#360 Nicky Rod Vs Michael Pixley FPI 8 Full Card Preview

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show, Maine and Cory preview Nick Rodriguez versus Michael Pixley taking place on the Fight Pass Invitational 8 we also preview the rest of the card.
In the Preview section of the show, we break down all of the main card matchups on the Fight Pass Invitational 8 and talk about the headline main event between Nick Rodriguez, and Michael Pixley. We discussed Pixley's wrestling credentials, and his recent matches at the ADCC World championships. We talk about his long range guard passing and his sub and Darce game. We also discuss varying methods of victory that Pixley could implement in order to win the match. In our breakdown of Rodriguez's game, we discuss his recent $1 million championship performance winning the over 80 kg division at the Craig Jones invitational, and how his own wrestling and his ability to hit low singles and wrestle ups, as well as his ability to submit from the back and his recent foray into foot locks may be winning opportunities for him in this match.
In the preview of the Co-Main Event we talk about the rubber match and rematch between Renato Canuto vs PJ Barch. We discuss Canutos high flying style, in contrast to the recent performances from PJ, including huge notable wins at ADCC, and his recent heel hook win over Canuto at PGF.
In Andy Varela vs Dante Leon we discuss the well-rounded Ness from Dantes game and discuss his recent absolute performance at ADCC, we contrast that to Andy's recent performances and discuss their levels of competition, and how extremely difficult both men are to put away.
In Gabriel Sousa vs Josh Cisneros we talk about Josh's recent performance is at ADCC and Sousas performances in the same division. And then discuss some of the areas we think both will decide to push the match.
We also briefly discuss Raquel Canuto vs Gabrielle McComb, and Isaque Bahiense vs Ronaldo Souza Junior with Souza coming off a recent victory over Kody Steele at the a recent Fight Pass Invitational.
Recorded 10-6-2024