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Zahid is in the finals. D3

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.

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

It was telling when Zahid did not want the blood time

So... first day. Only Hendrickson went 0-1. Duke goes 1-1 w/ taking the World champ to the limit before falling. Forrest in the bronze medal match AND Valencia is in the finals. It could've been better, but we'll take those results. D3

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

Amazing stuff by Jax- I think there is a fearlessness to the young guys and the free way they wrestle coming out of highschool... I feel like you wouldn't see too many of our older guys scoring from the merkel standing straight up. Love it!

Jax is in the semis! 13-8 final tally. D3

mat C coming up

Good @$^$#^$@!%!!!!! morning all you earlybirds! I got my caffine (English Breakfast... sweet & sour) as I hope all of you have as well. Mat assignments to follow... D3

https://arena.uww.org/sport-event/show/1f08268e-491a-65de-838f-a128c968fa00/live UWW if great at getting mat assignments up immediately after the draw or previous round ends.

Zahid Valencia vs Ghasempour semis... D3

My thoughts. Jax: Wrestling fearlessly. Love seeing him go for big moves, and his offensive variety is so impressive for his age. His leg defense has improved massively, which we saw against Japan, and he showed great mat smarts against the Kazach. Uguev was just too experienced and savvy. Jax has a great chance to get bronze. PJ: No medal but he wrestled tough. Looked good against China and had a couple beautiful TDs against the world champ. Especially loved seeing that judo trip he throws in there sometime. Seem to wrestle not to lose in the 2nd, or maybe he just faded a bit, but it's the world champ. Tough break he didn't get pulled back in. Zahid: Looking super sharp and confident, just as he did in the Open and Final X. Not many guys in the world are as good as Zahid in his first 4 minutes. So stoked to see him take out Ghasempour. You can tell Zahid faded and was at risk, but Ghas was out of gas too. I wonder if the cut's affecting Ghas's cardio? Will be interesting to see him against the Japanese kid who teched him a couple years ago. Wyatt: Not much to say, 1 and done. I can't really get too upset at Wyatt as it looks to me that Wyatt's just been overhyped. His technique has improved the past year, but the truth is he's kind of slow. He's at risk against quicker heavyweights. It's a little embarrassing that he was put up on the UWW presser alongside Zare, as there was never reason to think he's on Zare's level. Still, it's a shame we didn't get to see more Wyatt matches to get a fuller picture.

Zahid perfect on the day and I don't think you could ask anymore from Forrest... Would have been an upset for Duke as well winning his match but nice to see he's right there so the only one that really disappointed was Hendrickson and we knew going in what we had so I'd say they were on target today all things considered.

Less DHEA and Vyvanse = better results on the big stage it's just science folks.

Zahid’s peak performance is as good as anyone in the world. He’s a freak

Zahid's motion has been crazy smooth all day long

Why do I never feel comfortable even with big leads?

That reminded me a bit of Amouzad vs Uguev years ago when Amouzad was at 57. Good start then Uguev took over.

Well done by Jax. I actually was most impressed by him in two situations where he gave up points. 1. When he scrambled out of a sure takedown to a leg-in position that would have scored in folk (and the fight off the back) and 2. Weaseling his way out of the cradle.

Uguev showed why he has won so much. Jax showed a lot this morning, can still bring home a medal and that is one heck of a showing even if he "only" gets 5th at worst. Me thinks he's bringing home hardware though. And working with Taylor the next three years he will add significantly to his offensive arsenal.

When Hilger can put up 14 against Wyatt we have a good idea of what we have. He needs to get much better...

That face you make when someone telling you not to troll is trolling

Hmm... let me guess. Aoyagi snatched Musukaev's pack of Marlboro's away and he was pissed! D3

thats where I got this

Davison had Brent Metcalf, Paul Donahoe, and Jon Reader on the same team. All would later win NCAA titles.

