Luke Stanich

[Winners Circle]

Hand up, I was not high enough on Stanich heading into this upcoming collegiate season. This dude is absolutely a title contender in my eyes. I think he is the clear cut #3 and I'll be very surprised if he's not in 1 takedown swing matches with Mendez/Hardy. 

[Truzzcat]

32 minutes ago, Winners Circle said:

Hand up, I was not high enough on Stanich heading into this upcoming collegiate season. This dude is absolutely a title contender in my eyes. I think he is the clear cut #3 and I'll be very surprised if he's not in 1 takedown swing matches with Mendez/Hardy. 

It is hard to unsee his clarion open match against Mendez for me. However, in the same breath I kind of feel like he would have been our best 65kg if he tried to make the senior team.

[Phantom]

Yes, big-time  ...

Edited Tuesday at 10:30 PM by Phantom

[BruceyB]

2 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

It is hard to unsee his clarion open match against Mendez for me. However, in the same breath I kind of feel like he would have been our best 65kg if he tried to make the senior team.

TBF he went 3 matches with Bassett who lost to both Hardy and Blaze at SR WTT. I definitely underestimated Stanich, but I'm not putting him in the top 4 on the senior ladder just yet. 

I always felt that Mendez would have won that challenge bracket at least 7 out of 10 times. He gave up a TD and three guts to Woods and couldn't mount the comeback.

I'm curious to see how good Stanich can be next season coming off of this momentum though. 141 could use some more title contenders.

[Truzzcat]

19 minutes ago, BruceyB said:

TBF he went 3 matches with Bassett who lost to both Hardy and Blaze at SR WTT. I definitely underestimated Stanich, but I'm not putting him in the top 4 on the senior ladder just yet. 

I always felt that Mendez would have won that challenge bracket at least 7 out of 10 times. He gave up a TD and three guts to Woods and couldn't mount the comeback.

I'm curious to see how good Stanich can be next season coming off of this momentum though. 141 could use some more title contenders.

Valencia was 2-1 against woods and 6 seconds from being 3-0 I think that bracket probably could have had 3-4 different winners. In terms of wins I believe the Toprak and Dhzandubaev wins are better than any other current domestic 65kg guy has.

[BruceyB]

7 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

Valencia was 2-1 against woods and 6 seconds from being 3-0 I think that bracket probably could have had 3-4 different winners. In terms of wins I believe the Toprak and Dhzandubaev wins are better than any other current domestic 65kg guy has.

I agree with the variability in who could have won, but I would favor Mendez to win it most often. As far as international wins, you are absolutely more knowledgeable than me when it comes to international guys, so I will definitely take your word for it.

[Truzzcat]

30 minutes ago, BruceyB said:

I agree with the variability in who could have won, but I would favor Mendez to win it most often. As far as international wins, you are absolutely more knowledgeable than me when it comes to international guys, so I will definitely take your word for it.

I think a lot of it boils down to I am not confident in real at all and do not really think he is our best guy. He earned it he made it through the process but I would definitely prefer Jesse or Stanich as our guy maybe even Brock I think his style would do well internationally.

[bnwtwg]

25 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

I think a lot of it boils down to I am not confident in real at all and do not really think he is our best guy. He earned it he made it through the process but I would definitely prefer Jesse or Stanich as our guy maybe even Brock I think his style would do well internationally.

This says everything about 65 in the US. Yianni broke through with a medal, but even he was stuck in the domestic dance. Retherford may have brought home a medal last year after consecutive world finals appearances up at 70 (I lend more credence to people who win the OGLC tourney than pretty much anyone not Russian or American), but we will never know due to the concussion. The point is that 65 is always new faces globally and the US is behind - always has been.

[flyingcement]

 

[bnwtwg]

17 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

 

 

[ionel]

Guessing only 99 remaining as fly already has a pair?  

[flyingcement]

2 minutes ago, ionel said:

Guessing only 99 remaining as fly already has a pair?  

I wish.  200 bucks is a lot for wrestling shoes as an old man who isn't planning on using them

Edited yesterday at 03:43 AM by flyingcement

[ionel]

40 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

I wish.  200 bucks is a lot for wrestling shoes as an old man who isn't planning on using them

You're not that old ... man.  

