#387 WNO 27 Full Card Preview

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show, Maine and Josh preview the WNO 27 card mainly focusing on the Co-main event down, but touching on the main event that was previewed in full on last week's show.

We kick off the show in the news section discussing the CJI 2 announced teams and names.

In the preview section we discuss Kaynan Duarte vs Nick Rodriguez 3

Then in the main part of the show go on discuss a matchup between two men who have beaten both of the main event fighters. Luke Griffith vs Victor Hugo we talk about some of their recent matches and performances, as well as some of the dynamics and the match and how the guard may play into this match as well as how each Camp will have prepared for the matchup.

In our discussion of Women's Featherweight Championship between Elisabeth Clay vs Helena Crevar we talk about the recent performances as well as the kneebar game of Clay we talk about their first matchup at West Coast trials in 2021 and the similarities and differences between both of the games.

In Andrew Tackett vs Fabyury Khrysthyan we share our love of the action packed pace that Andrew Tackett pushes against all of his opponents and reflect on some of our favorite moments from his recent matches, hoping that we will see more of the same in this matchup.

In Owen Jones vs Julian Espinosa we discussed Owen's ability to go into the legs and also threaten the upper body during the transitions, as well as some of the recent performances from Julian.

In Xande Ribeiro vs Richie Martinez we talked about how much of a legend Xande is and run through his world championship accolades in both the Gi and NoGi at ADCC and IBJJF. We talked about some of the stylistic differences and areas of Richie's guard that Xande we need to play around.

We also briefly discussed the WNO 27 Undercard
Featuring matches with Chris Wojcik vs Michael Esquivel II, Sebastian Attard vs Colin Carr, Taylor Hishaw vs Trinity Pun, and Ben Eddy vs Josh Wyland.

Recorded 4-13-2025