Welcome to ‘The Open GuardCast Jiu-Jitsu Podcast’, which is a project dedicated to promoting jiu-jitsu professionals. Tune in each week, Wednesdays at 2pm CST, on our ‘Bloody Elbow Presents Podcast Network’, for interviews, and current events going on in the world of jiu-jitsu and submission grappling! Your host is Danny O’Donnell. In addition to hosting this podcast, he is an MMA journalist contributing here at Bloody Elbow, as well as at Black Belt Mag. O’Donnell himself is a BJJ black belt who trains at the Marcio Andre Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Phoenix, AZ. Recently, we introduced a jiu-jitsu current events portion of the show. This week we were joined again by our guest Carlos Diaz, a third degree black belt under Rafael Rebello and one of the organizers of this year’s AJP Tour - Orlando. The current BJJ events discussed were: 1. Who’s Number One (WNO) Results and Highlights — At 1:05 Gordon Ryan taps Jacob Couch via submission (armbar) — At 1:37 Mica Galvao def. Dante Leon via unanimous decision — At 10:36 No-gi match debut: Nicholas Meregali def. Arnaldo Maidana via submission (armbar) — At 14:58 Haisam Rida def. Elder Cruz via submission (rear-naked choke) — At 21:28 Keith Krikorian def. Gabriel Sousa via unanimous decision — At 25:12 Sophia Cassella def. Jessica Crane via submission (heel hook) — At 31:01 Luke Griffith def. Joe Dierkhising via submission (rear-naked choke) — At 33:59 David Garmo def. Benji Silva split decision — At 37:08 Review of the event overall and possible next matches — At 39:21 2. One X (ONE Championship’s Tenth Anniversary Event)— At 46:32 Atomweight Submission Grappling Match: Mei “V.V” Yamaguchi & Danielle Kelly battle to a unanimous draw — 46:42 Middleweight Submission Grappling Match: Reinier “The Dutch Knight” De Ridder and Andre “Deco” Galvao battle to a unanimous draw — 49:08 3. Upcoming Events — At 59:32 West Coast ADCC Trials - April 2nd-3rd — At 59:32 IBJJF PanAms - April 6th-10th — At 59:47 AJP Tour Orlando - April 16th — At 1:00:26 ________________ Our guest interview this week was with Kieran Kichuk: This week Danny’s guest for the interview portion was Kieran Kichuk. Kieran is a black belt under Team Lloyd Irvin and recently won the Emerald City Invitational 155 lb. tournament. We discussed his big win at the event, how he got started in martial arts, learning the leg lock game, and having competitive success later in his career. — At 1:00:27 *Disclaimer: The audio connection for Kieran was poor — so he does cutout throughout the interview every so often, but for the most part it is intact, so we are publishing it with this disclaimer that these issues were outside of our control — due to his connectivity issues. We apologize for that. You can follow Danny on twitter @DannyOD_BJJ, or insta @dannyod_bjj. The show’s insta is @openguardcast, or the same name on Fb. Carlos Diaz can be followed at @losdiaz2531 and the AJP Tour at @ajp_usa and @ajptour & you can follow Kieran Kichuk at @lockandstrangle on Instagram. Be sure to tune in for next week’s show & learn more about the world of jiu-jitsu, on Wed, April 6th, at 2PM CST, for Episode 131. We will have another fascinating BJJ interview, as well as current events going on in the world of jiu-jitsu and submission grappling! If you enjoy our shows, "heart" us here on SC, or "like" & share over or on your BE Presents Podcast platform of choice: SoundCloud, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, OverCast, Player FM, & Amazon Music!