#364 Polaris 30 & IBJJF No-Gi Pans 2024 Recap, PGF Season 7 Preview

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap Polaris 30, the 2024 IBJJF No-Gi Pans, and preview PGF Season 7 draft.
In the news section of the show. We discuss One Championship signing, Dante, Leon and Cole Abate. Plus Mikey Musumeci leaving One.
In the recap section of the show, we break down the full main card on Polaris 30, and a few of the notable undercard matches.
We recap Michael ‘Venom’ Page vs Carlos Condit that saw MVP take a decision
In the recap of Helena Crevar vs Nia Blackman we talk about the attacks of Crevars game and how Nia came in with a great strategy to stifle the attacks and work her passing game ending with a decision win for Crevar to retain her lightweight title.
In Keith Krikorian vs Jed Hue we talked about Keiths back take and back control and how his game has changed over the years, plus his post match call out of
Ash Williams
In Dante Leon vs Ellis Younger we talked about the R Guard of Dante and how his guard work is an often under-looked part of his champion winning game
In Eoghan O’Flanagan vs Philippe Geyer we discussed the submission pace of Eoghan vs the passing of Geyer leading to a decision win for Eoghan.
We recapped the finals results for IBJJF No-Gi pans and the most stand out moments and performances including Cole Abate first major Black Belt NoGi win, Elizebeth Clay returning after becoming a mother 17 weeks ago to double gold, Raphael Lovato Jr winning another adult tile at 41 years old.
In the PGF Season 7 preview for the 205 pound season we talked about the draft.
On team Roger Gracie – 1st Phorm
Paul Ardila, Adam Bradley, Kyle Chambers, Kyle Boehm (Nashville Qualifier winner), Dory Aoun , Alternates, Deyvson Souza, and Sam Schwartzapfel
On team Dean Lister – Constellation Network
Kemoy Anderson, Sebastian Attard, Marcin Maciulewicz, Fedor Nikolov, Chris Wojcik, Alternates, Drew Dyer, Jack Bidwell
On team Pedro Sauer – New Hope Regeneration
Travis Thomas, Bradley Schneider Ernesto Rivera, Cameron Hurd, Ryan Aitken, Alternates, Christos Papadelos, Jacob Howarth
On team Carlos Machado – Intrana
Elijah Carlton, Davis Asare, Nathan Haddad, Andre Porfirio, Caleb Crump, Alternates, Abraham La Montagne, Kris Olivo
In the outro we discussed Maine's gym getting a pit wall.
Recorded 11-4-2024