#234 How Mica Galvao Submitted Hulk for $21,000 BJJ Stars 8 Recap

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show Maine and Josh recap the BJJ Stars 8 Middleweight GP, F2W 200 in Hawaii, and Toro Cup 20, plus discuss the upcoming ADCC European, Middle Eastern & African trials, plus F2W 201.
In the news section of the show Maine talks about doing commentary this weekend for Copa Elite in Virginia with Zak, and possibly competing soon.
In the recap section of the show we discuss BJJ Stars 8 Middleweight GP, and ADCC rules superfights. After the first round discussion of Lucas Barbosa beating Roberto Jimenez via points in their rematch we talked about Mica Galvao taking a victory over Leandro Lo via one and the only advantage scored in the match. In the Semifinals we broke down Lucas Barbosa americana armbar finish of Leonardo Lara, and Mica Galvao leg injury victory over Mauricio Oliveira. In the Finals we discussed Mica Galvao submitting Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa with a bow and arrow choke after countering a judo exchange on the feet.
In our recap of the ADCC-rules superfights we talked about how good and smooth Demian Maia in his triangle set up of Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira via submission. We talked about Felipe Pena first match in No-Gi since aADCC 2019 vs Henrique Ceconi. Plus an astonishing finish in the Gutemberg Pereira vs Fellipe Andrew match where we broken down the standing guillotine Gutemberg hit 30 seconds into the match. We alo broke down the back take and armbar attempt sequence form Fabricio Andrey in his match with Alex Sodre, and Bea Mesaquita quick takedown and armbar finish of Julia Boscher.
In our recap of Toro Cup 20 we broke down the dynamics of Gavin Corbe vs Estevan Martinez and the 2 point victory Corbe was able to take over Estevan.
In the recap of Fight to Win 200 we discussed the Darce choke that Baret Yoshida submitted Jeff Huang with after hanging on the choke for over a minute. Plus Seth Daniels half guard kimura of Jeremy Nitta.
In the preview section we briefly discussed our excitement of ADCC trials this next week and F2W 201.
In the outro section of the show Maine and Josh discuss competing, and upcoming local superfights.
Recorded 5-1-2022