bnwtwg Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Second rankings series of the year starts tomorrow in Tirana, Albania. MFS Wednesday-Thursday, WFS Friday-Saturday, Greco Saturday-Sunday. All eyes will be on 97 with Sadulaev, Snyder, Aitmukhan, and Magomedov. There is some serious firepower at other weights as well... hopefully guys are in shape because the starpower is there. 57: Spencer Lee and Sumit are the main attraction US: Darian Cruz, Liam Cronin 61: Abakarov vs Uguev should be fire, Abdullaev may play spoiler US: Caleb Smith, Michael McGee, NaTo 65: Vito moves up, Woods and Jalolov are returning medalists, Sujeet is on the rise, McKenna is also competing. 70: Akmataliev and Dudaev are the only medalists and both are long in the tooth, Ibragimov is the name to beat. US: Austin Gomez, Pantaleo, Ridge Lovett, Tyler Kasak 74: Emami is the favorite, Bayramov and Heybatov will be there possibly as an early wrestleoff US: Lewan, Yahya Thomas, Quincy Monday 79: This is a weight class that will take place. Nokhodi and Usmanov (2023 non-oly weight) are the only medalists, and Gadzhiev will be there as well [he lost the bronze match to Nokhodi last year]. US: Cam Amine, Hamiti 86: This one should be good. The Russiangreek freak Kougioumtsidis moves up, Kadiev is primed to take The Leap, Dake, and Dzhioev should make for some awesome matches, and Makoev will literally never retire. US: Foca, Shane Jones 92: Firouzpour is the favorite, Maisuradze should meet him in the finals barring an upset. Dauletbetkov has some hardware but he's also on the wrong side of 30 in an offseason tourney. US: Cardenas, Plott 97: THE MAIN EVENT Sadulaev, Snyder, Azarpira, Magomedov, Aitmukhan did anyone else go from six to midnight? Literally only missing Taz and this could be labeled the 2026 spring world champs good god i cannot wait for Thursday. Straight into my veins please. US: Honis, Zillmer, J Aiello 125: Mesvildishvili is the heavy favorite, Akturk moves up to 125 and his countrymate Buyukcingil is shaping up as a good prospect. Kurbanov will be there and that's always a fun story for all the OK State haters. Parris and Hendrickson always light each other up, Hillger absolutely turned off sliders against Hendrickson last time but Parris has always big brothered him, so we shall see how it goes. US: Parris returns to his first tournament in a year, Hendrickson, Hillger i am an idiot on the internet
BigRedFan Posted February 25 Posted February 25 FWIW, Cruz is representing Puerto Rico (sorta-kinda US :-), Foca is representing the Dominican Republic, and Honis is representing Italy.
Bulldozer Without Brakes Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Usmanov is at 86kg not 79kg and Azarpira will not be there, he will wrestle in the Asian Championships in April instead
Irani Posted February 25 Posted February 25 1 hour ago, bnwtwg said: 97: THE MAIN EVENT Sadulaev, Snyder, Azarpira, Magomedov, Aitmukhan did anyone else go from six to midnight? Literally only missing Taz and this could be labeled the 2026 spring world champs good god i cannot wait for Thursday. Straight into my veins please. US: Honis, Zillmer, J Aiello Azarpira will not be there
Truzzcat Posted February 25 Posted February 25 2 hours ago, bnwtwg said: Second rankings series of the year starts tomorrow in Tirana, Albania. MFS Wednesday-Thursday, WFS Friday-Saturday, Greco Saturday-Sunday. All eyes will be on 97 with Sadulaev, Snyder, Aitmukhan, and Magomedov. There is some serious firepower at other weights as well... hopefully guys are in shape because the starpower is there. 57: Spencer Lee and Sumit are the main attraction US: Darian Cruz, Liam Cronin 61: Abakarov vs Uguev should be fire, Abdullaev may play spoiler US: Caleb Smith, Michael McGee, NaTo 65: Vito moves up, Woods and Jalolov are returning medalists, Sujeet is on the rise, McKenna is also competing. 