Pop-Cultured Grappler TJ Villaluna

We are back with Episode 5 with Marvel Studio's Black Widow movie review. Fair warning, if you have not watched the movie yet it is highly recommended that you listen in after viewing it as spoilers will be mentioned through out this episode. Our special guest for this session, is Jay Arthur Alcasid. He is both a Comic Book & Movie Aficionado, he currently resides in Los Angeles, California. On this episode we discussed about the first MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movie, since the start of the Pandemic. It was both fun & interesting as we dissected Natasha Romanoff's journey in the movie, discussed some of the call backs & Easter eggs as well. Time to listen in everyone  !!!

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This is the 2nd Round Interview/Discussion with the former Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC)Heavyweight Champion/ URCC Hall of Famer TJ " The Professor" Tiu that was done last January 2021. In this episode, we talked about all his fights from URCC 2 to URCC 8. The hard road ,  preparation  and training he took leading up to those fights.  We also talked a little about his love for the Transformers 80's cartoons series and stuff he did in-between Fight preps. Enjoy and Listen in.

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TJ "The Professor" Tiu, is the former Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) Heavyweight Champion, a Mixed-Martial Artists with a 6-0 undefeated record, one of the Pioneers of Philippine MMA and a URCC Hall of Famer. In this episode we talked about his Martial Arts Origin Story together with his older brother, how he stumbled upon MMA and being able to fight at the very first URCC event. We also discussed his preparation and strategy for his first professional fight.  

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Cassandra J Poyong, is a Brazilian Jiujitsu Purple Belt and Entrepreneur from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She's is a 21x Copa De Malasia Champion, Abu Dhabi 2019 World's Master's Champion (Blue Belt), IBJJF European Open 2020 Medalists and 2019 SEA Games Medalists. In this episode, we talked about her Jiujitsu Origin Story, her first time competing and the best fight she's had so far. We also discussed about her training regimen and prepping up for tournaments. She also shared some of the T.V. shows/series, she likes and currently watches. Lastly, the other things that keeps her busy lately.



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My good buddy and BJJ teammate Christopher "Big Chris" Cortez is the very first guest of the Pop-Cultured Grappler Podcasts. We discussed his Martial Arts & Brazilian Jiu-jitsu journey. His work as a Digital Artists and how he got his first start on the job. We also discussed all things Pop-Culture for the last 3 weeks, his thoughts about the DC Fandome Event, a small tribute discussion on Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman and our other interests in the world of Popular Culture. Listen In and its time to Roll...



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