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Some interesting tidbits about Arash Yoshida. Only 22 years old. He's Iranian/Japanese. His father is a former Iranian wrestler (Javed Esfanjani). Left Iran and started a wrestling club (Ichikawa Koshti Club) outside of Tokyo. Where Arash and his brothers trained in traditional Iranian wrestling techniques. Another wrestler for Japan (Keyvan Gharedhdaghi) also has an Iranian father and Japanese mother and won the Asian Championships this year at 79kg in his first major senior tournament beating Olympic Champion Zhamalov. He also recently took Silver at the U20 Worlds. Unfortunately he had to pull out of the Senior Worlds due to a knee injury. Not sure if he trains at the same club at Arash Yoshida. *Shared from another.

We finally got ourselves a 65er!

All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis. Saturday, October 31: Sacred Heart at Hofstra, 2:00 PM Western Wyoming at Wyoming, 4:00 PM Sunday, November 1: Air Force, Bloomsburg, Bucknell, Clarion, Ohio State, Utah Valley at Clarion Open, hosted by Clarion, 9:00 AM Drexel, Edinboro, LIU, Mercyhurst at Mercyhurst Invitational, hosted by Mercyhurst, 9:00 AM Army West Point, Binghamton, Brown, Franklin & Marshall, Lehigh, Penn, Princeton, Rider, Stanford at Princeton Open, hosted by Princeton, 9:00 AM Appalachian State, Campbell, Chattanooga, Davidson, Gardner-Webb, George Mason, Illinois, Maryland, NC State, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia Tech, West Virginia at Southeast Open, Salem, VA, 9:00 AM Bellarmine, Cal Poly, Lock Haven, Morgan State, Navy, Pittsburgh, Virginia at Navy Classic, hosted by Navy, 10:00 AM Gardner-Webb, Little Rock, Oklahoma State, SIU Edwardsville at Cowboy Invitational, hosted by Oklahoma State, 11:00 AM (10:00 AM) Kent State at Purdue, 1:00 PM American vs. Central Michigan at CSU Bakersfield, 2:00 PM (11:00 AM) Michigan at VMI, 2:00 PM Bloomsburg vs. Wisconsin at Kenosha, WI, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) Mary at North Dakota State, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) Northeastern State at Oklahoma, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) American at CSU Bakersfield, 4:00 PM (1:00 PM) Central Michigan at CSU Bakersfield, 6:00 PM (3:00 PM) Bucknell at Iowa State, 7:00 PM (6:00 PM)

That'd work ... but would Carl let them go up against an opponent from a top team so early in the season.

I was watching this interview which I highly recommend and David talks about how at points in his career where he made his greatest strides he always had someone at his weight that was pushing him (Kyle, JB, Yazdani). It got me thinking about this crop of guys at 133 and how for one of them to truly emerge above the others as the clear guy what they are going to have to do, but at the same time how much better each of them is going to make the other and I think it could very well create the best American wrestler we have ever seen.

Bo. My God, what a match. Down 10-3 at the break to Magomedov, Bo comes back to win 14-13.

65kg bo vs magomedov and 97kg snyder vs sadulaev were both AMAZING matches bo stuck in there and wore him down. still gives up too many points haphazardly, but you can't fault his mentality or results really proud of snyder. i feel like this is the first win over sadulaev in a long while (discounting injury victories) where he was really just strategically and tactically so sound the whole way through amazing start for team USA, and both very winnable semis

Unless your Rocco...

This is why I don't consider Penn State to be as successful as a team like Oklahoma State in the truest sense. Hiding to manufacture ideal conditions is the opposite of what wrestling stands for.

