On this weeks show Maine and Corey recap UFC BJJ 4. 

In the recap section of the show, we kick it off breaking down the main event welterweight title match between Andrew Tackett vs Elijah Dorsey, discussing the early leg lock exchange, Tackett's decision to engage in the 50/50 position, and his inside heel hook finish in the first round. 

In the middleweight title match between William Tackett vs Ronaldo Junior we discussed Ronaldo's game plan to slow the pace and neutralize scrambles, his ability to mount Tackett multiple times, and his dominant unanimous decision win. 

In the women's featherweight title match between Raquel Canuto vs Aurelie Le Vern we talked about Le Vern's early takedown, the transition to the inverted triangle setup, and the kimura finish in the first round.

We also recapped the rest of the card including Mayssa Bastos vs Amanda Alequin, discussing Bastos's ability to retain guard against Alequin's pressure passing to secure the decision. 

In Renato Canuto vs Alan Sanchez we talked about Canuto's high-amplitude movement and flying entries against Sanchez's defensive shell. 

In Dorian Olivarez vs Samuel Nagai we discussed Nagai's strong start in the first round, followed by Olivarez taking over with wrestling and cardio in rounds two and three. 

We also discussed Andy Varela vs Robby Malof, covering Varela's positional dominance, and odd strategy in the match, and the third-round heel hook finish. 

In Bella Mir vs Rana Willink we talked about Mir's heavy top pressure and takedowns against Willink's active guard and late submission threats. 

In Landon Elmore vs Nate Hernandez we discussed Elmore's opening flying triangle attempt and the quick transition to the match-ending footlock. 

We also recapped Jussier Formiga vs Lucas Pinheiro, discussing Formiga's use of defensive wrestling and top pressure to shut down Pinheiro's modern guard game.

In the outro of the show the hosts talked about Maine's wife being promoted to black belt.

Recorded 12-14-2025

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap WNO 31, ADCC Asian and Oceanic Trials 2025, and One Championship Marcello Garcia Vs Lachlan Giles. 

In the recap section of the shell, we kick it off breaking down the One Championship matchups between Marcello Garcia and Lachlan Giles talking about Lachlan leg and K guard entries and how he was able to submit Marcello with a kneebar. 

We also recapped the Flyweight title between Diogo Reis vs. Daiki Yonekura, that saw Diogo win on passing attempts and sub agression.

In the next section of the recap segment we talk about WNO 31 discussing the main event super fight for the heavyweight title between Felipe Pena vs. Luke Griffith we talk about the back take and and rear naked choke finish, then get into if the choke was held too long.

In the featherweight title match between Helena Crevar and Julia Boscher, we discussed the lock lock entries and defense from Julia and the Aoki lock finish from Crevar.

In Gabi Pessanha vs. Paige Clymer we discussed Gabi making her super fight NoGI debut we discussed some of her questionable footlock entries and how she was able to implement her game against Paige in the decision win. 

In Xande Ribeiro vs. Faris Ben-Lamkadem we discussed some of Xande pacing and entry issues and how the overall top position counter game from Faris allowed him to take the match on position and passing attempts.

In Felipe Costa vs. Abraham La Montagne we discussed the interesting scoring parallels between big moments of positional dominace vs sustained activity and pressure passing attempts. We also discussed the ending secuence that saw Felipe win via armbar. 

In the second half the recap section we discussed ADCC Asian and Oceanic Trials, we talked about of the mens finals notably Kenta Iwamoto vs.Izaak Michell at -77 kg and Jozef Chen vs.James Watson at -88kg plus the others. In the women's finals we talk about the only final with video footage. 

In the preview section of the show we talk about the matchups on UFC BJJ 4. Main Event for the 170 title Andrew Tackett vs Elijah Dorsey, the 185 pound title between William Tackett vs Ronaldo Junior, the 145 pound women's title between Raquel Canuto vs Aurelie Le Vern.

Plus the rest of the stacked card featuring Mayssa Bastos vs Amanda Alequin, Renato Canuto vs Alan Sanchez, Samuel Nagai vs Dorian Olivarez, Andy Varela vs Robby Malof, Bella Mir vs Rana Willink, Landon Elmore vs Nate Hernandez, and Lucas Pinheiro vs Jussier Formiga.

In the outro of the show show the hosts talked about Maines wife getting her black belt next week. 

Recorded 12-8-2025

This week, Maine and Miranda preview the upcoming WNO 31 night of champions we discussed all of the matchups on the main card and breakdown our picks for who will win and retain the titles at Who is Number One.

We kick off the show discussing the main event Felipe Pena vs. Luke Griffith we talk about their first two matchups where Pena has been able to submit Luke every time. We talked about their first match up at ADCC 2024 and then again in CJI 2 we talk about some of the stylistic approaches that Luke may take in this trilogy matchup and how his camp is one of the best in the world to deal with Felipe specifically. We also discuss Pena's game and how it has been effective every single time that you have matched up. 

