PK vs Starocci 184 all star main event set

[Truzzcat]

2 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Hurt Starocci lost to Thicclay.  Thicclay split with PK last they met at 184lbs.  Thicclay from last year, though?  I take him over PK.

Tough to gauge if PK got better or if the field thinned out because you do not have a lot of common matchups, but he did go from a career 50% bonus rate guy to 90% so I think its fair to say he jumped level similarly to Trent.

of his 2023 to 2024 matchups I could find against pretty good comp he beats Hawks 7-2 and 7-5 in 2023 beat him 12-2 in 2024 and he beat munoz 5-2 in 2023 and 10-2 in 2024.

[nhs67]

1 minute ago, Truzzcat said:

Tough to gauge if PK got better or if the field thinned out because you do not have a lot of common matchups, but he did go from a career 50% bonus rate guy to 90% so I think its fair to say he jumped level similarly to Trent.

of his 2023 to 2024 matchups I could find against pretty good comp he beats Hawks 7-2 and 7-5 in 2023 beat him 12-2 in 2024 and he beat munoz 5-2 in 2023 and 10-2 in 2024.

Well a guy that was 174lbs up until a week before the season (wrestled 79 KG at U23s) was the resounding #2, and it wasn't close.  I think that tells us that the field thinned out tremendously.

[Hammerlock3]

1 hour ago, nhs67 said:

Well a guy that was 174lbs up until a week before the season (wrestled 79 KG at U23s) was the resounding #2, and it wasn't close.  I think that tells us that the field thinned out tremendously.

Yeah it was definitely top heavy, but the going from a 50 to 90% bonus rate is  reflection of dramatic improvement against the average wrestler at the weight, which probably wasn't as significant a shift  as the lack of title contenders would imply.

[KCMO2]

6 hours ago, JeanGuy said:

Champions don't change weights to avoid people. Neither PK nor CS would move based upon the result of this match.

CS is coming back for 2 reasons:  the money, and a chance at being the first ever 5 time champ.  A loss here could make him think.

[Hammerlock3]

1 hour ago, KCMO2 said:

CS is coming back for 2 reasons:  the money, and a chance at being the first ever 5 time champ.  A loss here could make him think.

its a moot point. He's not gonna run up or down no matter what happens.