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 Maia Matalon

Recorded 11-17-2025

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.

Then we take a look at the women's divisions in the under 55 kg division then the under 65 kg division and then the over 65 kg division.

We discussed the change in bracket sizing for this event that is notably, much smaller than the trials have been previously. We discussed some of the greater landscape of the sport and the event as a whole that Maine will be live at this coming week.

Recorded 11-9-2025

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 athletes to cross the entire squads event, including stand-up performances and showings by Mateusz Szczeciński. We discussed the overwhelming focus on leg locks for the event and the commanding lead that team Europe took early and then never let go out throughout both houses of the squads event. We recap all of the action and discuss why the format works so well and how potentially we would like to see it used in CJI 3.

In the recap of the women's title fights, we discussed Ffion pacing and the absolute return to form in her top game and passing pressure with her, taking a commanding decision victory over Margot Ciccarelli after three rounds.

In our recap of Helena Crevar versus Sula Mae-Loewenthal we discussed the nearly 2 minute round one submission that saw Crevar finish a modified head and arm from the mount to retain her title on Polaris

Recorded 11-1-2025

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 controversial or clearer results we also discuss the entire open weight bracket and every single match from the tournament, including the title fight between Declan Moody and Dante Leon.

In our preview of Polaris 34 we discussed both of the women's title fights headlining the card as well as the team lineup for team, Europe, and team, Asia and Oceania.

Recorded 10-27-2025

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 also talk about a longer preview closer to the event.

In the recap section of the show we discussed the under 65 kg championship match of Adele Fornarino vs Julia Maele. We talk about the quick finish and ankle lock from Adele and some other potential matchups and rematches that may be available to her as she defends the title.

We talk about Michael Pixley vs Jean Maltese with Pixley taking a decision win. We discussed his passing range and the ranges that he likes to operate in and potentially some of the game planning tendencies. His opponents may be able to look at in this upcoming trials.

In a recap of Max Hanson vs Seany Stewart we discussed the dynamic offense that Max put up trying to submit Stewart and we discussed numerous very interesting defensive reactions that Stewart put in the way of Max Hanson. We broke down a D'arce setup and defense, a rear naked, choke defense that Stewart pulled off that is rarely seen and then we discussed some of the other offensive tendencies for Max that led his decision victory in the match.

We also broke down Brandon Reed vs Philippe Geyer that saw Brandan be able to win the match with a Rear-naked Choke after a phenomenal slide by duck under and back and then a second back later in the match, we discussed the speed that Reed has and how that has become a staple of the heavyweight divisions in the modern era.

Recorded 10-12-2025

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 lock.

In the Co-main event we discuss Carlos Henrique vs Matheus Gabriel where Carlos retained the 155 pound title by decision.

We also recap the rest of the card including an exciting match with title implications between Sam Nagai vs Kennedy Maciel that saw Nagai take the win by decision. Cassia Moura vs Alex Enriquez where Cassia takes the match by decision, and we talk ADCC Trials implications. We discuss the rematch between Jansen Gomes vs Gustavo Batista that saw Jansen once again take the decision win. In Kris Olivo vs Andy Murasaki we discuss Andy Kimura win in round 3. In Andy Varela vs Daniel Sathler we discussed the timing of Andy tricep drag to the back take and Rear Naked Choke. We discussed Shye Lilly vs Ana Mayordomo where Ana won both at UFC and IBJJF in the same weekend and Jalen Fonacier vs Pedro Nakano that saw an impressive fast heel hook for Jalen to take the match.

In our recap of the 2025 IBFFJ NoGi Pans we broke down and recapped every Adult Black Belt finals match and the result, including some odd scoring and refereeing.

In the preview section we discuss Grapplefest 19 card.

Recorded 10-6-2025

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 Taylor Hishaw vs Nicole Mathew we discuss Hishaw performance that led her to winning the decision and taking the inaugural women's bantamweight title.

We talked about the pacing of Elder Cruz vs. Sergio Vilas despite the match being declared a draw.

We broke down Kevin Dantzler vs Sam Micale that ended in Dantzler hitting a Choi bar 12 seconds into the match.

We talk about the kneebat that Andrew Kochel hit vs Kareem Mathieu, and circile back to Emily Hansen vs Amanda Mazza that saw Mazza break her own arm pulling in a Rear Naked Choke.

We also discussed Steve Joachim vs Anthony Williamson and the heel hook that Joachim hit to win the match

Recorded 9-29-2025

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 Fellipe Andrew that ended in last second suspect points.

The sweep vs countersweep match between UFC BJJ title challanger Rerisson Gabriel vs. Diego Sodre.

We talk about the pass and finish in Rider Zuchi vs Nolan Stuart.

Plus the stack pass to armbar win in Giovanah Oliveira vs Jessica Caroline.

We break down all the matches in the mens -70 kg event as well discussing mostly Ruan Alvarenga and Meyram Maquine bracket runs and their finals match.

In the recap of Polaris, we discussed the interesting storylines they come about with the format of the squads events. We discussed all of the submissions in the tournament and how close the event became between team Oceania and team South America.

Recorded 9-21-2025