#166 FloGrappling Awards 2020 Preview of F2W 160 Tackett vs Combs

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show Main and Emil recap The 2020 Flograppling Award nominations and preview Fight 2 Win 160 headline by William Tackett versus John Combs.

In the news section of the show we talk about the first three ADCC trials that have been announced and rescheduled for 2021

In the recap of the Flograppling nominations we discuss our thoughts on all of the nominations, and what our picks are for each of the categories.
In the Male Grappler of The Year we discuss why Roberto Cyborg Abreu remains our pick for the best in 2020.

In the Female Grappler of the Year we talk about the accomplishments of Elisabeth Clay, Rafaela Guedes, and Mayssa Bastos and how we decided who had the best year.

In our discussion of the 2020 Breakthrough Grappler Of The Year we expand on how this is the best list of prospects we have ever seen between Tainan Dalpra, Elisabeth Clay, Samuel Nagai, William Tackett, Josh Cisneros, and Rafaela Guedes, plus Roberto Jiminez we take a look at the new generation that stood out in the year.

In the discussion of submission Of The Year both Maine and Emil agree that Fellipe Andrew triangle-armbar combination vs Keenan Cornelius at the IBJJF Euros was the submission that will stand out the most for years to come.

Finally in closing we discuss the 2020 Match Of The Year where once again Garry Tonon wins the top spot in his match vs Dante Leon. We talk about how Garry possibly has 3-4 of the top 10 BJJ matches ever and how he is unmatched for action.

In our preview of Fight to Win 160 we discuss the headline matchup between William Tackett and John Combs. We talked about the strengths of their game in the ruleset and how wrestling could play a factor coupled with William’s come forward and active submission hunting style. We also preview and discuss Jonnatas Gracie vs Hugo Marques,Gabriel Almeida vs Pedro Marinho, and 135 champ Junny Ocasio coming in as a big favorite over vs Adam Ferrara on this event.

In the outro Maine and Emil talk about a vaccine and chilling out.

Recorded 1-11-2021