#239 Was 2022 the Best Worlds Ever? IBJJF 2022 Worlds Recap

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show Maine and Zak recap the 2022 IBJJF World Championships. We recap every Black Belt Adult Final for the Men’s and Women’s divisions.
In the news section of the show we discuss ADCC new invite AJ Agazarm replacing Mikey Musumeci who is out due to surgery and Ryan Hall who is out due to an ACL injury.
In the recap section of the show we break down the men's open weight final between Nicholas Meregali and Erich Munis in a rematch from earlier in the day in their weight class. We discuss the tactics involved that saw Nicholas win a closely-contested absolute final by an Advantage.
In the super heavyweight recap we talk about close outs and the lack of in the matchup between Erich Munis and Nicholas Meregali that saw sweep and re-sweep ending up with Erich take it by points 6-4.
At Ultra heavyweight we recapped Victor Hugo defeating Gutemberg Pereira by points after being down by 2 points until the last one minute thirty when he scored 9 points to end the match in mount and by 9-2.
In the Heavyweight recap we discussed Kaynan Duarte defeating Dimitrius Souza by advantages with a great back take attempt.
In the medium heavy recap we talk about Leandro Lo doing it again and becoming 8X world champ defeating Isaque Bahiense by 2 points.
In the middleweight discussion we talk about Tainan Dalpra's passing game and his submission victory over Andy Murasaki with a Canto choke.
In one of the most anticipated divisions of the event we recap the Lightweight final between Mica Galvao and Tye Ruotolo that saw crazy sequences and balance and Mica take the victory on points becoming the youngest champ ever.
At feather we discussed Isaac Doederlein winning her first world title, out-pointing Diego Sodre 2-0 in a last second sweep.
In the Light Feather recap we discussed Meyram Alves defeating Diego “Pato” Oliveira by a close referee’s decision.
In the rooster final we discussed Thalison Soares defeating Carlos “Bebeto” Oliveira by points, 2-0 with a brillant sit up guard sweep and tripod passing.
In the Women’s divisions we discussed Mayssa Bastos defeating Brenda Larissa 6-4 by points in a sweep re-sweep battle.
At light feather we talked about Anna Rodrigues defeating Tammi Musumeci by points 4-2.
At feather we talked about Bianca Basilio taking her first world title over Amanda Canuto by 3 advantages.
In out Lightweight final discussion we talked about Ffion Davies intercept takedown on Janaina Menezes and her fight out of a very tight Kneebar to become the first UK world champion.
In the middleweight discussion we talked about Andressa Cintra ref decision victory over Thalyta Lima.
At Medium-heavy We talked about Ana Carolina Vieira submission victory over Luciana Mota With an Arm triangle choke.
In the Heavyweight recap we broke down Larissa Dias advantage victory over Rafaela Guedes and 7 minutes of body triangle back control.
In the Super heavyweight recap we discussed a consistent rematch between Gabrieli Pessanha and Yara Soares that saw Gabireli take the victory 4-2 on points.
In Women’s open weight we recapped the close match between Gabrieli Pessanha and Amy Campo that saw Pessanha take a referee’s decision victory.
In the outro we discuss why this is the best worlds in years.
Recorded 6-6-2022