#121 GrappleFest 8 Recap, & BJJ Fanatics Gordon Ryan Vs Pat Downey, Preview F2W 137

Published: March 3, 2020, 5 a.m.

This week on the show Maine and Emil talk about the BJJ Fanatics 170 GP Gordon Ryan Vs pat Downey and GrappleFest 8 Headlined by Thor Vs Adam Wardzinski, and featuring the Rutolo Brothers, and preview Fight to Win 137.

In the news section we talk about Mikey Musumeci vs Erberth Santos that is apparently back on.\xa0 We talk about BJJ Stars and its huge lineup.\xa0 Roberto Jiminez Vs Felipe Andrew at the KC Open. As well as talk about Eddie Bravo and the OT event he has announced.\xa0 We also get some late breaking news that Sub Stars is unable to pay their athletes from the event earlier in February. \xa0

In the recap section of the show we talk about GrappleFest 8 Headlined by Jon Thor Blank Vs Adam Wardzinski, that saw Jon finish Adam with a quick heel hook after inverting under on the legs for the -90kg title. \xa0

We talk about the completeness of Dante Leon game Vs Tye Ruotolo that saw the Canadian take a unanimous decision victory over the Atos Prodigy.\xa0 We talk about how to handle positional resets when you go out of bounds in a sub in a sub only format.\xa0

We talk about Kade Ruotolo Vs Ash Williams that saw lots of positional exchanges and leg pin passing from Ruotolo, as well as some Toe Hold attempts from the Atos Purple belt that required Ash to change position. \xa0

We also talk about a few more of the main card matches and go through the undercard results.

In our recap of the BJJ Fanatics 170 GP headlines by Gordon Ryan and Pat Downey in two matches one under ADCC rules and the other in freestyle rules.\xa0 We talk about the finishing sequence that Pat Downey quit during and the potential through process behind Gordon Ryan in this match, as well as the 20 second sequence that Say Pat Tech Fall Ryan in the freestyle match. \xa0

In the 170 tournament recap we are impressed by Oliver Taza and his heel hok finishes over PJ Barch, and John Combs, as well as talk about his wrist lock finish of Ethan Crelinsten on OT of the finals.\xa0

In the Preview section we talk about Fight to Win 137 in Denver Co Headlined by\xa0 Roberto Jimenez vs Lucas Barbosa we talk about where we think each grappler is strong and how underrated going into a match with nothing to loose is against a world championship black belt.\xa0 We talk about the berimbolo game and lapel game and how it may play into this matchup.\xa0 In the co- maine we talk about Marcio Andre vs Michael Liera Jr for the 170 title.\xa0 We also preview Jake Watson vs Rudson Mateus, and some other matches on the card.\xa0

We also preview Copa Podio Sacramento the lightweight GP with Uriah Faber, and talk about Grappling Industries at the Arnold Classic that gives grapplers in the No-Gi Absolute a chance to face Gordon Ryan.

\xa0In the outro section of the show we talk about Corona Virus and how if your sick stay home.\xa0

\xa0Recorded 3-2-2020

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