The Professional Grappling Federation is the first true grappling league. Complete with a preseason, regular season, post season playoffs, draft, fantasy league, and so much more.
For season 6 we are in the fight capital of the world, Las Vegas. We’ve got 4 teams (Epic Roll, 1st Phorm, X-Martial, and Black Rifle Coffee) each with a legendary head coach in Roger Gracie, Jean Jacques Machado, Dean Lister, and Rigan Machado.
The athletes are
1. Pj Barch
2. Andy Varela
3. Renato Canuto
4. Elijah Carlton
5. Max Hanson
6. Davis Asare
7. John Combs
8. Daniel Sathler
9. AJ Agazarm
10. Kevin Beuhring
11. Mike John
12. Ben eddy
13. Cam Hurd
14. Matt Elkins
15. David Evers
16. Jett Thompson
17. Samson Phommabout
18. Kevin Sherrill
19. Nathan Haddad
20. Jamie Carnall
Each athlete will have 12 matches in the regular season. Athlete gets 6 points for a “choke” and 3 points for a “joint lock”. The athlete can get 1 extra point if they get the submission in under 1 minute.
The top 8 point scorers go into the playoffs where it is single elimination with overtime rules in play.
The team that scores the most points in the season wins $100,000
The last athlete standing after the playoffs wins $20,000
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what is up ladies and gentlemen it is
your friendly neighborhood BJJ podcaster
Rafa spara coming to you live from Las
Vegas for the pgf season 6 draft I’m
super excited we don’t even want to
waste time we don’t want to waste your
time because we have so much to get to
here today and I’ve got two excellent
people here joining me for this preview
desk I’m going to go first to our good
friend one young Jake Watson Jake how
are you doing sir oh my gosh this is
just such an incredible event we’ve been
doing the pgf pre-show uh on the bullpen
every single week on Wednesdays and you
guys have been tuning into that it’s
been so much fun to get to know you guys
a little better and I feel like we just
have created such a cool Dynamic
together and to be here at pgf World
season 6 in Las Vegas is just it’s a
dream come true and I have to admit it’s
very nice to see people in suits because
we have Mr 305 himself here it’s pit one
Tim rben what are you doing here bud and
how excited are you sir I am so excited
I retired the hat and actually decided
I’d put on a jacket in a nice shirt for
the event we’ve been talking for weeks
about this it’s pgf season 6 it’s
finally here I can barely contain myself
man I can’t wait I mean I don’t think
any of us can contain ourselves so
listen if you’ve seen the show you know
a few things about us number one it’s
all fun and nonsense number two we’re
here to help get you excited and give
you some information the best
information that we have at this moment
but if you know a third thing about us
is that we like to go to what we call
the board we’re going to go to the board
right now and it has several discussion
topics that will hopefully inform
educate and scare you I’m not quite sure
which one’s which but we’re going to
start off with our very first topic
y’all see what’s going on with PJ and
Andy and I’m going to start this over
with our current Street correspondent
one Tim Freeman Tim what’s going on over
there buddy it’s hard to say what’s
going on PJ has mastered the art of
talking without saying very much you
have to really read between the lines
he’s very tight lipped he gives you a
little bit but not that much on the
other hand Andy will say what he thinks
you think he’s thinking which in the end
is like I don’t know what I don’t know
what to think is there a feud is there
not a feud we’re going to have to stick
stick around to find out cuz I really
don’t know you don’t know okay well you
know what we’re going to see if somebody
else here knows Jake what do you know
about this is there an actual Feud or
are they just playing it up for the
cameras right now well you know there’s
uh some speculation right I mean our
very own Alex Wendling went out and had
an interview with uh PJ B and PJ
remarked how Andy seemed like he had
sort of a chip on his shoulder coming in
and PJ like our good friend Tim Freeman
just said kind of keeps it close to the
vest but he did say that he feels like
he has quote the athletic proclivity to
beat anybody in the division so he
definitely is sort of mincing his words
a little bit but he is very confident
coming into this so let me let me give
you guys some background on this so just
to contextualize what exactly was said I
listened to interview as well and if you
guys haven’t go like G to see go check
out Alex’s page it’s a very very good
35-minute interview but what you find in
that interview is this she was able to
get PJ to kind of say like you know what
where is this coming from I thought we
were a 10p family but you’re noticing
something because also Andy put out a
15minute video where he talked about
everybody and ranked people on a scale
of being stud to like really like a real
stud so like we’re getting deep into
this and you can tell the competitive
nature for everybody here is starting to
kick up I guess what I have to say is
this were you expecting at all Tim to
see any kind of emotion out of PJ
because that’s the most I’ve ever seen
him react to something like that well
there’s a Saye on the streets and that’s
money talks and walks and I think we’re
getting down to the point where there’s
Serious Coin on the line and these guys
are starting to think man I could walk
away with $40,000 at the end of the week
you know hey yeah we’re friends but
maybe I need to play some psychological
warfare maybe I need to do a little bit
more to get that edge in case I have to
fight you for that money uh let me ask
this Jake the two of us which would you
fight for the money here out of you or
or Tim yep don’t say it I would probably
fight Tim here how dare you no here’s
the thing Raph we’ve had a I go back on
the grappling hour in the verbal tap
cast I’ve never been on I never even
been invited on inside BJJ uh Tim and I
have had our fair share of issues in the
bullpen in the past it would be nice to
put them to bed in a physical way I’m
just glad that you opened it up by
saying we had a fair share of issues
like anybody who hasn’t seen any of the
six episodes we’ve done together is like
wait did they y’all have beef we only
had five episodes together uh Tim do you
have any predictions on a fight between
you and Jake you know it’s it it it’s
not uh Curious to me that he’s called
out a man that’s 20 years older than him
his senior so he looks around the table
he’s like okay who’s the guy that I
think I got a shot against I’m 26 let me
go against the old guy it doesn’t
surprise me my experience with Jake is
he’s going to take that shot when he
sees it there’s one thing I learned from
Jake Paul it’s that you got to call out
people much much older than you you
learned something from Jake Paul okay
you know Hey listen guys let’s go to our
next topic right now and here’s a way
that we want to broaden things out
because some of you might be new to this
Sport and if that’s the case welcome
we’re not like people who call you
casuals we love you we hope that you
enjoy this product of submission
grappling that we’re putting in front of
you this week but to help you just a
little bit more in case you’re not
familiar we want to give you some
comparisons some similes some metaphors
to who are coaches most resemble in the
outside world of this little sport known
as Jiu-Jitsu and I’m going to and start
on over here with Jake Watson Jake who
do you have and and who do we need to
know is similar to somebody in the
outside world well I’m going to think
about hoder Gracie hoder Gracie is an
athlete and this week he’s going to be a
coach and if we’re thinking about that
Phil Jackson is possibly the most
successful athlete turned coach in
sports history with over 10 NBA World
Championships and winning with the New
York Knicks as a player in 1973 season
hoder Gracie 10 ibjjf blackb World
Championships the only person in ADCC
history to win 10 straight matches by
submission this week we’ll see if he’s
able to replicate that same Phil Jackson
style of dominance as a coach I have to
say I was very proud of that metaphor I
didn’t believe you had it in you but you
were able to pull it off flawlessly Tim
you have two people to preview get to
your two people very quickly go okay you
know John zc and hean Mado the easy
thing would be is to say that’s Jim and
John Harbaugh but I’m not going to do
that listen off in the distance you see
a mirage it’s a bus it’s driving the
build is right the face is right the
people are right is that it’s coach
Ditka he’s driving the bus he get masado
easy coach dka who’s behind him it’s uh
Pat Riley oh driving in the Corvette
yeah Jean Jock’s got the Super Cool vibe
he comes through like 100% I’m saying
he’s Pat Riley and he gets coach Dida
all the way 100% fair enough all right
let me go and see how quickly I can do
this one uh the person I’m left with is
a longtime friend of the show One Dean
lisst now I think you’re trying to
figure out who in the Real Sports World
I’m going to go to the realest Sports
World I’m going to talk about alilio
Estes in the movie The Mighty Ducks
because if you really think about it
there are some Lost Children Here who
are in need of some help and yeah there
might be a quack Chant by the end of
this week I might start it I might not
have to but what I’m telling you is this
maybe it’s because a court order told
him he had to be here not quite sure
can’t prove it can’t disprove it so what
I’m telling you is is Dean lster is
ailio Estes from the Mighty Ducks
specifically the Mighty Ducks 2 the
superior movie to the Mighty Ducks un so
I guess that’s what I have to say you
know we don’t even need those 33 seconds
let’s go to the next topic right now
we’re going to go ahead and go to our
next topic which is this and it is to
talk about scene I need you guys to help
describe the scene that is going on here
at pgf headquarters Tim you’ve done such
an eloquent job of describing not only
what coaches are like but maybe maybe
just telling us what people may not be
able to see here behind the scenes sure
sure well listen this we’re in a secret
location in Los Vegas okay first of all
you come in it’s dark it’s mysterious it
you can’t see the sun’s so bright
outside it’s dark when you come inside
you see curtains beautiful lighting you
walk down the aisle you turn around and
what do you see you see hoder Gracie you
see hegan Mado you see Jean Jac you see
an entire staff The Who’s Who in the
Jiu-Jitsu World especially on the
production side of course you see the
commissioner Brandon macaffer glad
handing kissing babies and shaking hands
it’s 100% on it’s elegant it’s probably
the nicest production that I’ve been to
in the Jiu-Jitsu world I would have to
say that it’s uh you know I wore a suit
and tie sock they did get us to agree to
that you will be in full Suit and Tie by
the end of this week and I think you
mentioned something nice which is yes
Brandon ma Catherine is out here at his
full Bill clintones voice literally has
kissed three babies since have been here
just saying Jake what can people
understand better that maybe your eyes
have been able to see here well to piggy
back off of what Tim said the athletes
are really excited I mean every single
athlete that I’ve talked to is smiling
they’re super excited they feel
privileged to be a part of this event
there’s no event like the professional
grappling Federation in the entire world
they’re doing something special and the
athletes are excited to be a part of
something special and so them just
receiving Once Upon a coconut them
receiving great care uh people
corresponding with them talking with
them about what they need to go through
on the event and Yeah the secret
location is super cool I mean if you
look in the background we have
chandeliers hanging it’s man what we’re
going to see on the draft is going to be
absolutely incredible that’s another
thing that the athletes are very very
excited about because that doesn’t
happen at any event in in Jiu-Jitsu
either so just very excited from the
athletes perspective I would say can I
just say this real quick the fact that
he’s able to get an ad mention for Once
Upon a coconut you know kudos to you we
don’t give extra money for this
but I will say we do give Brandon bucks
Brandon bucks very very important here
and you know what I think that’s a good
way to transition to our next topic
which is actually a very important one
here I think a lot of you who are tuning
in may not know exactly what’s happening
so let’s try and figure things out for
you let’s explain how this all works now
yes there’s a lot of moving parts to the
pgf and it’s going to be on us to try
and help you better understand some of
those aspects we’re going to first turn
on over to Jake Watson Jake what is
something that people can better
understand as we go into this week well
as you guys see today is going to be the
draft so the coaches are going to have
10,000 Brandon bucks each to bid on the
uh athletes in an auction style draft
throughout the week we’re going to have
the regular season which is going to be
Monday through Thursday and then Friday
live on UFC Fight Pass will be the
finals where the top eight people who
have recruited the points throughout the
regular season will fight in the finals
for their shot at an extra bonus cash
prize extra is that what we’re calling
extra bonus I don’t know if that extra
bonus seems a little gratuitous but fair
sorry it’s a branded bonus it’s a
Branded b Branded b o
can we tradar that cuz they pay us
already done all right here we go uh Tim
what else do people need to know uh you
also need to know that there are
bounties that you could put on sub
missions so if you want to see jet
Thompson mother’s milk cam herd let’s
say like that’s something you want to
see you can go to the Brandon McNinja uh
YouTube channel go to the Super Chat and
you can you know put that out there and
you can donate your money or if you’re
just like hey man I like this kid I want
to help him I want to give him an extra
50 bucks you can do that the commission
going to see that it gets straight to
them but it’s something you can you
should consider you could actually
influence the match with your money
potentially so uh yeah that’s something
really important make sure you do that
you could also play Fantasy uh Jiu-Jitsu
if you go to the pgf World website go
down to the bottom there’s a link uh
that’ll take you straight to the fantasy
Jiu-Jitsu if you’re into that there’s
$1,000 in prizes that are being given
out so make sure you check that out as
well you know it sounded better I think
when we were talking it out earlier but
you did sort of sound like it was the
only fans sort of thing that we were
doing here but you know what pay the
athletes I guess is what we’re saying
here folks uh that’s important to note
which I’m glad that you’re bringing up
but I do want to go ahead and defer my
minute uh on over back to you Tim we
have a rule here which is I can defer
minutes and give them to anybody else I
want to or he could give them back to me
uh I’d like you to explain how the draft
is going to work here today in case
people were interested so the way the
draft is going to work is they’re going
to bring the athletes up ranked number
one through number 20 when the first
athlete comes up the coaches I’m not
sure which coach is going first today
but the coaches will have an order we’ll
find out together they’ll make a bid and
they’ll do a round of bidding until
somebody wins that athlete you have to
at least bid $100 on each athlete and
obviously you have to get five athletes
uh so yeah there’s a lot of strategy a
lot of thought to going into it it can
be quite tricky I think a lot of people
have a lot of information on the first
five or six guys but once it gets a
little lower in the list it’s a little
bit less predictable on who’s going to
go where so fair enough and we hope that
you guys stick with us the entire week
it is going to be going on every single
day so today is the only day we’re not
going to be having action at 400 p.m.
