Sr. Worlds... Day 3

[Mr. PeanutButter]

Super happy for Hidlay. Showed tremendous grit and cajones

But, I'm more than a little confused by some of those calls. 

[D3 for LU]

GREAT GOOGALY MOOGGALY!

D3

[nhs67]

The guy who lost this match to a Chubster Joe Smith at 174lbs (79 KG), just won Worlds at 92 KG (202lbs), guys.

Edited 5 hours ago by nhs67

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

17 minutes ago, oldschool said:

i feel like a lot of people were saying this about zahid given his previous performances..

LOst to Mike Mach a month ago, though.

[maligned]

2 golds & 2 silver OR 3 golds & 1 silver this year (Woods medal is a huge ask tomorrow)...

...compared to 1 silver and 4 bronze in the two global events last year.

Add in the two fifths and it seems like a step back in the right direction.

[nhs67]

Just now, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

LOst to Mike Mach a month ago, though.

Mike Macch broke him, physically.  Was like 8-2 and wasn't he one caution from being stalled out?

[Truzzcat]

Just now, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

LOst to Mike Mach a month ago, though.

Cardio seemed marginally better than that match, still not good though.

[Jammanex]

Match of the tournament. Amazing. Also lol@ the inconsistency of those 4pt calls. USA!!!!!


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[Truzzcat]

Just now, maligned said:

2 golds & 2 silver OR 3 golds & 1 silver this year (Woods medal is a huge ask tomorrow)...

...compared to 1 silver and 4 bronze in the two global events last year.

Add in the two fifths and it seems like a step back in the right direction.

Two fifths on a razors edge too. 

[oldschool]

team usa results so far:

57kg spencer lee, 1-1, DNP

61kg jax forrest, 3-2, 5th

65kg real woods, 1-1, in repechage

70kg pj duke, 1-1, DNP

74kg david carr, 3-2, 5th

79kg levi haines, 4-1, 2nd 

86kg zahid valencia, 5-0, 1st

92kg trent hidlay, 5-0, 1st

97kg kyle snyder, 3-0, in finals

125kg wyatt hendrickson, 0-1, DNP

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[nhs67]

C'mon, I want to see the medal ceremony for Thicclay.

[bnwtwg]

I would just like to go on record and say that we don't need Aaron Brooks to come back. He can stay away because we like WINNERS in 'Murica and we just won 86 and 92 and we're going to win 97 tomorrow by golly.

[Jammanex]

Not sure I have ever been happy for someone to win a match. Trent works so freaking hard and has always been one of the best guys but just never the best guy in his bracket, finally gets it done when it matters most.

Same, so great to see him finally break through. Great personality too so easy to root for.


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[Ragu]

19 minutes ago, Jammanex said:

Match of the tournament

I've got Sidakov vs Valiev

[nhs67]

So, Josh Barr wrestled him tougher than anyone else in the world.

[BruceyB]

Just now, nhs67 said:

So, Josh Barr wrestled him tougher than anyone else in the world.

I'd say that the guy that was leading 10-2 probably wrestled him tougher.

[nhs67]

3 minutes ago, BruceyB said:

I'd say that the guy that was leading 10-2 probably wrestled him tougher.

We must have watched a different match.  The scoreboard might have read 13-10 at the end, but the actual score was 20-3.  The Russian did absolutely nothing the entire match in the form of offense.

[Yellow_Medal]

We must have watched a different match.  The scoreboard might have read 13-10 at the end, but the actual score was 20-3.  The Russian did absolutely nothing the entire match in the form of offense.

While I agree with you in spirit, he was ready for Trent’s shot and rightfully scored off of those lifts. That wore him down though and that combined with Trent’s adjustments on his finish was the difference.

[boconnell]

8 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

We must have watched a different match.  The scoreboard might have read 13-10 at the end, but the actual score was 20-3.  The Russian did absolutely nothing the entire match in the form of offense.

Do they score actual offensive points different than points?

[nhs67]

3 minutes ago, boconnell said:

Do they score actual offensive points different than points?

Don't be that guy.

Trent dominated everyone he faced in the world at 92 KG except 92 KG.  My statement is factually true.

[BruceyB]

1 minute ago, nhs67 said:

We must have watched a different match.  The scoreboard might have read 13-10 at the end, but the actual score was 20-3.  The Russian did absolutely nothing the entire match in the form of offense.

I'm rewatching now I'll score it..

Trent took a shot off his underhook, got stopped and taken though for 4.. and then Gad is on top and guts him to go up 6-0. 

Hidlay with a nice edge takedown 6-2

Then Gad gets the controversial 4. I would have scored it 4-2 in favor of red. So 8-6 for Gad

Then the next controversial position where they gave 2 to Hidlay where I thought it should have been 2 for blue (thank God it wasn't or it would have been a tech). 10-6 for Gad

2 takedown for Hidlay to make it 10-8. another 2 for Hidlay to make it 10-10.

The last four probably could have easily been called 4-2 for Hidlay to make it 14-12.

It's freestyle, sure, Trent initiated every attack, but you can't get chest wrapped and expose your own back as you go for the takedown and not give up points in the process.

 

 

 

 

[reversaloffortune]

That is one thing about freestyle I don't like is the either or positions.  Leaves way too much to interpretation.

[Truzzcat]

I think Trent talked about having a mindset shift at pan am's. He was not super happy with how he wrestled at final x and decided his only focus was going to be to score as many points as possible. I'll be interested to see If Barr closes the gap next year or if it widens in Trent's favor. Seems like a 2-horse race at 92 for the foreseeable future unless Sinclair puts on a little size to help him out.

[D3 for LU]

Nice dialog & repartee between fellow posters today with the action thick & heavy on the mats.

I'll get up tomorrow morning to set the table for all of you again... though it will be the ending of men's freestyle tomorrow. After that, someone else can follow thru if they wish.

cheers!

D3

Edited 4 hours ago by D3 for LU

[boconnell]

19 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Don't be that guy.

Trent dominated everyone he faced in the world at 92 KG except 92 KG.  My statement is factually true.

You need to look at what fact means.  He won on a score in the last 30 seconds.  It was an incredible win.  He's an incredible champion.  You don't have to make stuff up to improve on what happened because what happened was incredible.