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In the last 4 global tournaments, we are 11-0 at 65kg against everyone not named Rahman Amouzad. Yianni silver to Amouzad, Lee 3-0 then falls to Amouzad in the quarters, Zain falls to Amouzad then defaults, Woods bronze from Amouzad's bracket If you're undefeated other than 4 losses to the best guy in the world, aren't you actually very good??

The call from Cael in an hour or so... *RING RINGGGGG* Kyle: Hey coach! Cael: Hey, man. Just wanted to be the first to tell you... Kyle: Thanks man, but everyone here has... Cael: ...NOT spend it on hookers and blow. Kyle: ... Cael: I'm serious about this, Kyle. Kyle: ... Cael: Nod if you understand me. *Kyle nods* Cael: No hand the fone to Jamie *hands fone to Jamie* Cael: Did he nod? Jamie: Who, Kyle? No. Cael: DAMNIT GIVE HIM THE FONE BACK! *Jamie looks around... can't find him anywhere* Jamie yells: Yo, where did Kyle go? Random person: Oh, him and Zadick were running out the doors together laughing and bouncing around Jamie: Damn. Did you hear that? Cael: ... *three seconds of silence* Cael: Damn it.

RESULTS 57kg spencer lee, 1-1, DNP 61kg jax forrest, 3-2, 5th 65kg real woods, 4-1, 3rd 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, 4-0, 1st 125kg wyatt hendrickson, 0-1, DNP HIGHLIGHTS hidlay breaking through snyder back on top zahid jumping levels and dominating everyone! levi haines breaking through & showing he's a world-class freestyle threat woods medaling in what has always been one of the toughest weights for us amazing efforts by the young guns jax & duke, especially jax going deep was really impressed w/ carr's performance in prolly the deepest weight. 1-2 more years and he'll be on the podium 3 champs w/ 5 medals total is def better than I was expecting TAKEAWAYS what're your main takeaways?

I took the time to actually just watch Helen instead of trying to post about it. She's truly an American legend and I've reached the point where I just want to make sure I watch whatever matches she has left.

HELEN MAROULIS PINS JAPAN

If Harutyunyan made the finals and pulled Spencer back in and he took a bronze, then I don't think this noise is anywhere near as loud. If Khadi didn't pull Dake back in 2021, everyone would have said that Burroughs should have been the guy at the Olympics. Repechage is a fickle b1tch. At the end of the day, I don't think Spencer respected Harutyunyan enough, and it cost him. You can't take any match for granted at Worlds, and to me it looked like Spencer went into the match thinking he was the better wrestler and would win, and when Harutyunyan gave him more than he was expecting, he couldn't regroup mid-match and it snowballed. IMO it was kind of similar to the US Open match between Mesenbrink and Carr where Mesenbrink won a couple of early exchanges and things just unraveled for Carr leading to a tech. My biggest question with Spencer is whether or not he still loves wrestling. After being denied his 4th HS state title, the battles with knee injuries from his senior year of high school in 2018 until preparation for the 2024 Olympics, the pin in the NCAA semis to stop him from being a four-time NCAA champ.. you have to imagine he has some demons to battle after giving so much to the sport and feeling let down by shocking losses when all eyes are on him, and by his own body when just as he's feeling fully healthy again, another heartbreaking injury and long road of recovery takes place again.

Ok, count me in. What a freaking legendary performance. Like someone said …. He scored 20 points in that match but lent a bunch to his opponent. What an incredible comeback. Count me in as a big time fan. WORLD CHAMPION

They generally have a down year after the Olympics. 2013 Iran won the team title. 2017 USA won the team title and Russia won 0 golds. 2022 they were banned so no data. 2025 Iran wins the team title.

@Jon_Kozak credit goes to the cesspool when Pyles miraculously brings this up on FRL

More men’s freestyle golds than anyone else. Not bad at all.

