This week on the show Maine and Zak talk about the most exciting grappling match of all time Kade Ruotolo versus Andrew Tackett that took place in the semifinals of the Craig Jones Invitational 2024 Edition in the under 80 kg division.

We spend the entire episode breaking down the action moment by moment and talking about all of the interesting sequences that occurred during the match. We discuss the somewhat controversial scoring in some places, talk about the Craig Jones Invitational rule set in general. Plus talk about how we think the pit format and competition arena played into this match being the best showcase of what professional grappling can offer of all time.

We discussed all of the counter-sequences, takedowns, submission attempts and some of the more interesting technical nuances that we certainly missed live at the arena, and that we were able to catch on rewatch and analysis.

Recorded 9-28-2024