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If there are any referees or rule experts reading this, I would love to know your reaction to the challenge reducing the 4 points awarded to Massoumi to 2 points. by the way, they should never hold the tournament in Isfahan again. Probably the only city in Iran that would not fill the stadium.

Video of the match https://youtu.be/mME0XHEhaAo?feature=shared

Ah that makes sense- putting something up in the heat of the moment then deleting it when he has calmed down. It must be intolerable being stuck behind Zare where you could make your case on the wrestling mat for being amongst the world or Olympic medals. It would make sense, I agree with you, If he tried to compete for another country. As a wrestling fan it would also be interesting to see him compete against Zare and others in the world arena rather than just Takhti cup.

Most of the state population lives within 2 hours of Valiant. So it's not widespread. The Phoenix metro area has roughly 5 million people. There's no real reason to do that. Anyone within driving distance can go there. The kids from Eloy would commute and that's like 45 minutes to an hour each way. I don't know about the makeup of the students since I'm not privy to that or really know much about the inner workings. I've heard kids from other states attend there, but I don't really know.

Massa's have a Club and so does Donahue or will he used to he's the one that coached all the studs that are in college today and of the last five to 10 years

It was two stories. He deleted them.

Jimmy would be proud of this thread.

We're comparing PFP rankings based on a result that happened nearly 3 years ago.. lol? They were a freshman and a sophomore at the time.

I'm curious about the way the weights shake out. I wonder if part of the equation (outside of guys being able to make the weights) comes down to the coaching staffs confidence in Cael Hughes vs Brayden Thompson. It would make sense to shift guys up or down based on the confidence they have in either guy. If Hughes is the guy.. 125: Spratley/Sakamoto 133: Figs/Sakamoto 141: Hughes 149: Swiderski 157: Jamison 165: Lockett 174: Facundo 184: Ryder 197: Merrill 285: Doucet If Thompson is the guy.. 125: Spratley/Sakamoto 133: Figs/Sakamoto 141: Jamison/Swiderski 149: Jamison/Swiderski 157: Lockett/Robideau 165: Lockett/Facundo 174: Ryder 184: Thompson 197: Merrill 285: Doucet

It's been truly impressive. If they expanded to provide similar training opportunities across the state, I wouldn't be surprised if they had AWA type success on the national level. The AWA model spreads out the coaching talent while Valiant has an abundance of elite coaches in one location. Arizona is a huge state where a lot of wrestlers don't have the proximity to receive their coaching. I'm not that knowledgeable about Valiant, is it all essentially local kids or is it similar to Blair where kids move and live on campus?

Bruce Baumgartner never gets taken seriously in the GOAT conversation, I think he wins this hands down.

Well, we used to practice it a whole lot, but it's HS, there are some very uncoordinated guys but if you're running with the ball...what's the difference between a punch in the arm vs a helmet or anything else hitting your arms. It's cool now how a lot of players, DBs especially, but all defenders...are taking striking classes to get better at thowing punches to create fumbles. The old Peanut Tillman, Charles Woodson move is becoming far more common place.

Very. They have arguably the best coaching staff in the country.

Wow. What a loaded skwad

Mayor Baraka, whose dad went by the name Baraka (real name Leroi Jones) was a noted poet. Here’s a short example of his work: What can I say? It is better to have loved and lost Than to put linoleum in your living rooms? https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/05/the-long-arm-of-the-law.php One of the comments: Bruno Mars tries to catch a grenade for you, while standing in his kitchen. He drops it and it explodes. Results? Linoleum Blownapart.

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I will also volunteer to do the mailbag!!

Rasoul Khadem can also be in the conversation for this as well. He had a pretty good record against one of the GOATs Makharbek Khadartsev. He got gold and bronze at the olympics and is a 2x world champ.

It's fine if you want to use a 2 year window, but I'm not sure how the 1 year window is only Jax edging out Blaze. Jax just TF'd the guy who pinned Blaze in the same tournament. In a 1 year window it's Jax ahead of Blaze and it's not him edging him out.

Fires and taking over buildings and the like. Is just. What. Mostly peacefully . Protesting. got it.

Get this through your thick skull: They did not illegally protest. That's why this is a big deal. They aren't accused of doing anything illegal. The only thing they're being accused of is supporting Palestine, which is not illegal.

Indiana- Maybe soon to be Nick Lee? Not sure I understand the question. LeRoy Vega was a HS coach of a successful team in Indiana and now coaches at Purdue. Chad Red is at IU, Angel Escobedo, Joe Dubuque

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