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Nickal's trinity of training tips and teachers (Jesus, Trump, and Masculine Toxicity) couldn't get him out of round two.

I was only having some fun with the original claim of the post. I've seen quite a few fit and even thin refs

and a folkstyle match

here's the match, which blaze won

My theory: many refs are former wrestlers who once cut a lot of weight. When they stopped wrestling, they never stopped eating. Oh, and it was delightful for a while ... until the extra pounds arrived as the metabolism slowed. The problem with this theory: most of the refs don't look like former wrestlers. Hence the need for a new theory: New theory: many of the refs wanted to be wrestlers earlier in life. They showed up to a few practices. They didn't like the demanding work ethic and/or the need to "take home" the sport, which meant among other things, to live on a healthy and at times strict diet outside of practice. So, in their later years, they became part time refs to relive their non-glory years as non-wrestlers. The problem with this theory: I have no empirical evidence for it; just a hunch. But WKN (Wrestleknownothing) might be able to find some statistical support for or against it. He's a crafty man. It's time to interview a few referees and get to the bottom of this 100 pound mystery. FLO, Intermat, Baschamania ... are you game?

1. LL can't give up an early TD because Lee is so good on top 2. Keep getting to those angles on single legs, which LL did during the US Open 3. Consult Ono, who was able to slow down and stop Lee 4. LL has a better gas tank and the odds go up the longer the match goes on, especially into the second period, where Lee often fades because of the weight cut and his muscle mass 5. Work with Gilman on the above, who is also familiar with Lee

The Bassett loss is somewhat surprising. He's got another year of high school, but one has to wonder how he will be at the college level. He overwhelms high school guys the way, say, Marsteller did, but Marsteller didn't have that same ability at the college level.

World Team Trials Challenge Tournament – May 16-18, 2025 @ Louisville, KY The event only applies in weight categories where a 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle Olympic Medalist or 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle World Medalist did not accept their automatic berth to Final X or where there is no 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle Olympic Medalist or 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle World Medalist. The World Team Trials Challenge Tournament is a one match final. Wrestlers who meet the following criteria will qualify for the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament: a) 2023 Senior Men’s Freestyle World Team Member b) 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle National Team Member c) 2024 U23 Men’s Freestyle World Medalist d) 2024 U20 Men’s Freestyle World Medalist e) 2024 U17 Men’s Freestyle World Champion (age eligible) f) November 2024 Armed Forces Men’s Freestyle World Medalist g) November 2024 Bill Farrell International highest placing (top 4) U.S. athlete, who has yet to qualify, will earn a spot in the 2025 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament h) February 2025 UWW Medalists at Ranking Series events #1 & #2 i) March 2025 NCAA I top 3 place finisher j) April 2025 Senior Men’s Freestyle U.S. Open Championships - top 7 place finisher per weight class k) May 2025 Senior Pan American Championships Medalist The winner of the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament will advance to the Final X.

If you want more detailed information, here is the place to look: https://www.themat.com/team-usa/team-selection-criteria

The US Open winner gets to advance to Final X at the same weight category in which they won. If a weight has a returning World/Olympic medal winner, Final X is then set. If there is no returning medalist at the same weight, the 2nd Final X participant will be determined at World Team Trials. If a returning medalist is changing weights, they are not eligible to accept a Final X bid, they must go through the US Open or World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. Champions from the US Open are not eligible to compete in the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament.

Someone should get a sense of his VO2 Max. It's a measurement of the amount of oxygen your body can use (i.e., how efficient it delivers oxygen to your muscles) during intense activities (sports) and an indicator of cardio fitness. It can also predict athletic performance. I do distance running and Garmin watches can give you an approximate (but pretty accurate) number. There are more exact ways of measuring it as well. Your volume of oxygen maximum (VO2 Max) invariably declines with age (dropping roughly 10 percent per decade at a certain point in your life, though you can slow it down with a lot of training). The point: I'm sure MM's is quite high. A large dose of that is probably genetic. Elite runners and cyclists usually have very high VO2 Max. It's good to know what your range is in any event to get a sense of your long prospects with health.

Anyone know what happened in the 130KG Greco finals. I heard Schultz pinned Coon and then Coon FF the second match. Injury from the first match?

Perhaps JB is now salivating at the idea of going to WTT at 79 KG. Salivating but not eating anything.

