This week on the show Maine and Emil recap Third Coast Grappling Kumite V and preview Fight to Win 149

In the news section of the show we talk about the crazy lineup for BJJ Bet including a matchup between Cyborg and Kaynan Duarte, also featured on the card is Felipe Pena, Erberth Santos, Nicholas Meregali, and other huge names at the top of the sport.  Also in the news section we talk about movement in the FloGrappling Rankings.

In the recap section for Third Coast Grappling Kumite V we talk about each of the matchups in the -170 pound bracket, we run through the results and best matches of the quarter finals, semi finals and finals and talk about some outstanding sequences from Renato Canuto vs Johnny Tama, we discuss the third coast grappling rules and mat size, we take a look at a jumping anaconda takedown combo from Tye Ruoloto, plus we cover the controversy of the final no-contents ruling between Roberto Jimenez, and Tye Ruotolo including a rundown of our understanding of the IBJJF rules on submission clearing and takedowns.  We also discuss the $10,000 cash prize and some rematches we want to see.

In the preview section of the show we discuss the main event of Fight to Win 149 headlined by Keenan Cornelius vs Gabriel Almeida, we discuss seeing Keenan back on F2W so quickly after his debut and how we hope his old school submission hunting style will come back into play.  We also discuss the cutting edge of the lapel game that will surely be on display in this matchup.  We talk about the Woman’s Gi Featherweight title bout between Jena Bishop vs Luiza Monteiro, and then discuss Lucas Pinheiro vs Junny Ocasio for the Bantamweight No-Gi title.  We talk about how we hope to see Junny implementing his leg locks and Maine shares a story about rolling with Lucas Pinheiro in Dallas. 

In the outro section of the show Maine and Emil talk about their upcoming weeks and about a potential D&D session with the team later in the week.  We also talk about Yoga and running.

Recorded 8-10-2020