but 400 p.m. is when the action takes
place but 3:30 p.m. is when you see us
for the pre-show and once the action
concludes you will catch us hosting the
post show so think about it as warm up
with us see the event cool down with us
that’s the way we want to make it so you
guys can best understand that but I
think it’s time to go to our next topic
which is this listen we get that this
isn’t just an athletic competition
there’s also a reality element to this
so if you love your favorite stories
your wife loves the housewives you love
pro wrestling everybody loves and is
drawn in by stories so I guess what I
want to ask our panel here is who are
the reality archetypes and I’m going to
go ahead and start with you Tim Tim who
are the reality archetypes that we need
to be aware of here so I’m going with
the sabator and I think it’s important
you know this guy comes up a lot
whenever we talk about villains whenever
we talk about bad guys now that we’re
talking about sabur I’m going to bring
up a J aazar because this is a guy that
will write poetry to get in your head
this is a guy that will go take a course
in college to learn something so he
could use it to dig in at you later this
is a guy who hasn’t arrived yet to the
auction what’s going on with this guy is
this just another Ploy is this a a game
he’s playing like what’s up with that so
definitely you mentioned sabur and I
mean he’s not even here so I feel like
he is fulfilling that Destiny really
quick absolutely AJ aaz prophetic all
right uh J what do you have for us on
this so uh another reality archetype
would be like the newcomer the person
who’s new to the show and that is going
to be jet Thompson now here’s the thing
about jet Thompson it’s a child his
parents brove him here he has in his
Instagram bio every single win in
Jiu-Jitsu that he has in his entire
career and it’s over 400 fights and he
has pan kids Champion now another thing
this kid can’t even buy a Costco
membership card he can’t drive himself
to the store or maybe he can he’s 17
years old but he’s the newcomer and he
has everything to win and nothing to
lose and I think that’s an amazing thing
for him in all seriousness it’s a great
opportunity and I think that jet
Thompson is really going to take full
advantage of it I mean if you look at
him he is a Manchild he is ripped
17-year-old dude and I’m very excited
okay all right good I’m glad we’ve got
to that point um the first thing you
thought of was a Costco membership like
that was I was thinking about when I was
18 new dad no indeed needs those diapers
for a good rate gold star member dude
you’re gold star member oh I’m so sorry
so know to reference
you that’s understandable I just have
business class like a commoner I want to
point this out the person who I’m going
to identify right now he is what we call
you know in villains Heroes we’re
talking about the baby face the person
you want to get behind this person whose
story maybe you know took a little bit
of a not a turn but just like an
interesting viral moment and I want to
talk about the All-American one John
Combs and here’s why easy to get behind
he’s already tried to attack me twice
but he told me it was good for me
apparently
uh not only an ADCC qualifier in his own
right but somebody who’s been to the big
dance has been to Big competitions and
he’s somebody who’s easy to get behind
so I want to tell you this if you’re
looking for a baby face if you’re
looking for a Captain America you
probably can’t do too much worse than a
John Combs I said this as I wrote it
yesterday and it was much better
yesterday before he tried to attack me
so I do recant half of what I said so
there is that all right let’s go to our
next topic and here’s what I want to do
and I want to actually do this one as
quickly as possible which is jent there
are rumors and I don’t know things that
we can confirm and not confirm but can
you guys tell me any of the rumors that
you’ve been hearing on the streets I’m
going to goad and start with you Jake no
I’m I’m going to give my minute to Tim I
am the streets representative so please
take it over to him he is the member of
the streets fair enough I I just keep
collecting minutes I don’t know what it
is so uh here we go I have heard that
potentially there are maybe one maybe
two maybe all of them I’m not positive
on this there are coaches who may need
uh or have been using consultants in
order to help them get their teams kind
of figured out wow cannot confirm it I
cannot deny it I don’t know if if you
know exactly who the players are that
are involved if any this is just all
speculation but it is something that has
come up and I’m not sure if this has
happened before in the pgf I don’t know
if you’re allowed to bring a guy in
who’s allowed to talk who’s not allowed
to talk like maybe AJ’s sabotaging
somebody maybe he’s uh sending in a
consultant to talk to one of these guys
to throw it I don’t know but that’s the
rumor that I’ve heard so you got to
watch the auction you need to keep keep
your eyes on the crowd see what’s going
on who’s talking to who all right guys
bring it in
close all right guys here’s the rumors
I’ve been hearing okay listen don’t tell
anybody don’t repeat what I just said
now what I’m looking at right over here
is Tim looks like the most FBI informant
on Miami anybody has ever SE like
legitimately the fact that you started
telling us there was dirt I was like you
know I believe you you definitely look
like somebody who’s been interrogated
for a little bit but here’s the dirt I’m
hearing I’m hearing that when you exit
the studio your eyes will lose 20% of
its Vision legitimately the sun is
blaring on it I don’t think I’m going to
be able to drive home so uh yikes but
you know what it was worth it in the end
and legitimately guys I want to keep
this a positive Affair so we’re not
going to do any more rumors today but
maybe we’ll do them later in the week
let’s advance to our next topic which is
a very very simple one which is we did a
mock draft here now I don’t know if
you’ve ever felt heat but the heat is on
right now because of this yes we have
coaches who are about to do a draft but
we ourselves did one and the Very people
we picked are right behind us some of
these jokes they will hear so there is a
little bit of a tenseness I will be
forthcoming in that but I would like to
go ahead and talk about who we have
drafted so we have a nice little graphic
over here and since he’s not on the
panel we can talk trash about him but
let’s go ah and show who a had for his
team Egghead pictured here uh with hair
uh younger times much younger photo but
he on his team has PJ B Max Hansen Davis
assari Jamie carnal and he said he was
ranked too low guess who ranked them
that guy and Matt alkins supicious so
that is his team and we’re going to go
and jump to our other individuals who
we’re going to preview out their teams
why don’t we go ahead and go on over to
Jake Watson’s team so let’s go ahead and
show uh Jake Watson and his team so the
people that I picked P were Nathan Hadad
was my last pick I picked AJ agazarm
hanado kuto John Colmes and Daniel
Sadler now uh I really Lov those picks
actually because I have a fondness for
the styles of those competitors but
those are the people I picked do you
feel a little bit at ease uh with the
whole AJ pick when he’s not even here
yet oh actually yeah no I don’t feel
that great about that great let’s move
on okay let’s go ahead and check out
Tim’s team right now yeah I I picked
Elijah Carlton cam herd Mike John jet
Thompson and Samson foam about I’m
feeling confident about my team I went
and talked to my guys today I worked the
room I got word on how their training’s
going how they’re eating where their
weight is you know how they do the arm
bar you make sure the thumbs up you I
told them those little tricks don’t
cross the feet when you have the back
all that kind of stuff so yeah my guys
are ready I’m feeling confident for my
team stoked I want to say that’s the
most valuable nonsense you could pass
their way be like you know what guys you
do you but I’ve got a few tips here
everybody bring it in all right if you
guys have any questions feel free to ask
me all right let’s go to my team all
right guys let’s talk about ooh Oo we
got to we got a Crouch down low for this
one I did not frame myself well on my
team Andy verell longtime friend of the
show you got Kevin Beering new friend of
the show who’s recently been on an
episode of the grappling hour you got
Ben Eddie longtime friend of the show
Kevin Cheryl longtime friend of the show
and new friend David Evers so I’m
telling you this right now all these
gentlemen my heart is with you but I
know there’s a lot of folks out there so
we’re going to go to our very last topic
here and what I want is for all of these
people meaning Jake and Tim to now give
a hype speech to get their team
motivated I’m going to actually keep
time myself but you have one minute to
go ahead and give a pep talk to your
team I’m going to start with you Jake
Watson all right listen guys most of you
on this team are people who have
participated in the ibjjf some of you
guys are coming into this bracket none
of you were ranked number one or two or
three but you’re coming in here with an
opportunity to win a considerable amount
of money you’re coming in here with an
opportunity to display that no I’m not I
don’t just do Advantage fighting I’m not
just a point fighter I can submit you at
any time so go out there be dangerous
and flip the script on them because this
is a pgf and you guys are meant to be
here you were invited here now go prove
it thank you Jake for
that that we appreciate it that not good
it was you know it was okay it was good
for team good for your team okay Tim
show them how it’s done okay listen I
got a team full of guys that were not
ranked number one okay we got Carlton
people talking smack Mike John some
people saying he’s not uh top 10 cam
herd was ranked near the bottom jet
Thompson he’s just a baby we just heard
that not too long ago Samson fo about he
came last on a lot of people’s list
listen you guys just like jayon you’re
here for a reason
because you’re going to win don’t forget
that you got it in you you’ve been
kicked on spit all that stuff you’ve
been getting ready you’re out in Vegas
and you’re on my team coffees for
closers let’s go thank you very much for
that Tim all right I’m going to give a
nice P pep talk to my folks to team as
sparza uh and I’d like to recite a
monologue from uh Any Given Sunday and
this is performed originally by Al
Pacino
we’re in hell right now gentlemen okay
and believe me we can stay here we can
get the crap kicked out of us or we can
fight our way to the back okay climb out
of hell one inch at a time and I can’t
do it for you I’m old okay okay you know
when you get old in life the things they
get taken from you and I mean that’s
just part of life but you’ll learn that
only when you start losing stuff this is
a game of inches football I mean
jiu-jitsu
and uh you know in Jiu-Jitsu or football
or whatever it is the margin of error is
so small and I got to tell you this
right now now you think you’re going to
see a guy right next to you I want you
to look at him look at his eyes all
right and I want you to realize that
that person’s going to do the same thing
to work with you to get out inch by inch
you’re going to claw and you’re going to
get out and that’s it team we either
heal now as a team or we die as
individuals
that’s Jiu-Jitsu guys that’s all it is
now what are you GNA
do scene oh my gosh thank you thank you
Mr alpacino my Emmy I will be expecting
it very soon thank you sir all right
guys listen let’s stop stalling let’s
stop waiting let’s get straight to this
draft on behalf of us here at the pgf
pre-show thank you for watching all week
you can catch us at 3:30 and at the
conclusion of every day of the broadcast
ladies and gents on behalf of both Tim
Freeman Jake Watson my name is Rafa
sparza thank you for joining us it’s
been a great day for grappling we’ll see
you back on the
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mats in the heart of Las Vegas where
combat Legends are born history is in
the making welcome to the dawn of a new
era in martial arts the first ever
Jiu-Jitsu League the professional
grappling Federation is entering its
most anticipated season
yet here 20 Elite athletes will partake
in a grueling season of submission
grappling with over
$100,000 on the
line four teams each with the legendary
head coach this season’s roster includes
formidable pgf newcomers and Andy
verilla penato canuto and PJ March all
eager to Dethrone the reigning Champion
Elijah
Carlton witness the journey unfold from
grappling first ever official draft on
April 21st to the highly anticipated
Crescendo of the playoffs this isn’t
just Jiu-Jitsu this is pgf world it’s
everything you love about Sports Plus
jiu-jitsu
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Las Vegas Nevada a city known for its
high Stak serves as the backdrop for a
high stakes Jiu-Jitsu event that will
change the way you think about
sport-based Jujitsu pgf World touches
down for season 6 we are live tonight in
Sin City for the draft and it all starts
right here I’m DJ desis along with BM
Brandon ma Catherine Egghead and BAC
your brainchild has come to life before
our very eyes and I can’t believe it I
can’t believe it I can’t believe this is
happening I look out here across all
these people and we got couches TJ I
know I hav you ever seen a couch in
Jiu-Jitsu no I don’t think it’s a good
idea it’s not a very 10th Planet term
for a position I haven’t heard of yet is
it no no no no no this is it just
regular old couches Let’s uh let’s talk
a little bit about this concept uh bmac
because you have said since the the
origin of uh pgf that it is everything
you love about Sports Plus Jiu-Jitsu and
you know sports-based jiu-jitsu
it sometimes it gets a A negative wrap
when it comes to you know is Jiu-Jitsu
still self-defense is it take away you
know the idea of what effective
Jiu-Jitsu is um I think you found a
really unique sort of format here to
keep Jiu-Jitsu honest but also make it
in a way what you call a game and a game
that people want to watch yeah I want it
to be a game that’s been the whole idea
from the beginning listen everything
that people love about sports surrounds
a league and that’s what we’ve tried to
build here with the pgf is we have a
league these guys are going to play 12
matches throughout the course of the
week they’re going to have a a
postseason tournament and we got a draft
and that’s what we’re about to kick off
right now and I got to tell you for me
the draft is the most fun part of the
whole week this really makes it feel
like sports for me you know 100% we look
at uh traditional sticking Ball Sports
and you know people like drafts they
freak out they like to do scouting uh
they like to do fantasy drafts you got a
fantasy draft as well but we I mean we
got a nerd they called The Man Egghead
what is it about this uh sort of format
that has made you sort of you know
really dig in and kind of become a nerd
when it comes to Stats and analytics
because it all starts here I mean it
does come up to individuals but putting
together the best team possible sets you
up to win that $100,000 to the end of
the season and how much research goes
into it you know does somebody do more
chokes or kills get more points that way
or they break artists what experience do
they have there’s just so many layers uh
it it’s phenomenal Yeah you mentioned
the $100,000 prize for the the winning
team I might be burying the lead a
little bit I started saying this is a
city known for its high stakes and this
truly is a high stake scrapping event
$100,000 to the winning team we’re going
to give another $20,000 to the athlete
that comes out on top after the
playoff I mean it’s when it comes to
Jiu-Jitsu this is about as high stakes
as you can have absolutely and uh as you
mentioned eg it all starts here tonight
with the draft it is a team- based
concept and so many things are really up
in the air it comes down to strategy not
only on the mat but as a coach and let’s
talk about the rules a little bit of the
draft vmac how are uh the coaches going
to have to weigh who to draft and what
to pay yeah so they’ve got 10,000 points
that they can spend every athlete has to
receive a minimum bid of a $100 and then
every time you up the bid you got to go
up by at least a $100 the athletes are
going to come up one at a time and these
coaches are basically gonna fight
against each other to find out who’s
gonna go onto their team and there’s a
lot of different ways you could play
this and I’ve talked to each of these
coaches each of these team sponsors
they’ve all got a different strategy for
how they want to play it so I’m super
excited to see how they’re going to play
this thing out who’s going to end up on
what team because really it all starts
right here all the tension for the rest
of the season all begins right now yeah
and our resident stats guy Egghead I
mean you’ve done some power ranking and
that that’s the thing that I think we
need to highlight here this isn’t a
traditional sort of draft where you’re
drafting a a player for your team from a
pool it’s uh these guys come up and as
bmax said they’re auctioned off and
they’re auctioned off in a certain order
so not only do you have to think about
who’s the best person we have to think
about the strategy of the budget and and
can you find out which coach actually
cares a little bit more about somebody
and can you bid them up so later on they
don’t have the money to take somebody
away from you there’s a lot of strategy
in there yeah speaking of budget you
know we need to thank all of our
sponsors that have made this great event
possible Once Upon a coconut beatm I’m
I’m loving this uh but of course we got
a bunch of other people to shout out uh
all of our teams we got X Marshall uh
first form uh Black Rifle Coffee Company
uh we’re going to be live on caffeine
don’t forget epic roll epic roll has got
a a win from the last season under their
name they’re coming in as the reigning
Champions basically team epic roll and
they were a huge part of season five and
help them make that a success and Matt
walstrom sitting right there on the
front beside hajer Gracie he’s looking
to make this season six even bigger for
himself and don’t forget New Hope gener
regeneration absolutely so uh please
support those that support us and uh if
you are a fan of the pgf I guarantee you
you’re going to see a huge step up this
is a little bit different of an
environment than uh say becoming Church
decar Alabama we’re not in decar Alabama
anymore TJ we’re in Las Vegas baby
zultan Grace Gracie making this thing
happen for us and we couldn’t be more
grateful yeah absolutely all right let’s
uh set the stage a little bit more and
uh take a look at really how The pgf
Works how does the pgf work we have a
pre-selected roster of 20 athletes and
they’re going to be split up into four
different teams with four legendary
coaches on Sunday those 20 athletes are
going to be drafted onto one of those
four teams each athlete is going to get
12 matches during the regular season the
only way to win a match in the pgf is by
submission if you win by a choke we call
that a kill that’s worth six points if
you win with any joint lock we call that
a break and that’s worth three points
any submission that you land in under a
minute get you an extra point the top
eight point scores go into a seated
playoff bracket on Friday night and the
winner of that bracket is going to get
$220,000 the team that scores the most
Collective points during the regular
season is going to win
$100,000 in pgf SE six it’s the biggest
season of the pgf ever and it’s probably
