#344 Gordon Ryan Vs Josh Saunders WNO Preview Polaris 28 Recap

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show, Maine and Miranda recap Polaris 28 and preview Who is Number One Gordon Ryan versus Josh Saunders. We also preview main character Jiu-jitsu.
The news section of the show we discuss all of the athletes who have been announced for ADCC and CJI and discuss how many slots are yet to be determined.
In the recap section of the show, we break down all of the main card matches on Polaris 28. We break down Mateusz Szczecinski vs Levi Jones and how Mateusz was able to stay on the leg lock offensive to take a decision over Levi.
In Helena Crevar vs Jessika Torttila we talk about all the improvements that helena has continued to make in her decision victory over Torttila. In Santeri Lilius vs Ben Bennet the rematch of ADCC trials finals we talk about Santeri backpacking Ben for minutes of the match for a clean decision win. We talk about Jed Hue vs Steven def. Ray, Ellis Younger vs Sam Quinn, and the main event overturned Draw result from Owen Livesey vs “Baki” Chamsoudinov that was announced as a win for Owen on the mat.
In the preview of WNO we break down each match and make our picks. Talking about Gordon Ryans vs Josh Saunders with Gordon returning after a long layoff. Plus discuss the other title fights on the card including two division champ Diego Pato vs Fabricio Andrey for the featherweight belt, and Jacob Couch vs Jonnatas Gracie. Plus Victor Hugo vs Javier Zaruski, Tainan Dalpra vs Jay Rodriguez, in an interesting step up for Dalpra in No-Gi. Ana Rodrigues vs Adele Fornarino in a battle of trials winners. Elijah Dorsey vs Jozef Chen, in another battle of ADCC trials winners. A blast from the past rematch from 2017 in Deandre Corbe vs Ethan Crelinsten. Plus Felipe Costa vs Declan Moody, Taylor Hishaw vs Lauren Sears, Andrew DeGraff vs Jordan Holy, and Ally Wolski vs Nathalia Santoro in a first match in years for Santoro.
After that we preview Andy Varela vs Josef Chen on Main Character Jiu Jitsu.
In the outro section we talk about upcoming work and travel.
Recorded 6-16-2024