Definitely. We were spoiled by the JB/DT/Cox/Snyder generation. Getting two first-time gold medalists, three first-time medalists, and two fifths that were ultra close to being first-time medalists--feels incredibly encouraging that we're in a good spot going forward.

I predict Snyder only seeks out one prostitute if he wins but 3 if he loses

Some fun and deserving nominees above. Some of the most entertaining (tough on top, feet to back magic, or unusual tricks), from wrestlers I have seen in live matches (mostly Eastern wrestling): Gene Mills Jordan Leen Jesse Jantzen Travis Doto Pete Yozzo Rick Springman Yianni Cuvo Vito a bunch of Penn State guys Zain, Nolf, Quentin Wright, RBY, Ruth and others

No false grocers, no Walmart or anything else. Only Wegman's itself!

Eh. I'm not sure about that. Ed Banach (3x NCAA Champ, 4x NCAA Finalist, Olympic GOLD medalist), Tom Brands (3x NCAA Champ, 4x NCAA AA, Olympic Gold and World Gold), and Barry Davis (3x NCAA Champ, 4x NCAA AA, Olympic Silver and 2x World Silver) would all like a word.

You know what sealed it for me for Hidlay? At NCAAs this year (when he was doing a great job on the mic and learning the trade) he was on the floor by himself during the finals. He was SO FRICKING PASSIONATE during Vincent Robinson's match, hooting and hollering and giving 140% support to his NC State teammate - yelling, shadow wrestling, jumping up and down and looking like a half lunatic. You could just see how much he cared, and when Robinson won he and some teammates went nuts. I spent almost as much time watching him as I did the match.

I think Woods should be favored, but Biabani is an Iranian background former world junior champ who wrestled well yesterday. He kept things with Amouzad much tighter than Real did; and he got a nice win over Biliichuk, who won the mini bracket with beasts Naim, Rahimzada, and Guseinov. That said, if Real can keep his nerve and wrestle smart, he can definitely get the win.

This single comment is not fire worthy. His comment about Kirk being openly racist is a career limiting move as it is easily discerned as false.

Welker knows it's early in America and delivers some pancakes; gets the pin!

He's a gamer, with some clutch wins in his career. I hoped the Gophers would lure him in, but I'd rather see him at Michigan than Oklahoma State.

Hidlay > Brooks

I've been on the bandwagon for a long time. Fan of his brother as well. Those guys met up with legends in their finals, Nolf (Hayden damn near won), Brooks (might have been juiced). I saw Trent wrestle live up close at the 2023 NYAC tournament. He beat a super savvy Kentchadze who ended up winning worlds that same year down a weight. He also beat Alex Dieringer that day. I knew then was a serious contender at the world level. What a machine this weekend. Wrestled his style, his pace, imposed his will on everyone he wrestled. From bride's maid to the f'ing bride! Congrats to the Hidlay family! Forever a world CHAMP!

Good for him. Don't be in a hurry.

Been stuck onsite all morning, Woods sounds like a revelation glad to be very wrong about him. Being in a medal match at 65 is nuts. Helen doing Helen things as expected. Welker going down sucks though was hoping for a finals appearance. Hopefully pulled back in.

It’s been a real eye-opener. You would think teachers, doctors, nurses, public servants, etc. would pause before they posted under their name on X.

Maroulis looks better than she has in a while; she won the best of 3 Final X w/ 2 pins and has started world's w/ 2 pins. For those keeping score at home, that's 4 straight pins

Men's freestyle are locked into 2nd place with Woods' performance this morning. Iran are on 140, we're at 124, and Japan are at 106. All 3 nations have 2 guys going for medals today and will earn 5 more points for each win.

Russia pins Norway; Kilty needs Russia to beat Mongolia in the semi's to be pulled into repechage

Don’t get burned out. Enjoy the journey. Enjoy life. Let the guy enjoy the ride. I take this as a sign that he is looking at the big picture and wrestling is not all consuming. He knows there is more to life and making great memories with friends matters. Great for him.