70: Akmataliev and Dudaev are the only medalists and both are long in the tooth, Ibragimov is the name to beat. US: Austin Gomez, Pantaleo, Ridge Lovett, Tyler Kasak 74: Emami is the favorite, Bayramov and Heybatov will be there possibly as an early wrestleoff US: Lewan, Yahya Thomas, Quincy Monday 79: This is a weight class that will take place. Nokhodi and Usmanov (2023 non-oly weight) are the only medalists, and Gadzhiev will be there as well [he lost the bronze match to Nokhodi last year]. US: Cam Amine, Hamiti 86: This one should be good. The Russiangreek freak Kougioumtsidis moves up, Kadiev is primed to take The Leap, Dake, and Dzhioev should make for some awesome matches, and Makoev will literally never retire. US: Foca, Shane Jones 92: Firouzpour is the favorite, Maisuradze should meet him in the finals barring an upset. Dauletbetkov has some hardware but he's also on the wrong side of 30 in an offseason tourney. US: Cardenas, Plott 97: THE MAIN EVENT Sadulaev, Snyder, Azarpira, Magomedov, Aitmukhan did anyone else go from six to midnight? Literally only missing Taz and this could be labeled the 2026 spring world champs good god i cannot wait for Thursday. Straight into my veins please. US: Honis, Zillmer, J Aiello 125: Mesvildishvili is the heavy favorite, Akturk moves up to 125 and his countrymate Buyukcingil is shaping up as a good prospect. Kurbanov will be there and that's always a fun story for all the OK State haters. Parris and Hendrickson always light each other up, Hillger absolutely turned off sliders against Hendrickson last time but Parris has always big brothered him, so we shall see how it goes. US: Parris returns to his first tournament in a year, Hendrickson, Hillger Do you know start time EST sir? I am personally pumped to see what vito looks like healthy? and up at 65kg as well as Kadiev vs Dake and then all of 97kg. I am the personal property of VakAttack
BigRedFan Posted February 25 Posted February 25 1 hour ago, Truzzcat said: Do you know start time EST sir? I am personally pumped to see what vito looks like healthy? and up at 65kg as well as Kadiev vs Dake and then all of 97kg. Flo streaming at 4:30am ET. Wed: FS 57-61-65-70-74-86kg Thurs: all others
bnwtwg Posted February 25 Author Posted February 25 2 hours ago, Irani said: Azarpira will not be there Boooooooooooo i am an idiot on the internet
juniorvarsity Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Other notable entries 61kg - Almaz Uluu (Kyrgyzstan) 2025 world silver. Lost to North Korea 65kg - Sharion Uluu(Kyrgyzstan) beat Marcus Blaze at U23s and got Bronze
juniorvarsity Posted February 25 Posted February 25 61kg - Yessengeldi (Kazakhstan) best Jax for Bronze at 2025 worlds.
Truzzcat Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Desanto takes out Bekzat (world silver last year at 57kg) 14-11 and continues to be on an absolute heater fun match. I am the personal property of VakAttack
Truzzcat Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Nato beats Rahul of India 4-2 I am the personal property of VakAttack
BigRedFan Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Arujau beats Bienkowski of Poland 6-0, then gets VPF over Yessengeldi of KAZ. Into the quarterfinals already.
BigRedFan Posted February 25 Posted February 25 15 minutes ago, Truzzcat said: Desanto takes out Bekzat (world silver last year at 57kg) 14-11 and continues to be on an absolute heater fun match. Austin is sporting a full back tat.
Truzzcat Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Just now, BigRedFan said: Austin is sporting a full back tat. He is spreading his wings! I am the personal property of VakAttack
Truzzcat Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Gomez by tech over India I am the personal property of VakAttack
Truzzcat Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Akmataliev over Ibragaimov 4-3 I am the personal property of VakAttack
Truzzcat Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Heybatov loses r1 to Kyrg, Mckenna wins 7-2. I am the personal property of VakAttack
Truzzcat Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Lewan falls to Emami 7-2, made a good account of himself. I am the personal property of VakAttack
Truzzcat Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Monday beats Bayramov 5-1 very good win for him. I am the personal property of VakAttack
BarSeries Posted February 25 Posted February 25 (edited) Lovett was up 5-1 with 1:15 left over Kaz and loses 5-5 Edited February 25 by BarSeries
BigRedFan Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Vito into semis with a controlled 4-0 win. Never challenged. Still fast as ever. Yianni in his corner.
BigRedFan Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Dake loses 11-4. Maybe an Olympic weight isn't for him...
Jackson Lininger Northern York, Pennsylvania Class of 2027 Committed to Slippery Rock Projected Weight: 149
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