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[shiraz321]

Javan was weaker than I thought, but this whole weight did not play out the way I expected 

[Danny_92]

Congrats zare win gold.

[Irani]

6 hours ago, shiraz321 said:

Javan was weaker than I thought, but this whole weight did not play out the way I expected 

To be fair, he is a young kid going against an Olympic and world champion.

He should a lot of hear getting a take down when he was down 9-0

[Irani]

You know, these games made me realize the value of great coaching

Valencia was a second rate wrestler who had not won anything big until now.

i don’t know when he switched to having DT as his coach, but DY turned a 28 year old second rate wrestler into a dominating world champion.

imagine if Iran had coaches like that to coach all the kids who won cadets and U21.

 

DT himself did not turn into a world beater until he was well into his 20s.

Iran guys seem to peak at 20-21 and never improve their wrestling.  I attribute that to lack of high level coaching.

my choices for Iran national team coach are DT or Carl Sanders.

Getting more realistic, my choices are Rassoul Kahdem, Reza Yazdani or Babak the Instagram announcer.

i think Babak would be great because he know the US style of wrestling and mentality.

 

[Truzzcat]

On 5/27/2025 at 2:29 PM, Window12 said:

Valencia beat an 18 year old just from cadets. I see you are really grasping at straws. I guess Zahid Valencia has not given you a great deal over the years . If you want to feel elated over meagre pickings who am I to stop you. Enjoy  

Hope you are well sir

[Window12]

2 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

Hope you are well sir

All good thanks - I’m delighted he came through for you …

[shiraz321]

7 hours ago, Irani said:

To be fair, he is a young kid going against an Olympic and world champion.

He should a lot of hear getting a take down when he was down 9-0

No, I didn't expect him to win. After seeing the weight up to the semis I knew he would lose by some distance. What I mean is before the tournament I thought 61 was a bunch of guys who, in the absence of Ono, could all beat each other and it would be a bunch of close matches. Instead it turned out that if they wrestled that bracket 10 times Uguev would win it all 10 times.

[nhs67]

7 hours ago, shiraz321 said:

No, I didn't expect him to win. After seeing the weight up to the semis I knew he would lose by some distance. What I mean is before the tournament I thought 61 was a bunch of guys who, in the absence of Ono, could all beat each other and it would be a bunch of close matches. Instead it turned out that if they wrestled that bracket 10 times Uguev would win it all 10 times.

I don't think there is anyone in the 61 KG field that could have beaten him this last weekend.  Redraw it 100 different ways and he is still standing on top of the podium.  He peaked right.

[shiraz321]

40 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

I don't think there is anyone in the 61 KG field that could have beaten him this last weekend.  Redraw it 100 different ways and he is still standing on top of the podium.  He peaked right.

Yes, shows how good Ono is.

[Irani]

Azarpira is the man.  Taj is beatable!!

should be a good final.  Rematch of the Olympic bronze match, except this time Azarpira’s knee is not torn in the prior match.

[Irani]

Meanwhile Emami is wrestling for Bronze in 74

[shiraz321]

That 97 semi leaves us with just one question:

 

Just how damn good is Ahmad Bazri :)?

[Danny_92]

Now amouzad is the underdog. Hope he gets him this time. 

 

Jap is very good at countering underhooks .amouzad need to mix up his attacks

[Danny_92]

Also good match for azarpira but he's inconsistent first two matches he really looked bad .  Snyder was lucky with the draw . Easy way to the final.

 

 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

30 minutes ago, Danny_92 said:

Also good match for azarpira but he's inconsistent first two matches he really looked bad .  Snyder was lucky with the draw . Easy way to the final.

 

 

Isn't Yoshida (97) from Japan of Iranian descent?

[Danny_92]

Chill dude. I'm not even Iranian.

 Always liked Kyle Snyder but  he got lucky with the draw this time.

[shiraz321]

11 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Isn't Yoshida (97) from Japan of Iranian descent?

His dad is Iranian. He's not a transfer or anything. 

[Danny_92]

Kyle vs azarpira is 50/50 match

 

Kiyooka has the edge over amouzad though. He's defensively wound and doesn't seem to gass unlike amouzad who put pressure and fade the last two minutes.

[shiraz321]

I would be surprised if Snyder beat Azarpira tomorrow, but it has been a surprising tournament, so who knows

[Irani]

In my book, Kiyooka is a massive favorite over Amouzad.  I would not be shocked if Amouzad gets teched

Azarpira is a slight favorite.  He beat Snyder in the Olympics, and he entered the match with a torn knee.  But Snyder looks really good and improved this year. Perhaps his off the mat events have motivated him to fix his legacy

[Irani]

If Iran wins all three bronze matches, it would be an undefeated day for Iran !

[Danny_92]

9 minutes ago, shiraz321 said:

I would be surprised if Snyder beat Azarpira tomorrow, but it has been a surprising tournament, so who knows

Hope azarpira get it done.  He's good but unreliable and day two can be different for both wrestlers. Azarpira should be a slight favorite but in my book it's 50/50

[Danny_92]

Yeah the Jap seem to be the best at 65 right now. 

 

Winning all bronze matchet secure the team title for Iran I think .

[shiraz321]

He has improved every match. After his first match I thought he would lose to India 

[Danny_92]

Just now, shiraz321 said:

He has improved every match. After his first match I thought he would lose to India 

Yes he definitely improved against India and thazudinov . 

He need to shoot and score takedowns.

Can't keep it close and always rely on pushouts.