The thread is misleading. Criticizing and celebrating his assassination are to very different things. I guess anyone who would celebrate his murder I can celebrate their unemployment.

Woods coming out HOT again; crazy sequence The score currently says 3 - 2 Woods on the scoreboard. The official thinks it's 5 - 2. We are only 25 seconds into the match

You lost me at Irish . . .

Morning @D3 for LU, watcha drinkin today?

Real Woods coming out HOT

TD + 4 gutwrench... results in a 10-0 techie for Real Woods D3

Mat D Upcoming Matches FS - 97 kg Repechage 431 (VEN) Cristian Jose SARCO COLMENAREZ (21) (POL) Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (6) WW - 55 kg Repechage 432 (AUT) Oleksandra KOGUT (14) (CUB) Yaynelis SANZ VERDECIA (15) WW - 57 kg Qualif. 433 (TPE) Pei Ying LIAO (20) (SWE) Evelina Cecilia Linnea HULTHEN (21) WW - 50 kg Qualif. 434 (IND) Ankush ANKUSH (17) (UWW) Natallia VARAKINA (18) WW - 76 kg Qualif. 435 (KOR) Seoyeon JEONG (17) (CHN) Qiandegenchagan QIANDEGENCHAGAN (18) WW - 65 kg 1/8 Final 436 (MDA) Irina RINGACI (5) (PLE) Aylah Mohammed MAYALI (12) WW - 65 kg 1/8 Final 437 (UWW) Alina KASABIEVA (17) (USA) Macey Ellen KILTY (2) FS - 97 kg Repechage 438 (IND) Vicky VICKY (19) WW - 57 kg 1/8 Final 439 (UWW) Olga KHOROSHAVTSEVA (4) WW - 57 kg 1/8 Final 440 (UKR) Solomiia VYNNYK (22) (CHN) Kexin HONG (2) WW - 50 kg 1/8 Final 441 (CAN) Madison Bianca PARKS (4) WW - 50 kg 1/8 Final 442 (USA) Audrey Rae JIMENEZ (7) WW - 76 kg 1/8 Final 443 (UKR) Anastasiya ALPYEYEVA (5) (UZB) Ozoda ZARIPBOEVA (12) WW - 76 kg 1/8 Final 444 (UWW) Anastasiya ZIMIANKOVA (19) (CUB) Milaimy De La Caridad MARIN POTRILLE (2) WW - 65 kg 1/4 Final 445 WW - 57 kg 1/4 Final 446 WW - 50 kg 1/4 Final 447 WW - 76 kg 1/4 Final 448 D3

Mat C Upcoming Matches FS - 97 kg Repechage 410 (MGL) Gankhuyag GANBAATAR (14) (BUL) Akhmed Adamovich MAGAMAEV (15) WW - 59 kg Repechage 412 (HUN) Erika BOGNAR (2) (NOR) Othelie Annette HOEIE (20) WW - 57 kg Qualif. 413 (KAZ) Laura ALMAGANBETOVA (12) (FIN) Jenna Kristiina HEMIAE (13) WW - 57 kg Qualif. 414 (UWW) Iryna KURACHKINA (18) (POL) Magdalena Urszula GLODEK LISZEWSKA (19) WW - 50 kg Qualif. 415 (ESP) Aintzane GORRIA GONI (14) (KOR) Jinhee KIM (15) WW - 76 kg Qualif. 416 (LTU) Kamile GAUCAITE (15) (ITA) Enrica RINALDI (16) WW - 65 kg 1/8 Final 417 (KOR) Subeen JO (13) (TUR) Kadriye KOCAK AKSOY (4) WW - 65 kg 1/8 Final 418 (NOR) Grace Jacob BULLEN (7) (CHN) Qi ZHANG (16) FS - 65 kg Repechage 419 (UWW) Ibragim Sharaputtinovich IBRAGIMOV (7) WW - 57 kg 1/8 Final 420 (HUN) Tamara DOLLAK (5) WW - 57 kg 1/8 Final 421 (KOR) Youngjin KWON (7) WW - 50 kg 1/8 Final 422 (KAZ) Svetlana ANKICHEVA (5) WW - 50 kg 1/8 Final 423 (CHN) Yu ZHANG (21) (TUR) Evin DEMIRHAN (2) WW - 76 kg 1/8 Final 424 (CAN) Brianna Molly FRASER (13) (MGL) Davaanasan ENKH AMAR (4) WW - 76 kg 1/8 Final 425 (JPN) Nodoka YAMAMOTO (7) WW - 65 kg 1/4 Final 426 WW - 57 kg 1/4 Final 427 WW - 50 kg 1/4 Final 428 WW - 76 kg 1/4 Final 429 D3

