#218 F2W 190 Recap, Flo Yearly Awards Discussion

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show Maine and Zak recap F2W 190 and discuss the FloGrappling Year end Awards.
In the news section of the show we discuss the upcoming ADCC North American trials, and the upcoming South American Trials.
In the recap section of the show we discuss Fight to Win 190 in Dallas Texas. We talked about the main event Welterweight title fight between Edmaicon Moraes and Samuel Nagai, we discussed the fantastic gamesmanship and understanding of the F2W rules, coupled with his varied passing and transitional submission game that ended the match with a bow and arrow choke.
In the co main event we discussed Christopher West vs Keith Miner that saw Keithtake a dominate decision after a guillotine choke attempt and a few heel hook attempts. In the third from the top we discussed Antonio Cicconi vs Thompson Marikano that saw Thompson finish a Darce in the dying seconds of the match after continued offense including a baseball bat choke pass attempt earlier in the match.
In the FloGrappling awards section we discussed all the categories and gave our take on Male Grappler of the Year, Female Grappler of the Year, the Breakout Grappler of the Year, the Match of the Year, and Submission of the Year. We discussed the choices available and our thoughts on why certain moments and grapplers stood out over the others in the list in a wild year.
In the outro Zak discussed his new house and working on it, and Maine talked about getting a new microscope.
Recorded 1-10-2022