the biggest event that’s ever happened
in
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Jiu-Jitsu it is a big step up for pgf
world as we are about to kick off season
six and one big upgrade bmac we’ve got
some coaches of prominence in this thing
yeah we’ve got hajer Gracie the greatest
Jiu-Jitsu player of all time sitting on
a couch right there in the front I’ve
got Dean liser you could make a strong
argument he’s the best American to ever
step on the mats Jean jacqu Machado he’s
my coach’s coach you know he’s like my
Jiu-Jitsu Granddad he’s he’s the as
legendary as you get in my heart and
then right over there sitting beside him
is his brother hegan
Machado a lot of people think hean might
have been one of the best to ever step
on the mats himself and now he’s the
coach to the Stars we got a star studded
lineup we wanted to put Legends in
position for this thing not just good
Jiu-Jitsu players Legends and we got
four of the greatest Legends in the
history of the sport lined up right
there across the front row yeah
absolutely and you know that’s the thing
too we look about you know this this
tournament and uh these teams like these
athletes that are going to be out there
competing they’re doing so for their
coaches but even if you don’t you know
get your hand raised at the end of the
day I got to feel that every Grappler
that gets through the other side of this
thing they’re going to be better for
having the experience yeah well you
can’t go wrong it doesn’t matter which
team you land on you’re going to be
landing with one of the greatest winners
in the history of our Sport and these
are intelligent at you know famously
Jiu-Jitsu is the kind of sport that
really requires a lot of intellect a lot
of thought has to go into it you have to
be very mindful as a jiujitsu players so
these guys are super intelligent they’ve
all got their particular strategies that
they’ve got laid out so nothing left but
to do it yeah we’ve got a big step up in
Talent as well some pgf uh veterans and
some newcomers uh to keep an eye out on
as well and you know egg I’m curious
your thoughts on just the the field that
we have here this season um like I said
it’s a good mix of uh some returning pgf
vets but also a lot of newcomers that
people are excited about oh of course I
mean for the newcomers we have uh you
know PJ barge and andd verella two two
huge names uh ADC competitors uh but of
course a lot of pgf fans are looking
forward to the veterans that are coming
back Elijah Carlton the most experienced
pgf competitor there is the man is
51 one sorry 51 wins one loss five draws
in the pgf no one has that much
experience and it’s truly unique rule
Set uh he won season one brought up in
season two won the regular season in
season three and then just won season
five not too long ago he knows the
strategy better than anyone else uh we
also of course have the two you know the
champion of season 3 David Evers coming
here uh it becomes a little more
interchangeable uh but but I think
you’re Brandon is very much right uh
that that the first four are very much
the the the tier one that people are
going to spend a lot of money on U my
bet is that of the 10,000 points that PJ
B Andy ver both go for at least 4,000
and Elijah Carlton might as well yeah I
could I could definitely see that you
know how would I play it if I was one of
the coaches I would definitely try to go
in spend at least 4,000 a piece on two
of the top three probably I would try to
I would try to rip the first two right
off the board and try to spend 4,000 on
them we’ll see what happens though
that’s not every I I do know that’s not
everybody’s strategy for the draft so
we’ll see how it plays out when you
mentioned everybody can have a strategy
you’ve got the fantasy draft that will
open up later tonight anything you want
to share uh with the people at home and
how they get involved with that oh and
the fantasy yeah you just look the
fantasy is one of the most fun parts and
to me it’s kind of like the secret sauce
of the pgf from a fans perspective it’s
the thing that makes everybody stick and
want to watch every night that’s how we
got this guy involved in the process in
the first place he just got addicted to
the fantasy league and then what do you
know we have a a professional nerd on
the team all of a sudden you know so to
me the fantasy is definitely the most
important and fun part for the fans so
you go to www. pgf world scroll down to
the bottom of the page click play the
Fantasy League it’s totally free to play
we’re going to give up give away ,000
cash this season to the fans at no cost
to you the picks right now when you sign
up it’s going to say that it’s locked
that’s true but once these teams are set
I’m going to get in there and I’m GNA
put players price is on and we’re going
to unlock those and they’ll be ready to
go for you tomorrow and you can play
that fantasy every night they’re going
to lock and unlock every night so you
can win every single night absolutely so
check that out and uh keep it locked it
is going to be a fun week here in Las
Vegas pgf World season 6 headed your way
and it all starts with our draft we good
to start the draft right now we good I
think we’re ready I think we’re good all
right so to get our night started and to
officially kick off the first step in
this journey that is pgf season 6 we go
to Bobby both of them and Stephen Aken
welcome everyone to season six of the
professional grappling Federation this
is our draft but first let’s go over our
team’s coaches selections uh this was
randomized that way there was a fair
chance for every coach to land on any
team uh to show you know just no
favoritism uh our first coach for team X
Marshall is John jaac
Machado team epic
roll hajer Gracie
Black Rifle
coffee
Machado first sorry I said that wrong
first form is ma rle coffee is Dean
liser okay had
to so this format each coach has 10,000
points from the pgf to use for selecting
their five athletes okay with a minimum
of 100 points being left for each athl
our first athlete up is PJ
[Applause]
B you can sit or stand whatever you want
to do okay we’ll start the bidding for
PJ at 100
points do I have 100
points 3,000 points for PJ B 3,800
3,800 for Black Rifle coffee
3,800
4,000 oh 4,000
points2 4,200 for Black Rifle
coffee 43 4,300 for X
Marshall 400 4400 Black
Rifle
4500 epic roll
4,800 for Black Rifle
coffee don’t be scared he’s he’s number
one for a
reason
right 5,000 x Marshall it’s half the
budget 5200 for Black Rifle let’s go
let’s go this is the butter
Panther 52
52
anybody last and final 5200 X Marshall
come on
up oh Black Rifle dang it I thought ja
got
[Applause]
him come up here guys sign your
contract you guys sign your contract and
we need you guys to do the uh
Jersey you’ve already read this you know
like you’re kind
of some signatures and stuff right
offal official official official so
Black Rifle just spent 5,200 of their
points or 52% of their budget on the
butter Panther PJ barch that means they
only have 4,800 left or roughly 1,200
for each of one of their last four spots
to F that is a huge investment and uh
yeah I mean going to change the their
approach for the rest of the draft
there’s no two ways about
it I mean but he he has a proven track
record absolutely I mean he just just
coming off uh winning that Polaris 170
pound Grand Prix just a few weeks ago
right a lot of momentum coming in here
obviously he’s you know first place
Emerald City Invitational quintet team
tournament on invitationals I mean all
kinds of wins out
there it’ll be interesting as this week
plays out you know with the huge
investment in into PJ Bar B ma if that
team tends to be maybe a little thin
towards the bottom they need pj to uh
deliver PJ the people are calling for
you come on you got to come talk about
being the number
one he said he’s going to let all his
grappling speak so you guys just wait
and see
that our next athlete Andy verel
[Applause]
what’s up Andy I am standing by with our
we’ll start our meeting at 100 points
man John ja came out hot right out the
gate 3,000 but you’re 2000 2,000 points
your San Diego boy how does it feel
that’s 3,000 Black Rifle I don’t know
Dean that well but three 3500 for epic
roll 4,000 x
Marshall 42
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45 45 for first
form that’s y’all yeah he Machado first
form
45 number
two he’s already got 45 47 we got 47 at
Epic
roll 48 first RS at 48
5,000 epic rolls in at
5,000 he’s at he’s at five we need 51 at
least
51 52 53 for
you he wants it he he wants
it
53 final epic roll all right epic roll
you guys win Andy verella
wow
53 so he ends up going for more than P
interesting note there andy Bella
obviously the number two in our rankings
but so far number one as far as Point
spent very very
interesting what do you think about that
egg well I mean he comes in with a big
chip on his shoulder uh he was you know
had his sights on that West Coast trials
he only gave up two points that’s all he
gave up the whole time and he had to end
up you know settling for that bronze
medal but he did so by getting a RAR
naked choke on Max Hansen another highly
touted competitor here and it took him
only two minutes so amazing skills chip
on the shoulder exciting to
watch we said he go with her a lot the
the chip on the shoulder my question
bmac is that a good thing to have in
your top draft pick for the team
chemistry and dynamic absolutely
he’s going to be under extra pressure to
perform for the team that’s exactly who
I want on my team a guy that’s got a lot
riding on this thing all
right I think we’re going to an
interview
maybe
well until the start let mean one point
thing to think about is ranked pgf
Contender and man Jean Jac came out hot
putting up 3,000 for you buter being
taken by Dean lisst for 52 did did you
think they were going to spend over half
their budget on you um well I kind of
hoped that they wouldn’t so we would
have uh you know money left over as a
team
to uh have a good team but yeah I mean
it feels good of course yeah it was
definitely money well spent you have 63
wins 43 of them by submission so we
definitely know you have the finishing
ability but what are some of the
intangibles you plan to bring to this
team um yeah I mean I think people a lot
of times see me now as like a like 80cc
wrestler guy and I have a bit of that
too but I think they forget that like I
started in the submission only and it’s
kind of like the whole thing that we did
for the longest time and I’ve done a ton
of Team events and and I’ve headed off a
lot of teams through a lot of quintets
and things like that and I was kind of
always the like the Cool com like the
guy to go first and like take the team
through it unemotionally and stuff like
that and so hopefully I can bring the
same like Cadence to this team and and
get them all going and you’re coming off
a big win at Polaris do you think you’re
going to bring that winning energy to
your team uh yeah yeah hopefully
hopefully yeah I think so too good luck
PJ we can’t wait to see
it thank you Alex Wendling for the
interview with PJ B again he went Tom
spot help me out again egg uh the the
number for PJ bar 5300 5200 PJ was 5200
and Andy ber was was actually ranked
second got 5300 again both of those
teams they just used a whole lot of
their budget uh over 50% indeed so it’s
going to be very tough for them to
compete going down the stretch for those
other players all right I can see one
Andy Barella is with our Alex Wendling
we go to her yes I am standing by with
the ninja himself you just got chosen
and picked up by hoder Gracie how much
of an honor is that that’s actually
that’s actually what I wanted uh I’m a
big fan of hoger so that kind of that
was pretty cool I appreciate that were
you expecting him to go over half of his
budget for you no I did not expect that
so yeah I mean that’s pretty dope and
when we’re looking at this team setting
how are you going to look to build a
sense of camaraderie amongst your team
build the sons a camarad camaraderie
what does that mean like uh be homies
yeah uh I don’t know I’m going just do
my thing I’m going get us dubs and
hopefully they’re happy about it and
I’ll do my part like that well you did
get uh bided out 100 more than PJ does
that make you feel good in any way nah
don’t start
that you know I’m always trying to start
some yeah yeah uh no it’s you know we’re
both sold for a lot so that’s cool
congratulations ninja we cannot wait to
see you in action appreciate
you you see I personally like the the
stirring of the pop we got two you know
faces of the pgf Season 6 right now and
you know uh he’s not alluding to it BMC
but I think there’s some pride there
when you go for you know 100 100 points
more uh yeah it’s got to be a little bit
at least right got to feel a little bit
good about that I want to be the guy who
goes number one right and it’ll be
interesting to see if those two match up
against one another in the regular
season I mean I I just don’t see how
they’re going to be able to avoid it
it’ll really come down to the randomized
schedule but I just don’t see how
they’re going to be able to avoid each
other all right our draft continues here
in Las Vegas we go back to Stephen
aen all right we’re up with our next
athlete number three hanado
[Applause]
canudo how you doing
sir all right we’re going to open up at
100
points 4500 wow off the
rip
okay anybody else 45 5,000
5,000 49
he’s
out can’t afford
it 5,000 do anybody at 51 I guess X
Marshall’s the only one 5100 from X
Marshall 52
52 he’s at
51 we need 52 from you 52 all right
53 you guys at
53 nope out all right come on
5300 let’s go first form
I thought they were on
52 here’s your jersey sir come up
here right
here big signing there Dean list came
out and put a I mean almost all his
chips essentially on the table at at
first and then uh promptly got out bit
so he ended up going for 52 or
53 stepen said 53 but I thought that was
who what he was asking for we need we
need to clarify
that we will get
clarification regardless what we’ve just
seen is the top three not only go for
4,000 which we anticipated for at least
the top two the top three all went for
more than 5,000 more than 50% of their
budgets listen I I would have played
that strategy I think that’s how I would
have played it out I don’t know if I
could have stomached going to 5,000 for
either of these guys because you’re
gonna I mean you know if if everybody
comes in heavy like this though at the
top then everybody’s going to kind of
have the same amount to work with for
the rest of the draft though so you know
it could end up balancing out but team X
Marshall with Jean jacqu
Machado I gotta you know I got to think
that they’re not g to have to spend that
much to get Elijah now because everybody
else has dropped over half their budget
and so they’re probably going to be able
to come in kind of light right here and
pick up Elijah at a steel and then stack
the rest of their draft who saw that
coming Elijah Carlton being maybe at the
lower end of the expensive players yeah
not me no I think you’re right I mean I
think they can make a real play uh for
the number four through seven players
and and really make a super solid team
throughout the one through five spot for
them all right looking across the way I
see Alex Wendling in position let’s go
to her now even out the the second half
which is good uh but I’m excited you
know yeah that’s that’s pretty cool I
bet if and was going to be more than him
I think I was like I beat him by 100 or
something
oh no same same same same I know a lot
of people are excited to see you back in
Action so how excited are you to get
back on the competition scene I’m super
excited being like in a long run
training to fight MMA but I have a
jiujitsu school so I’m always training
jiujitsu no matter what uh and
competitive training too because all my
guys are always competing with that said
I just didn’t compete jit because I’ve
been waiting for an m f they just keep
getting pushed back pushed back so I
like you know what going to get back
because I’m just you know missing Jitsu
a lot so excited to come here I have 15
matches to showcas ma Jiu-Jitsu I think
I have a lot to show I’ve improved a lot
people haven’t seen me in a little while
you know looking forward to throwing
some weird new stuff out there and pgf
is putting a lot of money on the line we
all know that hanato moano wants more
money but does hanato canuto want more
money
too yes very likely so yes hanato canuto
wants more money than W if you K we
cannot wait good luck my friend very
much appreciate you guys back to you
guys thanks thanks so so much uh hanato
kuto I mean if moano is money moano we
could call him cash canudo cash canut
yeah that’s not bad all right the uh
cash is Flowing here inside the draft
for pgf World season 6 and we go back to
Bobby both of them Stephen Aken to
continue our draft night our next
athlete up the jabroni Elijah Carlton
[Applause]
what’s up
Sir
okay start the bidding for Elijah at 100
points one
1,000 all right 1,00 from X Marshall
2000
2000 2100 for X Marshall we need 22
2200 23 x Marsh 24 Black
Rifle 27 28 28 for Black
Rifle 28 okay got
29
29 you go 3,000 all right we need 31
from you guys
31 does that Max you out
3,800 mean
39 39
39 for X Marshall you got
four
4,000
4,200 this is
it where were we
42 43 for X
Marshall epic Road this guy won you the
title last
season man 44 for Black Rifle okay they
believe in
champ X Marshall they here
46
46 45 46 yep there’re there’re 45
yep
anybody X Marshall
okay the Jabron Grappler Elijah Carlton
lands on team X Marshall it was uh a
little bit slower of a process to get up
to the the higher end money starting in
the you know thousands and slowly but
surely getting up there I still think
that’s the appropriate amount of money
to spend on on the Jabron what we land
45 uh 44 is what I have
44 I mean to the point is again he’s the
most experienced person in this rle Set
multi-time pgf uh Champion he knows the
strategy he knows it better than anyone
else and he can teach that to the rest
of the team so he might have been a bad
guy before but now he can be a leader
and correct me if I’m I’m wrong I think
Elijah Carlton was actually giving
Jiu-Jitsu lessons to everybody last year
that’s true you know so he’s not not a
guy that’s afraid to you know pass on
his craft to his teammates and others he
was pretty bold he says I’m going to
teach you all how to beat me and then he
still won yeah I mean that’s the most
Alpha thing I’ve ever heard in my life
to be honest with you you’re TI to beat
me you can’t the most interesting thing
I think about the way that the first the
first round played out is that everybody
ended up spending a lot and so now
everybody pretty much has a little bit
to work with so I think Alex is in
position over there she’s going to talk
to Elijah Carlton Alex take it away I am
with our Undisputed pgf champ and ex
Marshall just picked you up with Jean
jacqu I feel ex like X Marshall really
fits your style they’re kind of flashy
so how do you feel about that for sure
the other teams didn’t do their studying
on how to do this um I went for cheaper
which was better for me um the guys who
went for a lot of money are going to end
up on teams with less good people um we
got left with more money to buy better
people um that’s a winning team right
there so what’s up I love the energy
you’re bringing you have a long week
ahead of you so that’s a lot of
confidence you’re bringing in as well is
there anyone in particular that you
think might be put onto your team that
you feel confident in it doesn’t matter
if me and um me and any of the John
combes Davis Uh Kevin Beering any of us
get on a team together it’s over but we
cannot wait to see you in action good