Mat B Upcoming Matches WW - 55 kg Repechage 389 (MDA) Mihaela SAMOIL (12) (TUR) Elvira SULEYMAN KAMALOGLU (4) WW - 59 kg Repechage 391 (UZB) Laylokhon SOBIROVA (12) (UWW) Anastasiia SIDELNIKOVA (4) WW - 57 kg Qualif. 392 (CAN) Samantha Leigh STEWART (10) (JPN) Himeka TOKUHARA (11) WW - 50 kg Qualif. 394 (UWW) Elizaveta SMIRNOVA (12) (PRK) Myonggyong WON (13) WW - 50 kg Qualif. 395 (ITA) Emanuela LIUZZI (19) (TUN) Chahrazed AYACHI (20) WW - 76 kg Qualif. 396 (UWW) Kristina SHUMOVA (10) (BUL) Vanesa Stoyanova GEORGIEVA (11) WW - 65 kg 1/8 Final 397 (MGL) Enkhjin TUVSHINJARGAL (3) (CHI) Virginia Jackelin JIMENEZ FERNANDEZ (14) WW - 65 kg 1/8 Final 398 (UKR) Iryna KOLIADENKO (8) WW - 57 kg 1/8 Final 399 (USA) Helen Louise MAROULIS (1) (TUR) Emine CAKMAK (9) WW - 57 kg 1/8 Final 400 (MGL) Bolortuya KHURELKHUU (6) WW - 50 kg 1/8 Final 401 (JPN) Remina YOSHIMOTO (8) WW - 50 kg 1/8 Final 402 (MGL) Munkhnar BYAMBASUREN (6) WW - 76 kg 1/8 Final 403 (KGZ) Aiperi MEDET KYZY (1) (TUR) Elmira YASIN (9) WW - 76 kg 1/8 Final 404 (KAZ) Elmira SYZDYKOVA (6) WW - 65 kg 1/4 Final 405 WW - 57 kg 1/4 Final 406 WW - 50 kg 1/4 Final 407 WW - 76 kg 1/4 Final 408 D3

The Mat assignments: Qualif Day 4, Repechages Day 3 Mat A Upcoming Matches FS - 65 kg Repechage 369 (KGZ) Ikromzhon KHADZHIMURODOV (9) (USA) Real Marshall Ray WOODS (10) FS - 65 kg Repechage 371 (BRN) Alibeg Saigidgusein M ALIBEGOV (34) (BEL) Ayub Muratovitch MUSAEV (33) WW - 65 kg Qualif. 372 (MEX) Alexis Lauren GOMEZ (10) (POL) Natalia Gizela KUBATY (11) WW - 57 kg Qualif. 373 (MEX) Bertha Daniela ROJAS CHAVEZ (14) (IND) Tapsya TAPSYA (15) WW - 50 kg Qualif. 374 (ALG) Cheima CHEBILA (10) (BRA) Kamila BARBOSA VITO DA SILVA (11) WW - 65 kg 1/8 Final 375 (JPN) Miwa MORIKAWA (1) (CAN) Miki Elizabeth ROWBOTTOM (9) WW - 65 kg 1/8 Final 376 (IND) Vaishnavi Dilip PATIL (15) (LAT) Elma ZEIDLERE (6) FS - 65 kg Repechage 377 (IND) Sujeet SUJEET (8) WW - 57 kg 1/8 Final 378 (AZE) Zhala ALIYEVA (8) WW - 57 kg 1/8 Final 379 (ECU) Luisa Elizabeth VALVERDE MELENDRES (3) (PRK) Il Sim SON (16) WW - 50 kg 1/8 Final 380 (UKR) Oksana LIVACH (1) (UZB) Aktenge KEUNIMJAEVA (9) WW - 50 kg 1/8 Final 381 (LTU) Gabija DILYTE (3) (VEN) Nohalis Alejandra LOYO JIMENEZ (16) WW - 76 kg 1/8 Final 382 (USA) Kylie Renee WELKER (8) WW - 76 kg 1/8 Final 383 (ECU) Genesis Rosangela REASCO VALDEZ (3) (IND) Priya PRIYA (14) WW - 65 kg 1/4 Final 384 WW - 57 kg 1/4 Final 385 WW - 50 kg 1/4 Final 386 WW - 76 kg 1/4 Final 387 D3

