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This week Donald Achnick comes back on the show to breakdown Evolve Ur Game's Lightweight Grand Prix for $10,000. We give our scouting report for each of the competitors and discuss who we think is taking home the bag. 

This week The GOONS kick it with Vannessa Griffin. Vannessa is a new bjj black belt under Team Lloyd Irvin / Crazy 88 and has already medaled in the IBJJF Europeans and Pans. She also runs a highly successful kid's competition team at Crazy 88, over the last two years her team has earned 9 IBJJF Kid's Pan Gold Medals from 7 competitors.

This week the GOONS talk to BJJ Black Belt, Historian, Commentator, and Content Creator Riccardo "Baleia" Ammendolia.

This week the GOONS discuss: Manny Ray Gonzales making the newspaper, the Gracie family's ties to the far right, Tim's match with Cyborg, Poirier KO'ing McGregor, and much more!

This week the GOONS talk to Pabs Carela. Pabs is a black belt who's trained under Vitor Shaolin, Fernando Terere and Ricardo De La Riva. He's currently an instructor under Eduardo Santos at Lotus Club BJJ in New York City. Pabs uses his experiences of rough up bringing in NYC in the 80s and 90s to mentor local youth through various social projects. 

This week the GOONS talk to Lucas Gualberto a up and coming black belt fighting for team Dream Art under Isaque Bahiense who has already won the UAEJJF Grand Slam in Rio and the IBJJF South American Championship. Lucas tells Nico and Tim about training at the Dream Art facility, getting his education in the project, rest and recovery, and so much more. 

The GOONS speak their minds on racism in the BJJ community and society as a whole. 

This week the GOONS talk to Dr. Rick Rosa. Dr. Rosa is a chiropractor and recovery specialists that has worked with NFL Pro Bowlers, Boxing World Champs, UFC Fighters, and BJJ World Champions over his twenty plus years of practice. 

The GOONS reflect on 2020 and look ahead to a dope 2021.

The GOONS are in the holiday spirit! This episode Nico and Tim give their Martial Arts X-Mas List, discuss Tafon's big win in his UFC debut, talk Tim's call out of Dillon Danis and a Christmas stocking full of other topics. 

This week the GOONS talk to Schai "Shy" Schairer, a white belt who runs a non profit organization called FIST DC that teaches poetry to incarcerated women. The GOONS also discussed White Belt Problems submitted from the fans. 

This week the GOONS talk to 2020 PAN Ultra Heavyweight Champion Max Gimenis. Max talks about coming of age at GF Team headquarters training under legendary coach  Julio Cesar, "Jungle Training" with Rodolfo Viera, Ricardo Evangelista and other world class black belts as a blue belt, the process or establishing himself in the United States and much more. 

This week, Nico and Tim spoke with Dom Hoskins. Dom is a Jiu-Jitsu black belt, community organizer, civil rights activist, owner/founder of Dominat10n Martial Arts, and founder of Youth Jiu Jitsu Collective in Richmond, CA a nonprofit program that provides a structured, holistic approach to fitness and wellness in children. 

In this episode Nico and Tim discuss: Tim's road trip to Georgia, Mahamed Aly admitting to PED use, US election results, dealing with racism in BJJ, answer fan questions and more. 

This week Nico and Tim talk to World and Pan Am Champion Alec Baulding. Alec is a Black Belt under Alliance founder Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti that has become one of the most respected BJJ instructional content creators in the game.

This week Nico and Tim talk to Devhonte "Bones" Johnson. Devhonte is 2x World Champion and Owner of Bones BJJ Academy in Clifton, NJ. In this episode we discuss how he's been killing the competition scene despite the pandemic, the development of his gym and his elite kid's comp team, fighting through New York City traffic to train, and much more. 

This week our guest is Aarae Alexander. Aarae is a Team Lloyd Irvin Black Belt and Engineer. We discussed how Aarae has balanced high athletic and scholastic achievement including: winning several world titles despite training only twice a week, earning a engineering degree from one of the toughest universities in the world, and advice for up and comers on how they can have a real job and still be a successful jiu-jitsu competitor. 

This week the GOONS talk to Muhsin "The Technician" Corbbrey. Muhsin is a Judo and BJJ Black Belt as well as a Kru in Muay Thai. He has over fifty professional fights in MMA, Muay Thai/Kickboxing, and Boxing. In this episode we talk to about: Training under legendary coaches like Lloyd Irvin and Manu N'tou, whether Jiu-Jitsu is an actual fight, the level of striking in MMA, the second amendment, and fighting against racial injustice in the United States. 

This week the GOONS talk to Black Belt World Champion Shane Jamil Hill-Taylor. In this episode we discuss:  The development of his unique grappling style  How he created modern lapel guard while a juvenile His lack of social media presence  His ridiculous sneaker collection 

This week The GOONS speak with Stephen "Pesadelo" Hall. Stephen is a 3rd degree black belt, seven time master's world champion, and cancer survivor. In this episode we talk about:  Preparing for the Covid Pans Training while on Chemo Why you should never bite your sparring partner Proper shoe tying technique