Grade Report Time A+ | Seal the border and stop the migrant invasion B- | Carry out the largest deportation operation in American history D | inflation, and make America affordable again A- | Make America the dominant energy producer in the world, by far! B | Stop outsourcing, and turn the United States into a manufacturing superpower A | Large tax cuts for workers, and no tax on tips A | Defend our Constitution, our bill of rights, and our fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to keep and bear arms D | Prevent World War Three, restore peace in Europe and in the middle east, and build a great iron dome missile defense shield over our entire country -- all made in America B- | End the weaponization of government against the American people B | Stop the migrant crime epidemic, demolish the foreign drug cartels, crush gang violence, and lock up violent offenders C+ | Rebuild our cities, including Washington D.C., making them safe, clean, and beautiful again. B | Strengthen and modernize our military, making it, without question, the strongest and most powerful in the world A | Keep the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency A | Fight for and protect social security and Medicare with no cuts, including no changes to the retirement age A- | Cancel the electric vehicle mandate and cut costly and burdensome regulations B+ | Cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children B+ | Keep men out of women's sports C | Deport pro-Hamas radicals and make our college campuses safe and patriotic again C | Secure our elections, including same day voting, voter identification, paper ballots, and proof of citizenship F | Unite our country by bringing it to new and record levels of success Solid B- with the biggest pain to citizens is the cost of the war in Iran. Finish the war and stop meddling to bring down costs.

Jim Kelly.

I'll throw my hat in the ring. Here are my predictions for freestyle this year. For the record I know I'm going to be completely off for 90% of these predictions. But I'm going to let my Iran tinted glasses make the decisions. 57: Gold: Spencer Lee Silver: Tuskaev Bronze: RBY and Khndzrtsyan In all fairness I don't follow this weight class too closely but no Higuchi, Aman or Abdullaev have made this weight class a lot weaker. I feel like Spencer Lee is the most complete wrestler out of the field and if in form is the best guy on the planet. North Korea and Armenia are probably the two guys that can beat him but I think he will get the job done this year. 61: Gold: Uguev Silver: Blaze Bronze: Abdullaev and Abakarov Not much to say here Uguev is one of the most dominant wrestlers of his generation. Blaze is still too inexperienced to hang with him. The rest of the field is good but not as good as the top 2. 65: Gold: Amouzad Silver: Sujeet Bronze: Mamedov and Magomedov Very tough weight class to predict. But I think this is the most likely scenario to unfold. 70: Gold: Akmataliev Silver: Ochir Bronze: Heybatov and Ibragimov This weight class is a lot more stacked than I realised. A lot of really good wrestlers here. But I think Akmataliev wins worlds and Ibragimov goes on a tear before losing by pin to Ochir in the semis who then proceeds to lose a mind numbing match in the final. Khalili probably gets to repechage and drops a close match to one of Ibragimov or Heybatov and gets fifth. 74: Gold: Aoyagi Silver: Yazdani Bronze: Salkazanov and Sheriev No Sidakov and no Zhamalov apparently. Either way Aoyagi I think is the most complete wrestler here. Salkazanov is good but I don't know whether his gas tank will hold up. I'm hoping Amir Mohammad Yazdani has a good tournament since he beat Emami who ran the field at Asian Games. 79: Gold: Nokhodi Silver: Khaniev Bronze: Haines and Gharedaghi I think its Nokhodi's time to finally win a world title. Again 79 like 70 is pretty stacked with good wrestlers. Overall Nokhodi's experience makes him the most well-rounded wrestler here. 86: Gold: Ghasempour Silver: Ramazanov Bronze: Kadiev and Dzhioev Honestly could go either way here. I think Dake loses an early match to Dzhioev or Kadiev who then loses to Ghasempour/Ramazanov. In the final I'm hoping Ghasempour avenges the Paris Olympics loss and wins his third world title. 92: Gold: Hidlay Silver: Amanula Gazdhimagomedov Bronze: Firouzpour and Kurugliev Hidlay is the best guy in this weight class. Not much to say here tbh. Kurugliev being here makes things interesting though. 97: Gold: Snyder Silver: Sadulaev Bronze: Yazdani and Yoshida Very tough one. I don't see Yazdani, Yoshida or Tazhudinov winning worlds its between Snyder or Sadulaev. Either way I think Snyder will get the job done. Snyder looks very ready for worlds this year. 125: Gold: Zare Silver: Sharipov Bronze: Siyar and Kassimbek Zare is the best in the world. Kassimbek will definitely cause him problems though.