He scored a few points and the other guy scored a lot of points.

I can't remember the last time another wrestler received as much scrutiny and criticism as Lee has since starting college. Every single time he has had a bad match, let alone a loss, the comments would swarm in about how he's cooked, Iowa is cooked, the Brands have failed him/cudgled him/abused him, Dan Dennis should be fired, and all his practice partners over the years - Ayala, DeSanto, Real Woods, Jaydin and others - have been absolute bums. Perhaps he should seek out some sort of change. Based on certain comments he has made in interviews the last couple years and how ridiculously self critical he can be after close matches or losses I think seeking out a sports psychologist or paying a visit to Carl's secret California witch doctor (the one that magically fixed Gilman's broken foot) is not a crazy thing. But aside from that, the rhetoric around Lee has always surprised me. I'm an obviously biased Iowa fan but I really don't think other wrestlers get close to the same treatment

AWA kid so he will probably end up at 157/165 and win a hodge as they seem to do. Kinda joking but I think the kid has incredible potential and while I did not think he had a spot year 1 or likely year 2 I was really excited to see what that room could do for him and see if he could find a way into that lineup. Great get for Michigan hope he does awesome.

If there's no link to their federal position, job, etc then i'd say no. Might depend a bit on specifically what was said.

Sorry to quote myself but I wanted to add on to this last part. I can't help but wonder how much of Spencer at this point in his career feels like he has to finish out this quad because if he doesn't win a world and Olympic title, he will look back on his career with resentment and the feeling of failure, despite all of his success. I wonder if he still enjoys the process and competing or if he is doing it simply because he feels like he has to win a World and Olympic title to feel at peace about his career. If any of you haven't watched the Kolat documentary on Flo (you're missing out, it's unbelievable btw), he says when he looks back on his career, he sees failure. He was "only" a two-time NCAA champion when he wanted 4. He wanted to be the greatest international wrestler that ever lived, but he (for various reasons) was never able to win a World or Olympic title. You can hear the disappointment and hurt in his voice when he talks about his perceived shortcomings in his own career. I can't help but think that Spencer knows that this is probably the last quad where he has a chance to achieve everything that he's worked for his entire life, and that after failing to win his 4th state title, and his 4th NCAA title, there are greater internal doubts and feelings of pressure than ever making it extremely difficult to wrestle freely and with enjoyment.

PS underhooks don’t work on me Uppercuts though...

Should he, probably. Will he? I doubt it. The Brands have their talons deep deep in him, they can't afford to see him move on. Hell, he probably should've moved on years ago after they made it perfectly clear they were willing to sacrifice his knees for temporary rewards.

go to the 40 second mark and let it play….

Someone compared it to when Dake got buzzsawed by Kadi at the 2020ne olympics and was left scratching his head. I would strongly agree with that. I also think that if they meet again, Lee will have a better gameplan. I'm not getting off the Lee bandwagon just yet.