Kaiponov insanely clutch these past two rounds Gomez-Duke should be great for Bronze

No, no... it is called, a "breathing" treatment. D3

musukaev finishing up his smoke break before the quarterfinals

Mat C Upcoming Matches FS - 125 kg 1/8 Final 68 (CHN) Buheeerdun BUHEEERDUN (21) (BRN) Shamil Magomed A SHARIPOV (6) FS - 70 kg 1/4 Final 69 (ARM) Arman ANDREASYAN (5) (AZE) Kanan HEYBATOV (4) FS - 86 kg 1/4 Final 70 (USA) Zahid VALENCIA (5) (LAT) Ivars SAMUSONOK (17) FS - 61 kg 1/4 Final 71 (KGZ) Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (15) (USA) Jaxen Patrick FORREST (17) FS - 125 kg 1/4 Final 72 (GER) Mohsen Mansour SIYAR (15)

In other news Gable Stevesons turf toe healed up enough last night so that he could win his MMA debut against an intoxicated television repairman.

fair enough; i just feel like he looks so much more solid positionally in his folkstyle than freestyle

We're going to be VERY busy soon... D3

Mat D Upcoming Matches FS - 70 kg 1/8 Final 84 (ARM) Arman ANDREASYAN (5) (SRB) Viktor Stiven VOINOVIC (15) FS - 70 kg 1/8 Final 85 (MGL) Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (25) (BUL) Mihail Iliev GEORGIEV (27) FS - 86 kg 1/8 Final 86 (USA) Zahid VALENCIA (5) (ALG) Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (15) FS - 86 kg 1/8 Final 87 (JPN) Hayato ISHIGURO (7) (UKR) Mukhammed ALIIEV (26) FS - 61 kg 1/8 Final 88 (IND) Udit UDIT (5) (KGZ) Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (15) FS - 61 kg 1/8 Final 89 (UWW) Dzmitry SHAMELA (7) (UKR) Kamil KERYMOV (23) FS - 125 kg 1/8 Final 90 (MGL) Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (5) FS - 125 kg 1/8 Final 91 FS - 70 kg 1/4 Final 92 FS - 86 kg 1/4 Final 93 FS - 61 kg 1/4 Final 94 FS - 125 kg 1/4 Final 95

duke vs kaipanov (defending world champ) jax vs suda (asian champ; arguably #1) first real gold medal tests for these young guns. let's see how how they do....

Perhaps dirt nasty

Jax is the only still 18 year old I believe

Makoev looks like he enjoys a beer between matches.

good morning boys

It will fail at some point.

Jax,Bo,Melvin Apple valley had Hall and Gable Bosco had the valencia brothers and pico Blair had Kolodzik,Mckenna,Manville Not trying to do any revisionist history just the sentiment on the guys at the time. Im sure st eds had some pretty insane squads and franklin regional had some great teams but nobody comparable to spencers tier outside of him.

The Show starts tomorrow morning @ 4:30am ET... We start off with Jax Forrest @ 61Kg, PJ Duke @ 70Kg, Zahid Valencia @ 86Kg, & Wyatt Hendrickson @ 125Kg. They will be running FOUR mats tomorrow... that will surely keep us on our toes! Event Schedule Senior World Championships 2025 Schedule MFS = Men’s Freestyle | WFS = Women’s Freestyle | GR = Greco-Roman Saturday, September 13 4:30 a.m. ET – 12:00 p.m. ET: Qualification rounds – MFS 61, 70, 86, 125 kg 1:00 p.m. ET – 3:00 p.m. ET: Semifinals – MFS 61, 70, 86, 125 kg SO... for ALL of you DIEHARDS out there, hit the rack early and set your alarms well before 4:30am. (... so you can down some wake-up serum before the action takes place!) Stay tune here, for the latest! Nitey-nite! D3

Also available on Flo: https://www.flowrestling.org/nextgen/events/13260381/mat-schedule Initial mat assignments: PJ Duke, Match 2, Mat C Zahid Valencia, Match 5, Mat D Jax Forrest, Match 8, Mat B Wyatt Hendrickson, Match 9, Mat D Flo has text alerts now too for the teams or wrestlers of your choosing, though I think that's a subscriber-only feature

Not a leftist at all. Babahahahahahahahhahahaah

Is she right? I mean the Viking and trip support other terrorists

2000 Blair had Cooperman, Esposito, Backes, and Mocco…..pretty good group. 2001 same group and add Robbie Preston. Blair early 2000s was ridiculous. 2009 had Grey, Villalonga, and Ruth. All really good groups.

Technically it could be a big 4 as little Bassett looks to be a top 10 recruit in his class when its all said and done.

I don't have any knowledge off the top of my head, but I would almost have to think that Blair had some teams in the early 2000s. Were Esposito, Perry, and Mocco at Blair at the same time? Edit: Logan Stieber, Hunter Stieber, Jamie Clark, Collin Palmer and Cam Tessari were all at St. Eds together as well.. right? SPG also had Bo and Micah, and a handful of other future AAs on the same high school roster IIRC.