#195 How Hulk Dominated at BJJ Bet 2 Recap, F2W 179/180, Emerald City, Polaris Squads Preview

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show Maine and Zak recap BJJ Bet 2 Whos Next,Fight to Win 179 and preview the Emerald City Invitational 2, Fight to Win 180 and Polaris Squads 3.
In the news section of the show we discussed the formation of the B-Team in Austin Texas featuring half of the broken up members of the Danaher Death Squad we also discuss Gordon Ryan and John starting their own School in Austin tx.
In the recap section of the show we kick it off talking about the main event featuring Hulk and Leandro Lo. We discussed the speed in which Hulk initiated the takedowns on Leandro and the hard take down that allowed him to secure back mount and a rear naked choke. We also discussed the semifinals of the event featuring exciting matchups between Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa and Mauricio Oliveira that saw Hulk go hard for the finish on an arm-triangle choke, getting the tap almost instantly after changing the angle. We also talked about Leandro Lo and William Tackett and the rib injury that Tackett had been dealing with. In the first round we talked about all of the matchups including Leandro Lo dominant overtime victory against Rafael Paganini on points. We discussed the contrast in Old School vs new school leg lock styles in William Tackett vs Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares that saw the young American take a clean points victory over the ADCC vetran. Plus the veteran game planning that saw Mauricio Oliveira defeat Micael Galvao on points. We also discussed some of the superfights including the weirdest match of the year so far in Nicholas Meregali vs Rider Zuchi. We look at the current IBJJF world champion Matheus Gabriel and his 50/50 armbar finish over Luan Carvalho, And discussed a women's heavyweight matchup between Tayane Porfirio and Gabi Pessanha.
In our recap of fight to win 179 we discussed the main event featherweight title fight between Josh Cisneros and Kennedy Maciel a rematch of one of the most exciting comeback victories we've ever seen from Kennedy, and this didn't disappoint we discuss the opening sequence that saw Kennedy on the back of a back crucifix and Cisneros come from behind victory to win a close judge's decision and the title.
We also talked about the quick back and forth match between Heather Raftery and Tracey Goodell, that saw Heather finish a heel hook after a triangle escape. Plus we talked briefly about Gabrielle McComb vs Karen Antunes, that saw a contrast of leg position work versus passing.
In the preview section we Talked about the Emerald City Invitational featherweight bracket featuring a strong host of contenders, in an event that could really be anyone's day given the EBI format. We discussed the Front Runners on the left side in Josh Cisneros and Kennedy Maciel, and discussed Gianni Grippo and Keith Krikorian on the right side.
We briefly discussed The main event and co-main event for fight to win 180 featuring Rafael Lovato Jr. vs Gabriel Arges, In what we believe could be a toss-up match up, and a woman's openweight bout between Kendall Reusing and Raphel Guedes.
In our preview of Polaris Suads 3 team UK and Ireland versus Team U.S. we discussed some of the recent roster changes facing the US and spoke about how excited we were for the event.
In the outro the hosts discussed healing up injuries and getting back into training.
Recorded 8-2-2021