Sr. Worlds... Day 1

[Doublehalf]

3 hours ago, ScottishSteel said:

We'll find out in 2027

Do you know where in the US it will be? I haven't seen anything about it published anywhere.

[bnwtwg]

1 minute ago, Gus said:

I believe he won the Olympics at 19 so I think he would have been 18 at world the previous year. 

He was 19 for worlds, 20 for Olympics. Youngest in US history for both.

[D3 for LU]

By the way... how many of you picked Zare to TF his way to a title?

He has two already.

D3

[LemonPie]

What a flop at 125Kg

[D3 for LU]

Well... the semis, according to FLO's schedule, will begin at 1pm ET

Heck, they said the qualification rounds were to go from 4:30am to 12 noon ... it's 8:38am and the morning session is DONE.

Big wait for the semis, eh?

D3

[Lleynor]

Wyatt struggled in WTT to beat people he had a massive size and strength advantage on. He’s a great Folk Wrestler. But Free, he needs time. Lots of it. 

[D3 for LU]

Anyway...

Here's the mat assignments for the semis, ALL on Mat B:

1/2 Finals Day 1
Mat B
Upcoming Matches
FS - 61 kg    1/2 Final    96    (UWW) Zavur UGUEV (1)    (USA) Jaxen Patrick FORREST (17)
FS - 61 kg    1/2 Final    97    (PRK) Kum Hyok KIM (18)    (IRI) Ahmad Masoud MOHAMMADNEZHADJAVAN (26)
FS - 70 kg    1/2 Final    98    (JPN) Yoshinosuke AOYAGI (1)    (ARM) Arman ANDREASYAN (5)
FS - 70 kg    1/2 Final    99    (KAZ) Nurkozha KAIPANOV (3)    (MGL) Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (25)
FS - 86 kg    1/2 Final    100    (IRI) Kamran Ghorban GHASEMPOUR (12)    (USA) Zahid VALENCIA (5)
FS - 86 kg    1/2 Final    101    (FRA) Rakhim MAGAMADOV (6)    (JPN) Hayato ISHIGURO (7)
FS - 125 kg    1/2 Final    102    (AZE) Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (1)    (POL) Robert BARAN (4)
FS - 125 kg    1/2 Final    103    (BRN) Shamil Magomed A SHARIPOV (6)    (IRI) Amir Hossein Abbas ZARE (2)

D3

[oldschool]

Overall, solid session for team USA. Really impressed by both Jax and Duke's performances. Valencia cruised as expected.

SEMIS

61kg Jax vs Uguev

70kg Kaiponov vs Ochir (need Kaiponov to win to keep Duke alive)

86kg Valencia vs Ghasempour; this should've been the final

125kg Hendrickson out

[D3 for LU]

Just now, oldschool said:

Overall, solid session for team USA. Really impressed by both Jax and Duke's performances. Valencia cruised as expected.

SEMIS

61kg Jax vs Uguev

70kg Kaiponov vs Ochir (need Kaiponov to win to keep Duke alive)

86kg Valencia vs Ghasempour; this should've been the final

125kg Hendrickson out

I was really disappointed that Wyatt went 1 & dun here.

D3

[Lleynor]

Do they have a weigh-in before? That would be huge for Zahid. 

[shiraz321]

Just now, Lleynor said:

Do they have a weigh-in before? That would be huge for Zahid. 

Two weigh ins in one day?? 

[oldschool]

Just now, Lleynor said:

Do they have a weigh-in before? That would be huge for Zahid. 

unlikely that they have more than 1 weigh-in a day

[bnwtwg]

43 minutes ago, D3 for LU said:

By the way... how many of you picked Zare to TF his way to a title?

He has two already.

D3

The only person who can beat him in 2025 took the year off. Honestly this is not a surprising result at all.

[Truzzcat]

really hope Kaipanov wins not only to pull gomez and PJ back in but also can you imagine those matches. Gomez vs PJ and then the winner vs Ochir. The amount of upper body exchanges would feed families.

[Dark Energy]

Flo posted on insta that semis start at 12pm eastern.  Has there been a change???  Help.  Traveling.

[bnwtwg]

16 minutes ago, Dark Energy said:

Flo posted on insta that semis start at 12pm eastern.  Has there been a change???  Help.  Traveling.

Supposedly 1 eastern due to opening ceremonies today. But wouldn't be surprised. The extra mat really moves things along.

[ScottishSteel]

2 hours ago, Doublehalf said:

Do you know where in the US it will be? I haven't seen anything about it published anywhere.

UWW website lists Vegas

[GrandOlm]

12 hours ago, nhs67 said:

Until Parris and Masoumi enter the field next season.

Parris might have been a fluke pin. And that was in juniors, people jump levels around and after those ages. 

Zare is looking like a terrible match up for Masoumi. Masoumi seems physically mature and Zare still handles him. Zare is kryptonite for some wrestlers. Gwiz would fold like a wet paper bag every time Zare got a hold of him. 

[GrandOlm]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

The only person who can beat him in 2025 took the year off. Honestly this is not a surprising result at all.

Geno?

[bnwtwg]

2 minutes ago, GrandOlm said:

Geno?

Yep

[MPhillips]

4 hours ago, Bulldog said:

Do the North Koreans train outside of there?  How do they get so good? 

Fear...

[bnwtwg]

Musukaev with the bad look on the mat and off too

 

[MPhillips]

2 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

Musukaev with the bad look on the mat and off too

Look at all that energy...

He threw at least two elbows and a punch in that match. Only cost him a point and had to go down.

[D3 for LU]

6 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

Musukaev with the bad look on the mat and off too

 

Hmm... let me guess.

Aoyagi snatched Musukaev's pack of Marlboro's away and he was pissed!

 

D3

[D3 for LU]

14 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

Look at all that energy...

He threw at least two elbows and a punch in that match. Only cost him a point and had to go down.

... that was AFTER the Team doctor gave Mus an after match shot...

D3

Edited 2 hours ago by D3 for LU