#326 How Victor Hugo keeps beating Nick Rodriguez WNO 22 Full Card Breakdown

This week on the show Maine and Simon recap Nick Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo on WNO 22.

We kick off news with a discussion of Pit Fighting Jiu Jitsu announced matchups, and Polaris Open information. 

We jump right into recapping the main event of Nick Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo, we talk about the guard work and submission attempts and perfect strategy from Victor that led him to a decision victory. 

In the welterweight title match we talk about Mica Galvão vs Kenta Iwamoto, we discuss the wrestling counter of Mica into submissions and the variety of offensive options Mica used in the matchup. 
 
In the recap of Amanda "Tubby" Alequin vs Adele Fornarino the second fastest submission in WNO history with Adele hitting an Aoki lock in 24 seconds. 

In the Lightweight title match we talk Dante Leon vs Diego "Pato" Oliveira, and how the featherweight champ became the two division WNO champ. We recap the lightning fast SLX transition to the heel hook that Pato hit to take the 155 pound title, and how the weight played less of a factor in the match than we had anticipated. 

In Tainan Dalpra  vs Oliver Taza, we talk about Tainan Dalpra second no-gi black belt match and how the AOJ game planning and positional control was the big deciding factor in the decision for Tainan. We also talk about who we want to see Tainan Dalpra face next. 

In Jacob "The Hillbilly Hammer" Couch vs Sebastian Rodriguez we discuss the leg locks of Jacob Couch and how his game plan was as similar as we predicted using nearly the same entry that he used to win ADCC East Coast Trials to hit a powerful heel hook to win the match. 

In Elijah Dorsey vs Ivan Herrera we talk about Dorsey modified americana from the back position. 

In Max Hanson vs Daniel Sathler we talk about the flying armbar over the guard submission that Sathler was able to hit.  

We discuss Ashlee Funegra vs Marilyn Cruz and how Funegra used great positional control to take the decision. 

We also talk about the matchup Dory Aoun vs Kyle Chambers, where Dory took a close decision win. 

In the preview section we run through the top names in the 2024 ADCC European, Middle Eastern, and African trials.

Recorded 2-12-2023