This week on the show Maine and Zak recap Third Coast Grappling 5 headline by William Tackett versus Fellipe Andrew and Submission Underground 19 (SUG) we also tease our end-of-the-year show and top 10 of 2020.

In the news segment of the show we talked about the upcoming American Jiu-Jitsu story some combat Jiu-Jitsu news as well as other items in the community.

In the recap for 3rd Coast Grappling Five we talked about the quick submission finish in the main event by William Tackett over Fellipe Andrew. We talked about the leg entanglement that led to this submission and how initiative is such an important part of grappling

In the co-main event we talked about Thiago Macedo’s victory over Johnny Tama and the strangeness of the mat side call. In Kody Steele vs. Edwin Najmi we discuss the changes in Kody’s game and how his modulation of aggression worked in his favor in this match, coupled with his high amplitude wrestling.  In John Combs vs. Pedro Marinho we discuss some more great Guillotine battles and pressure wrestling on display as well as the hosts disagreement of the referee's call of the match.  We also discuss the modulated time match between Andrew Tackett and Damien Anderson.

In our recap of SUG 19 we discuss Craig Jones Vs Brent Primus that showcased great submission chaining from the Australian and solid defense from Primus.  We discuss Cowboy vs RDA, and the double overtime plus the two deciding to go at it again after the main event.  We discuss the women's title, and the title match between Mason Fowler and Satoshi Ishii.

In the last segment Maine and Zak go deep on some of the challenges of various rule sets and some things that we would like to see moving forward, including the challenges of having two different kinds of rules in the same match.  We also talk about additional rules and how we think things would be improved. 

In the outro section of the show the hosts discuss holiday plans and lack thereof and various holiday drinks.

Recorded 12-21-2020