luck
Elijah Elijah Carlson confident is ever
we were talking a little bit about it
with Egghead you know his veterans in
this format how much of an asset is that
for his team it’s a huge asset nobody
understands the pgf rule set or has the
experience in the pgf rule set that
Elijah Carlton does and having him on
the team and just H having somebody on
the squad that knows how to win in this
format across 12 matches across an
entire week that’s going to be
incredibly valuable to that team I think
that that’s a great pickup for X
Marshall that’s a great pick up and they
got him at a cheaper price they’re going
to have more to play with to fill out
the rest of the roster I think they’re
going to put some some bangers beside
him and Elijah Carlton is a guy that is
a lot easier to listen to when he’s your
teammate rather than a competitor no
doubt so they are definitely richer for
that all right our draft continues here
in Las Vegas back to Stephen Ain
Ste our next athlete up will be Max
Hansen
[Applause]
you going sir what’s going on happy to
be here all right guys we’re going to
start the bid for Max at 100
points
500 2,000 from Black Rifle coffee we
need
2100 21
anybody 2200 epic roll 2400 Black Rifle
D need to just stay over here on this
side 25 epic roll 26 Black
Rifle 27 on Epic roll we need
28
3200 we need
33 epic roll nope out 3200 winner Black
Rifle
coffee Max Hansen cont yeah signed the
contract rank number five in our
preseason rankings Max Hansen
goes your thoughts uh bmac on the amount
spent and uh how he uh should look this
season did he go to for 3,300 is that
what we got 3,200 32 so they’ve now
spent um 84% of their budget on their
first two picks wow they only have 1300
left to fill out three roster spots
that’s pretty interesting you know
that’s not too far off what I would have
done with my top two picks though and
because they spent so much on PJ Max
comes in they SP end up spending a
little less
probably I don’t think I mean PJ and Max
on the same team are you kidding me
that’s a that’s a banger Squad Black
Rifle off to a good start I
think a bold
start all right we will go to Alex now
with Max yes I’m standing by with Max
Hansen and now you know what team you’re
on you know you have a teammate in PJ so
how are you feeling about that U I’m
feeling pretty good uh I know PJ pretty
well he’s competed against uh my coach
Dante many times I know honestly I know
the guy’s probably the most skilled and
most veteran competitor out here in this
out of anyone who’s sitting on these
couches so to have him and eye on the
same team is is going to be honestly a
little unfair for the other competitors
I put myself at the same tier as those
top four so I was already thinking
whatever team I end up on is going to be
uh a huge Advantage because I believe
there’s a drop off past uh past myself
into the basically the other competitors
again not trying to hate but just
looking at and [ __ ] yes definitely your
results at enigma at saboo big wins
there and then you’re looking at PJ to
who’s coming off a big win at Polaris so
do you think you guys are carrying some
momentum going into this week yeah I
think we’re both very active competitors
like I said PJ’s a very experienced the
dude was like uh I’m I’m pretty sure he
was like the the first rival of donur
Death Squad back in like the old
sapatero tournaments like years ago bro
so I mean PJ’s probably one the best
teamate I could ask for so it’s going to
be sweet and now you have Dean list as
your coach congratulations we cannot
wait to see you put in work back to you
guys thanks so much Alex our night
continues here as it is draft night in
Las Vegas for pgf World season 6 and for
our next player to be drafted we go back
to Stephen
Ain the next athlete up Davis
assari what’s up
Davis all right we’ll start the biding
at 100
points
1,00
1,200 1500 X Marshall we need
16 anybody 16 2,000 from first
form 2100 X Marshall you got 22 first
form 23 from X Marshall 24 or is that 24
24 first form you guys got
25 25 we need 26
26 27 just say just say
three no 3,000 let’s go first forms at
three y’all got
31 we need
31
3100 we need
32
32 we need 33 from ma
Marshall epic roll y’all want some of
this 3,300 at X Marshall
we need
34 3500 at first form we need
36 he’s ready he’s ready to kill people
for
y’all is it 35 36 3600 x Marshall I need
37 let’s you know you know if you want
him he can take him 3600 x Marshall oh
man great pick up and very interesting
pickup as well because that’s really one
of
the I don’t want to say uh the
Kryptonite of Elijah but he broke
Elijah’s foot not that long ago I was
thinking the same thing exactly and so
they protect they protect Elijah by
picking up Davis at was it 36 3600 yes
can I can I just say I love Stephen inin
as the auctioneer he’s the man he almost
like insults You by saying well you’re
not going to spend any more money you
know he he challenges people he gets the
max amount of money for every player
yeah and again uh really you know great
season he had in 2023 with the ADCC
opens uh but then kind of capped it off
with a silver medal at the ADCC European
trials again we already talked about how
he actually broke Elijah’s foot there
last time uh he’s traded matches with
John combes uh he’s one of those really
upand cominging uh Young competitors out
there that’s going to have a huge future
and it might start here all right he
will speak Now with Alex chosen by X
Marshall how does it feel it feels good
um it’s ni to be bit a little bit high
like especially like later in the rounds
but it feels great and there are 14
black belts on the pgf roster three
purple belts you’re one of the purple
belts what would a win for you against
the black belts mean for the new wave
Jiu-Jitsu standard what would it say
about the new wave jiujitsu standard
like honestly at this point like the the
belts doesn’t matter that much um it’s
more the P the specific persons that are
at that level so the black belt is not
that big of a deal but um it would be
nice to have like big names go against
some big names and then see how that
goes and do you see yourself making it
to the playoffs for sure for sure I I
feel confident I’ll be able to make to
the playoffs we can’t wait to see you in
aous Davis assari congrats back to you
guys thanks Alex we appreciate it you
know real quick on that uh belt color
tip BAC we have seen pgf produce stars
from lower level belt ranks season after
season so you know just because we’ve
got all these black belts don’t don’t
sleep on a purple belt by any means uh
you better not sleep on a purple belt
there’s still a couple of killers
available on the board I I think right
away with this top topic of conversation
I think about Kevin Beering right away
we saw him come in to the pgf as a brand
new blue belt and he was putting away a
black belt every night that he stepped
on the mats and he could do that again
this season let’s see where he ends up
falling in this draft all right time for
the draft to continue we go back to
Stephen Ain our next athlete up is John
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to see you all right we need 100 points
for Mr Colmes okay first forms in 500
500
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need 11 1,200 I need 1300 now Black
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lot of experience of his 184 matches 83
were won by submission and of those 82%
of them would qualify as a as a kill wow
so this guy is a choking machine whether
it be Guillotine RNC
he’s not getting you those breaks he’s
getting you those kills which are worth
twice as much in this format all right
he is stepping over to our interview
point and he will speak with Alex I’m
standing by with John Colmes and I’m
having so much anxiety over here just
watching all this go down and I’m not
even involved were you calm cooling
collected or was your heart much so that
was that was quite fun yeah to have like
four of the biggest Legends in the sport
fight over me that felt really really
good I’m sure it’s going to feel great
for everybody as they step up there yeah
and now you’re on Epic RS team with
hajer Gracie as your coach how do you
feel about that I’m really really
excited you know that’s somebody I’ve
looked up to since the very beginning of
this uh journey and yeah it’s going to
be a absolute honor to have uh him in my
corner and uh him advising us on how to
do well at this event and you look ready
to go you’re coming off of a lot of
action at ADCC now your your homeboy
Andy is going to be your teammate as
well so what is the what is the
confidence like headed into this Andy’s
a Savage you know he can take out a lot
of people with chokes and strangles glad
to have him on the team you know
hopefully we’ll run into each other in
the postseason then awesome well we
can’t wait to see it John Colmes
congratulations can’t wait to see the
action thanks Alex we are in Las Vegas
TJ to Sis bmac Brandon mine Egghead it
is the site of pgf World season six and
bmac Alex was talking about nerves I
feel like those nerves are almost going
to you know get bigger as we get deeper
into the draft because now you know
Financial you know rest strengths are
going to make every pick that more
important and you know I I really think
that first form is set themselves up
right here to do some really good work
in this middle section of the draft
every other team is up at the 8,000 or
higher like X Marshall has spent 8,000
epic roll has spent 8,300 Black Rifle
spent
8,400 first form has only spent 5,300
they’ve only got one player so far but
now we’re dropping into the middle
rounds all of these other three teams
have sort of spent themselves into a
corner and now first form could come in
here and pick up two in a row and really
do some damage like in this middle
section of the draft I think yeah the
magnitude of these picks only getting
bigger and bigger as we continue on and
we shall do just that let’s go back to
Stephen
Ain the next athlete to come to the
stage Daniel Sadler this is to me this
is one of the most important picks of
the draft who’s going to be able to
steal Daniel saer if I’m first form I’m
going in hard on Daniel saer right here
I want to try to steal this guy how you
doing sir good are you good man good to
have you here we’ll start the beting as
always at 100
points 500 first
form need 800 from Black Rifle need nine
900 900 from first
form
th000 need a
th000 somebody’s about 900 going
once
twice a th000 woo
1100 somebody’s about to let this thing
go as a steal got
12 that’s it he’s out okay 1100 anybody
else X Marshal nope epic roll nope come
on up first form you guys win 1100 great
what a great pick they got Daniel Sadler
for 1100 that’s exactly what I thought
might happen they go watch the other
teams go heavy and then they’re able to
slide in and get an animal for 1,00 so
now after two picks for each team first
for is just sitting at 6,400 they’ve
spent 2,000 less than Black Rifle
they’re I mean they’re in position to
make a great they could make the next
pick if they can get somebody else again
like at 11500 maybe they’re going to put
themselves in great position to win the
money I
think you we we’re we’re I’ll go ahead
oh I’m sorry like you’re saying they
kind they can push everyone else around
right now yes because because they can
take them to almost the edge of their
budget other team has left so they can
pick whoever they want you know we’re
we’re learning in the fly it’s a bit of
a new format with the point system last
season we had a trade are trades allowed
here on draft trades are allowed is
until the draft is concluded no trades
after the draft how does it work if
you’ve spent more do you exchange points
like if you drafted a somebody at 4,000
you trade them for 2,000 you get 2,000
points back listen they got to stay
inside that 10,000 okay so your points
want to work it out that’s up to them
but no got to keep it at 10 understood
all right let’s go back to
Alex I am standing by with Daniel SL
sathler and wow you were definitely
worth all the points in the world you
are a star on the rise so young at just
23 years old but you got chosen by hean
Machado so what are your initial
feelings being chosen for that team oh
it feels great uh he is such a legend of
our Sport and I’m very happy to be part
of the team and you’re representing AOS
you moved over there to be part of that
Powerhouse of a team so what kind of
Auto style can we expect come fight
season
uh just like we do there you know um a
lot of a lot of wrestling you know
submission attempt and always looking
forward the submission that’s the goal
can we expect any flying submissions
from you you’re pretty uh crafty with
those uh we’ll see we’ll see expect the
unexpected thank you thank you thank
you back to you guys thanks Alex we are
in Las Vegas again the site of season
six for pgf World PJ to us along with
the commish bmac Brandon macine Egghead
our Knight is shaping up quite nicely
bmac give me uh give me a letter grade
right now on on how these teams are
shaping up and how they’re drafting well
I’m looking at this Black Rifle Team
they got PJ B and Max Hansen obviously
it’s an a with who they’ve got on the
team so far but they spent a lot of
money to be there they’re at 8,400
they’ve only got, 1600 left and they got
to pick up three players now that gives
them a little little more than 500 per
player but as I’m watching this play out
I’m liking what I see out of first form
right here when your second pick is
Daniel
Sadler I mean that’s a PR that’s pretty
good dude so right now I would have to
grade Black Rifle as winning the draft
but I think it’s very interesting just
because of how this could shake out
because of how much money was spent on
Sadler I think that was just absolutely
a steel great play by first form EG your
uh thoughts thus far in the tonight’s
draft I mean I canc so you know with
10,000 points five players 2,000 is your
average right so 1,00 almost half of an
average for some an animal like Sadler
come on that a huge pickup again they
can pretty much big boy any other team
now because all the other teams have
spent so much of their money yeah
they’re in a great position to kind of
muscle their way through the middle part
of this draft all right speaking of
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his site of pgf World season six and our
draft continues for our next player to
be drafted we go back to Stephen Ain
unfortunately our next athlete has had
some flight trouble will not be here but
we’re still going to run his spot as
scheduled it’s AJ aazar we’ll start the
bidding at 100 points for
AJ 500 from epic roll for AJ 800 Black
Rifle coffee need
900 900 epic roll
th000 th000 no no no 900 epic roll wins
AJ agazarm oh
wow AJ agazarm not in the building but
now officially on a team a team is epic
roll what was the final price on that be
ma 900 900 900 so that that now puts
epic roll three they’ve got three
players they got verela they got JN
comes they got AJ and they’ve spent 9200
so they got 800 to split across their
last two guys you surprised at that
number it’s going to be be hard I but
but who knows I mean you know of the
people in the bottom they might have a
few people they have got picked they
might be able to get after everyone else
to spend all their money yeah they could
have their eyes like they’re targeting a
couple of these guys that are going to
come up right at the end that’s for sure
I think that’s where the most important
draft picks are going to come you know
in the latter part with uh how much
money you’ve had I mean this could come
down to you know your team winning based
on you know points that could be picked
up by one of these lower drafted players
I feel like the draft is made out of
these these middle rounds right here
this is where really the drafts and the
teams are are really built to for as
powerhouses and so like you see sathler
go for 1100 that’s a steal you see AJ go
for 900 that’s a steal so we’ll we’ll
see how this plays out I’m very
interested to see what first form does
with this next pick coming up all right
let’s get to it AJ aers arm not in the
building so he can’t have an interview
but uh it’ll be interesting to see uh
how he feels about being drafted where
he’s at when he does get into town but
all right time for our next player be
drafted we go back to Stephen Ain the
next athlete up Kevin
[Applause]
buing what’s up
brother all right we’ll start the
bidding for Kevin at
100 100 points 600 points Black Rifle
coffee 700 points 800 Black Rifle need
900 900 from X Marshall 1,000 first for
for him need
1100 1100 X Marshall you guys got 12 1
1200
13 1300 14 14 need
15 o they won it 1,500 he say yeah 16 16
no hesitation
17 the
future 1,600
yeah 17
18 oh 18 17 anybody else 1,700 wins
first
form Kevin
buing so buing goes for 1,700 right in
the middle that’s very interesting they
they went ahead and
spent I think that’s a great pickup
that’s a kid I would want on my team for
sure off the top of your head do you
know what their remaining budget is be
back they got well they’ve spent 8,100
so far so they got 1900 left that I mean
they’re still in a great position they
got three players already picked up
they’ve only spent 8,100 and I think
they got a great team can it’s canudo
Savor and Kevin buing right now on that
Squad Black Rifle still just with two
but that’s two of the biggest bangers in
the draft and bch and Hansen and then X
Marshall was Jan ja Machado they got
Elijah Carlton and Davis assari let’s go
back to Alex I am with Kevin during the
submission machine himself how does it
feel feels awesome man it was uh it was
so cool watching John
Juck Dean
list all of them they bit bit for me it
was like really surreal pretty sh
shocked right now so it must feel pretty
awesome and you are a pgf vet so you’ve
seen this promotion kind of grow from
the ground up so how special is it to
see it in this venue now with all the
support that we have here today it’s
crazy crazy it’s awesome like I remember
season 3 in decada Alabama from here
it’s it’s amazing and now you’re going
to get the opportunity to compete for a
lot of money so what type of energy are
you looking to instill all fight week uh
just hunting for the submissions man
like that’s why we do this so that’s the
energy I’m trying to bring forth we
can’t wait to see it Kevin congrats send
it back to you TJ thanks Alex our night
continues here in Las Vegas and uh give
me give me your thoughts on that that
latest pick in in the money spent I
think that’s a great pick and I I
expected first form because of the way
they played the first round and this and
the second round picking up Sadler at
1100 they were going to be able to
muscle around and get another player
right here out of the middle so very
very good very a very good pick that’s a
solid team canudo saer buing people
don’t know about buing yet but they will
after pgf season six yeah you get so
many opportunities to Showcase your
talents and uh he might be one to uh
come out the other side much higher with
the the stock in the BJJ World we’ll see
how he continues here as our season
progresses our draft continues to
progress here in Las Vegas back to
Stephen
Ain the number of 11 athlete up Mike
John qualifier winner Mike John the only
guy who won his way into this draft all
right we’re going to start the bid from
Mike at 100 points 200 x marshall3 600
Black
Rifle jumping up need
700 700
once 600 we got 600 here need seven
twice nope you’re out Black Rifle 600
takes it come on up oh
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wow big pickup there for Dean
liser and team Black Rifle coffee and
you know that puts them right in line
with what I bet their strategy was was
to have a th000 left to spend on the
last two guys they’ve spent 9,000 on
