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Why you trying to jinx my irregular heart beat, my man?

To sort of prove your point, 100*0=0, just like 5*0=0. Not deserving is simply just not deserving. From someone who is definitely not a fan of him as a person, I am pumped to see him because he is the best wrestler on the planet this millennium and our overall product of wrestling, regardless of styles, is better when he is wrestling. His shtick may be annoying, but to deny that the talent, ability, and performances aren't up to snuff is a personal thing for you as well as anyone else who is 'Meh' about it. The mfckr is the best in the highest weight class (weight classes exist for a reason). As an aside, and not just a direct response to you but to anybody who things they deserve to have an opinion: The only people who deserve an opinion on ORS are those who have earned it and those who are making the legislation/rules about it. Otherwise, it's whinging by definition. It could easily be argued that he is in the same class of 2019, because he did, in fact, earn the ORS. That means for every class of 2019 graduate who did not, he deserves the same eligibility.

Career isn't a criteria any more.

Career isn't a criteria. If Steveson gets 100% bonus, including over the defending and undefeated (last year) champ, he probably gets it. Unfortunately, Starocci isn't going to bonus PK unless he decks him.

Sold, yep.

I am available.

Nope.

This is legit great *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me*. Wow.

FWIW, I predicted the score exactly as it was...

They have been rolling out this lineup all year.

I was hoping this was a Blue Dragons Jr VS Magicman thread.

I also heard ThugMassa G is stepping up for Allred at 184, since Allred has gone in to hiding as is Micic at 125 in an attempt to block Lightning Luke from attaining that Top 5 ranking.

A ) AI agrees? You should have stuck with using your own opinion. Your opinion holds much more value to me in a discussion type manner than any manner of AI might. Also, it isn't AI - it's a computer program that scrapes the internet for the most statistically logical answer. It isn't an actual opinion of some AI think computer. I would think that you wouldn't need the opinion of some fake machine for validation. B ) I came up in an era when people I knew and actually trained with destroyed their lives over cutting weight, up to and including death. I wrestled 134lbs when I weighed about 140-145lbs typically. I was not the norm. Our 126lber weighed as much, if not more than me, quite often. That is why I don't want anybody cutting too much weight. I am a big advocator to not cut weight. If you over the next weight class up (145lbs going 133lbs, for example), you should not be going 133lbs. The long term effects could be lethal. C ) I am okay with my opinion on needing new weight classes being different than yours or anyone else's opinion. I still would prefer we align with the international weights. I think we would see more wrestlers give the senior level a go - at all weights. I also think that we might find more 'gems' that are just better at MFS than they are collegiate folkstyle. D ) Why are you still using boxing? We are more like Judo, Jits, or MMA than Boxing in most every regard. Hand speed matters a lot more in boxing than any other sport. There is a reason that chonkers (sans Fury who is ~6'9" with the reach to go with) don't often thrive at heavyweight. Slow hands.

My opinion is well known. I want our weights to line up with UWW's weights. I didn't include boxing because they have 42 weight classes and it is less like wrestling than MMA (UFC) is. Broadening the discussion doesn't and does help both sides depending on who you use from recent memory. Jon Jones or Ryan Bader. One proves it doesn't matter, although he did bulk in to the weight class. The other proved it didn't matter until he ran in to a guy who was clearly too large for him. Edit: Weigh-in rules are quite different, too - two hours versus ~36+ hours...