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Katie Bochenek announces her title fight on the PGF Season 8 finale

Gary Berger — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:48:51 +0000

Katie Bochenek announces her upcoming 145lbs title-fight at the PGF Season 8 finale!

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Sebastian Attard explains how PGF changes you

Gary Berger — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:36:17 +0000

Sebastian Attard talks about how competing in PGF Season 7 changed him.

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Sebastian Attard on his IBJJF ban, the PGF experience, and facing Izaak Michell – JitsCast #20

Gary Berger — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:21:40 +0000

Sebastian Attard is one of the top Jiu-Jitsu competitors to come out of Australia in recent years. He is both a Who’s Number One and Professional Grappling Federation veteran, and he’s currently preparing for a title-fight with Izaak Michell at Subversion: Paradigm.

Jits Magazine spoke to Sebastian first about the infamous middle-finger incident at the IBJJF No Gi World Championship that resulted in him being banned from IBJJF competition for one year. Sebastian also shared his experience competing around Australia and at PGF, along with some insight into his preparation for the upcoming match with ADCC veteran Michell.

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0:00 The IBJJF ban
3:21 Facing Pawel Jaworski
4:14 Will Sebastian return to the IBJJF?
5:26 ADCC Trials
7:19 Facing Izaak Michell at Subversion
9:15 PGF Season 7
14:13 Plans for 2025
14:53 Jiu-Jitsu in Australia
17:00 Competing all the time
17:43 Future opponents
18:21 Thanks & Signing off

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Brandon McCaghren shares plans for 2025 with PGF Seasons 9 and 10

Gary Berger — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:53:12 +0000

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 on what he looks for in a PGF competitor

Gary Berger — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 21:55:13 +0000

Brandon McCaghren explains what he looks for in a PGF competitor when he’s putting together the roster for each season.

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Brandon McCaghren on the birth of the PGF

Gary Berger — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:18:17 +0000

Brandon McCaghren shares how and why he created the world’s first major Jiu-Jitsu league, the Professional Grappling Federation (PGF).

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Brandon McCaghren on PGF Season 8 and Reese LaFever returning

Gary Berger — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:08:25 +0000

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!

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JitsCast #11 – Brandon McCaghren

Gary Berger — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:04:49 +0000

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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Ryan Aitken gets deep when reviewing his big win at PGF World Season 7

Gary Berger — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:46:52 +0000

We spoke to Ryan Aitken about winning PGF World Season 7 and he got surprisingly deep about the event

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JitsCast #2 – Ryan Aitken

Gary Berger — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:14:37 +0000

Ryan Aitken is a two-time Combat Jiu-Jitsu middleweight world champion and the reigning EBI absolute champion, but he most recently won PGF World Season 7 at light-heavyweight. Ryan is also a 10th Planet black belt and an ADCC veteran, with an upcoming match with Gabriel Almeida at UFC Fight Pass Invitational 9.

Jits Magazine spoke to Ryan about his journey up to winning his first CJJ world title, and how he was able win the title for a second time. We also spoke about both of his incredible performances at EBI 21: The Absolutes and PGF World Season 7, along with his tactical approach to EBI overtime. Ryan then reviewed his matches from ADCC 2024 and shared the lessons he’s learned, along with his plans for the future.

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0:00 Introduction
0:19 Competing in MMA and choosing Jiu-Jitsu
3:03 Ryan’s thoughts on competing in the gi
6:14 Mastering EBI overtime
9:56 Winning EBI 21: The Absolutes
13:24 Moving weight classes
16:00 Reviewing ADCC 2024 & lessons learned
21:40 Post-ADCC & Winning PGF World Season 7
39:05 EBI overtime tactics
42:35 Why Ryan hates Las Vegas
44:48 Gabriel Almeida at UFC Fight Pass Invitational 9
48:15 What’s next for Ryan?
52:20 Thanks & signing off

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