A Fistful of Collars: A FloGrappling Podcast

Straight off his big win at KASAI Super Series, Gordon Ryan joins us in the studio for a special edition of A Fistful of Collars.

Vagner Rocha joins us in the FloGrappling studio for an all-encompassing chat on our podcast A Fistful of Collars!

Keenan Cornelius joins us in the FloGrappling studio for an incredible 1 hr and 45 min interview!

Hywel, Reid and Will discuss the incredible World No-Gi Championships: from Gordon Ryan's amazing performance to Cyborg's unsportsmanlike behavior and the black belts who impressed us the most. PLUS, a look ahead to the STACKED 2019 line-up of events on FloGrappling.

Hywel, Chase, Reid and Will get together to discuss the upcoming IBJJF World No-Gi Championship, our new Eddie Bravo cartoon and much more. Also:  • The importance (and appropriateness) of intensity in training  • Coming soon: The FloGrappling end of year awards! 

Joining us in the FloGrappling studio is 2018 IBJJF black belt featherweight World champion Shane Jamil Hill-Taylor of Team Lloyd Irvin.  In this 80-minute interview we discuss everything from Jamil's mindset toward training and competition, how he balances school and work with jiu-jitsu, if he prefers gi or no-gi, and how his 1995 Subaru died as he was on the way to the airport. 

Welcome back to your favorite jiu-jitsu podcast! Today we're talking: - Ben Askren / Danis Beef - KASAI Pro 4 - Garry Tonon on weight classes - FloGrappling Awards - Unpopular Jiu-Jitsu Opinions

In this week's episode of your favorite jiu-jitsu podcast... • Injuries in jiu-jitsu, the worst we've seen and the way to deal with them • The return of Rodolfo Vieira! • Fabricio Werdum comes back for a superfight with Lucas Hulk at Spyder • Unpopular jiu-jitsu opinions: Why Hywel thinks flow rolling is bullshit.

On this week's episode we... -Take a look at the stats breakdown behind submission at ADCC and the evolution of the game -Talk with KASAI President about upcoming KASAI Pro 4 -Rolles recounts grouwing up in Brazil and training with his Uncles and cousins -Responding to Danaher and Askren's criticism of jiu-jitsu training methods

On this week's show we recap... • World Series of Grappling, where Mahamed Aly and Manuel Ribamar each won $20,000, we saw breakout star Jansen Gomes of Checkmat (the next Jackson Sousa) and we saw blue-purple belts leglock each other (and nobody died). • ADCC European Trials in Romania: What we saw from Europe's top grapplers. • Reid tells the story of going to a joint John Danaher / Ben Askren seminar! • UFC 228 and the incident between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dillon Danis.

King of the Mat vs the self-proclaimed "King" – will we finally see Erberth Santos and Gordon Ryan? Also in this week's episode: • Eddie Bravos' 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu win big at Subversiv • Brown belt Gabi Pessanha takes out 2-time World champ Nathiely de Jesus at the ADGS Los Angeles • Gianni Grippo beats Paulo Miyao!

Join us for another episode of A Fistful of Collars as we discuss: • Recapping No-Gi Pans and Gordon’s dominant performance. • Our brand new documentary with Andre Galvao, in which he retired on camera • The upcoming events Abu Dhabi Grand Slam LA, King of Mats and Subversiv • Eddie Cummings switches teams and joins the same gym as the Miyao brothers! • Are top teams really “poaching” up-and-coming talent? • How mental training is a vastly underrated and neglected area for jiu-j

We delve into the hot topic that is Paulo Miyao's doping punishment and subsequent violation of his suspension. What does this mean for the 27-year-old? PLUS: • How cool is it to see sub-only guys compete in points tournaments? • BJJ In MMA – who’s the best representative of jiu-jitsu in the cage? • How much would it cost for Chase to fight Vagner under combat jiu-jitsu rules?

Roberto Jimenez believes there is a PED problem in jiu-jitsu and he's not afraid to say so. PLUS, in this episode: • Everybody wants a piece of Gordon Ryan at IBJJF No-Gi Pans • The Miyao brothers are in Kazakhstan to take on Russians and the best in the world • ADCC Trials are coming back around and everybody's interested ...and much more!

No-Gi grappling season is here! The FloGrappling team talk about the crazy upcoming schedule of no-gi events, including KASAI Pro 3, IBJJF No-Gi Pans and Worlds, ADCC Trials, GrappleFest 2, and RISE Invitational! Plus: • Gordon Ryan is a free agent! Where will we see him next? • World Series of Grappling is the new event with some big cash prizes – $20,000 per division! • We discuss, who is the best leg locker in grappling?