How did they make the weight

[Truzzcat]

Just thinking about some of the crazier weight cuts based on where they ended up weight wise or their structure in general.

 

Chance Marsteller 157
Hayden Hidlay 70kg
Johnny Hendricks 157
DC 184
Sean Fausz 125
Stevan Micic 57kg
Ryan Deakin 70kg
Ringer 157
Nic Bouzakis 125

Please add guys I did not list I am sure there are a ton

 

[Paul158]

13 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

Just thinking about some of the crazier weight cuts based on where they ended up weight wise or their structure in general.

 

Chance Marsteller 157
Hayden Hidlay 70kg
Johnny Hendricks 157
DC 184
Sean Fausz 125
Stevan Micic 57kg
Ryan Deakin 70kg
Ringer 157
Nic Bouzakis 125

Please add guys I did not list I am sure there are a ton

 

I would add Jordan Oliver 133 (2012) to your list. Then 149 (2013) It seemed like Oklahoma State wrestlers in general curt a lot of weight.

Edited November 10, 2025 by Paul158

[ionel]

2 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

Just thinking about some of the crazier weight cuts based on where they ended up weight wise or their structure in general.

 

Chance Marsteller 157
Hayden Hidlay 70kg
Johnny Hendricks 157
DC 184
Sean Fausz 125
Stevan Micic 57kg
Ryan Deakin 70kg
Ringer 157
Nic Bouzakis 125

Please add guys I did not list I am sure there are a ton

 

David Taylor 157?  Kid looks pretty big now.   

[WrestlingFan89]

Ethan Lizak at 125 and even 133.

[ionel]

Dan Gable 130.

[scribers]

Hendricks was said to regularly cut an insane amount of weight prior to competition. Like 30lbs 

[D3 for LU]

James Green cut to 65Kg

D3

[Gus]

Dierringer was huge at both 157 and 165. J'Den Cox's pull to 86kg comes to mind. 

[11986]

even when weight cuts were more extreme, these are a few that jump to mind from the 80s and 90s

Daryl Weber 142 two years before winning NCAA at 167

Gene Mills 118 college and 114 for freestyle

Joe Gibbons 126 as a freshman

 

[Hammerlock3]

10 minutes ago, 11986 said:

 

Daryl Weber 142 two years before winning NCAA at 167

This is the answer. Weber was Iowa's starting 158 until he lost a wrestle off during the season and went down to 142. 

[Gene Mills Fan]

just from browsing Braxton Amos 197

[nhs67]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

Dan Gable 130.

Zero cutting rules back then.  Unsafe AF.

[nhs67]

40 minutes ago, D3 for LU said:

James Green cut to 65Kg

D3

Doesn't count.  Had zero functionality.

[nhs67]

Latona 125.

[nhs67]

Echemendia 141

[nhs67]

Nick Heflin - 174lbs (was not undersized at 197lbs his senior season one year removed from 174lbs.

[Gantry]

42 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Latona 125.

That's a good one as he looked like an above average sized 143 this weekend. No idea how he made 125

[Gus]

How about Zain at 65kg and Kyle Dake at 141 as a freshman

[VakAttack]

4 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

Just thinking about some of the crazier weight cuts based on where they ended up weight wise or their structure in general.

 

Chance Marsteller 157
Hayden Hidlay 70kg
Johnny Hendricks 157
DC 184
Sean Fausz 125
Stevan Micic 57kg
Ryan Deakin 70kg
Ringer 157
Nic Bouzakis 125

Please add guys I did not list I am sure there are a ton

 

A lot of those guys coming from 1 school...

[lu1979]

I remember thinking that about both Mark Churella and Bruce Kinseth when Churella beat him at 150 lbs in 1978.  The next year Churella won at 167 lbs and did not look small.  Kinseth made 150 and won it in 1979 pinning everyone he wrestled.  A few years later he also won the AAU and USAW titles in 1982 at 82 kg which is 180 lbs.  I'll never know how those guys held 150 and wrestled effectively.

[BruceyB]

If you arent't doing push-ups while weighting for the elevator.. are you even cutting weight?

[11986]

2 hours ago, lu1979 said:

I remember thinking that about both Mark Churella and Bruce Kinseth when Churella beat him at 150 lbs in 1978.  The next year Churella won at 167 lbs and did not look small.  Kinseth made 150 and won it in 1979 pinning everyone he wrestled.  A few years later he also won the AAU and USAW titles in 1982 at 82 kg which is 180 lbs.  I'll never know how those guys held 150 and wrestled effectively.

iirc Randy Lewis, who was known to cut a bit of weight himself, called Kinseth the 'king of the cutters' 

[Truzzcat]

Great additions everyone!

[huskerlucas]

Minto 165

[bnwtwg]

Barry Davis asked himself this very question on February 26, 1982