This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap F2W 196, and preview the return of EBI, and Emerald City Invitational 155, plus Maine sits down for an interview with ADCC Referee Carlos Diaz to discuss the upcoming AJP event in Orlando Florida, and the upcoming ADCC event. 

In the news segment we discuss some of the biggest names that are entered into the ADCC West Coast Trials and discuss how the divisions are being capped at 256 grapplers. We also discuss how many grapplers are registered currently for each division.  

In our recap section for Fight to Win 196 we discussed the main event John Combs versus Bill the Grill Cooper and how John Combs was able to secure another guillotine victory off of a low shot from Bill, and a transition over to mount to finish the choke. We also discussed a number of other matches on fight to win including another quick guillotine finish.

In our preview of The Emerald City Invitational we discussed all of the names that have been announced for the 155-pound tournament and discussed some of the changes to the lineup that have occurred recently, and struggled to make picks on who we think will win.

In our preview of the Eddie Bravo Invitational’s return we discussed the 16-man bracket and how nearly half the field has a solid shot at taking home the prize.  We discussed some of the accolades behind the entrants and look forward to a bracket later this week.

In the interview with Carlos Diaz we discussed the upcoming AJP events taking place in Orlando Florida that will kick off AJP events in the United States again.  Plus plans moving including the goal of having additional events in the country.   We discussed some of the things that make AJP different as an organization and future goals for the events.

In the ADCC section of the interview we discussed refereeing at the event, and the rules seminar.  Plus many more things that make refereeing and judging the event unique.   We discussed the upcoming West Coast trials and a few athletes to be aware of.

In the outro section Miranda and Maine discuss work and competing and coaching this weekend.

Recorded 3-7-2022