Podcast appearances and mentions of dustin akbari

This week on the show Maine and Emil recap all of the weeks professional grappling and preview the upcoming week’s marathon of events. This week on the show we recap King Of Mats Heavyweights in Moscow. Fight to Win 115 in Seattle Washington then we preview. SAGC that the Grappling Rewind team will be commentating, we also preview mid west finishers to the welterweights Fight To Win 116 in Richmond California. Third Coast Grappling 3, and have an interview with the president of the organization Ryan McGuire. First we kick off the news Rodolpho Viera has been signed by the UFC. Josh Hinger and Keenan Cornelius have started making a podcast. Kasai Pro 6 qualifiers have all been completed and the finalists are ready to battle it out. Alex Vianna is going to be on his own episode of the Grappler Union Podcast this week. After that we move into the recap section taking a look at you UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Jiu-jitsu pro tour. Heavyweights king of mats A vent that saw stand out João Rocha, and Kaynan Duarte is a series of matches, along with A few other notable matches. After that we move into the recap of F2W 115. Where we saw Nathan Orchard versus Dustin Akbari end with fireworks. And some outstanding judo matches from Maka Yacapin and Others. Also see Nathiely de Jesus retain her title belt for fight to win over Jessica flowers with an impressive knee bar finish. After that we move into the heavy preview section talking about SAGC that the team will be commentating on this coming weekend. This event features some stand out local talent and Andrew Kochel, Ellis Karadag, and Eric Naples. Then we take a look at the Midwest finish her second event featuring a 20 man welterweight bracket that is stacked with talented names such as David Garmo, both Tackett brothers are on the event, Jordan Peitzman, Pierre-Oliver Leclerc, Zach Edwards and more. After that we move onto FW2 116 being headline to by Tanner Rice vs Helton Jose Jr, and Marcos Torregrosa vs Pete Shoemaker. Rest of the card is loaded with other black belt matches, and rounded out with some great lower belts as well. Then we move onto Third Coast Grappling 3 featuring one of the craziest Maine cards we have seen in a while. These are just some of the names featured on the event and some of the matchups we talked about Kit Dale, Gabriel Arges, Lucas Valente, Marcio Andre, Marcelo Azevedo, Gilbert Burns, Vagner Rocha, Ethan Crelinsten, Edwin Najmi, Gianni Grippo, Craig Jones, Matheus Diniz, Cyborg Abreu, Nicholas Meregali. After that we had a brief interview with the president of the organization and talked about the event, and rules. We also briefly touched on Rise 7, featuring bouts from João Miyao, Zach Maslany, Josh Burkman, Rey De Leon, Frank Rosenthal, and more. All this and much much more and this weeks episode of the show. Recorded 6-17-2019

Elizabeth Katherine Mitrović and Joy Ann Pendell are friends, training partners, and black and purple belts respectively. They train under Dustin Akbari in Sacramento, California and have numerous competitive BJJ accolades. Join us as we talk about the competition mindset, balancing competing with teaching, and what is next for them in their journey. You won't want to miss this episode.

This week on the show Maine and Emil recap the 2019 IBJJF Pan American championships in California that happened this week. We talk about every single finals match for the black belt adults, and highlight some of our favorite standout performances and techniques for the event. Plus we talk about a few other matches we thought deserved attention for the event. Maine shares his thoughts on closeouts. In the recap for the women’s finals we talk about Gabbi Garcia making her competitive Jiu-jitsu return taking double gold in weight and absolute. Ffion Davies winning her second black belt major event for IBJJF on her quest for a 2019 grand slam. And other stand out matches for the women. Maine and Emil talk about Adam Wardzinski’a impressive performance over Leandro Lo, and main talks about how much she enjoys watching Adams butterfly guard game. We talk about Hulks finals matches, green hair and all, and the piece he pushes. We also break down some interesting back takes from Levi Jones Leary, and his finals match versus Renato Canuto. After all of that we move into the preview section and man is it a big one we start off talking about Fight to Win 106 in Fort Lauderdale Florida. Featuring Cyborg, Talita Alencar, Tubby Alequin, Kevin Gallagher of the old man grappling hour, Formiga, Dustin Akbari, Enrico Cocco, and tons of more outstanding grapplers. The Florida events are always loaded with top black belt talent that got both hosts excited for the event. After that we move into our Preview of King of the Mat 5 featuring staples of the promotion and returning champion Dante Leon, and perennial top contender Quentin Rosenweg. This event always produces fireworks and highlights. We then moved into our preview of Third Coast Grapplings event, a qualifying event in order to earn your spot on the upcoming Third Coast Grappling 2 event streamed on FloGrappling. Maine and Emil, really love qualifiers as it gives grapplers a chance to earn their spot on big events. Speaking of running your spot on a big event the 2019 ADCC Brazilian Trials / South American trials, taking place this weekend as well at the point of the recording we did not have a bracket or any athlete registration lists although this event is typically one of the larger qualifiers for ADCC, and is sure to produce some outstanding matches between top competitors looking to earn their spot on the biggest No-Gi event with the most prestige in the world. Given that this is the only qualifier in South America it is sure to be stacked with top talent in big names looking for their shot at ADCC gold. We also previewed Tap Cancer Out Black Belt showcase as well featuring Mark Vives, Frank Rosenthal, Nick Newell, Mike Davila, Rick Hawn, Tiago Alves and more. This event goes toward a great cause and were really happy to see it taking place and showcasing great Jiu-jitsu. Recorded on 3-25-2019

