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Where is Bo Nickal at 184?

Cons - DT is coming up in weight, I disagree on the 'part-time' part as I guarantee you that he will have a full, proper camp. If the version of DT we saw that pinned returning worlds medalist, a much younger (prime) and rested Valencia is out of shape, then the in-shape version is going to be a world beater. - Sadulaev could be considerably older. We'll never actually know. He is also coming off what used to be considered career ending surgery - Ghasempour is also coming off what used to be considered career ending surgery. DT hasn't had any career ending surgery aside for the whooping that got put on him by Brooks at OTT. I agree on the size thing, though. He is smaller. Albeit, Ghasempour was 86 KG and forced out. Sadulaev has been 97 KG and got CHONKY, so dropping back down to 92 KG (~202lbs) for the first time since 2016 Olympics (in which he was 86 KG) might not go so well for him.

Their schedule is absolutely LIT.

I said 190/197. I think we have had more unique/separate multi-time champs at the other weights.

I will go first... Styles make matches and with how both Snyder and Yazdani have controlled Ghasempour, I just don't see how he has anything for Sadulaev. Mind you, that is assuming that Sadulaev is healthy. Taylor seemed to have a bit of trouble with that underhook from Thicclay. Mind you, he has handled Yazdani's underhook - the best in the game - for the better part of the last decade now, so I don't think that will pose him any problems at Worlds. So right there, I think it is Ghasempour - the only one to have won 92 KG Worlds - as 0W - 2L in this theoretical round robin. I am okay being wrong here, btw... but also consider that both Ghasempour and Sadulaev both have had some serious surgeries since they were last on the mat at Worlds/Olympics. That could play a factor as well.

I am pretty stoked to get this thread here, if that is the intention. That said, how do we see 92 KG going at Worlds, assuming we see Taylor, Ghasempour, and Sadulaev all enter? Do we think one beats the other two or do we think we could see a A beats B beats C beats A sort of scenario?

I don't know, man. Watching Facundo roll around with Ryder in various videos, then watching Facundo - Haines at OTT... Ryder will be massive at 174lbs and Haines will be about average sized - at best. Haines - O'Toole did not have anyone with a clear size advantage and, if anything, Haines was considerably more lean.

He is the cream of the crop from M2. It was a joke, either way. I thought it was classless. A 17 year old can be corrected of that and I think he will be.

Yeah. I punched my fone when he headbutt Pantaleo. I was ready to beat the living piss out of his dad and DT (with a baseball bat) over that bullshit.

I think Duke is a surefire. He is going to grow in to 74 KG. Blaze has the frame for 65 KG, but he is lean. Some guys don't add weight good. I am less sure about him.

Why doesn't The Brain put on the actual Who's #1? @Husker_Du

Pretty sure he is a lock to AA this year, per sources here.

Barr was a massive 189lber at U20 Worlds this year.

Great and apt word usage.

Or maybe he plans on battling it out for the 133lbs spot, winning it, and forcing Crookham up to 141lbs?

I understand it's hard to imagine it, I agree. I also understand that if the plan was 174lbs for him this year, he wouldn't have weighed 157.1 - 165.0 during his Alpha Certification.

Duke legitimately headbutted Pantaleo a full second after the whistle at WTT. He was losing and couldn't handle that as being a fact.

157 - Facundo (Kasak Redshirt) 165 - Mesenbrink (Sealey Redshirt) 174 - Haines (Ryder Redshirt) 184 - Starocci 197 - Barr (Mirasola Redshirt) 285 - Kerkvliet (Mirasola Redshirt) I would really like to see both Evans and Cochran get some reps in, which they likely will. I then want to see them go the Bearclaw route and go elsewhere for their final year.

He weighed under 165.0 and it has a green check, meaning his Alpha Certification is completed and passed.

For his Alpha Certification the weight class he weighed in at was 165lbs. What that means is that he weighed in between 157.1 - 165.0. See above. He was legitimately already weighinf 165.0 or less whenever Penn State did their Alpha Certifications.

So it was because he was a shitstain at the very least. To be clear turdbiscuit < shitstain (I think?).

He hasn't been able to get it done when it counts? He has beaten everyone the US had to throw at him at least two years and then also won multiple age level world titles (and medals). Are you defining 'when it counts' as winning senior worlds golds every year? If that is the case, the USA doesn't have anyone getting it done 'when it counts' and everyone should hang them up.

So Bono is a turdbiscuit, right?

Facundo is already under 165lbs. You think he is now going to decide to go back up to 174lbs?

https://youtu.be/i4J21nkVoZY?si=r96lWlPycc53QirX