[lu_alum]

Not a bad summer for Stanich... (world medals in parentheses)

US Open

Andrew Collier, TF 10-0

Mason Gibson, TF 10-0

Connor Ritonya, FALL

Michael Olson, TF 11-0

Smokey McClure, TF 10-0

Daniel Zepeda, DEC 8-8

Bo Bassett, DEC 5-2 (U20 Bronze; Cadet Gold)

Pierson Manville, DEC 6-0

U20 WTT

Bo Bassett, DEC 3-2 (see above)

Bo Bassett, LOSS 3-2 (see above)

Bo Bassett, TF 10-0 (see above)

U20 Pan-American Championships

Erick Vera Olave (Ecuador), TF 10-0

Angel Ramirez Guardia (Peru), TF 10-0

Diego Peraza Aguilar (Mexico), TF 10-0

Yandro Soto Rivera (Puerto Rico), TF 10-0

U20 World Championships

Abdullah Toprak (TUR), TF 18-8 (U23 Bronze; U20 Bronze; 2x Cadet Bronze)

Omurbek Asan Uulu (KYRG), DEC 9-3 (U17 Gold)

Alessandro Dante Nini (ITA), DEC 3-3

Amal Dzhandubaev (RUS), DEC 3-1

Reiji Uchida (JAP), DEC 4-3

Edited yesterday at 06:45 AM by lu_alum

[D3 for LU]

I think, with this tournament under his belt, that a lot of folks are seeing Luke in a different light.

The kid works HARD for his craft... and always seeking improvement.

Don't underestimate him.

D3

[D3 for LU]

Here's a side view of that wrestling shoe above...

D3

[bnwtwg]

7 hours ago, lu_alum said:

Not a bad summer for Stanich... (world medals in parentheses)

His matches against Bassett really speak volumes. It's an open secret that dude is as old as the "cadets" from IND and should be actually competing in the Master's division, meanwhile Stanich can't even shave yet. Solid stuff from the young gun.

 

Also, he was a true frosh AA. His only losses were to the national champ, a couple AAs at NCAAs, and some high school kid named Jax Forrest. Only fools would still be sleeping on him.

[RandolphTJones]

Think Stanich looked solid at 65KG. Think he goes 141 for the season. Maybe bumps to 149 if he doesn't want to face Mendez. 

[Winners Circle]

25 minutes ago, RandolphTJones said:

Think Stanich looked solid at 65KG. Think he goes 141 for the season. Maybe bumps to 149 if he doesn't want to face Mendez. 

I get your point. But I don't think guys at that level think that way.

[lu_alum]

19 hours ago, lu_alum said:

Not a bad summer for Stanich... (world medals in parentheses)

US Open

Andrew Collier, TF 10-0

Mason Gibson, TF 10-0

Connor Ritonya, FALL

Michael Olson, TF 11-0

Smokey McClure, TF 10-0

Daniel Zepeda, DEC 8-8

Bo Bassett, DEC 5-2 (U20 Bronze; Cadet Gold)

Pierson Manville, DEC 6-0

U20 WTT

Bo Bassett, DEC 3-2 (see above)

Bo Bassett, LOSS 3-2 (see above)

Bo Bassett, TF 10-0 (see above)

U20 Pan-American Championships

Erick Vera Olave (Ecuador), TF 10-0

Angel Ramirez Guardia (Peru), TF 10-0

Diego Peraza Aguilar (Mexico), TF 10-0

Yandro Soto Rivera (Puerto Rico), TF 10-0

U20 World Championships

Abdullah Toprak (TUR), TF 18-8 (U23 Bronze; U20 Bronze; 2x Cadet Bronze)

Omurbek Asan Uulu (KYRG), DEC 9-3 (U17 Gold)

Alessandro Dante Nini (ITA), DEC 3-3

Amal Dzhandubaev (RUS), DEC 3-1

Reiji Uchida (JAP), DEC 4-3

Forgot to include this tidbit when making my previous post... Stanich was seeded #132 at the US Open.  With the exception of the WTT best-of-three, he had a pigtail in every tourney he entered this summer (US Open, U20 Pan-Ams, U20 Worlds).

https://uww.org/article/stanich-proves-doubters-wrong-wins-u20-world-title

Edited 5 hours ago by lu_alum

[Tyler Perry]

I think Mendez still gets close to a major on him tbh 

[MPhillips]

10 hours ago, Winners Circle said:

I get your point. But I don't think guys at that level think that way.

We know guys duck.  You're saying guys don't bump to duck?

[AnklePicker]

That Japanese dude was bullying guys earlier in the tournament.  Not with Luke, in fact Luke not only didn’t give ground he wore him out!  His finishes are concise and quick.  He wrestled very smart in that world final.  Fought just enough defensively and knew when to bail.  He’s deceptively good. Making NJ very proud!