Bo Bassett is just a cardio merchant who should really be a sophomore senior world finalist at the perennial toughest weight and I for one am disgusted

Bassett was just ONE POINT away from being teched by Magomedov... but even after the break, the Russian was sucking oxygen deeply into his intake! Mags fuel tank was rapidly going towards "E"... D3

Guilford wins 7-2 for Bronze!!

Mirasola vs. Mirasola?

Greetings guy. I am just at awe with the depth of everyone's knowledge in wrestling. I follow Iran's wrestling, being from Iran, at a high level. But the type of information you guys share in this forum is super amazing. I have commented in different sports forums and most of the times the level of discussion is trash talking and no technical points are ever exchanged. I just want to say that you guys are super amazing and super knowledgeable about the sport. This goes to both the Iranian and non Iranian commenters.

Just gross and wrong to assume his kid is going to lose his repechage match and possible Bronze match. There are a couple people I seriously wonder what the hell is wrong with. This and the other one (RAFwiki) talking about his wife and kids in derogatory ways. Grow the F up!

greco fans are different...

Tom Ryan will stay as long as he wants for many reasons. The program is good…but they’re a markedly better dual team than tournament team. He’s a coach who has won almost 80% of his teams duals over 19 years (will hit 250 wins this season). But more importantly there isn’t a ton of vested interest in wrestling so if you have a coach who consistently has you’re team in the top 10 nationally the administration is NOT going to mess with that. Keep the obscure feather in your hat and keep moving. Also, even a cursory look at the sport will tell them that no one is or has been getting team titles for a decade now. And while we as fans feel we underperform pretty consistently come NCAAs the administration is pretty content with saying just go finish top 4…or come close cause we know this is basically an out of your control. As long as PSU and their coaching tree (Mainly just DT) control the sport there is no reason to put him or any of the blue chip teams coaches on the hot seat really.

Trying to be realistic for the USA finishes. Here are my quick picks for Gold and USA finishes: 57 - Lee (USA) 61 - Uguev (RUS) Blaze (USA) - DNP 65 - Sujeet (IND) Bassett (USA) - DNP 70 - Retherford (USA) 74 - Aoyagi (JAP) Green (USA) - DNP 79 - Nokhodilarimi (IRN) Haines (USA) - Bronze 86 - Ghasempour (IRN) Dake - DNP 92 - Firouzpourbandpei (IRN) Hidlay (USA) - Bronze 97 - Sadulaev (RUS) Snyder (USA) - Silver/Bronze 125 - Zare (IRN) Hendrickson (USA) - DNP

I don't know anyone who didn't hit the "classic" button on track, then flo got sick of people knowing they suck and made the website worse so the got rid of the option....Flo is run like the federal government.

Little is awesome, could definitely beat Merrill. I like both of them. Respect Little a ton for staying loyal to Little Rock and Erisman. Probably could have gotten a small bag somewhere else

I'm hoping for: no challenge, no blood time, and no; oh my knee cold spray please!

no he's not.

This has aged better than a freshman Bo Basset

I don't like Spencer's draw. It's never good to wrestle Iran and Russia before the semis, as that's an easy way to DNP. Hope he comes in with a good mindset, which is always the biggest variable with Spencer. Love Blaze's draw. Tough Iranian on his side of the bracket but all the hammers are on the other half, plus Marcus has a couple good tuneup matches. I see a finals run. Bassett has the Russian in the quarters (if he gets by the Canadian/Iranian), which isn't good. Bo has a puncher's chance but I think he has a decent chance to wrestle for bronze, likely against Sujeet. Zain's bracket is thin on numbers but not depth. Zain has no easy matches. Not sure what to expect here as Zain seems to have lost some offense but I expect a bunch of low scoring matches that could go either way. Green's got a tough draw in a deep field, with Russia in the quarters, but if he can make it that far I like his chances of getting pulled back in. For a guy like James this is probably not a bad place to be. Similar deal with Levi in that he has the Russian, Khaniev, in the quarters, who has looked unbeatable. But Levi is tough too and I see that as a coin flip. If Levi loses, I see him getting pulled back in. Bad draw for Dake. Has to beat either Ghasempour or Ramazanov just to have the right to wrestle Kadiev in the semis. But I like how Dake's looked and I'm not picking against him. Thin bracket for Hidlay, but has to beat a decent Azeri in quarters and will have a tough semi. I don't feel bullish about him repeating but think he wrestles for a medal. Snyder has Sadulaev in the quarters, so unless there's a new young gun in the semis, I see Kyle in either the finals or repechage. Excited for this one. Lousy draw. Wyatt gets Sharipov who beat him 4-0 at the Zagreb, and with Zare in the same bracket, it's a big risk for 1-and-done. With DT in his corner though, you never know.