Article 43 – Technical Superiority Except from the fall and the disqualification, the bout must be stopped before the end of regular time when: - There are 8 points difference in Greco Roman style and 10 points difference in Freestyle between the wrestlers The bout may not be interrupted to declare the winner by technical superiority until the action is completed (see article 27). Article 27 – End of the Bout The bout ends either when a fall, a disqualification by injury of one of the opponents are declared, or at the end of the regular time. A match ends by technical superiority (8 points difference in Greco Roman wrestling and 10 points difference in Freestyle and Women’s wrestling). When a wrestler scores 8 points more than his opponent in Greco-Roman Wrestling and 10 points more in Freestyle and Women’s Wrestling, he wins the match by superiority. In any case, the referee must wait for the end of the action: attack, counter-attack or takedown where the wrestler is in a position that may lead to a fall. If the referee has not heard the gong, the mat chairman must intervene and stop the bout by throwing a soft object on the mat, in order to attract the referee’s attention. Any action begun at the time when the gongsounds is not validated and no action performed between the sounds of the gong and the referee’s whistle is valid. When the bout has ended, the referee stands in the center of the mat facing the mat chairman’s table. The wrestlers shake hands, stand on either side of the referee and await the decision. They are forbidden to lower the shoulder straps of their singlet before leaving the competition hall. Immediately after the decision is announced, the wrestlers shake hands with the referee. Each wrestler must then shake hands with his opponent’s coach. If the above provisions are not observed, the wrestler at fault will be penalized in accordance with the Disciplinary Regulations. It would seem that Carr was not in a position that would lead to a fall, so they stopped the match when MM attained a 10 point lead. At least that is the way I interpret it.

How much was DT able to help Zahid against Dake? I'm sure knows all of Dake's strength's and relative weaknesses ... even if he was unable to exploit them himself. It must be tough coaching against your best friend and former room partner

U20's Men's Freestyle Quarterfinal Matchups 57 - Antonio Mills vs Evan Sanati 57 - Davis Motyka vs Christian Castillo 57 - Anthony Knox vs Blake Beissel 57 - Ronnie Ramirez vs Mack Mauger 61 - Elijah Cortez vs Timothy Koester 61 - Kellen Wolbert vs Sam Herring 61 - Aaron Seidel vs Manny Saldate 61 - Kyler Larkin vs Isaiah Cortez 65 - Bo Bassett vs Eren Sement 65 - Daniel Zepeda vs Luke Stanich 65 - Alex Braun vs Drew Gorman 65 - Ryan Kennedy vs Pierson Manville 70 - Melvin Miller vs Cross Wasilewski 70 - Jaxon Joy vs Vince Bouzakis 70 - PJ Duke vs Collin Gaj 70 - Clayton Jones vs Landon Robideau 74 - LaDarion Lockett vs Boeden Greenley 74 - Danny Heiser vs Dominic Bambinelli 74 - Joe Sealey vs Chase Van Hoven 74 - Ben Weader vs Zach Hanson 79 - Brock Mantanona vs Omaury Alvarez 79 - Louie Cerchio vs Mario Carini 79 - Collin Carrigan vs Travis Grace 79 - Waylon Cressell vs Will Henckel 86 - Aeoden Sinclair vs Jack Lesher 86 - Carson Thomas vs Nicholas Fox 86 - Max McEnelly vs De'Alcapon Veazy 86 - Jake Dailey vs Adam Waters 92 - Connor Mirasola vs Carson Gooley 92 - Sonny Sasso vs Angelo Posada 92 - Cody Merrill vs Tucker Hogan 92 - Mason Ellis vs Karson Tompkins 97 - Justin Rademacher vs Soren Herzog 97 - Kingston Daniells Silva vs Cade Ziola 97 - Aiden Cooley vs Quinlan Morgan 97 - Lusiano Lopez vs Camden McDanel 125 - Michael Mocco vs Rocco Dellagatta 125 - Jay Henderson vs Connor Mirasola 125 - Dreshaun Ross vs Richard Thomas 125 - Coby Merrill vs Koy Hopke

Meanwhile, U20s carry on into the night and the morning and the night and the morning. Until they perhaps opt for a Squid Game war of attrition

Best match was 61KG. A festival of fun

NLWC 3 champs OKS RTC 4 champs All the other RTCs 3 champs

What is Mason Parris doing these days? And will either he or Gable S. show up at WTT?

Brooks is already pretty bulky. Not sure where he is going to pack on 11KG of muscle to be at 97KG. I would think 92KG would be perfect for him ... until the Olympic team trials ... but maybe he wants to start the process sooner rather than later

The seasons come and go ... but Kyle Snyder remains

Dake seems to have more energy at 79KG.

Avoidance of Dake/ZV (world medalists)?

Yea, that was weird. Dake definitely stepped out. Maybe it was a make-up non-call for some of Zahid's self-groundings