In the main event, we discussed the matchup between Diego "Pato" Oliveira vs Deandre Corbe. We discussed their most recent matchup that was a somewhat controversial win for Deandre at Sapatero via a judges decision, we discussed some of the strategies in the matches, and how potentially a fired up Pato could potentially put up a pace that alone allows him to win a judges decision in the WNO format. 

In the featherweight title match between Helena Crevar and Julia Boscher, we discussed the recent outstanding run that Helena has been on winning both the women's division at CJI2, and staking her claim as one of the best women in the world we discussed the difference in ranking leading up to this match, and the activity that will be needed from Julia to win. 

In Gabi Pessanha vs. Paige Clymer we discussed Gabi making her super fight NoGI debut we discussed some of her Footlock winds that she has taken recently on the IBJJF circuit and some of the tactical tendencies that she has that may lead to her potentially being able to be countered by Paige. We discussed some stylistically changes in. Paige passing, that may potentially work in her favor. We talked about the pathway that Gabi has to victory with heavy top pressure and being able to consistently force into back control to look for the sub.

In Xande Ribeiro vs. Faris Ben-Lamkadem we discussed some of Xande recent performances, and how this match up is a late replacement matchup with one of the top grappler on the IBJJF circuit out of Europe. 

In Felipe Costa vs. Abraham La Montagne we discussed the danger of the Abe lock and potentially the camp that Felipe comes from in order to be able to deal with that technique we discussed the quick outside, passing from Felipe in potentially activity that would allow him to be the favor in this matchup.

In the second half the preview section we discussed ADCC Asian and Oceanic Trials, we talked about the size of the divisions and some of the notable competitors at the event.

In the outro of the show show the hosts talked about Maines wife getting her black belt in a few weeks. 

Recorded 11-30-2025

This week, me and Miranda recap the 2025 IBJJF Crown featuring six different divisions, two women's divisions, and four men's divisions. We also recap the Maine card for BJJ Stars 18.

In the recap section of the show we kicked off with BJJ Stars 18 taking a look at the main card.

We discuss Pedro Marinho taking a decision over Roosevelt Sousa via his usual methods and distance management. 

We discussed the interesting and lengthy position arguments that took place in Vagner Rocha vs Sergio Moraes which ended in a victory via penalties for Vagner. 

In Fabricio Andrey Vs Oliver Taza we discussed the interesting back-and-forth and how you can potentially interpret and judge matches based on athlete, intent.

In Meyram Maquine vs Owen Jones we discussed the submission strategy for Owen versus the passing point strategy for. Meyram that saw Meyram win on points

In Yatan Bueno vs Big Dan we discussed that this is the first time we have seen big Dan since his injury and this may have player factor in his pacing and strategy leading to Bueno winning on points.

Any recap of the 2025 IBJJJF Crown we talk about all of the finals matches in all six divisions. 

Kicking it off with Cole Abate vs João Mendes where Abate took it via sweeps on points. 
In Andy Murasaki vs Jackson Nagai we discussed how this is potentially one of the more interesting Gi matches of the year and Andy strategy starting from the bottom working for the suite then resetting to pole guard again and resweep to take the win by points.

In Nolan Stuart vs Adam Wardzinski we discussed Adams return from retirement and his fantastic X-Guard sweep, followed by some midrange guard work that Nolan was able to capitalize on shooting in early Omaplata that Adam defended per minute before no one was able to keep the control and make the final adjustments to get the finish.

In Erich Munis vs Gustavo Batista we discussed the game from Erich and how it is so hard to deal with leading to a point win for Munis.

In the women's division, we check it off discussing Sarah Galvão vs Janaina Lebre we discussed the fantastic opening sequence with the flash cast off of the guard pole from Lebre that led to one advantage for Sarah after that, we discussed some of the guard work, but that the one advantage would be all that it took for Sarah to the crown. 

In Gabi Pessanha vs Tayane Porfirio we discussed with essentially the exact same match that they have had prior with Gabi being able to counter the double under pass from Tayane and throwing points, getting to the top, forcing the turtle and working for the choke during sections of the match. 

In the author, discussed the upcoming Thanksgiving plans.

Recorded 11-24-2025

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 Corey preview WNO 30 the Openweight GP, and recap the Finisher title fights. 

In the preview section of the show we discuss the "Call Your Shot" rule in place for the event and how it potentially may lead to more submissions and action. 

We discuss all 8 men in the event their best attributes and what subs they likely chose in the bonus format. 

We talk about the accolades of Dante Leon, Roberto Jimenez, Achilles Rocha, Declan Moody, Felipe Costa (Laranjinha), Michael Sainz, Pat Shahgholi, and Justin Michael the qualifiers winner. We talk bracketing and the frontrunners for the division. Plus dark horses. 

We also discuss the rest of the main card including a rematch between Devhonte Johnson vs. Gutemberg Pereira, and how the formatting of WNO may lead to a slower match. 

We talk Sarah Galvão vs. Trinity Pun and potential matches for Sarah in the future. 

Then we break down Owen Jones vs. Gavin Corbe in a dynamic -66kg matchup. 

In the recap section of the show we discuss the 4 title fights on this weekends Finishers card. 

Recorded 10-20-2025

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