Flo picks up exclusive streaming rights for Pac12

Having participated in it I can tell you. 1st couple of sessions were a dual/team tournament, National/World teams from a number of nations (Asia, Europe and the Pans and a couple of US Teams with World/National teamers). Countries would dual each other and the last day was an individual tournament, typically brackets of 8. About 20 years ago it became a junior/U20 event. I believe that ended with COVID or when Mark Halvorson passed away.

She is beatable at the senior level and word on the street is she takes the majority of lumps in domestic training camps. Pin wasn't expected, but it's worlds. Everyone is a BAMF.

Rapid reactions with terrible takes: 57 Spencer Lee vs Valizadeh second round. That is the gold medal match. 61 Blaze on the less brutal side, has tough sledding ahead of him 65 Bassett *should* make it at least to the quarters, but 65 is always nails. BBQ or finals wouldn't surprise me. 70 Zain will give Musukaev an opportunity for some cold spray second round. This may be the oldest bracket in the history of senior worlds. 74 Greezy had a great comeback story, which would be cool if it didn't reek of "WTF HAPPENED TO 74 IT WAS ONE OF OUR DEEPEST WEIGHTS." I hope he proves us all wrong. 79 Haines has a good shot at making it back to the finals, this time against Nokhodi who is downright nasty. 86 is wack. Ramazanov and Ghasempour off the scales sucks. Ghasempour may be the most underrated 2x world champ ever. Dake isn't a shaved gorilla up at 86 so don't be surprised by a medal or quick DNP. Did I mention that two champs off the scales is some BS? Because that freaking sucks. Curious to see how Ramazanov looks after potential career-altering shoulder surgery and if he can Ghas out Ghasempour. 92 Hidlay has a tough semi against the guy who should actually be the favorite in Firouzpour, then a potential finals rematch. Hoping the top goes chalk and we can see a battle of the underhooks! Will be an asbolutely fire match. 97 Snyderlaev round 17 in the quarters after Russian Tank opens against a former world champion. Yazdani is getting bounced second round by Yoshida, who I think will lose to Taz in the semis. For all intents and purposes, Yazdani seems like a great competitor. But I hate everytime I see "The Greatest" when he's literally Duane Goldman. Would he beat the living piss out of me? Yes. Do I want to see him taken to the woodshed... again? Yes. Unfortunately Yoshida and Taz are too fundamental to light up the scoreboard. Unnecessary rant about an absolutely phenomenal wrestler over. Sadulaev with another gold - I'm never picking against him even if he is 52 years old. 125 Remember how 74 was supposed to be deep? Well 125 was right behind it with an olympic champ and world medalist keeping the gates. Now? Probably DNP again with the guy who has absolutely earned his spot on the team but in a different life would be 4th or 5th on the ladder more focused on the Colorado Springs nightlife rather than Stilly Boy world team street cred. Such is life. Maybe Eddie Eagle, oops I mean Jovan Smith can stumble bass ackwards into a bronze match again. If you put on just a liiiitle bit of tin foil, this is still all Zahid's fault for pulling that damn singlet. I need more coffee and less haterade. Le sigh.

Definitely not Doug Dake, who I had the pleasure of meeting for the course of a meal.

best topic!

World champs in 2007. Several other top three places in the years leading into 2007. It can be done, and has.

