This week on the show, Maine and Corey preview Fury 13.

In the recap section of the show, Maine discusses doing commentary with Josh at Fight to Win 281 in Washington DC. We discussed the main event of Elijah Dorsey vs Overstreet, we also discuss the Finishers open 20 with the winner, winning a spot at the upcoming WNO card. We discussed the finals for the tournament. With Sean Yadimarco punching his ticket.

In the preview section of the show we discussed Fury 13 headlined by Patrick Sabatini vs. Joe Solecki for the welterweight title. Kevin Dantzler vs. Junny Ocasio for the bantamweight title, plus we discuss the 4-Woman 125lb $5,000 Bracket
featuring Trinity Pun out of New Wave, now Kingsway, Taylor Hishaw out of B-Team Amanda Bruse out of Atos, and Cindy Ung out of Balance. We discussed some of the recent matches between some of the women in the bracket and how we hoped the bracketing will work out.

Also on the card we previewed Chris Weidman vs. Pat Downey discussing the wrestling credentials of both athletes and how we think stylistically the match will play out. We also previewed Daishi Goto vs. Devhonte Johnson.

Recorded 5-18-2025

This week on the show Maine and Austin recap the Giles Trials for CJI 1 the Team Australia 6 man bracket and 16 man qualifier event.

We talk about the entire event and the team with Declan and Belal winning there slot on the team.

Wildcard at -66kg Fabricio Andrey announced at the event
CJI 1 finalist and stand out announced at -77kg Levi Jones-Leary
Big CJI 1 dark horse at -88kg Lucas Kanard
with the -99kg Trials winner Declan Moody
and the +99kg Trials winner Belal Etiabari
All coached by Lachlan Giles

Recorded 5-12-2025

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the Middleweight Title Bout between Tye Ruotolo and Dante Leon. We discuss this third matchup at One Championship. Plus we recap the Brazillian Nationals 2025.

In the news section we talk about the New Wave rebrand to Kingswave, and the CJI Wildcard team.

In the recap of One Tye Vs Dante 3 we discussed the phenomenal guard work from Dante paired against some of the best passing in the world from Tye. We discussed all of the sequences of the match and the way that Tye continue to deal with grips and initiate passing attempts off of the guard of Dante. Lead to a decision in favor of Tye.

In the recap of the 2025 IBJJF Brasileiro the third major grand slam event of the year we recapped all of the finishes for the adult black belts, and discussed some of the more interesting sequences in select finals matches of the tournament. We talked about some of the huge upsets, as well as some of the matches that merited a rewatch. We also talked about some of the recurring themes in some of the matches at the event with low scoring, singular cycle guards being played against a singular passing style.

Recorded 5-5-2025

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap BJJ Stars 15.

In the news section, we discussed Raphael Lovato Jr recent wrestling tournament success.

In the recap of BJJ stars 15 we discussed the 185 pound middleweight tournament. We recap all of the matches and discussed the best moments from each one plus all of the rounds. We talk about some of the more interesting style matchups that we saw throughout the tournament, and some of the more shocking results. Plus delve into a lot of the tactics that we saw on display in most of the matchups.

We also recap the highlight main event finish in the Mica and Roberto.

In the second half of the recap section, we discussed all of the main event superfights.

Recorded 4-28-2025

This week show Maine and Miranda recap WNO 27 headlined by Nick Rodriguez vs Kaynan Duarte in a third match and co-main evented by Luke Griffith vs Victor Hugo.

In the news section of the show, we discussed the potential rumor, retirement of Gordon, Ryan and John Danaher. We also discuss an upcoming potential coaching based off between Craig Jones and Gordon.

In the recap section of the show, we break down the main event discussing the improvements that Nick Rodriguez has made to his game in five years since his first two matches with Kaynan Duarte. We discussed the early takedown from. Kaynan the improved back defense from Rodriguez. We then discussed the pacing and passing and mounting sequence from Nicky Rod that allowed him to take the match on decision.

In a recap of the company that we discussed Luke Griffith versus Victor Hugo, we talked about some of the dynamics in the wrestling and takedowns, and how this match shared a lot of dynamics with the main event matchup with a seemingly come-from-behind victory for Luke after getting Hugo back and controlling for a large section of the match.

In the Women's Featherweight Championship match we discussed a rematch between Helena Crevar vs Elisabeth Clay that saw Crevar on top and working to pass the guard, we also discussed the counter back, take off of a known offense from Clay in the way that she goes for the foot lock. We talked about some of the preparation that must have been taking place in Helena's camp that allowed her to eventually get the back of the leg lock transition and win with a rear naked choke to take the featherweight title.

We break down the barn burner of a match between Andrew Tackett vs Fabyury Khrysthyan, we discussed the overwhelming pace and activity from Andrew and how his transitions and wrestling look as good as ever. Then we discussed the transition into the heel hook that won him the match submission

In Xande Ribeiro vs Richie Martinez we talk about the early heel hook attempt from Boogie and then the later judges faxor that Xande appeared to have taken offense at leading to a phenomenal double under pass into a signature kimura.

In Owen Jones vs Julian Espinosa we discuss the movement and transitions of Jones that he was able to use to get back and finish the rear naked choke.

