#242 Polaris Squads & Midwest Finishers 7 Recap

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show Maine and Josh recap Polaris 20 Squads team USA vs Brazil, and Midwest Finishers 7.
In the news section of the show we discuss Cyborg being invited to ADCC and making his 7th appearance.
In the recap of Midwest Finishers 7 we discussed the mens 155 pound lightweight bracket and the women 125 pound bracket. We ran through some of the stand out performances including Keiran Kerchak submission run then rib injury that then saw Jordan Holy vs Deandre Cobre in the finals in an overtime battle after some good positional and back and forth during regulation, leading to Holy taking the title in overtime.
In the 125 pound bracket we discussed some of the early submissions and the final between Alex Nguyen and Trinity Pun. We discussed the back and forth of the match including trinity attempt at a no arm triangle canto choke variation and Alex's Armbar finish to take the title.
In the recap of Polaris 20 Squads Team USA Vs Team Brazil we discussed the Squads format as well as the superfight between Damian Maia and Benson Henderson that saw Maia control position for nearly 17 minutes of the match .
In the Squads recap we discussed all the matches but paid special attention to the matches with submission including Mason Fowler come from behind submission victory over Kwynan Gracie , plus all three matches between Keith Krikorian and Mica Galvao that saw Mica score 2 points for team Brazil we discussed the pass and mount transition he used and the armbar and triangle transition he used in all three matches. As well as discussed the last second call in their first match. We also discussed the rules of the event and some of the challenges of the format that saw team Brazil take a 2-1 win over USA.
In the preview section we discuss Raw grappling lineup and the string of wild brackets at Honor Submission Challange #1.
In the outro we discussed the team competing locally this past weekend.
Recorded 6-26-2022