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With Japan making finals at 61 and 70kg I wanted to look at their insane depth from 57-74kg: Rei Higuchi: 2021 Olympic Silver, 2023 World Silver, 2024 Olympic Gold Yuto Nishiuchi: 2023 and 2024 U20 World Champ Masanosuke Ono: 2024 U20 World Champ and Senior World Finalist Kotara Kiyooka: 2024 Olympic Gold Takuto Otoguro: 2021 Olympic Gold Kaiji Ogino: 2024 u23 World Silver Makoto Hosakawa: 2024 u20 World Siler Yoshinuske Aoyagi: 2024 Senior World Finalist and U23 Bronze Ryoya Yamashita: 2024 u20 World Champ Taishi Narikuni: 2022 World Champ Daichi Takatani: 2024 Olympic Silver Kota Takahasi: 2024 u23 World Champ Shingo Ando: 2024 u20 World Bronze

Blaze losing to Ono 7-2 is looking like one of the more impressive losses out there when you factor in him teching everyone else at u20's beating uguev 10-2 and Vito 12-0

Cael ankle picking Achilles like there's no tomorrow

He just did a 3 hour interview with Joe Rogan. Cut the BS.

Vito for bronze, DT in repechage. Green and Burroughs out. Not how this was expected to go I think. But it is not surprising. JB has been at this a long time and and Father time was bound to get the best of him. But he did better than most anyone his age in the highest level of sport. Green has been our best for a long time. Thank you JB and JG for all the years of excitement you have provided us. Best of luck to Vito and DT in your upcoming matches!! mspart

Your screen name suits you.

JD Vance is the human embodiment of flip flop. JD Vance circa 2016: "I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he's America's Hitler" JD Vance circa 2024: "Wait, I will be the front runner for the Republican nomination in 2028 if Trump wins in 2024? Oh yeah, I can put my spine in cold storage."

I’d rather quit flip flopping parties and see what JD Vance can start with in 2028.

Gee...how would the best Wrestlers in the WORLD do...in Wrestling? That's an interesting question. Probably poorly.

Agreed. Seems a bit late...

Was it... a RUSSIAN 20? D3

So Sad was losing right up to the last few seconds when he got a 4 pointer? That is amazing and does not spell good things for DT if he makes it to the Bronze medal match against the Iranian. That actually says a lot of for the Iranian. Sad did what Sad does which is win, but he rarely is in the position of being behind and needing a herculean effort to win. Great that he did but I think this says a lot for Ghasempour. mspart

Re DT v Sadulaev: The match reminded me of Snyder's Olympic match against Sadulaev in Tokyo 2020/21. Snyder had only ever scored on Sadulaev with his hi-crotch, usually late in the match. But now Snyder was at NLWC and had added the low ankle attack to his arsenal. Worked fine leading into the match, but against Sadulaev, the way Snyder had to extend himself, Sadulaev would just hit a chest wrap or, if he flattened out to avoid it, a snap and go-behind. John Smith was apoplectic on the call, insisting that the move would never work against Sadulaev given his build, hips and style, and Kyle needed to focus on setting up his hi-c, where he remains upright and not vulnerable. Smith wasn't wrong. It's always been the only way Snyder has been able to score on him: late match hi-c. So I was worried about this matchup as I don't see how Taylor's bread-and-butter low leg/ankle attacks would work on Sadulaev, especially since Taylor isn't nearly as powerful as Snyder, and Taylor has no hi-c or other upright attack. The matchup is a stylistic nightmare for Taylor. Would Taylor stick with his style, thinking he's just better at finishing, or hope to get in a scramble? Or would he dial it back and rely on his counter-offense and conditioning? Or would there be something else up his sleeve? Well, looks like Taylor took the first option. I guess I can't really blame him to try his usual style the first time he wrestles him, as it's served him well for years. But now we know.

Men's FS team has a "Masters age group" vibe to it (except for Vito). I'm surprised that anyone is surprised that only Vito is still in.

But if he did all that he couldn't start useless threads

You don't get out much do you? Don't watch much interviews or really read any USA Wrestling news huh? He has said multiple times he is done after this world championships. So, I guess the answer is...yes?