Otto gets his money back from Shimoyamadaa with an 8-0 tech in the first... they wrestled earlier this summer and otto gave up a wild 4 early and then lost his mind and basically ran at him... afterwards he texted me and just said how stupid he was... he knew his par terre was so much better than Shimo's and if he had just not worried about it he would have been fine... Shimo changes levels and gets a hip but otto circles out and hits him with the fett to back righty head and arm and then 2 quick guts and it is over... he and Orta will run it back from the pan am finals which ended 5-3 orta... winner wrestles for bronze later today...

The only Division I invitational that only allows for one wrestler per weight is Cliff Keen Las Vegas. The rest of them all allow for more than that. I honestly think we will see more invitationals and fewer opens, yes. Not this year, as schedules are pretty much baked in, but in future years.

125: #5 Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech vs #9 Ezekiel Witt, ND State 133: #3 Aaron Seidel, Virginia Tech vs #8 TK Davis, Gardner-Webb 141: #1 Luke Stanich, Lehigh vs #2 Bo Bassett, Virginia Tech 149: #3 Shayne Van Ness, Penn State vs #4 Caleb Henson, Virginia Tech 157: #6 Ty Watters, West Virginia vs #7 Collin Gaj, Virginia Tech 165: #5 Cam Catrabone, Michigan vs #7 Paddy Gallagher, Oklahoma 174: #6 Danny Wask, Navy vs #4 Beau Mantanona, Michigan 184: #2 Rocco Welsh, Penn State vs #5 Brock Mantanona, Michigan 197: #1 Josh Barr, Penn State vs #3 Stephen Little, Little Rock 285: TBA*

A lot of invitationals only allow for one wrestler per weight. If that continues to be the case, then I would think you would want to attend opens in order to get your backups some matches throughout the season. That's one of the good things about an open is you can have as many per weight as you want. It's also a good way to determine starters in weights where you have two guys that are pretty close. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

you're almost certainly wrong. I don't even know what about that video makes you think that workout was not appropriate. I know we're in the era where they just play dodgeball but even suriano had to drill that one time.

I'll give one honest reply, do with it as you please. Let me be clear, I am not speaking about what Greco is or can be at the higher levels, but what Greco was to me as a fairly successful high school folk and freestyle wrestler. I liked too shoot. I primarily scored off of my shot. I was never a big fan of just standing in there and banging around in the handfight. All I wanted to do was get to a decent position where I could get my hands locked around a leg. I felt like from that point, I was going to win a lot more exchanges than I lost. Scrambles are fun. Having a multitude of options to finish a shot as well as ways to defend a shot keeps positions fluid and constantly evolving which kept the sport from feeling monotonous and stale. I didn't like how limited Greco felt to me. My opponent knows that I am trying to get to underhooks/bodylocks, he knows to watch for a headlock, and he knows to watch for an armspin. Those moves and a high-dive are about the only things I had in my arsenal. When I wrestled Greco, I found it difficult to get to good scoring positions and I didn't enjoy just standing there grabbing each others wrists and trying to pummel to get into good enough position to attempt a scoring move. There weren't as many scoring exchanges in Greco and often just a takedown or maybe two would be the only scoring in a match (granted this was the reverse bodylock era after the first minute of each period, and that was actually pretty fun). I had just as much success in Greco on the state level as I did in Freestyle, but I just didn't enjoy it as much and I didn't feel like the style suited my strengths of scrambling and being able to out-maneuver my opponent once we got into wrestling positions. I am curious what you have to say in response to this part, since obviously your kids are doing exactly what I am about to say. I never understood, and still don't understand, how anyone can just go into the practice room and wrestle Greco every day. As I stated above, we would wrestle Greco for two-weeks before Greco State and I was so tired of pummeling and trying to dig inside for the same exact same positions over and over for just those practices. It felt so one dimensional and boring to me. I don't mean that to be disrespectful towards Greco, it was just how I felt about that style of wrestling versus Folk/Free. That is the genuine answer to why I never considering switching to Greco. I found it boring and one dimensional in comparison to the other styles. I am curious what your boys would say in response. It seems like once you reach the level that your sons are at, it would be incredibly difficult to have "fun" working on the very very minute details that separate very good Greco wrestlers from the truly elite Greco wrestlers over and over every day. Honestly, what do Otto and Max work on day to day? In folk/free that are endless setups, fakes, and combinations so that you can always continue playing with new ideas. It just seems like there are only so many different things you can do in Greco in comparison. That is my feeling as someone that casually wrestled Greco here and there in high school. I'm sorry for going to long in my reply, but I am treating your question as a genuine one and wanted to give you an honest and genuine answer.

