The Farrell

[LJB]

https://www.themat.com/news/2026/november/05/men-s-freestyle-pre-seeds-set-for-2026-bill-farrell-memorial-international

 

[LJB]

https://www.themat.com/news/2026/november/05/greco-roman-pre-seeds-announced-ahead-of-bill-farrell-memorial-international

 

[LJB]

interesting to see Bobby Perez back... been several years since he competed...

Provisor at 82kg as well... 

Braunagel at 97 is very interesting as well... 

 

[LJB]

correction, Perez was at the open...

i have no recollection of him there at all...

weird...

got dropped by Robb, which, yikes...

Edited Thursday at 08:15 PM by LJB

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On 11/2/2026 at 2:55 PM, LJB said:

if he wrestles free this weekend, it is a clear indicator that he understands he has a better shot of making the team leg grabbing than greco for LA, which, he 100% does...

 

No way you seriously believe this…assuming you mean “the team” as in winning the spot.  He has about a 1% chance of making the leg grabbing team.  I suppose I wouldn’t rule out him getting top 3 though.  That comes with a stipend, correct?

[Tyler Perry]

[MPhillips]

Braunagel and Orndorff at 97kg is wild...

 

[LJB]

97 is far and away our weakest weight...

Braunagel will help it...

talked to the meat head yesterday and he said Spencer Woods is yuuuuge now and will probably come back as a 97 guy...

[MPhillips]

Just now, LJB said:

97 is far and away our weakest weight...

Well Orndorff is svelte. Saw a kid with a 'Black' singlet on.

[LJB]

1 minute ago, MPhillips said:

Well Orndorff is svelte. Saw a kid with a 'Black' singlet on.

Crosby...

he is basically a part of the family...

been one of my 3 Little Black Boys forever...

[MPhillips]

Just now, LJB said:

Crosby...

he is basically a part of the family...

been one of my 3 Little Black Boys forever...

[LJB]

i did not expect Foy to big brother Braunagel like that...

not even a little bit competitive...

hopefully that is a sign of big improvements from Foy as he has not looked dominant over anyone in the past...

[MPhillips]

11 minutes ago, LJB said:

did not expect Foy to big brother Braunagel like that...

I'm a dummy and I didn't expect that...

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

I'm a dummy ...

... say no more. ................................................. .... 

[LJB]

couple of other thoughts from the day...

been a bit painful to watch as the level of greco has been pretty low across the board...

apparently, the new mats are super slick and has caused some problems throughout the day...

first time getting to see Zac Dominguz's nephew Cruzer wrestle... i have heard about him but never watched before... scrappy and has some chops... in the finals against old man garipov...

Kikkiniou Jr into the finals... havent watched a bunch of him today, but, he did handle Holmes fairly easily which is a good sign... will have perkins in the finals which i expect Kik to win...

Provisor still looking like he chops wood all day long... beat Altomer in good match then dropped dobbs... but got totally man handled by Justus Scott in the semis... like totally... like i've never seen Provisor get man handled...

i don't know much about Scott... i did recognize him but he has never made a real impact on the senior level... he wrestled 77kg at the open and i can not imagine him making that weight with how big he looked today... 

PJ at 87kg just showing the difference between good greco and mid greco... has a Dominican in the finals that might be a decent match...

again, braunagel getting just smashed was a big surprise...

Attao unchallenged at big boys... really wish Coon would have showed up...

[MPhillips]

2 hours ago, LJB said:

i've never seen Provisor get man handled...

He was losing in a match, maybe the 1/4's, and he was roasted in period 1. He still pulled out a win.

3 hours ago, LJB said:

how big he looked today...

The cat was large.

3 hours ago, LJB said:

Braunagel getting just smashed was a big surprise...

Did I mention that Orndorff was at 97kg...

3 hours ago, LJB said:

Kikkiniou Jr

He struggled in an earlier match until he didn't against someone.

[LJB]

4 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

The cat was large.

i looked him up in the open results was absolutely shocked to see he wrestled 77kg there...

that could not have been fun...

[LJB]

domestically we are changing...

 

[LJB]

fukn PJ mad e a statement...

[nhs67]

High schooler, and Penn State recruit, Burnett just beat last season's Iowa starter Peterson 6-2.

[MPhillips]

Semis

57

Old Man Zane over Seymour TF.

Burnett over Moran TF.

61

DeSanto over McGeeTF.

Suriano loses to some Russian.

65

Farber loses to another Russian.

Bartlett over Hardy, 7-0.

70

Molinaro / M. Miller, The Kid ran over The Tank, TF.

Scott over Lamer, 15-11.

74

Monday over Hall, TF.

Kennedy over McFadden

Caliendo over Bearclaw

Edited Saturday at 06:20 PM by MPhillips

[LJB]

has richards in the finals... should be fun...

[LJB]

Suriano is not getting less Suriano...

his antics in the semis were odd to say the least...

[LJB]

i was somewhat surprised to see "baby" Bouz almost beat Miller... sprint race was still going on so missed how it ended late...

then to see Miller make Gorilla Hulk look like that...

[MPhillips]

3 minutes ago, LJB said:

missed how it ended

4-3.