...because Zahid scored more points.

[Winners Circle]

https://www.flowrestling.org/events/13426887-2025-claw-us-open-wrestling-championships/videos?playing=14146503

[D3 for LU]

Yep... that's short end of it!

D3

[neweruser69]

Gimme Dake in a rematch. 

[mspart]

You may just get this chance.

mspart

[Wrasslin]

I'm going to (puff puff) pass on Zahid. . . 

[CHROMEBIRD]

Pyles had it right, but was coming from the wrong angle. Dake lost in part because of the difference in size, but it wasn't the size difference with Valencia; it was the size difference with himself. I still chalk this one up to Dake adjusting to the weight. We thought Taylor looked like *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me* right after he moved up to 86, and even Sadz took a minute to adjust after bumping up. Dake may not be our rep this year, but he'll be our guy at 86 by the end of this Olympic cycle, bye-to-the-finals bitching be damned.

[Truzzcat]

30 minutes ago, CHROMEBIRD said:

Pyles had it right, but was coming from the wrong angle. Dake lost in part because of the difference in size, but it wasn't the size difference with Valencia; it was the size difference with himself. I still chalk this one up to Dake adjusting to the weight. We thought Taylor looked like *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me* right after he moved up to 86, and even Sadz took a minute to adjust after bumping up. Dake may not be our rep this year, but he'll be our guy at 86 by the end of this Olympic cycle, bye-to-the-finals bitching be damned.

I completely agree with this. I felt like kyle was fine strength wise, but his gas tank was not there like it normally is and I chalk that up to him not having enough time to train at this heavy of a weight. If he can wrestle his normal pace for 6 minutes, I think Zahid better be on the versa climber for the next 2 months.

[Hammerlock3]

56 minutes ago, CHROMEBIRD said:

Pyles had it right, but was coming from the wrong angle. Dake lost in part because of the difference in size, but it wasn't the size difference with Valencia; it was the size difference with himself. I still chalk this one up to Dake adjusting to the weight. We thought Taylor looked like *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me* right after he moved up to 86, and even Sadz took a minute to adjust after bumping up. Dake may not be our rep this year, but he'll be our guy at 86 by the end of this Olympic cycle, bye-to-the-finals bitching be damned.

Pyles had it right because it was obvious and he came at it from the wrong angle so he could twist it into something that could be misconstrued as insightful or interesting. Get this guy off the camera.

[Dark Energy]

I think Dake is amazing.  That said, I don’t think he’ll be our 86kg rep in 2028.  Father Time is undefeated.  I think he is on his down slope athleticism wise.  My 2 cents.

[neweruser69]

7 hours ago, Dark Energy said:

I think Dake is amazing.  That said, I don’t think he’ll be our 86kg rep in 2028.  Father Time is undefeated.  I think he is on his down slope athleticism wise.  My 2 cents.

Another fantasy loss for Dake. I got Dake over Father Time +/- 5 years. He's just too close with Mother Nature.

[cangemi]

Dake fan.

But was rooting for Zahid. Just never liked the call with Brooks call. Probably was grabbing clothes. Just didn't like it. So maybe sympathetic to see him win spot. Plus he is all in to make it happen.

Not sure he wins final x but like to see it.

Signed,

Mr. Softy

 

Edited 14 hours ago by cangemi

[wrestle87]

I just watched this match on youtube for the first time.

First, the grounded on your knees—>no pushout point rule needs to be fixed.  That sh1t is so stupid, zahid quit and wrestled from his knees for 3 minutes.  

With that said, he outclassed Dake, or he exposed dake’s very poor defensive decision making.  I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Dake seems to be regressing in his decision-making(aging backwards and losing his technique?)

Dake has zero downblock//sprawl leg defense apparently, his only short offense is a chest wrap, and it is entirely dependent on him being the longer wrestler, because no shorter wrestler has ever won in a chest wrap situation, the leverage doesn’t work.

I’m kind of astonished at his lack of adoption of far ankle etc considering how long he’s been in the penn state room.  It’s turning out to be such a limitation for him.  Far ankle is how david beat zahid last trials, and that is wide open on someone who does the “dive, sit on knees and do nothing” gassed out strategy that zahid employs.

Also, frame matters.  Did you see Zahid just bowl dake over his own head in that traparm?

This is why weight class matters so much.