OTT Finals Thread

[Caveira]

2 minutes ago, peanut said:

Disagree. The step out encourages offense and tends to keep action in bounds. 

Lee picked up that single leg and simply walked him out of bounds.   Thats meh       Lee fan 

[BIGTENFANBOY]

3 minutes ago, pawrestler said:

I thought that was 4 at first watch

Looked like 4 to me, but you know biased refs

[Gus]

Just now, peanut said:

Spencer over Gilman in match 1

Good match. I am confident in either guy qualifying the weight. Both looked good. 

[headshuck]

Well, that sucks. I’m stuck on a phone call watching the quad feed and they say Spencer and Gilman are in the top right corner and all I see are a couple of women wrestlers.

[Packard]

I don’t watch freestyle enough to criticize officials, but I see wrestlers compare how US officials call matches vs international officials. 
 

Wouldn’t it make sense to bring in some international refs for these tournaments so we get a sense of how matches will be called?

[BIGTENFANBOY]

Just now, headshuck said:

Well, that sucks. I’m stuck on a phone call watching the quad feed and they say Spencer and Gilman are in the top right corner and all I see are a couple of women wrestlers.

You missed it.

[peanut]

Just now, Caveira said:

Lee picked up that single leg and simply walked him out of bounds.   Thats meh       Lee fan 

I agree that walking a guy out is not as exciting as a takedown. But the way a step out shapes a match makes the match better. Athletes can’t flee the mat as easily, and they get rewarded for taking the risk and effort to attack a leg. Much better than two guys sitting at edge, refusing to engage. 

[d3grappler]

I wanted Spencer to win that match bad, but I am confused as to how that was not four. Looking forward to seeing some of the other camera angles from cameras on on the floor.

[pawrestler]

Rooting for Zain here 

[Antitroll2828]

Just now, d3grappler said:

I wanted Spencer to win that match bad, but I am confused as to how that was not four. Looking forward to seeing some of the other camera angles from cameras on on the floor.

Judgement call because he landed on the elbow first 

[Antitroll2828]

Just now, pawrestler said:

Rooting for Zain here 

He has more experience wrestling international guys so that definitely gives him the better chance at medaling  

[pawrestler]

‘Two cats in a paper bag’ is a new phrase for me but I like it

Edited April 20 by pawrestler

[VakAttack]

I only saw the action out of the corner of my eye and never saw a replay, did they show one?  Did Spencer turn down?

[wrestle87]

1 minute ago, pawrestler said:

‘Two cats in a paper bag’ is a new phrase for me but I like it

Lol usually its two raccoons in a feed sack

[headshuck]

A friend used to call an overweight person wearing tight clothing “2 bulldogs fighting in a gunny sack.”

[VakAttack]

If Lee loses this one, hard to see him winning one tonight when Zain weighs 190lbs.

[pawrestler]

Death, taxes, and Zain’s face bleeding everywhere

[bnwtwg]

Zain looks like Berger just hopped into the match 

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

The Retherford/Lee referee is the same one for Burroughs/Nolf. What's a guy to do? 

[MNRodent]

 

Wow, Nate Jackson :25 second tech fall, pending review.

[SocraTease]

8 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

If Lee loses this one, hard to see him winning one tonight when Zain weighs 190lbs.

I thought they wrestle two matches this morning at 57KG and 65KG and only a third one tonight if necessary

[Le duke]

Death, taxes, and Zain’s face bleeding everywhere

Imagine how many times Zain has bled on Nick Lee over the last…decade.


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[Wrestleknownothing]

10 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

I only saw the action out of the corner of my eye and never saw a replay, did they show one?  Did Spencer turn down?

First thing to hit was his right elbow followed by both cheeks and his back. Sure looked like four, but they said there was not enough evidence to over turn, rather than confirm.

One other thing I noticed. When they are showing the reviews on the scoreboard they have two views, one is a regular camera the other is a fisheye lense. You cannot tell anything from the fisheye lense view because it make everything look farther away. It seems like they do not have enough cameras so they set one for fisheye. Another example of USAW doing an ameteurish job running this tournament.

[Wrestleknownothing]

2 minutes ago, SocraTease said:

I thought they wrestle two matches this morning at 57KG and 65KG and only a third one tonight if necessary

Correct

[SocraTease]

Gilman wrestled a strong match against Lee and it almost worked.   He didn't get the breaks on a quick stoppage when he was in on the leg.  He didn't get the break on what could have been a four, and even Lee's TD to a turn was something he might have prevented in retrospect.   The point:  these two guys are close, and Gilman seems to have the better gas tank the longer the match goes.