most of the weekend, and how this affected his note taking and show preparation. Josh also explains why some positions are hard to score in BJJ, and the reasons certain things are scored certain ways. Recorded on 4-22-2018

On this episode we recap the results of 107 grappling matches that happened this week, Quintet, ACBJJ 12, KASAI Pro 2, F2W Pro 70, SUG 7 is on next weeks show. We preview of F2W Pro 71, and the Marianas Open in Guam. This week was one of the most packed of the year, and was a marathon to get through. Josh also eats 7/8 of a family sized bag of Twizzlers, while the crew works off of very little sleep. Maine and Josh also talk about being live at Fight to Win Pro 70 in Maryland at UMBC, and talk about some upcoming interviews with the fighters and the Fight to Win Pro staff that took place during and after the event. These are the weeks that make the crew happy to be BJJ and professional grappling fans. Recorded on 4-15-2018

On this episode we Preview SUG 7, Quintet, ACBJJ 12, KASAI Pro 2, F2W Pro 70, starting at roughly the 38 minute mark. We Breakdown of F2W Pro 69, and IBJJF D.C. Open at the start of the show. This next week is one of the most packed in the year, with major events for Pro BJJ, and submission grappling all over the globe. Maine and Josh discuss various potential matchups, and give our predictions of who we think will win the matchups we already know about. On this episode we also talk about events we will be covering live in the coming week. Recorded on 4-8-2018

This week we recap Fight to Win Pro 68 in Miami. We Preview of IBJJF DC Open that Josh will be competing in and Maine will be at covering the event. We also Preview Fight to Win Pro 69. in Cleveland Ohio. This episode is the calm before the storm that is the rest of April into May. Maine and Josh also talk about additional coverage and upcoming events that they will be at live doing coverage at the events. Recorded 4-1-2018

On this weeks show we breakdown and recap of F2W Pro 67 in New Orleans Louisiana, the end of the Sumo basho, and give our final thoughts on the Onnit Invitational 7. We also preview the upcoming grappling events for April, Fight to Win Pro 68 in Miami, a card with 21 black belt matches on it. Maine and Josh also check back in on the Jiu Jitsu Magazines 2014 predictions of Purple Belts to watch (FYI They hit the nail on the head). Plus Maine and Josh talk MMA for a few minutes as we discuss Garry Tonon's MMA debut in One FC.

Episode #19 Breakdown of the Grappling Rewind Podcast we break down NCAA Wrestling Finals, UAEJJF London, F2W Pro 66, the halfway point of this Sumo basho, and what we saw of Onnit Invitational 7 before the UFC copyright took it down. We also preview F2W pro 67. New for this week consists of Maine and Josh talking about Nicky Ryan vs Geo Martinex at KASAI Pro 2 April 14th, and Maine trying to buy a house. Maine and Josh also go off the rails a bit from time to time due to lack of sleep. Recorded 3-18-2018

This week we breakdown and recap all the Black Belt Finals for the Men and Woman adult divisions at the 2018 IBJJF Pans. We also talk about what camps we think big future BJJ stars will come from. Maine and Josh also talk about how FloGrappling and the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation need to be better about making grappling easier to watch. The IBJJF rules, gamesmanship and scoring are also discussed in this episode. Plus we do a short preview of Fight to Win Pro 66 in Houston Texas, and the upcoming Sumo Basho.

This week we breakdown the weeks action F2W Pro 65 in Dallas, and ACBJJ 11. Plus a short preview of 2018 IBJJF Pans in California. We also talk about the Kasai 185 pound qualifier for Kasia Pro 2, and the names that we know of on the event currently. Recorded 2-4-2018

This week Maine and Josh recap the weeks action in submission grappling and break down matches on Fight to Win Pro 64. We also preview of Fight to Win Pro 65, and ACB JJ 11. As well as give our thoughts on potential matchups. We also cover the weeks news, and discuss the F2W Pro Belts. Plus Maines application for Fight to Win Pro. Recorded 2-25-2018

This week we breakdown every single match on the EBI 15 Featherweights card , the Main Card of Polaris Pro 6, and the Black Belt matches on Fight to Win Pro 63. We also Previews of F2W Pro 64, and more. This episode is our longest yet, we recap the Eddie Bravo Invitational for roughly the first hour of the show, after we run through this weeks BJJ news. Recorded 2-18-2018

This week we breakdown Fight to Win Pro 62, Spyder BJJ Championships and Copo Podio Iron Brown Belt Europe. We preview EBI (Eddie Bravo Invitational) 15 the Featherweights, Polaris Pro 6, Fight to Win Pro 63, and more. We also talk about Leandro Lo getting hit the face with a bottle, and other BJJ related news that caught our eye during the week. Recorded on 2-11-2018

This week we Breakdown of F2W Pro 61, the EBI 15 Qualifier, some news for Josh Barnett and Sakuraba's new organization Quintet with the announcement of teams. Other news. We also preview F2W Pro 62, talk a little about Show the Art Finishers Sub Only 5, the Copo Podio Iron Brown Belt Europe, ACBJJ South American Gi Championships, and more. This is also the episode where we talk about how much it would suck to get hit in the face with a bat. Recorded 1-4-2018

We recap and break down what might have been the greatest most stacked BJJ card of all time ACBJJ 10. Recap Fight to Win Pro 60 Results. We preview F2W Pro 61, and talk about the first Sumo basho of 2018. Maine and Josh also run through the weeks news of Renzo vs Sakuraba and more. Recorded 1-28-2018

We recap and break down the IBJJF 2018 Europeans championships. Recap Fight to Win Pro 59 Results. We preview F2W Pro 60, and talk about the halfway point of this Sumo basho. Recorded 1-21-2018