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#338 WNO 32 Nicholas Meregali vs Vagner Rocha Preview

Grappling Rewind Staff Episode 338

This week on the show Maine and Miranda preview the WNO 32 card headlined Nicholas Meregali vs Vagner Rocha.

In the news section we talk about all of the champions and athletes invited for ADCC 2024. We discussed some of the weight class changes as well as the women's absolute that has been announced in the tournament as well.

In the preview section we discuss 
Nicholas Meregali vs Vagner Rocha and the odd lead up to the match on both sides. 
Andrew Tackett vs Tommy Langaker in a battle of the -77kg trials winners. 
Felipe Pena vs Rafael Lovato Jr in a battle of the living legends 
Nicky Ryan vs JT Torres a matchup with so many X factors its very hard to call.
Jasmine Rocha vs Emily Ferreira and how Jasmine has her fathers game 
Diogo 'Baby Shark' Reis vs Shay Montague, in a return of the former champ vs the young IBJJF prospect
Achilles Rocha vs Camron Couch in a battle of the mirror body types and styles

We talk about the UFC fight pass invitational seven card that was finalized recently, including headline Nick Rodriguez vs Mason Fowler, Kaynan Duarte vs Luke Griffith.We talk about Giancarlo Bodoni vs Gabriel Arges, Jay Rodriguez's match replacement, and more. 

We discuss our excitement to recap the Asian and oceanic trials.

In the outro section of the shell, Miranda talks about getting invited to do a car Jiu-jitsu? tournament and we discuss just have wild of a sport we participate in.

Recorded 5-6-2024