Jimmy Cinnabon

He just posted on his IG what sounds like a retirement message. Congrats Zain Train, I’ll always be a fan!

Jason Nolf (+700) vs. Tye Ryotolo (-1000) In the first round of the under 80 kg division, Nolf will take on perhaps the tournament favorite in Tye Ruotolo. Back in June, Nolf made his grappling debut against former NAIA All-American Andrew Simmons. The former Penn State wrestler scored an early takedown and eventually worked his way into a match-ending arm-triangle choke. While that was a solid dip into the pond, he will be jumping into the deep end at CJI. Ruotolo is only 21 years old, but he has already put together an extensive resume highlighted by a bronze medal-winning performance at the 2022 edition of ADCC. He is also the current ONE Championship welterweight submission grappling world champion. Daniel Kerkvliet (+350) vs. Fellipe Andrew (-450) In his grappling debut, Kerkvliet will face off against the 2023 IBJJF world champion Fellipe Andrew. The IBJJF, which stands for International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, world event is considered the pinnacle of GI grappling. Andrew won the tournament in the under 94 kg division and followed that up with another victory at the 2024 Pan American Championships. Since losing to Rayron Gracie earlier this year, Andrew has gone on a 12-match winning streak that includes a submission victory over Anderson Munis less than 20 days ago.

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The first two are reportedly a done deal. Jordan Williams could slot in nicely at 149 for the Hawkeyes, what do you think?

Nolf and Kerk will likely lose in the first round. Wrestling is very different from grappling. Both guys probably get leglocked in under 2 minutes imo.

Look for him to transfer to Iowa!

He will be down in his final 3 in 2048.

Wyoming shouldn't come off this early.

Suriano won a couple of NCAA titles too. Did he get anywhere near that treatment?

There is a special exemption for grad students or students transferring to Iowa.

Iowa wants a team title next year. $1 million for 2 All-Americans might do it for them.

Wow, so Iowa could be paying $1 million to Buchannon and Teemer for 1 semester of wrestling. This is only worth it if you believe these 2 guys are the missing pieces to a team title. Nichols' cash must be burning a hole in his brokerage account.

Have to feel bad for Glazier. It wasn't enough to bring in Ferrari, now they bring in Buchannon. They must really hate Glazier.

Actually, yes. https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/hwc-out-performs-nlwc.449155/

Ok, so she was a member during the Olympics.

Is she not a member of HWC?

First, it's obvious Iowa/Hawkeye RTC had the best performance overall. The Lee and Kennedy Blades both won silver, which were the best performance the US team had in Paris. Second, it's obvious NLWC underperformed. RBY went 0-1, Zain went 0-1, Snyder got 5th (when he was favored to medal), Brooks got 3rd (really should have been in the finals) and Dake got 3rd (when he was favored to win). Third, overall it seems women are outperforming men at freestyle. This is no surprise given women ONLY wrestle freestyle at the college level. So is the takeaway that Iowa/Hawkeye receives a boost and Penn State/NLWC loses a bit of luster amongst recruits who have Olympic aspirations? Bonus: how impressive is Japan? They dominated in both styles in both men and women's. Imagine a college team of Japanese wrestlers...how would they do at NCAAs after a few years of practicing folkstyle?

Spencer isn’t done. Snyder, Dake and Zain are done it seems.

Is the luster gone? Or is this an overreaction and NLWC is still our best RTC?

He would have pinned Yaz.

Since when is Rei Higuchi a member of NLWC?

In both men and women's wrestling...in both Greco and Freestyle, Japan is amazingly good. Why is this? Asian countries tend not to be known for proficiency at strength-based sports, but rather precision/technique based sports like diving, table tennis and badminton. Yet Japan seems to stand out as an Asian country that is tops overall when it comes to wrestling. What explains this? I can't imagine sumo is the reason why.

Yaz gave up. Noble. Are you allowed unlimited injury timeouts? Seems weird.

US men are likely bringing home 0 golds. Sad.

Dake went to Penn State?