These f’ing ads on phone driving me nuts. Good luck hitting link for ‘show replies’ …

I'M BACK... decided to make it a "sick day"... ( cough, cough.) That Scottish color announcer reminds me a bit of the race driver and former ABC sports announcer, Jackie Stewart: IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR MEN'S FREESTYLE WRESTLING!" D3

On FLOARENA... I tried the UWW site but they didn't have the mat assignments out (yet.) D3

Good morning brother.

+1 for the correct usage of little j. Needs to wipe off his chin before he could think of being a Big J Journalist.

Or it could be that RBY (who went to the same HS as Vega) is now training at OSU. And that DT and co are now there and he sees them as the staff who can help him achieve his goals better.

Clarion Open 9am Sunday Nov. 3rd. FLO #5 Ohio State, #7 Michigan, Pittsburgh, Kent State, Navy, Edinboro, Gardner-Webb, Bellarmine, Buffalo, Bloomsburg, and Clarion. No clue who wrestles. These are the ranked wrestlers. 125 lbs - #16 Brendan McCrone, Ohio State 125 lbs - #20 Colton Camacho, Edinboro 133 lbs - #4 Dylan Ragusin, Michigan 133 lbs - #12 Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State 141 lbs - #2 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State 141 lbs - #7 Sergio Lemley, Michigan 141 lbs - #12 Josh Koderhandt, Navy 149 lbs - #12 Dylan D'Emilio, Ohio State 149 lbs - #23 Finn Solomon, Pittsburgh 157 lbs - #9 Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State 157 lbs - #17 Chase Saldate, Michigan 174 lbs - #3 Rocco Welsh, Ohio State 174 lbs - #19 Luca Augustine, Pittsburgh 174 lbs - #20 Danny Wask, Navy 184 lbs - #15 Jaden Bullock, Michigan 184 lbs - #17 Ryder Rogotzke, Ohio State 184 lbs - #18 Reece Heller, Pittsburgh 184 lbs - #22 Jha'Quan Anderson, Gardner-Webb 197 lbs - #2 Jacob Cardenas, Michigan 197 lbs - #16 Mac Stout, Pittsburgh 197 lbs - #18 Luke Geog, Ohio State 285 lbs - #3 Nick Feldman, Ohio State 285 lbs - #10 Josh Heindselman, Michigan 285 lbs - #14 Dayton Pitzer, Pittsburgh ~FLO

Intermat dropped their new pre-season rankings a few hours ago and Wrestlestat did the same yesterday. There were a lot of line up changes and weight changes in both sets of rankings. The biggest movers in my expected points outcomes based on Intermat rankings were Nebraska (+6.9), Lock Haven (-8.8) and NC State (-11.1). Nebraska gained through Intermat sorting out 174 - 197 after Nebraska's announcement regarding weights. Previously they had Minto, Pinto and Allred, respectively. Now they have Pinto, Allred, and McDanel. Lock Haven lost out through Noto bumping up a weight (from 125 to 133) and down in rank (from #2 to #8). NC State lost out through Ryan Jack and Jackson Arrington redshirting. As a result NC State drops from #7, with an outside shot at the podium, to #15, and a remote shot, in my rankings.

I thought the same thing with the ankle pick. Then I wonder if Sadulaev has ever been ankle picked...

True true. Plus he needs to show his team how to rally back.

He will be pulled back in. Surely a head coach will not call it a day and will walk the talk and go get the next best thing.

Why would he? Sad will likely make the final. No reason not to attempt to get a bronze after flying all the way over.

Damn... what a time for my internet TO GO DOWN!!! Sadulaev w/ the shut out... only hope that he'll make it to and win in the semis. It wasn't due to DT working hard (he WAS!) Rather it was hardly working for DT to get on the scoreboard. I'm gonna be late for work... till then, Sayonara. D3

How many go behinds has Taylor experienced against him? Feel like it has been very very low. Sad got it twice. Springs like a cat. And I think that snap down before one go behind was unreal. To DTs credit, was not chest wrapped after being threatened with it multiple times. And didn’t get gut wrenched.

DT had nothing for him. Not sure if he could have implemented a different strategy or not but that was not close.