The tables are turned as the host is interviewed by a listener of the podcast. Gibran Maciel is an American Brown Belt in Jiu Jitsu under Dustin Akbari at Team Alpha Male. He is also a public affairs consultant, podcaster, and he recently opened East Sac BJJ. Intro These are just some of the questions I was asked by listener & friend Blake Flow: Give me a elevator pitch on your life 5 lines grew up, how you got here and what you do now? Where did you go to college ? Major ? Why ? What did you want to be when you grow up? We got you into podcasting? What drove your interest in combat sports? What was the transition from San Diego to Sacramento like? What can BJJ teach you out side of self defense and discipline? Are there any soft skills you think come from it ? Can’t you learn how to lose and get back up from anything not just sports? Are you still afraid to screw up technique in front of your sensei? What is that like for your students? What do you do for fun outside of Jitsu? What can you tell about a person when you fight them? You get any trolls on any of the podcasts pages or anything ? What kind of trolls ? What would you do to make adults less intimidated to start BJJ?

Dustin Akbari is the head of the BJJ and grappling program at Team Alpha Male and Mansher Khera is a Marcelo Garcia Jiu-Jitsu black belt, who has recently arrived in Sacramento to begin training for his MMA debut under the TAM banner. Join us as we talk about Mansher's transition from BJJ to MMA, Dustin's views on championship mentality, and their own stories about coming to America. SHOWNOTES INTRO 4:00 - Urijah x Miyao and the dad bod pictures 8:00 - The differences between East & the West Coasts 11:00 - The strikers who think they can beat up a jitsu guy. 14:00 - The amateur rules favor the crazies 18:00 - Dustin's recent fights: x Gianni Grippo x Vagnar Rocha 25:00 - "I don't wake up in the morning looking for a victory...I want to beat the best...somebody who can bring the best out of me." 27:00 - Munch's transition to MMA "It's a rougher lifestyle." 31:00 - What is your mindset? Sometimes you have to surround yourself with some crazies. 45:00 - Gi x NoGi 51:00 - BJJ competition rules 56:00 - When do you let the animal out? 1:01 - Being from an established Indian family & choosing to fight. 1:06:00 - Respect v. Fear 1:17:00 - "If you kiss an American girl, you will catch a disease" 1:30:00 - Drama 1:41:00 - Cassio. Mentioned in this episode: Yuri Simões, Cody Garbrandt, TJ Dillashaw, Marcelo Garcia, @Giani Grippo, Vagnar Rocha, @Justin Buchholz, @Urijah Faber, Miyao Bros (Paulo), Dillon Dannis, Christ Holdsworth, Stan Martyniouk,

@jimmyDreek and @JamieJones1word are back with a bang!! After a couple weeks off the guys bring Team Alpha Male Muay Thai fighter DJ Roberson tells us about his upcoming Muay Thai Fight with the Muay Thai Global promotion, why he's better than he was on his last fight, the importance of having your life in order, what religion has done for him, and more. The guys also had on Team Alpha Male Jui Jitsu coach and participant in the No Gi World Championships this upcoming weekend, Dustin Akbari sits down to tell the guys about how hes feeling for this tournament, partying, sex before fights, bad weight cuts in the past, taking 2 years off and a whole lot more. this is for sure one of the best episodes in a long time!! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, stitcher or WildJones.com