their top three because they got that
steel right there and because everybody
spent so heavy at the top now they’re in
a great position once again to make a
couple of plays right here at the
end very very good pickup that’s a very
good pickup for Black
Rifle I I like your point he’s the only
qualifier winner there was only one this
season and that means that he had to win
to get in I mean that that shows desire
that shows grit uh and and he had great
performance there back to Alex Wendling
who’s with Mike John with Mike John our
qualifier winner as well and you just
got chosen to be on the same team as
10th Planet uh Brethren PJ B with Dean
liser so how does it feel pretty dope
since we got a pretty dope team so far
and I really like our coach I like our
team so far I think we got a really
strong chance already yeah and I think
everyone should know that you got that
dog in you we saw you go to war at the
qualifiers so are you going bring some
of that dog energy into the action come
this week every every single time I roll
I bring that dog out we love it Mike
John we can’t wait to see you in action
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both of them is Stephen Ain the next
athlete up Ben Eddie oh here we go this
would be one of the most interesting
picks of the draft
how you doing
man all right guys we’ll start the
bidding at 100 points 500 x Marshall we
need six 700 first form 800 x Marshall
leads 9900 first form 1,000 x Marshall
need
1100 no you’re out anybody else th000
takes it th000 for benetti X Marshall
100% Ben Eddie if you aren’t familiar
with his grappling style this man uh is
a living breathing embodiment of the
10th Planet style and B I would want him
on my team just so I don’t have to have
my other Grapplers face him he’s got one
of the most interesting Styles you’re
ever going to face and one of the
interesting things about Ben Eddie is in
this particular rule set you are forced
to engage with his guard like you have
to get in there and play there’s no
jumping around on the outside or
disengaging you’re forced to engage
this could be this could end up being
the steal of the draft right there I
think right there along with Sadler
Sadler at 1100 in the second round and
Ben at a th big pickup big Pickup Man
Elijah Carlton Davis isari Ben Eddie all
on X Marshal they spent
9,000 they’re in good position all right
Ben Eddie is with Alex I standing by
with Ben Eddie one of the most fun
Grapplers to watch the hula tees
everything that you bring to action so
how good does it feel to know that
you’re on the team of your uh Grandpa of
10th Planet yeah it’s uh it’s great it’s
great to be on John Jock’s team uh both
of Mach brothers are bidding after me so
but yes it’s perfect to be on John
Jock’s team and you are you are no
stranger to the team setting you’ve even
won some events on the team setting as
well so what kind of confidence are you
taking into this event yeah I like team
events uh I like getting my team hype
like putting them on a good strategy so
um I’ll be doing this making sure
they’re eating well um yeah I’m down I’m
happy we cannot wa wait to see you in
action Ben
Eddie bring in the action thanks Alex
Ben Eddie you know a really great
teammate to have Alex kind of alluded to
it we saw him really break out on that
team duel uh in Cancun part of combat
Jiu-Jitsu worlds about a year and a half
ago I mean when Ben Eddie needs to come
up with a big win he’s a big game player
he’s a big game player you know who else
we saw in that was Mike John I that’s
where I started call him Mike John MVP
right there was that same event combat
Jiu-Jitsu team duel I feel like that was
a great steal so here just a recap
here’s where we’re at X Marshall and
Jean jacqu at 9,000 spent they got two
more spots they got to fill same thing
for Black Rifle they’ve spent 9,000 they
got to fill two more spots epic roll has
spent 9200 so they’ve only got 800 left
to spend on these last two spots and
then first form and hegan Machado
they’ve got three spots filled two spots
left to F they’ve still got 1,900 left
to spend so they’ve got a little more
cash left to throw out there for these
last two rounds all right time for our
next player to be drafted we go back to
Stephen Ain the next next athlete up cam
[Music]
herd cam looking
fresh all right guys we start the bid
for cam at 100
points 300 ethic roll four
five 500
EP 600 first
fors 700 epic roll epic roll can’t go
higher than
700x
out
700 takes it first for cam herd oh my
gosh they got another great
steal cam herd the pgf vet getting
signed here on draft night for season
six
coming off a great performance at the
West Coast trials he looked incredible
at West Coast trials and know what I
love the most about his performance he’s
a classic wrestler right he goes out
pulls guard gets a quick armar Victory
from his back showing that his game is
growing he had that top 16 finish at the
West Coast trials cam is an athlete
that’s getting better every single time
he steps out onto the mats and I feel
like this is a great pickup first form
now has 1,200 left to spend on their
final
spot all right cam herd is Now with Alex
with Cam herd and he’s looking fly he’s
feeling fly he just got chosen for hegan
machado’s team so how are you feeling
did you see some of the other teammates
that you’ll be working with yeah yeah I
think we got a strong team um you know
I’m excited to be working with a legend
like hean so uh glad that I got to go
for a little bit more money too so you
know being lower in the rankings still
feeling a little bit of value down there
yes for sure you’re definitely very
valued and we know that after all the
action we saw at ADCC trials so when we
look ahead at the uh this upcoming week
what are you looking to implement in
your game I think I’m going to implement
a lot of different parts of the game um
against different opponents it’ll be
kind of tactical on what I use against
who um so you know I think it’s I’ve got
more of a complete game this time around
than last season so I’m looking to a lot
of stuff that maybe not everybody’s seen
yet and is there any particular matchup
that you want back I mean I got a couple
losses in here um so I’m definitely
trying to avenge any of those that I can
uh you know Andy and um and John two
guys that I respect a lot have
definitely got losses already like I
said so of course I want to avenge those
when I get the chance those will
definitely be a good one Virginia boy
good luck two up two down baby we’ll see
you in action thank you Cam herd getting
drafted here on draft night in Las Vegas
for pgf season 6 no red carpet here
necessarily but if anyone was going to
walk the red carpet cam herd I think
he’s got what the the kids call a drip
I couldn’t tell you I fresh style if I’m
giving you uh slanging advice we’re in a
whole lot of trouble but importantly
like brand was talking about the way the
first form has played this they have
1,200 left more than any other uh of the
competitor teams so they get to pick
whoever they want out of those last
seven people that’s interesting so we
we’ll see how patient they are if they
have someone in mind or uh if they’re
going to be aggressive early our draft
night continues back to Stephen Ain our
next athlete up Matt El
[Applause]
handsome you handsome baby let’s go
again back again what’s up like always
all right we’re going to start the
bidding for Mt at 100 points 100 Black
Rifle 500 x
Marshall 600
anybody I know you guys are low on
points it’s kind of
hard 500 right
600 epic roll we need
seven I need
seven you guys got it 600 once twice
sold epic roll Matt Elkins another pgf
veteran going to Epic rooll Matt alkins
getting picked
up so interesting thing about him of his
28 kill or 28 submissions in the pgf 26
of them are kills he very kill heavy
really helps with his numbers uh
actually the only person to have been
involved with every season the pgf uh
three as a competitor two as coaches uh
and in one of the quintet format he was
a winning coach yeah he’s probably the
only other person in this draft that has
as much experience in the pgf format as
Elijah Carlton does and he’s great on
the
Mike well uh let’s put that to the test
mat alins with Alex I’m standing by with
Matt Elkins and Matt it’s crazy because
this was almost not super last second
but Kieran kachuck was originally in and
then you came in as a replacement so
this tournament is a week long 12
matches at least do you feel like you
had enough preparation in the leadup to
this event uh this is my fifth time
doing this so your boy’s ready yes ma’am
no surprises here absolutely uh it feels
a little bit like Charlie in the
Chocolate Factory caught that last
golden ticket on the way in and uh you
know me and epic girl we’re going to
bring this thing home for y’all this
week hell yeah how does it feel to be
chosen on the team of hoder Gracie uh
man absolute Legend obviously being
involved with this in any capacity is a
is a blessing and a huge opportunity for
anybody in the ji- Jitsu community so uh
I’m super excited to be on on the the
graci’s team and uh like I said just
super excited about the week and uh
y’all are in for a treat it’s going to
be awesome and as a pgf vet what kind of
experience with this type of format do
you think you can help your other
teammates with uh it’s it’s a long week
boys it’s a long week uh the competition
is as high as it’s ever been the the
level of competition and uh I don’t know
that anybody’s ever done anything like
this myself included the past seasons
have not been this intense so um I’m
excited to uh run the gauntlet again and
uh come out on the other end a better
man for it we are definitely
revolutionizing jiujitsu here at pgf
season 6 Matt alkins we cannot wait to
see it back to you guys thanks Alex you
know the word Gauntlet gets thrown
around a lot here and for Matt alins to
recognize it in the way that he has
saying that this season may even be more
grueling that’s a that’s a statement oh
it’s definitely more grueling just the
caliber of athlete that’s here in the
pgf for season six we’re on a whole new
scale now you know we’re not dealing
with a bunch of local athletes and a
bunch of Brandon’s homies anymore we’re
dealing with real players and Matt
Elkins he’s one of Brandon’s homies but
he’s a real player too absolutely all
right another player to be drafted next
back to Stephen Ain the next athlete up
season 3 Champion David
[Applause]
Evers
snazzy what’s up dude it’s good to see
you we’ll start the bidding for David at
100 points 100 Black Rifle need 200 200
x Marshall
300 300
anybody 200 for X Marshall takes it oh R
and
champ a championship caliber player
going for 200 points that’s where we’re
at in this draft now yeah it’s just the
nature of how the points have been spent
it’s just the way it’s got to go and
that puts X Marshall in position they’ve
spent 9,200 now they’ve got 800 left for
their last pick epic roll only has 200
left for this last pick so they’re
pretty much going to have to set this
thing out and see how it plays Black
Rifle still has two picks left to make
they’ve only got th000 points first form
has 1,200 make 1,200 left to make their
final pick so they can kind of bully
their way around and get the guy they
want right here whoever they want it’s
their choice of of the last five so
whoever they have their eyes on they’re
getting
them all right time for another
interview we go back to Alex I am
standing by with David Evers and we have
a lot of smart Grapplers here but I
don’t think any of them are aerospace
engineers so how are you planning on
bringing the smarts and strategy into
this week that’s all done in the past
already you know our preparation
everything discipline the regimen that
we’ve been following all the work is
done we got a hard week ahead of us but
um it’s going to be fun so and what are
your initial reactions on your team I
think we’re going to do well um really
interested to see how the team training
goes when we all get together I’m sure
we’ll be able to help each other grow
and and uh really show out and is there
any specific strategy since you have
experience in other pgfs that you’re
looking to Implement in this upcoming
season um you know I think season 3 I
got a lot of breaks this season I think
it’s going to be relatively lowc scoring
um but that just means that chokes
matter even more and so if you pass the
guard and you get to the back or
Guillotine chokes that’s the rout that’s
the route that you should go we can’t
wait to see you in action David Evers
congratulations thank you thanks Alex
David Evers brings up the fact that this
might be a lower scoring season and B
back we haven’t really outlined it today
here uh as his draft day but you know
kills and breaks they they matter it’s
it’s not whether you submit it’s how you
submit uh do you agree with him that we
might be in store for maybe a a more
evenly match less scoring season yeah
absolutely I think so just the I mean
there six minute matches right and all
of these guys are hard to submit in a
one hour match much less in six minutes
luckily the nature of the pgf rule set
really forces the player to be offensive
at all times so I think David Evers is a
solid pickup the thing that’s great he’s
really the first guy that’s laid out any
part of his strategy but the great thing
about David Evers is he is capable of
leg locking anybody here at any moment
if David Evers grabs your leg he is an
absolute power house and he can put you
away even with a bad straight ankle lock
I’ve seen him do it that’s how he won
the final at pgf season 3 it was what we
would call not an optimal straight ankle
lock but he’s got so much horsepower
that he can just drive straight through
it makes it feel like your leg is going
to break EG how many players we have
left here to be drafted we have five
left five left all right let’s get to it
back to Stephen
Ain the next athlete up jet
[Applause]
[Music]
Thompson Brandon I wonder if this who
how you doing Siro form has been waiting
for all right we’ll start the bid for
jet at 100 points think so
100 Black Rifle 1,200 I knew it first
for him I think they know
something 13 nobody’s even got that huh
nobody that was
strategic 1 1200 takes it Mr jet
Thompson first form power play power
play they got the guy they wanted they
they spent heavy at the top they played
the game in the middle and then they
came in hard to make sure they get the
guy that won at the end and I think
that’s a great strategy completed team
now for first form hanado canudo Daniel
Sadler Kevin buing cam herd jet Thompson
heck of a squad 100% draft strategy
something that uh it’s always good on
paper but when it works out the way you
want it to it’s just going to feel so
much better for for that team and that
coach yeah I I I love this pickup I I
absolutely love this kid one of my black
belts one of my trusted training
Partners Matt scaff put me on this guy
he’s like look you have to put this kid
in the pgf and one look at his highlight
re and you understand why he’s now with
Alex I am standing by with jet Thompson
and I got a very special text from a guy
that knows a lot about the pgf it was
Matt scaff and he said jet Thompson is
going to be the stake of this draft and
I think hegan Machado did his research
so how do you feel getting a pretty high
bid late in the draft Yeah uh that
definitely shocked me I def I wasn’t
expecting to get a 1200 Point bid uh but
uh yeah I’m super stoked about it I
can’t wait to go compete this coming
week you definitely deserve it your
recent performances have been amazing at
just 17 years old got me feeling like a
grandma out here so how young were you
when you started training uh I was nine
when I started I’m about 8 years in now
so well we cannot wait to see you in
action jet Thompson you’re going to
bring it thank you back to you guys
I don’t think my micone right now just
saying there we go now it’s on draft
night continues here in Las Vegas
another man with a microphone stepen Ain
our next athlete up Samson
Fout sir how you
doing good get that one all right we’ll
start at 100 points for
Samson 40000 Black Rifle need five
anybody got 500 for Samson
400 Black Rifle come on up Black Rifle
Samson for me right
[Applause]
there
ghost Samson goes the way of Black
Rifle that’s a great pickup Samson’s
very he was a I believe he was a runner
up in season 4 of the pgf he made the
finale tournament yeah he definitely
made the finale I think he I think he
scored up in the top five maybe top
three during season four I can’t quite
remember just recently won the largest
ADCC open as far as registration goes he
won that Long Beach open Samson very
experienced and he’s a winner he’s very
hard to put away it’s gonna be hard for
anybody to get a score on Samson
Samson’s now with our Alex
Wendling I am standing by with Samson
Fouts and you have a background in MMA
as well well so how are you looking to
bring that physicality to the Jiu-Jitsu
stage man high Pace non-stop cardio
ready to go team rifle let’s go yes team
rifle representing Dean liser so how
awesome was it to be chosen for his team
man I worked I mean I’ve had Dean in my
corner before uh other tournaments I
mean I’m always I’m always happy to have
him so I’m ready I’m ready to rock it we
can’t wait to see it Samson good luck my
friend back to you guys Samson F about
very happy with his placement on team
black rifle and our night continues for
our next pick we go back to Stephen A
the next athlete
up excuse me
Elijah our next athlete up Mr Handsome
Kevin
[Music]
Cheryl another guy with a lot of oh he’s
trying to steal your
Shan all right we’ll start the biding
for Kevin at 100 points 200 epic
roll 300 that’s all he got anybody got
it 200 epic
Roll come on up you got him Kevin chery
Easy Money handsome
Kevin getting signed I’ll never forget
the uh vision of handsome Kevin and
Stephen Aken at the uh the spa last
season with the cucumbers on their eyes
um you your thoughts on on his season
here in front of him bmac because I feel
like he’s he’s a very much competitor
and that season five didn’t shake out
the way he wanted it to it did not go
the way he wanted it to you know this is
a guy who’s made it to a pgf final
before he came in as a runnerup lost to
David Evers at the season three finale
so this is a guy who’s been in multiple
seasons of the pgf he understands this
rule set he knows how to play this game
be very interesting to see how this
works out Alex is standing by with the
handsome
one you have officially completed the
team for epic role how awesome is it to
be on haer’s team it’s incredible man I
mean it’s hodre Gracie right it’s the
goat uh it’s fantastic everybody here is
good it’s going to be a phenomenal week
competition I mean we all got here cuz
we’re one of the 20 best guy we one of
the 21 best and one guy got hurt so
could be one of those two things and now
you are going to be on an opposing team
against the pgf champion who has some
beef with you can you kind of explain to
me what it’ll be like when you guys uh
tie up for pgf which one Elijah Carl
narrow that down yeah uh I think it’ be
all right I think it’s going to go fine
does he hate you because you’re so
handsome yeah oh yeah asse that’s the
only time anybody hates me I just walk
it back to yeah of course well it all
does just come back to your looks you’re
going to have to use those looks come
fight week so we wish you well Kevin
back to you TJ thanks Alex Kevin
Cheryl’s sitting at home right now
because I just broke his foot those were
the words uttered by Elijah Carlton and
I’ve been waiting for them to uh tangle
up once again ever since I think we’re
going to get to see again a little
Redemption maybe for him we’ll find out
I don’t know it’s going to be a fun week
here in Las Vegas it continues with our
