Brandon McCaghren shares his plans for 2025 with PGF, starting with Season 8 and moving on to Seasons 9 and 10 by the end of the year.
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Brandon McCaghren shares his plans for 2025 with PGF, starting with Season 8 and moving on to Seasons 9 and 10 by the end of the year.
Brandon McCaghren explains what he looks for in a PGF competitor when he’s putting together the roster for each season.
Brandon McCaghren shares how and why he created the world’s first major Jiu-Jitsu league, the Professional Grappling Federation (PGF).
PGF founder Brandon McCaghren gives us the exclusive news that reigning champion Reese LaFever is returning to defend his title at PGF World Season 8!
Brandon McCaghren is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu black belt and the founder of the Professional Grappling Federation. The PGF has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and has evolved into one of the biggest grappling promotions in the world. They now host 3 seasons every year with a total prize pool of $100,000 every single time.
Jits Magazine spoke to Brandon briefly about his personal Jiu-Jitsu journey and what it was like to train under Eddie Bravo from such a long distance away, but most of our conversation was centered on PGF. Brandon shared how he came up with the idea of a Jiu-Jitsu league and why he constantly pushes to improve the format. He also shared exciting and exclusive news about the upcoming PGF World Season 8, along with some crazy plans for the 9th and 10th seasons that will take place later in 2025.
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0:00 Brandon’s Jiu-Jitsu journey
2:08 Training under Eddie Bravo & learning how to learn
3:53 10th Planet & BJJ promotions
6:05 Changes to PGF format
7:40 Upcoming changes for Season 8
9:08 Time-limits in Jiu-Jitsu
12:06 Why a league instead of a tournament?
15:59 Draft day
17:22 PGF qualifier tournaments
19:26 What does Brandon want in a PGF competitor?
21:28 Will Reese LaFever defend his title in Season 8?
21:59 The PGF Season 8 roster
23:23 Building the PGF
24:17 The $100,000 prize money
26:06 How many seasons ever year?
28:17 PGF World Seasons 9 & 10
29:44 PGF outside the US
31:00 Thanks & signing off
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