Summer is about to heat up on Saturday with Third Coast Grappling’s Kumite IV: The Absolute. As in 3CG fashion, the first round of fights is straight-up fire and gets better as it moves through the semis and into the finals. We saw the exact same exciting matchmaking in Kumite III, where you’d cringe seeing two of your favorites matched up in the first round, knowing that one would not have the potential to be in the finals. Be honest, in the last Kumite, did you really want to see Tye Ruotolo or Roberto Jimenez not be able to advance to the next round?