We also briefly discuss the undercard matches of Chris Wojcik vs Michael Esquivel ending in an ankle lock for Wojick, Alan Magendzo vs Colin Carr with Alan taking a late replacement decision. In Ben Eddy vs Josh Wyland we discussed the great north south passing from Josh and the triangle choke counter that Ben was able to use to win the match. We also discussed Taylor Hishaw vs Trinity Pun that saw Taylor take a win by decision.

In the recap of Fight to Win 279 Newark we discussed the Main Event of Junny Ocasio vs. Eric Naples we discussed some of Junny passing and back taking then the Rear Triangle Armbar finish that Junny used to retain his 135 pound title.

In the preview section of the show we discussed BJJ Stars 15 with Meyram Maquine vs Diogo Reis, Erich Munis vs Adam Wardzinski, Gabi Pessanha vs Tayane Porfirio, and Leo Ferreira vs Hygor Brito. We also briefly discussed the 185lbs No-Gi Grand Prix featuring Mica Galvão, Roberto Jiminez (who replaces Gabriel Almeida), Elijah Dorsey, Oliver Taza, Isaque Bahiense, Jon Thor Blank (who replaced PJ Barch), Jonnatas Gracie, and Izaak Michell.

In the outro, we discussed finishing the podcast studio.

Recorded 4-21-2025

This week on the show, Maine and Josh preview the WNO 27 card mainly focusing on the Co-main event down, but touching on the main event that was previewed in full on last week's show.

We kick off the show in the news section discussing the CJI 2 announced teams and names.

In the preview section we discuss Kaynan Duarte vs Nick Rodriguez 3

Then in the main part of the show go on discuss a matchup between two men who have beaten both of the main event fighters. Luke Griffith vs Victor Hugo we talk about some of their recent matches and performances, as well as some of the dynamics and the match and how the guard may play into this match as well as how each Camp will have prepared for the matchup.

In our discussion of Women's Featherweight Championship between Elisabeth Clay vs Helena Crevar we talk about the recent performances as well as the kneebar game of Clay we talk about their first matchup at West Coast trials in 2021 and the similarities and differences between both of the games.

In Andrew Tackett vs Fabyury Khrysthyan we share our love of the action packed pace that Andrew Tackett pushes against all of his opponents and reflect on some of our favorite moments from his recent matches, hoping that we will see more of the same in this matchup.

In Owen Jones vs Julian Espinosa we discussed Owen's ability to go into the legs and also threaten the upper body during the transitions, as well as some of the recent performances from Julian.

In Xande Ribeiro vs Richie Martinez we talked about how much of a legend Xande is and run through his world championship accolades in both the Gi and NoGi at ADCC and IBJJF. We talked about some of the stylistic differences and areas of Richie's guard that Xande we need to play around.

We also briefly discussed the WNO 27 Undercard
Featuring matches with Chris Wojcik vs Michael Esquivel II, Sebastian Attard vs Colin Carr, Taylor Hishaw vs Trinity Pun, and Ben Eddy vs Josh Wyland.

Recorded 4-13-2025

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap One Championship Ash Williams Vs Fabricio Andrey, and preview the main event of WNO 27 Kaynan Duarte vs Nick Rodriguez 3.

In the news section of the show we discussed CJI Main Event announced as Craig Jones vs Gabe Steveson.

In the recap section of the show we One Championship Fight Night 30 Ash Williams Vs Fabricio Andrey we discussed for the sequences and some of the past of the match as well as the leg lock sequences and passing from Fabricio. We also discussed potential opponents on the roster after this matchup.

In the preview section, we looked ahead to WNO 27 headline by match between Kaynan Duarte and Nick Rodriguez. We talked about their first two matches in 2019 some of the history behind the matchups as well as some of the areas where both athletes have improved and made changes to their game we discussed the rules for the event and how it made favor various games and strategies, as well as discussed some of the mental hurdles going into the mashup with Rodriguez having lost the first two nearly six years ago.

In the outro section of the show, we discussed some other announced matchups on the card and upcoming cards.

Recorded 4-6-2025

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Main Character Jiu Jitsu 6, Combat Jiu Jitsu Mexico, and F2W Brooklyn. We also preview Enigma, and One Championship Fabricio Andrey vs Ash Williams.

In the recap of Main Character we discuss Natasha Druggan the 125 Champion vs Mo Black the 135 pound Champion we talk about the finishing armbar sequence that sees Mo retain her title

in the 4 man bracket recap we discuss all rounds of the event including
Wallison Oliveira vs. Sam Schwartzapfel, Ethan Vistro vs. Cam Hurd and the takedown and RNC sequence
and Wallisson Olivera vs. Ethan Vistro in the finals where Olivera hits a lightning lock

In the recap of F2W Brooklyn we discussed the Main Event of Devonte Johnson vs. Denis Gunic we talked about the match tactics and and passing range used by Devonte to take the decision in the match.

In the recap of EBI- Combat BJJ we discussed the highlight reel gogoplata knockout, and some of the high flying work from Kevin Dansler hitting a flying armbar and heel hook in the tournament

We also discuss the finals of Demian Balderrama vs Murcio Rios that sees Demian win with a kimura trap armbar.

In the preview section we discuss the Enigma Invitational Austin on Enigma TV April 5 and their 185 pound round robin event with 1k at stake.

Plus we discuss One Championship Fabricio Andrey vs Ash Williams.

Recorded 3-31-2025