draft we go back to Stephen A next
athlete up Nathan
[Applause]
Hadad so first form epic roll both have
their team completed we’re down to the
last picks for both all right we’re
going to start the biding at 100 points
600 x
Marshall 600 that’s do anybody got seven
nobody’s got any more left 600 let’s
go that I can tell you right now that
was a very strategic play by Jean Jac
Machado that’s exactly who he wanted
he’s very familiar with Nathan’s game
he’s a student of elio Saka they were
out there buddying it up all all before
the draft that was very strategic move
by Jean jacqu he got exactly the player
he wanted and he didn’t have to spend
the money he got to spend his money on
somebody else he knew knew that he
Nathan was going to be hanging around at
the end of the
draft yeah he’s a really great style uh
Lo Lov that kind of Slide by a throw by
uh you know from the wrestling takes him
right to somebody’s back and then gets a
chance of that rear nicka choke which
again is a kill getting the points you
want in this
format phenomenal stuff here in Las
Vegas as our draft night continues the
uh stage is is is coming live before
your very eyes and uh for another
interview we go back back to Alex yes
standing by with Nathan Hadad and you
just completed Jean Jock’s team what are
your thoughts about it yeah it’s it’s
pretty awesome um John Juck is one of my
coach so’s coaches so it’s pretty cool
to be on his team and I think we got a
pretty solid chance to win this thing
and when you’re looking at the playoffs
I know you’re ranked number 19 but you
really bring the heat so do you see
yourself in the playoffs oh yeah I’m
ready to go show out I mean I think that
this is one of those things anybody can
beat anybody here we know the rule set’s
different so it’s time to go scrap yes
we know you’re very dedicated all you do
is sleep eat and breathe jiujitsu so
when you’re looking at your specific
strategy what are you trying to showcase
for this fight week honestly I just want
to push the pace go out there and fight
I mean there’s no time to mess around
out here six minutes isn’t that much
time so we got to go fight every time
well we can’t wait to see you in action
Nathan Hadad we’ll send it back to you
TJ thanks Alex all right uh one final
pick here the most anticlimactic pick of
the day but uh hopefully you didn’t hear
me cuz I don’t I don’t want that sound
he’s sitting right there I know I know
protect me there’s nothing I can do he’s
a wild man he likes Dino nuggies and
he’s up right now I like them
too we got something in common two P’s
and a five all right Stephen
Ain the last athlete
up Mr Jamie carnal 600
points you want to sit
down 100
is that the rest of your anybody else
it’s 600 points last and final money on
the board Mr
Carol let’s go Black
Rifle Now by my math they had 800 left
but they only spent 600 on
caral save a little bit for maybe next
season who knows that’s
amazing rainy day fund it doesn’t rain
much here in Vegas but I’ll tell you
something man kid came to the Vegas
qualifier he ended up losing to Mike
John but he beat and choked out some
really good Grapplers to move through
that Vegas qualifier this kid’s a
finisher and he’s a character he’s
perfect for the pgf let’s get to know
him a little bit more as he stands by
with Alex Jamie Carell he might have
been the last picked but you bring the
most personality to the mats and
honestly I feel like you uh being the
last pick it kind of takes off the
pressure cuz now you can just go out
there there and give it all you got
without any you know you know people
will be embarrassed to lose to you your
words not mine yeah that’s kind of like
I mean anyone that loses to the 20th
seed last pick guy I mean it’s not a
great look like I’m like great value
brand you know what I mean like everyone
picked first they were like name brand
like I’m just trying to be good value
for money so uh hopefully no one gets
subbed by me because that’s going to be
a bad look like whenever it does happen
so but that’s a great thing about the
pgf is that crazy upsets can happen and
I I think that’s what makes this
tournament so exciting so when you plan
on bringing the excitement to this fight
week what can we expect from you uh yeah
I mean I’m pretty sure it’s same as
everyone just going to go out and try
and scrap I mean there’s I mean there’s
nothing to hold back you got six minutes
if you can’t roll hard for six minutes
then like I don’t know what your
training sessions are like but uh yeah I
know people got the dog in them I got a
raccoon in me that hasn’t eaten in two
days so I’m looking to fight over that
last piece of pizza we got a faal Jamie
Carnell here so he’s going to go crazy
come fight week we’ll send it back to
you TJ raccoons are scary business for
the record you should not ever take a
raccoon lately I love this kid I’m so
glad he’s here he’s one of my favorite
characters that we’ve got this season
okay so now what we’re gonna do is we’ve
got all the teams selected we’ve got
eight alternates as well these guys are
here just in case somebody gets hurt
just in case something goes wrong and
it’s never happened that we haven’t had
to dig into the alternates and so these
guys are going to be on a team we’re
going to give each of these coaches
2,000 points to spend on their
alternates they got to pick up two and
I’m think they’re probably ready to get
to it DJ all right back to Stephen
Aken okay we’re back for our
supplemental draft for the alternative
athletes
here each coach is going to start this
round with 2,000 points the same format
you must have 100 points for each
athlete and they only have to get two
this time though our first athlete up
Sam Schwarz
[Applause]
and he almost made the playoffs last
season yeah he had a number of of great
submissions some really great techniques
he show off all right guys Mr Sam
Schwarz we’re going for 100
points 100 points Black Rifle 300 First
for 500 x Marshall 700 Black Rifle need
800 1,200 epic rolls at 12 I need
13 1300x Marshall
15,500 epic roll needs
16 oh this
High
15 16 first form is that 16 19 Let’s
Go epic rolls at 19 anybody want to
spend all of your butt you can’t that’s
it 1900 takes it we’re maxed out let’s
go epic roll Sam
Schwarz
wow huge statement made there in the
commitment to Sam Schwarz and they
basically are just on the hook for
whoever else they might get in this yeah
they’re just they’re going to have to
just wait and see who’s the who’s the
last guy up in the supplemental draft
here so great pickup Sam is a real
killer and he’s got a very unusual
submission game as well very strong
wrestling very unusual game big big time
10th Planet style com straight out of
the 10th Planet HQ camp with Eddie Bravo
as his head coach he hits the truck game
very good at the truck and so I’ll be
very interested to see if Sam gets in
there how can he
run how can he run with these big dogs
and as you mentioned BM the alternates
always seem to get action even though
they’re the alternate they always seem
to end up on the mat and right now Sam
is with our Alex
wendley I am with Sam Schwarz our
alternate for epic role what in honor is
it to be chosen by hajer Gracie and
spent a lot of their money I mean
everybody should have went for 19,00 for
me I was the only person left but um
yeah no it’s honor to be on their team I
was with them last season we won um yeah
let’s do it and what lessons from last
season are you taking into this
season um lessons huh I somebody’s going
to get hurt I need somebody to get hurt
unfortunately they’re on my team so it’s
like I don’t know I guess I don’t want
anybody on my team to get hurt but
that’s the only way I’m getting in there
but uh somebody’s going to get hurt
that’s for sure I learned that it’s
definitely a long week longevity is
going to be a major key but you’ve been
a part of the pgf before so how special
is it to see it get to this level yeah I
was only part of last season so I mean
it’s such an honor to be a part of it
and I’m so proud of like all them
Brandon Egghead TJ like kelen oh my God
stepen all them like to bring it here
and get this opportunity for them like I
just want to be a part of it I love them
I love 10th plan like all these people
here are great and yeah let’s just do it
win let’s win well Sam we love that
you’re at least here so congratulations
on being hoder for the alternate and
we’ll potentially See You In Action I
mean I don’t know if I’m supposed to say
that I’m hoping someone gets hurt
because I’m definitely not but I would
love to see Sam compete this week you
just say that because he said your name
and said something nice point that out
Sam likes me I like Sam he’s a good boy
all right our supplemental draft
continues back to Stephen aen
our next athlete up to the stage Dane
[Applause]
[Music]
leak I think Jean Jac’s gonna make a big
play for him look getting up there with
Jean ja on his back all right we’re
going to start the bidd for Dane at 100
points
1900 sold X Marshal not playing and you
called
it I mean pgf season 4 Runner up also V
pgf season
three hey you know what jean jacqu ended
up picking up exactly the guys he wanted
for his team man he got Nathan he got
Dane
leak very strategic draft here from Jean
jaac
Machado you mention everything you love
about Sports Plus Jiu-Jitsu I love draft
Knight I don’t like draft Knight in
regular Sports as much as I like draft
night in
pgf the I for me the draft is the most
fun part of the entire thing I really
love I really love this part of it it’s
been a part of the pgf since the
beginning you know and I just think it’s
just a
blast all right back to Alex I am
standing by with Dane leak and you are
going to be an alternate and as someone
who’s going to be on the bench how do
you plan on bringing that good energy to
the team just any good advice that that
I can have I will try to give but I mean
just being here for my team for anything
they need I’m just happy I got chosen by
professor John jock Machado that was
awesome I’m happy for that representing
ex Marshall you have Elijah D Eddie
David Evers and Nathan Hadad on your
team so it’s a pretty nice team you got
there that’s a good team yeah I’m
excited for us I think we have a good
chance at taking taking the team Victory
and if you were to get in there what do
you think has to get done on your part
in order to make it to the playoffs a
lot of Subs whole bunch of chokes whole
bunch of chokes coming from Dane leak we
cannot wait to see you in action let’s
go all right draft night continues in
our supplemental draft for the next
player on the Block we are going to go
back to Stephen
Aken the next athlete coming up John
[Applause]
Chandler how you doing John good how are
you good man all right we’re going to
start our bidding at 100 points for
John 800 Black
Rifle 1,000 first form need
1100 no you guys don’t have
it looking at you 1100 Dean 1100 we need
12 you got it
1,200 he’s got it you got it
13 he don’t have it first Wars got it
John chanon let’s
go going for
12200 John Chandler coming in here at
the last second last guy in to the
roster and I think this kid finished is
a very young athlete he finished in the
top 16 at both East Coast and West Coast
trials from what I understand comes very
highly recommended you know I was
scrambling when uh Kieran got hurt I
pulled up Matt Elkins off the alternate
list and it was hard to find somebody
somebody who was willing to step into
this alternate John Chandler couldn’t
wait
he oh it’s other way all right let’s
throw it over to Alex right here with
John
Chandler standing by how does it feel
you just got chosen for your team it
must be a great feeling to be chosen by
the coach yeah I’m super grateful and
blessed to be here and I’m just excited
and hopefully I get a chance to step out
on the mat and show everyone how hard I
work every day so super great grateful
and this format is pretty special you
would have a lot of matches uh to get
through so what is the mentality going
in um we train all day every day and
Coach a lot of kids class and stuff so
I’ll be able to pull through well we
cannot wait to see you in action good
luck my friend thank you John Chandler
getting drafted there bmac obviously an
alternate might not be able to go
through the gauntlet quite the way that
the uh other regular uh you know team
mates will but he still gets to go
through all the training all the uh sort
of exercis that everyone does and and
this is a thing where even if you don’t
compete again I said it earlier I think
you get through the other side of this
you’re going to be a better Grappler
yeah and as such a young guy to have
this experience this gonna it’s going to
be an important part of his development
as an athlete moving forward and you got
to know when it comes time for the pgf
to start picking up athletes later
during down the road during more seasons
this guy’s going to be right there in
the mix because he’s going to be he’s
going to have some experience he’s going
to know what he’s walking himself into
and he’s going to have a end with the
commish so appreciate you jumping in
here John Chandler thanks John all right
next player to the block we go back to
Stephen
inin our next athlete up Cody moose
Fritz all the
Moose man I’m glad you’re back I just
like saying that I think that’s for sure
all right we’re going to start the bidd
for Cody at
100 700 first
for 1,000 Black Rifle need 1100 you guys
don’t no nobody come on up 1,000 Black
Rifle Dean lster getting The Pick of
Cody moose
Fritz Stephen Akin said it every time he
made the walk last season somebody shot
moose yeah it was just cheers
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moose moose a really good rubber guard
player he comes
from Jeremiah Vance’s School 10th Planet
player comes out of that Southern
California camp and he’s a lot of fun
and a great guy now here’s something
very interesting about moose he cut more
weight than anybody to be here he was on
death’s door when I saw him at weigh-ins
6’4 all right he is now with
Alex I’m standing by here and you’re in
it you’re in it okay you’re here to
support the team no matter what and
potentially step in so how does it feel
uh it feels good feels good to be here
um I don’t want my teammates to get hurt
but you know any opportunity to get a
match on here be awesome awesome uh but
just happy to be here um happy for be
back to invite me feel like I probably
shouldn’t be here I think it’s like
saying my name but that’s all right you
definitely deserve to be here I see
you’re one of the fighters with a little
bit more height so do you think you have
an advantage in that sense or what are
your advantages going in uh this year I
think it do yeah uh shout out to a camoy
last year I’ll take a line from him he
said last year I’m a real 185 I think
I’m a real 175 this year so I’m feeling
good this year if I do get a match hell
yeah well we cannot wait to see it good
luck my friend the
moose back in an alternate role here and
uh if we don’t get the opportunity to
shout moose in Las veg at least once
dude we got to do it once one
time all right next player back to
Stephen A our next athlete up Alvaro
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[Music]
Pineda what’s up brother good man I love
this guy he’s got the best start the bid
forar at 100
points do I have 100 700 first form y
you don’t have it do
you 700 first form takes it
Alvaro you mentioned his personality
bmac what uh what positive takeaways uh
do you have from him that makes it so
high he’s just a joy to be around he’s
he was so eager to get involved in this
season and when kelen and I called him
to to invite him in to be a part of the
alternates list he he literally just
jumped at the opportunity he couldn’t
wait he was just felt honored and we
invited him because he had such a great
showing at the qualifier he beat a
couple of these guys that are on the
roster before so Alvaro penedo is he’s
not a joke he’s a black belt he comes
he’s going to be bringing the heat man
yeah from the qualifiers now to the
alternates and now to an interview with
Alex just got chosen to be on Jean
Jack’s team so how do you feel really
good I feel really really really excited
for this tournament I want to say like
first uh thank you bgf and thank you
Professor Brandon for thinking about me
I F that qualifier and I I feel do a
great job you know but it’s amazing to
stay here you know with with these
amazing athletes I really really had
life of j- Jitsu you know and nothing I
really really excited and
yeah we can’t wait to see you in action
you’re you have a stacked team Andy
verel is on your team too you guys can
both be matching take a picture after
this with the shades inside of course of
course and and is a really really really
cool guy really good person so nothing I
excited you know Shir the M with with
him of course the pgf is lucky to have
you good luck thank you so much I really
appreciate it we’ll send it back to you
guys all right our supplemental draft
continues Be Ma thoughts which team did
he land on right there I got yeah okay I
got him on first for okay I was I was
like getting a little confused there I
think okay so that rounds out the first
form team then so they got anado canudo
Daniel saer Kevin buing cam herd jet
Thompson on the regular roster and then
they got John Chandler and Alvaro Peno
as their alternate that’s a solid Squad
man hean did really well with this draft
jet Thompson at the very end like that
great absolutely great picks from hegan
Machado I I feel like that’s a strong
team three more athletes still yet to go
here in our supplemental yeah we got
three to go all right back to stepen Ain
our next athlete up Evan dwit oh I love
this guy
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too another black belt he’s out of chewy
chewy school out there in Louisville
good to see you man pgf veteran as well
all right we’re going to start the bidd
1,000 I think that’s it Black Rifle
coffee 1,000 taking Evan to Whit great
pick up
just looking here two athletes left do
both teams have only 100 points they do
yeah so is it first person to say what’s
up
probably this whoever goes they can’t
you can’t bit them up right so it’s
first person to say or they both want
them to flip a coin or what are we do
you’re the commiss I think just whoever
says it
first I mean how bad do you want them
we’re going to find out I guess here in
a moment so uh all right
Alex getting in position for our next
interview lights are on let’s go to Alex
now I am standing by with Evan doitt and
if there are people out there who are
not familiar with your game how would
you describe your Jiu-Jitsu fight style
uh I’d probably rather just do what I
normally do and go straight into talking
[ __ ] uh about the people here a few
people here I got uh unfinished business
with from previous matches I’d like to
get out there this is my third season
doing it
um don’t mind getting a rental car to
Peg somebody in the parking lot on the
way out of here so I can get in uh a
couple young guys out here who I’m
pretty sure honestly were [ __ ] their
Pampers when I started choking people
out uh so I’d love to get an opportunity
to go out there and throw some children
around before they get any better well
if your Jiu-Jitsu is as good as your
[ __ ] talk we have a serious match coming
up Evan uh this is a big week coming up
so you’re an alternate obviously but you
can still support your team in some ways
how do you plan on bringing some of that
energy uh drugs probably going to bring
the best drugs I can for my team get
them jacked up uh I can tell you I had
about seven coconut Waters I’m pretty
jacked on it right now I think uh
slamming a six pack of that might do
each one of them some good yeah the
coconut water is just so good once upon
