Bravo-Young Moves to Cowboy RTC

Late Saturday night, we had an unexpected news drop. The actual information was not totally surprising as there were hints about it earlier in the week; however, a Saturday night announcement tends to be unusual. 

The news itself is that 2024 Olympian, Roman Bravo-Young, will head west to join Oklahoma State’s Cowboy RTC. Like first-year Cowboy head coach David Taylor, Bravo-Young is a Penn State alum. 

While in State College, Bravo-Young was a two-time national champion, a three-time finalist, and a three-time Big Ten champion. Bravo-Young went undefeated in his two title-winning campaigns and was 100-10 in a Penn State singlet. 

Bravo-Young chose to represent Mexico internationally and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games after three dominating wins at the Pan-American Olympic Qualifier. In Paris, Bravo-Young drew three-time world bronze medalist Arsen Harutyunyan of Armenia in the opening round and ended up losing via tech, 13-3. 

With Bravo-Young’s addition, Oklahoma State has one of the most impressive sets of lightweight training partners in the nation. Along with Bravo-Young are Daton Fix and assistant coach Thomas Gilman. Both Fix and Gilman have made Senior world finals at least once in their international careers. Bravo-Young and Fix are no strangers to one another, as the former Nittany Lion twice defeated Fix in the NCAA finals, each time by an excruciatingly thin margin. 

Bravo-Young has hinted at moving to MMA at some point. His move to Stillwater signals that he isn’t ready to leave the wrestling mat quite yet.