DT seems to have one trick. Not seeing much variety in attacks. Easily said. Sad is awesome.

2nd TD Sad... doesn't looks good for DT. D3

DT - Sad up now!

Just tuned in. Announcers saying Taylor / Sad up next. 4: 30 to go on clock for current match.

They're beginning the men's FS bouts now. D3

After the lengthy challenge on Kilty's behalf... she walks away w/ a 12-2 TF. She will go for bronze later today. D3

Glad they fixed the score with Kilty… I couldn’t figure out how the other girl was getting points while being leg laced!

Kilty hit several ankle laces in a rollfest between these two... D3

The crowd is filtering in... D3

good morning all

Just taking a glance over on FLOARENA. It appears that they're going to run the repechage bouts before they start the men's FS qualifying rounds

I know most of you are not fans of G/R... but in the 72Kg finals between France's Ghanem and Azerbaijan's Ganizade was an all-out sprint between these two. The score was 3-2 Ganizade... the decider was scored in the 1st pd. But after that scoring sequence putting the Azerbiajani wrestler ahead 2-1, Ghanem put on the afterburner until the end (Ganizade wasn't a shrinking violet either.) Violent action... pretty intense! D3

This "Improve freestyle by turning it into what I'm used to (Folkstyle)" Will always be the least interesting posts on here. "I cant believe you can just be laced off the mat, thats not fair" "I never know who is winning" "In folkstyle you have to show you are better with riding time" "where's the overtime, I can't believe they have to score to win, it should go to ride-outs damnit" "I can't believe they don't wrestle a full consis bracket, why fly halfway around the world to lose opening round and be done, that's not what I'm used to" Obviously where this kind of talk gets traction, so will the "I can't believe 2 unseeded wrestlers got paired up first round, they should've changed the seeding criteria to create the kind of bracket I would prefer to see, but only at this weight, because it's unique and everything needs to go as I say"

I get the annoyance with what the scoreboard reads, but the wrestlers know mentally the bonus value of scoring or giving something up in certain moments. And the wrestling shows it. If it's 3-3 with one guy's name underlined, the wrestling on the mat reflects a score of 4 to 3--it doesn't matter what the board says.

not putting world champs against each other first round

No not really. It was a wild match. McCallister was a top 100 recruit and former super 32 and fargo placer. He was like 170-2 in high school. I was surprised he lost to Gioffre 9-6 in SV. So it makes me think the three of them go back and forth. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

SIU-Edwardsville Wrestle Offs Day 1 results 157- Braxton Strick Dec over PJ Murphy 157- Jordan Johnson Inj Default over Gavin Pope 125- Davian Guanajuato Inj Default over Deion Johnson 125- Drew Davis 4-2 Dec Porter Matecki 141- Ben Lunn 4-1 Dec Danny Martinez (Match 1 of 2) 149- Hayden Whidden 4-3 Alec Peralta 165- Bradley Gillum 4-0 over Hayden Shephard 165- Dominic Lopez 2-1 over Luke Odom 174-Griffin Ray WBF over Amare Overton 174- Hayden Trezek 2-1 over Arron Cramer 285- Bryson Buhk 3-1 over Jake Fernandez 157- Brock Woodcock 15-0 Tech Braxton Strick 157-Caine Tyus 9-1 Major over Jordan Johnson Day 2 Matches (Educated Guess) 125- Davian Guanajuato Vs. Drew Davis 133- Marcel Lopez Vs. Gavin Alexander 141- Ben Lunn Vs. Danny Martinez (match 2 of 2) 149- Eric Almarinez Vs. Hayden Whidden 157- Brock Woodcock Vs. Caine Tyus 165- Bradley Gillum Vs. Dominic Lopez 174- Griffin Ray Vs. Hayden Trezek 184- No Match 197- No Match 285- Dan McKiernan Vs. Bryson Buhk Other Possiblities 165- Shephard Vs. Odom 157- Murphy Vs. Johnson 157- Strick Vs. Johnson 174- Overton Vs. Cramer

Yes, goodbye to grounding. No. You always have control if you expose your opponent. You literally can't accidentally expose your opponent. No. There is never a tie in freestyle. One wrestler is always winning and vica versa. There simply aren't any tie bouts now.