It would appear he and the kennys did not make the trip. They all train together as well as are all Iowa guys so I wonder if someone made the call and felt it best they not go.

Never heard of any.

OU had their wrestle-offs today and Soldano got majored by freshman Mason Ontiveros 2026-27 Crimson and Cream Dual Results Match 1: Anthony Harris Jr. def. Carter Vannest, MD 12-3 Match 2: Mikey Ruiz def. Jonathon McGinty, Dec. 7-1 Match 3: Isaiah Powe def. Eric Casula, TF 23-5 Match 4: Koufax Christensen def. Alex Braun, Injury def. Match 5: Tyler Wells def. Tyson Charmoli, Dec. 4-2 Match 6: Jack Gioffre def. Dallas Russell, Dec. 2-1 Match 7: Rafael Hipolito Jr. def. Layton Schneider, Fall (1:24) Match 8: Owen Eck def. Trae Rios, Fall (2:47) Match 9: Bryce Burkett def. Finn Shepard, Dec. 7-4 Match 10: Mason Ontiveros def. Brian Soldano, MD 16-7 Match 11: Bradley Hill def. Liam Daniels, TF 17-1 Match 12: Sebastian Degennaro def. Mikey Ruiz, TF 16-0 Match 13: Isaiah Powe def. Koufax Christensen, TF 15-0 Match 14: Owen Eck def. Bryce Burkett, Dec. 7-2 Match 15: Jersey Robb def. Anthony Harris Jr., Dec. 7-3

Slava looked good and controlled the entire match for sure. Conversely, Woj looked bad, which may be a product of Slava being some in control, but Abe looked slow and uninvolved much of the time, never set up any shots or worked for anything. Was just sort of out there kind of playing defense.

also @notawrestler welcome I see your x posts all the time wish more of those guys would come over here. Aside from Che I cannot handle the his chechen prop from all angles.

Anthony Timeline: HS- Freshman year at Allen HS, transferred to Blair as sophomore, kicked out of Blair midseason for pulling a knife on someone, transferred to Bergen Catholic midseason and was somehow eligible right away(got embarrassed by Shayne Van Ness in the Blair dual a few weeks later), transferred back to Allen after the year for his junior year, transferred to Stillwater HS and was kicked out of school there. College-Originally committed to Oklahoma State and spent time in the room with RTC. Kicked out due to reports of him shooting up someone's car. Committed to Iowa the following year and was in Iowa training with the HWC and wrestled at Soldier Salute-contrary to what others said he didn't leave after the Solider Salute tournament but the following spring. Committed to LIU and was on the team and redshirted. Committed to Morgan State to transfer then decommitted a few weeks later. Committed to Campbell and wrestled for year before announcing plans to transfer again. Committed to Morgan State again and then decommitted a few weeks later again. Committed to D2 Newberry and is on the roster but won't be within a few weeks. He was suspended and isn't even on campus anymore right now.

In general, it also helps to be pleasant and to not make enemies. If you aren't doing a lot of winning, it is best not to make waves. I can see Beichner as someone who may not have always been a shiny happy person holding hands. Maybe an isolated incident: he called me up one morning, while I was at work, to chew me out about one of my athletes whom he was recruiting. It was off-the-mat stuff caused by the kids less than desirable family situation (that was affecting his Buffalo recruiting) but I was getting chewed out for it. Kid ended up at a different school and all-Americaned, so he overcame his home life, but I was left with a very bad taste in my mouth for that program.