a coconut absolutely well we cannot wait
to see you on drugs supporting your team
so we’ll send it back to you guys thank
you pgf world is everything you love
about Sports Plus Jiu-Jitsu Sports would
be a lot better with a lot more of that
he’s a psychopath he’s one of my
favorite guys I’m so happy he’s here
like he said man this is his third time
in the pgf he’s been on the regular
roster twice so if he gets in there he
knows how to play this game all right
the game of the draft continues I have
no idea what we’re about to see here
with our real kind of final pick so
let’s get to it Stephen aen all right we
have two athletes remaining the athlete
coming to the stage next will be Caleb
Crump after this pick by default will be
Caleb mallister going to the team
remaining he also had some flight
trouble so he won’t be here for the
draft so we’ll just we’ll wrap up our
sit down portion with Mr Crump how you
doing brother thank you it’s whoever
goes first okay so we’re going to start
the beting at 100 x Marshall’s got 100
that means win
C which puts Caleb mallister another pgf
veteran and killer blackbell on team
epic roll
that wraps it up boys hey let me let me
tell you something Caleb Crump is a real
player you know he’s an he’s on the
alternate list but he was right there on
my short list to be on the regular
season
roster we ended up we we didn’t get to
pick him for the regular roster but I’m
very excited that he agreed to come and
be a part part of this as one of the
alternates he’s had a lot of success in
the last year or so in this ADCC format
he just beat Kevin buing not what two
weekends ago it was a rough decision but
he did but did his pass it’s a dub it’s
a dub all right one more time tonight we
go back to Alex who is with Caleb Crump
I am with Caleb Crump who just got
chosen on team exm Marshall that’s an
awesome team that you’re on I know your
last name is Crump so are we going to
get a little crumping out there
absolutely I’m grateful to be with X
Marshall they already sponsor me um you
know to be on a great team I’m grateful
to be a part of this one week ago I
didn’t know I was going to be here wow
so I’m grateful to be here with a bunch
of the best guys um and if I get my shot
I’m going to give everything I got you
know I trained full-time for this I’m
all in with this sport so I’m just
grateful to be here and when it comes to
the pgf in that big grand prize how much
of an honor is it to just be involved
with this type of promotion it’s an
honor to be involved I’ve already beat
two guys on the roster and if I get a
chance I’m going to beat more no doubt
let’s go well we cannot wait to see it
Caleb Crump we got to get you crumping
out of out of the out of the camera
right now you know uh uh uh we’ll send
it back to you guys you got moves like
that be ma no no I I have no moves I’m
I’m very famous for having absolutely no
moves well we saw a lot of moves here
tonight as draft night is complete in
Las Vegas it is a site of pgf World
season 6 and uh BMC let’s break it down
let’s look at how these teams shake out
a little bit and your biggest takeaways
and of course I’m going to ask you for
letter grades okay so as I look at
this who do I man I got got to
think the top team might be Black Rifle
I mean they got PJ and Max right there
at the top then they slid in and got
Mike John and Nathan hadide and Samson F
about on
steels I like as I look at their roster
on first glance I think I like Black
Rifle as my quote unquote winner of the
draft I also really like this epic roll
team Andy verel John comes AJ agazarm
and then two serious pgf veterans and
killers and Matt Elkins and Kevin Cheryl
I’m going to stop you there speaking of
Epic Ro we got the Epic Ro coach now we
go back to Alex
wendley and I’m standing by with 10 time
world champ the goat of Jiu-Jitsu it is
hajer Gracie and man that probably took
a lot of mental stamina going up out
there so how you feeling it was pretty
interesting something you have you know
I’ve never done this before was was kind
of fun was was I’m I’m grateful to be
part you’re going to have to get a Once
Upon a coconut to you know keep you
going I did I took it’s amazing it
tastes really good it really does I I
know I have to try the chocolate coconut
one I tried the regular one and it is
amazing I tried the regular one too and
but everyone was talking about the
chocolate so I need to try we’ll get one
after that so now for your team with
epic roll we have Kevin Cheryl uh we
have Kevin Cheryl Andy John Colmes Sam
Schwarz as an alternate AJ agazarm and
last but not least Matt Elkins so that’s
quite a team you have there how
confident are you pretty confident I
think I have a pretty strong team I
think we are very confident that we’re
going to take the gold and how are you
going to bring that goat energy to your
team I’m just going to try to you know
hop them up a little bit give them some
extra energy because I think by now you
know everybody done their training this
the technical part is done now it’s just
enforc the mental side of it well we
cannot wait to see it hajer when
everyone says that you the nicest person
ever I completely agree from just
knowing you for the short time that I
have hajer Gracie it is such an honor
for you to be here we cannot wait to see
it so much thank you back to you guys
thanks Alexandre Gracie they saying
something that you’re not going to hear
a Gracie say very often I’ve never done
anything like this before when was the
last time that Gracie said they’ve never
done something in Jiu-Jitsu before I
think that’s the first one yeah maybe
Leo was the last guy that b um yeah he’s
confident and for good reason they got a
great team yeah they got a great Squad
like I said verel comes
agazarm agaz arm’s being slept on just a
little bit I think you know he has a
reputation as being a winner but a guy
who wins by points or wins by decision
but his skill level is through the roof
division one wrestler world champion
silver medalist at ADCC agazarm is a
absolute rock on this roster and then
you got Matt Elkins and Kevin Cheryl
rounding it out with all the experience
that they have in the pgf rule set I I
feel like that’s a very very strong team
they could be the front runner to come
out on top again epic role all right our
Alex Wendling is now standing by with
Dean
liser standing by with San Diego’s own
Dean liser and you did a great job at
the draft today were you expecting to
spend that much on the original PJ B of
5200 um yeah I was ready for it you know
you got to make a statement in Vegas you
know so good yeah yeah we love it well
the way you played your cards I think
was very very smart now we’re looking
ahead to the week you guys have a team
meeting tomorrow so what is the goal and
the uh intention for tomorrow’s meeting
with the team everyone has their own
style so my goal is not to change their
style I’m going to ask everyone what
they what the normal routine is what
they do I will research their opponents
I will that’s my job to do that look
what they do good what they do bad uh
have a game plan that’s that’s about it
well they are very lucky to have you we
cannot wait to see what they do this
upcoming week oh yeah let’s go Dean back
to you guys all right Dean liser
chatting with Alex there’s we are live
in Las Vegas TJ Dan sis along with BAC
Brandon macine the man they call Egghead
uh we’re getting ready for pgf season 6
and let me let me ask egg now I think I
made a mistake right here as I was
listing these out because I listed
Nathan Hadad on team Black Rifle but
that’s not correct he went X Marshall he
went to X Marshall so read off the ex
Marshall list to me please sure uh so ex
Marshall is led by Elijah Carlton next
up we have Davis asire uh then Ben Eddie
then David Evers and Nathan
Hadad okay and then read the Black Rifle
Team to me sure LED off by PJ B Max
Hansen Mike John Samson fo about and
then Jamie Carell uh I had Carell and a
DOD switch for some reason so okay that
that man that X Marshall team looks
pretty good I feel like Jean jacqu made
a really good play he came in and got
Nathan exactly the guy he wanted right
there at the end he picked up David
Evers for 200 that’s a solid solid draft
I think all right we’re going to go back
to Alex who’s standing by with Jean jaac
mad I am standing by with Team ex
Marshal Jean jaac you killed it out
there today how much of a team effort
was it out there you know I think
overall we’re able to balance very well
our team uh it’s no easy fight no matter
who you have on your team it’s going to
be an amazing battle and I can’t wait
for tomorrow definitely and when you
guys meet tomorrow for the team practice
what is going to be the intention
uh I will save that for the fighters but
it’s something that um I will work with
them to make sure they are focus and
their mindset uh 1,000% here and we’ll
see might we might have some surprise on
this sleeve and X Marshall is one of the
biggest Jiu-Jitsu Brands flashy stylish
how awesome is it to get to see how
great of a team you have oh an absolute
honor like being here this pgf format is
the most interesting format for myself
seeing guys going at it few times a
night few nights in a week and that
takes endurance not just and experience
and guess what we got the champion of
the last season and the only other
Champion that won the pgf but and cuz
you need the experience with the pgf
also right like so we’re very excited
about the mix we got between our guys
and they all you know there was tying
you know Elijah got his own style and
you know David
Edie I mean everyone here is a character
and uh yeah I’m very very excited to be
a part of it yes there’s going to be a
lot of drama a lot of theater pgf is
very very lucky to have you Jean jacqu
and you ex Marshall team so thank you so
much TJ we’ll send it back to you guys
appreciate it Alex our night continues
here draft in the books it is the
official launch of pgf World season 6
and BAC you know we we’ve seen this
thing grow from your brainchild to
something that is unlike anything else
you’re really going to see in Combat
Sports honestly when you look at how
team-based formats have worked uh in
other Combat Sports the thought is there
but I don’t think the execution is there
what you have done is you have found a
format that allows these Jiu-Jitsu
practitioners to play a game for their
team but it sets them up for a playoff
format that matters a great deal and you
get the best of both worlds it’s a team
sport but very much at the end of the
season all about
individuals yeah I mean we we’ve we’ve
been running this thing for a couple of
Seasons now we’ve tried to work out the
Kinks and you know we’re going to
continue to evolve it it’s we’ll learn
from this season we’ll make changes from
this season but the most important thing
to me is that we develop something
that’s not just a great one season it’s
not just a great one show like I really
want to develop something that’s going
to leave Legacy for Jiu-Jitsu that’s
going to leave something that is still
standing when I’ve moved on and still
standing for the next generation of
athletes that come through so for me the
pgf is just the ultimate format and I
really feel like if you’re at home and
when you see the pgf for the first time
it’s going to go it’s going to be really
hard for you to go back and watch any
other format yep all right back to Alex
who’s standing by with hi
Machado I am standing by with jiujitsu
Legend hegan Machado you really uh
pounced on the opportunity to get jet
Thompson on your team was there any
particular reason for that I don’t know
I like his Vibe very nice kid 17 years
old very quiet but I have good vibe I
like these kind of athletes who starving
to come remind me when I was 17 I said I
like this kid he going to he’s going to
be one I’m going to fight for he’s
definitely young and hungry but then you
also have the experience and a little
bit on the older side with hanato so you
have a dream team it seems yeah what
what I I realize uh everybody’s going to
spend all the money on the first two
fighters first two or three Fighters
yeah St think okay I going to get the
number three or number four hanat was
number three uh I got him now I have
more money to get Jeff to get the other
guys in general I believe the same the
whole team is very strong I’m I’m happy
for my team you definitely had a great
strategy you know we expect nothing less
from hegan Machado a wise wise man in
the Jiu-Jitsu game so we cannot wait to
see how your team performs
congratulations and we’ll see you
tomorrow see you tomorrow back to you
guys thanks Alex you know he CH talking
about the vibe and I think Andy verella
uh talked about it as being homies with
your teammates but that’s that’s really
true team camaraderie is something that
can go a long way especially uh when you
get deeper into this season and uh you
know you it helps to not only be
surrounded by Talent on a team but the
talent you get along with and like yeah
and you know what we’re getting real
close to finding out who’s going to be
taking on each other like what is the
schedule going to look like now so now
that we know the teams kelen and I we’re
going to go back to pgf HQ tonight we’re
going to put these teams together we’re
going to put this schedule together
we’re going to get it all ready to go
we’re going to start putting the prices
in on the these fantasy picks and if you
haven’t already registered for the
fantasy it’s free to do we’re giving
away $1,000 cash to fans of the pgf that
play the Fantasy this season so you
absolutely want to get in play that
fantasy I think this is going to be the
most exciting week of Jiu-Jitsu that’s
ever happened I really do let’s spice it
up a little bit I’m I’m willing to
challenge egg over here and fantasy and
put something on the line huge mistake
he’s a genius I’m willing to challenge
you in fantasy here put on well you
probably can’t you’re the commissioner
I’ll play though don’t let him you know
I don’t know how it’s going to play out
but I do know I’m going to beat you okay
what what’s that sick what’s up for grbs
qu a coconut water done absolutely I
love this once upon a coconut I like it
egg uh you know we talk about the the
schedule coming out any uh matches
you’re uh really looking forward to in
our regular season potential matches
I’ll tell you if Edan who was just
really spicy on that Mike if he gets
into the regular season I know he’s
going to be looking for David Evers cuz
David Evers ended his season three on
that first night on the very first night
yeah I mean like I think the kind of the
payback ones you think about handsome
Kevin Cheryl and Elijah Carlton Elijah
Carlton didn’t make him tap but popped
him real good and made him go to that
spa day so handsome Kevin definitely
wants to get that one back I’m most
excited to see how it plays out with the
guys who came through in the middle and
the bottom of the draft to me those are
the most fun guys to watch during the
course of the Season everybody knows I
say knows but everybody kind of feels
like they know who are going to be the
top four or five guys but to me the most
exciting thing and this is what’s so
great about sports it’s who’s on the
bubble it’s that six through 10 or 12
position those are the most fun things
about the pgf because it’s these are
guys that are underdogs and they’re
scrapping for their opportunity to get
in there and then with the
$100,000 somebody that’s the worst guy
could walk out here with
$220,000 right if he’s on the winning
team you know Jimmy carnal is the last
pick but if but he’s on an incredible
team with Black Rifle if this Black
Rifle team wins Jamie carnal maybe he
comes in as the 20th guy but he’s going
to walk out of here with $20,000 and
allow me to say this too you know I was
a part of season five was my first pgf
and I love you bmax so I’ll say yes to
anything you ask me to do even though
sometimes I don’t really want to uh and
I’m not saying that I didn’t want to do
pgf but I was looking at and going this
is a long haul this is day after day
after day of Jiu-Jitsu and those are
long days and I was like okay the first
couple days were pretty great I enjoyed
it thoroughly more than I expected to
but when we got to the third day and
then got into that fourth day probably
about halfway through the third day we
start to see that overall point standing
and then there’s this Bubble Watch egg
where it’s like we’re not only
interested in who’s winning but how
they’re winning because it matters so
much when it comes down to those kills
and breaks and I expected me ma that I
would feel a fatigue towards the middle
to the latter part of the Season myself
getting more more and more excited and
more hungry for uh how this thing was
going to shape up that’s the way Sports
works out man that’s that’s the beauty
of a season it’s an opportunity to fall
in love and start rooting for a guy who
probably won’t win like my Chicago Bulls
they I’ve been pulling for them all
season they just fell out of the
playoffs TJ they just lost the playin
game so I can pay attention to the pgf
this week completely because I don’t
have to worry about the Bulls in the
first round of the playoffs but the
first round of the playoffs who makes it
to the playoff is such a crucial part of
that story in a sport season and we get
that with the pgf and you don’t get it
in any other Jiu-Jitsu promotion and
we’re talking about you know just the
bubble who’s going to make it but those
points matter at the very top as well
the number one seed in a tournament this
stacked egg it’s going to matter all the
the difference if you’re the number one
seed or the number four seed and
sometimes the difference between those
seeds they they’re not a big gap
pointwise we saw the the lead change at
least six seven times on that last day
and a half uh last season and and it
just can so easily again you know are
you able to get a submission at all does
your opponent get a kill and you only
get a break uh it it can change so
quickly um but again it it’s so
interesting to think about the the The
Underdogs as you’re talking about I’m
really excited because it seems like
last season a lot of the guys that were
drafted fourth and fifth play each other
in those first couple days and so we saw
Landon tville last season go for the
league minimum $100 and end of the first
day he’s the leader at the end of day
one and he ends up making the playoffs
yeah so which one of these guys right
you know drafted fourth and fifth place
on their team there might be one of
those guys makes a who do you think was
the Real Steel of the draft I I feel
like I know who mine
is who’s the
steel Ben 80 for a th come on I mean
that’s that’s I I feel like it’s got to
be Daniel Sadler in the second round for
1100 are you kidding me dude that’s an
incredible pickup for team first form
Sadler is so good he’s so good I mean
he’s got he’s got a win over a dominant
win over Max Hanson who went for 3200
right before him that’s true but Ben
Eddie’s style is kills yeah and as you
pointed out in the pgf format they can’t
run from him anymore that’s true so I
think they’re going to run right into
that hoodi team he guaranteed four you
think he can hit four four he he
guaranteed me he was going to hit four
hinda teams one of one out of every
three matches so a third of his mat
Grando hultin he promised me he
promised wow he might and if if he gets
four hultin he’s going to make the
playoffs yeah for sure wow four chokes
in this season is probably going to put
you in the playoff and you’re going to
need a couple more wins maybe pick up a
couple of breaks but four chokes man
you’re going to be looking pretty sharp
that that’s traditionally been enough to
get you into the playoff yes sir all
right we will see how it unfolds as we
get closer and closer to opening day
bmac changes uh this season compared to
uh last at least from the viewing
standpoint want to tell everyone how
they can watch leading up to uh you know
all of our regular season matchups and
of course the playoff so we’re going to
be on Monday tomorrow starting tomorrow
Monday through Thursday the regular
season of the pgf is going to be
streaming everywhere we’re going to be
on caffeine we’re going to be on
multiple different YouTube channels
including my channel the pgf channel UFC
Fight Pass we’re going to be streaming
to The Meta platforms Facebook I think
we’re going to Twitch we’re going to
kick if there’s a platform where you can
watch for free you can watch the pgf for
free Monday through Thursday the regular
season but on Friday TJ there’s only one
place where you can watch the playoff
bracket go down and that’s going to be
UFC Fight Pass for subscribers only and
you know a little bit about UFC Fight
Pass we both do these days I mean it’s
kind of where we live
in a lot of ways and it’s only fitting
that the pgf finale live there as well
absolutely it’s only fitting that
anybody who takes combat sport seriously
lives on UFC Fight Pass I pretty much
live on UFC Fight Pass every day I love
that format that that
uh I said format platform is the word I
was looking for thank you TJ here I’m
listen I’m getting old and tired man
it’s true it’s getting late and you have
a very busy night still ahead of you
still got a lot of work to do crunch the
schedule and and get things going but
tomorrow uh first match what time 400
p.m. Pacific every night moving forward
4 p.m. Pacific nice Egghead you ready
I’m excited as soon as soon as we get
that roster in the matchups Set uh then
we start doing the fantasy analysis
perfect it’s going to be amazing I I I’m
going to beat you if if you enter I’m
I’m going against I’m going against him
so you I’ll give you like 50 bucks and I
don’t want anything it’s just Pride for
me I’m no no no no I want you to help me
be be oh don’t tell them that okay well
I’ll help you you’re good that was not
that didn’t concern you don’t worry
about it uh how do people find out about
the The rosters where they go Instagram
yeah we’ll get it all posted up to the
Instagram all the socials later tonight
all right that does it for us tonight in
Las Vegas again tomorrow it is opening
day of pgf season 6 I’m TJ desis I’m
going to be there on the call as is the
commish bmac Brandon macine he’s the man
they call Egghead you we want to see you
there as well so make sure you’re
watching on all the platforms tomorrow
and as we kick off which will be an
exciting week of Jiu-Jitsu action aat
exting a format unlike anything else
you’ve ever seen in Combat Sports I can
promise you that the tagline everything
you love about Sports Plus Jiu-Jitsu a
lot of good Jiu-Jitsu as well and we
kick it off tomorrow for egg and bmac
I’m TJ we’ll see you tomorrow for
opening day of pgf season 6 here in Las
Vegas season six of the professional
grappling Federation is set to be
arguably one of the biggest events in
the history of jiu-jitsu on April 21st
in Las Vegas the world will finally get
to see what Jiu-Jitsu looks like as a
real sport one of the most compelling
storylines for me heading into season
six is the story of Elijah Carlton he’s
been the face of the pgf for Five
Seasons he’s won multiple regular
seasons he’s won multiple championships
by winning the
playoff but now with the level of
competition being raised so much for
season
six the big question for me is can
Elijah take all of that experience that
he has as a pgf champion and apply it to
these highlevel athletes and make it
into the playoffs or could he even
really surprise some
people and come out as the champion
again haven’t done anything but just
like come and did what I’m supposed to
do you know and just let’s [ __ ] people
up you know
Elijah has a tough season ahead of my
name is Andy verel I’ve been training
Jitsu for about uh 10 years probably
about 5 years seriously and then I
trained here at temp Las Vegas I think
Andy verela is a walking highlight
machine he’s a Human Highlight Reel
everything he does is exciting
everything he does is with intention he
moves fast he acts fast he’s flashy
he’ll fly through the air he’ll backflip
Hill cartwheel there’s really no telling
what he’s going to do but it’s
guaranteed to be fireworks um what pgf
is doing is pretty cool um it’s kind of
new as far as like the way it’s being
ran um there’s a whole draft so that
should be interesting just to kind of
see where you are I always like to know
if someone would pick me first or not
you know so if I don’t get picked first
or second or third I’m going to be super
mad you know but yeah I I like the the
money prize the athletes that are being
announced is all good um a lot of
matches throughout the week it looks
like a big um Challenge and I like a
challenge so this should be exciting pjf
is going to be dope canuto has some of
the best credentials on the roster and
just like verel canuto is fireworks
everything he does is exciting to watch
even when he’s not on the hunt he’s
exciting to watch just when this guy
walks in the room the way he brightens
up the room like he’s a great character
I’m super excited to have canudo on the
pgf I’m very excited for to see how
that’s going to play out um I already
watched a few of the videos of the the
previous ones you know trying to get a
little bit of the idea how things work
um but in my head I like the six-minute
matches uh I like the idea of you know
you have to be fastpaced you got to get
the job done quick you know you don’t
have a whole lot of time uh I like the
idea that you got 12 chances you know so
if anything goes wrong it’s okay you
know bump on the road move on to the
next one try to get better Davis assari
one of the hottest Grapplers in the
world right now and he’s got a great
storyline coming in with Elijah Carlton
they’re one in one Elijah beat him and
he’s beaten Elijah as well and he almost
broke Elijah’s foot at main
character I probably shouldn’t have went
and done main character I just like
wasn’t like I wasn’t in shape for it and
I went did it anyway but I think it sets
up somebody to want to promote that
third match
so it worked out you know I went and
jabroni and [ __ ] [ __ ] around and
found out got my foot broke and third
match is coming you know yeah um Davis I
remember him posting at some point that
he wanted to compete against me like
another video um so I know definitely he
wants to get that one back um he’s a
tough kid I saw that he’s been doing
really good in Trials lately um he got
like second or third which is pretty
impressive Euro grapplings coming up
right now and uh he should be a
challenge
um I want to submit him this time though
because last time I had a fully locked
choke already and I could just see his
face turning into a little prune and
then the time ran out so hopefully this
time if we have to run it back that I
could just finish him not to mention one
of the best rubber guard players in the
world probably the best rubber guard
player in the world Ben Eddie and he
guaranteed me that he was going to hit a
minimum of four him dtin this season he
said that that was a conservative
estimate and I’m I’m really hyped for
the pgf um when I saw like it get
announced uh kind of blew my mind a
little bit to see um the coaches that he
had set up this like interesting concept
he has going with the coaches like
picking the teams and the names the the
people and the sport that he brought as
coaches uh I think it’s super awesome
he’s putting it right onto YouTube uh at
least from the start you know I know
later on the finals will be on Fight
Pass I think but um it’s very unique and
very cool that we’re going to both see
the the teams go against each other but
then we’ll have the
individual uh tournament at the end as
well also feeling out this aspect of of
coaches picking their teams and uh it’s
also really cool he’s got the like
Financial backing to be able to offer
like a 100K prize
so it’s it’s hype having the coaches
that we have involved in season 6 that’s
really where everything began we started
with the money and then we moved to the
coaches and once hajer Gracie and Andre
gval and Eddie Bravo and hegan Machado
signed on getting the athletes that we
wanted was
simple um you know while of course you
know my guy is Eddie um it would be fun
and interesting to Fel out being coached
by someone like hoder Gracie you
know um I like the coaches selection
galal or Roger Gracie I think think
could be probably best for my style as
far as coaching goes but then Eddie’s 10
Planet so I hope he doesn’t like take
any wrong to that or anything uh Eddie
Bravo with all of the weird stuff that
like honestly I only know enough you
know only so much about it um it will be
awesome too plus I I I hang with him
before before tournaments and stuff like
that he do tells the cooler stories you
know he’s he’s a cool dude RI Machado is
the one guy that like will probably show
me the most crazy bricks and Gracie
invisible jiujitsu stuff the team I’m
going to do my best to make us do well
but yeah individuals like where it’s at
that’s why we do Jiu-Jitsu right at the
end of the day we’re all competitors and
we’re going to see each other one day
anyway so it’s like I want to be the
best of the group but when we’re on a
team I’ll definitely do my part uh I
would love to be on hogers team you know
hogers is a goat that’s just undeniable
man like being able to ask hoger about
about Mount all week that would be
ideal and honestly even if I’m not on
his team I’ll probably be bugging
there’s some athletes on the roster that
I think people are sleeping on one of
the most accomplished athletes that we
have credentials wise is AJ agazarm this
guy’s a ibjjf world champion he wrestled
at a very high level in college he’s had
massive success at ADCC I think
AJ he’s not only is he going to be the
best heel for this season but I think
he’s going to really surprise some
people with how well he does I know that
that just having uh being able to have
the platform in pgf to to to face this
is what is uh what has excited me to
what has drawn me to this are you are
you saying that somebody who who is
signed to be on pgf has betrayed you
yeah season six yeah yeah I want to
confront this this this betrayal whether
that’s forgiveness or or retribution
it’s G something’s going to you know
it’s going to come to a head for sure
I’d be doing a solid disservice if I
didn’t mention the season 3 Champion
David
Evers he goes to a draw with Elijah
during the regular season but then when
they got to the playoff Elijah had to
pull out and Evers had the night of his
life he subbed everybody in the playoff
got his hands raised as a pgf world
champion and he’s making a return for
season six I think the biggest surprise
this season my dark horse is Kevin buing
out of 10th Planet Atlanta kids a purple
belt but he’s a genuine killer when we
saw him the first time in this
organization he came out of nowhere he
he was a brand new blue belt he was
tapping black belts every time he hit
the mat and then we’ve seen him I mean
he’s got a big win over Max Hansen he’s
got wins over a lot of these guys
already in competition Elijah Carlton
says that Kevin Beering is the best guy
in the room over there and he can’t even
keep up with him in the room so can
Kevin deal with the pressure can he rise
to the occasion I think I think he’s
going to surprise some people honestly
the more I think about it the crazier
this whole thing sounds I I beat like a
bunch of those guys and I feel like uh
they probably want to get that back so
that’s more than anything kind of the
idea is these guys will be looking and
take my head and then there’s guys
coming up like Max Hansen I see he’s
starting to win a bunch of stuff so I’m
sure he’ll be excited to try to whoop my
ass too which which is cool I mean I
welcome all of it and I want to beat
everybody up too so it’s fine it’s
perfect it’s a lot of athletes to get to
there are some guys are like just that’s
the cool thing about it like honestly in
my head I was like I don’t know what I’m
going to face right it can be like you
know matches that might not be that hard
it can be like a bunch of tough dudes I
didn’t know at first when you guys talk
to me honestly I didn’t really know who
was going to be a part I was just like I
like the idea that’s cool you know let
let Let’s Do It um now looking at the
names yeah that’s that’s even cooler
than I thought cuz I actually get some
dudes who be coming after me you know
and and and I mean not nothing better
than 100K and then end of the of the
line you know for people to be fighting
for so dop winning whoever wins this
season uh that’s going to be a huge a
huge deal I mean yeah he’s invited like
a lot of the best names in the sport at
this weight class so yeah whoever wins
this first season that’s that’s massive
I don’t see it as promoting and
marketing and and like playing this guy
or this that the other like I mean we’re
in a grappling match it’s like this
isn’t my opportunity to make friends
like I thrive on making enemies in
grappling matches because I want you in
a ball biting rage going you know doing
everything you can to come after
me it’s all the same man I show up do
what I’m supposed to do I’m going to I’m
going to outperform all these guys I’m
going to sub a lot of these guys and
they’re going to be like oh just because
Elijah hasn’t done
ibjjf and done ADCC trial or anything
like that and he hasn’t wanton anything
big like that like half of the roster is
going to be victims every season that’s
what we that’s what it’s about it’s like
they’re going to sleep on me like always
um he’s going to lay on his back he’s
going to play his little legs in the air
and pray that he catches a triangle or a
heel hook to on
somebody um but yeah he’s a cool dude
when we see each other he’s nice but I
don’t know he’s not going to dunk on
nobody stop like he he can’t act like
that I get it like he wants to add drama
to this whole scenario
but he he’s just he’s not that guy to
dunk on any of us you know but yeah he’s
the chance so you know whatever Elijah
Caron the guy that won the last one that
I heard he said he was coming to his
mesh everybody brother keeping an eye on
you dude I seeing you like locking
people there you know I’ll be ready for
your for your ENT he’ll be studying I’m
ready St don’t I’m not sleeping on you
you know make sure you know that I’m
ready it’s kind of transformed into this
just like I shouldn’t beat you but I
might like just like I’m really just
like I’m the person like I’m you should
be
but my goals for the season
is try to do what I know I can do in the
gym I feel like if I can do one of those
performances I don’t think there’s a guy
alive that could beat me you know I want
the whole cake you know like I I
wouldn’t be I I would be lying if I was
like you know I’ll be happy if whatever
there so happen n dude I’m very
competitive you know in that sense it’s
been two years almost that people
haven’t seen me around and I’ve been
working on a lot of weird stuff so I
want to have as strong of a showing as I
can I hope to win yeah I’m looking to
put on a show and and bring my unique
submission game that I have I mean it
feels good dude um I’m really looking
forward to this next season you know
there’s a a lot of good good people
coming so I’m not satisfied money would
be nice I have no clue what I would do
with 20 with 20K probably just put it up
and try and save it what are you gonna
do with the money dude um I’m gonna buy
a Tesla you’re gonna buy don’t get a
Tesla come on you know how many hookers
I can fit in my
Tes um who else I trained a bunch of
Andy so there’s not like you know like
I’m super excited we trained until we
got tired of training together now we’re
not training together as much anymore
but we trained a bunch so uh that also a
sick match that okay so that one’s
messed up I mean we’ve known each other
for a long time and TR together for a
long time and obviously this tournament
I could tell I was going to want to make
that match anyway so it’s going to have
to you know it’s going to be what it is
I had a match with PJ before and that
was a scrap we went at it that was a lot
of wrestling a lot I changed my
wrestling a lot around I feel like he
going to be last stressed out this time
wrestling me he have more options I’m
last scared of tying up now you know I
know more wrestling uh which might kick
me in the butt too who knows you know he
worked out the last time I kind of know
PJ’s game
um pretty familiar he was like one of
the first guys in my weight class to
like come up and be very good at like
the style that I’m could have good at
like wrestling with jiu-jitsu I feel
like I got that guy’s number like no
matter what um but he’s obviously very
talented and he did do good at
8cc at ADCC I didn’t perform as well but
I I know against him it’s different like
I I just know I have the better skills
than PJ and he’s 10 Planet like he’s
cool but at the same time it’s like
we’re different teams we’re different
you know scenario
and I want to be the number
one 77 guy that when people think of 10
Planet they’re like and he’s the best 77
kg kg guy out there and uh that’s always
kind of like a battle between me and PJ
and I’m like I got the win over him but
well I’ll I’ll make sure I’m number one
after this you know I’m going to put up
points regardless
so you best be able to put up the points
if you want
to if you want to see me in the finale
you know I’m going to clear something up
as well is it’s just you know people are
like oh yeah AJ’s all talk all talk all
talk no I’m not all talk I’m talk and
walk because I had put it on the line
more times than any of you can even
count and probably double or triple your
actual your actual resume to all the
supporters and fans and haters and
whoever else is watching this just keep
watching they’re going to make a lot of
uh cool matches and a lot of drama so um
it should be fun make sure you guys tune
in whenever there’s money on the line
you know whenever there’s money on the
line and it really does matter to me you
know what I’m saying now you’re talking
about taking money out of my out of my
family you know taking food out of my
table you know I need that money I want
to buy a fat house like zlan has here in
Las Vegas that’s what I’m going for I’m
at least going to
get I’m at least going to get four four
hula tees at least for sure at least
four that’s like that’s a conservative
first my job is to be is to be the the
The Giver of
reality you guys keep calling me a heel
I’m the hero yo it’s
Elijah um I’m going to win season 6
there’s a reason I’m champ um y’all come
find out what it’s about season six is
going to be insane all of these athletes
are going to get 12 matches during the
regular season but only eight of them
are going to have what it takes to make
the playoff and only one of them is
going to be crowned pgf world champion
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I can’t seem to figure out where to watch the regular season.
Anyone know?
This is cool af!!!
Pretty sure he was asking if 1st Phorm wanted to do $5300 for Varela, Epic Roll should’ve only paid $5200 if I’m not mistaken
What a great experience for the competitors to have such legendary coaches.
Mike John for 600 is such a great steal
They should add alittle tiny screen or a live count on the money spent by each team and show the remaining balance after they pay for an athlete
Had to pause it at 43:51, I totally feel Keelan’s frustration. I was in the TV business too. 😂
I feel guilty being able to watch PGF for free on YouTube. How do I pay you guys? This is great.