after day 1 US leads team points 130 over Iran with 105…
the only #1 guy Iran has sent is yazdani who is at a new weight and coming off his second shoulder surgery, so, i am sure they want to see where he is at…
i saw a clip of him wrestling domestically couple of months ago and he looked so old and very dad bod…
i am definitely curious to see him tomorrow…
tomorrow we have 79, 92, 97, and 125…
79-
Wick has a bye and then will face BIRO from romania (no real results) or AMIT from india (continental medals and wrestled for bronze last 2 years at U20).
Hamiti also with a bye and then will face winner of Esmi from iran or Braunagel… esmi has enver repped iran internationally but did do some beach wrestling last year… he is young… Braunagel hasn’t repped the Us overseas since a junior pan am gold in 2019…
92-
they split up the small bracket into 2 pools…
Plott, Macchiavello, Georgia, and India on top round robin…
Hidlay has the 2 iranians on bottom…
97-
Buchanan opens with Canada… couple of U20 pan am silvers few years ago… yazdani on the bottom side of the bracket…
125-
Thomas opens up with SHARIPOV from senior bronze last year…
Hendrickson has a bye then will face the winner of BAJCAJEV from hungary (several continental medals and has wrestled for bronze several times at senior worlds) or JANMOHAMMADZ who doesn’t seem to have wrestled internationally yet…
with how horrible hendrickson looked at seniors last year, i am curious what he does tomorrow…
we open up with buchannan and canada at 97… can controlling the ties and gets the step out… 1-0… buchanan changes levels and grabs the single gets his leg in the air and secures the trip and TD OOB… 2-1 bychanan… level change bu B and grabs right side leg and the immediately reattacks left leg for the TD and gut… 6-1 at the break… ankle pick that misses can steps out and buchana right back in on a shjot for mthe TD and then a lace… 10-1… gets another TD to win by tech 12-1
lanham and hungary… i guessed i missed him yesterday on the bracket… i do not recognize him at all… in a tie and Hun shrugs him for the TD… 2-0… lanham working for a go behind and hun does a nifty reach back and grabs both legs and rotates to take him down… 4-0… hun with a td on the edge (i missed it) failed challenge makes it 7-0 then adds another step out late first to go 8-0 at the break…
hun on a knee in the corner and refusing to egt up… trainer comes out… nice little lunger break… there was supposed to be a rule where any injury time taken unnecessarily would be a point against… still have not seen it in effect this tourney yet…
i have no clue who this lanham is buit he has a beautiful mane of hair… sexy bastard…
hun in on a single… lanham has him extended… hun peaks out and is in better position but lanham fights that off… ends up around in front… goes half for the TD and pin as hun screams in pain tapping out and starts grabbing his hammy…
adorable…
hungary being carried off the mat… hard to say if it is an injury or just a production… no matter either way…
yazdani!!!
looks physically vbetter than last time i saw him just walking to the mat… much tighter… is small for a 978kg guy…
immediaty has front head and chasing the edge… circling back and forth… rklentless but can not secure the go behind… back on the feet…
geo warned…
yazdani with the patented iranian under takes geo OOB with ease… 1-0
snaps to front head… gets the wuick go behind 3-0… works a l;ace and then puts in a half… nothing doing
geo in on a shot… yaz sprawls… geo tries to peak out but yaz catches the under up to the feet and driving OOB and geo tries to bail out on an arm spin and yaz gets the TD… 5-0 at the break…
yaz with a snap go behind and trap arm to go up 9-0 earlyu second…
yaz ended up with another TD quick for the 11-0 tech…
looked good… not a big 97kg at all…
hidlay and iran…
heavy hand foght… iran on the edge gets the step out to go up 1-0…
hidlay lots of snaps and clubs but iran gis the under and takes him to the ewdge… hidlay whizzers but iran gets the TD to go up 3-0…
hidlay learning what a real underhook reallis… getting controlled and gives up two more step outs to go down 5-0… iran wants a fleeing…
hidlay looks cute trying to dig an under in his exaggerated style but cant not get anything against iran… 5-0 iran at the break…
iran snap… hidlay ha;lf shot… back onthe feet… hidlay shrugs and flips iran over the top and secures the TD… 5-2
hidlay pressuring forward and gets the step out 5-3 2 minutes left as iran is starting to wilt…
iran with uinder… hidlay shrugs again but caught… iran is flattenned out but grabs the leg and prevents the go behind… gives up the step out 5-4 and iran throws the brick… this is the new step out rule in full effect…
regardless of outcome it is smart for iran… lost challenge will still give him criteria and much needer lunger…
5-5 hidlay with criteria… my bad… horrible challenge… forgot hidlay did have an TD…
less thenm a minute… iran has front head o nthe edge while hidlay grouns himself… iran trying eveerything to go beghind but cna not get it… maybe should have just trioed to bum rush for the styepo out?
hidlay fights off the presure while backing up and gets warned late for fleeing but secures the win 5-5 criteria…
solid match… hidlay might be shoryt on technique but he is long on weaponized pace…
thomas at 125 gets teched by sharipov 10-0 earl;y second… was not watching…
braunagel and iran…
braun immediately steps in for a snap and iran gets the leg and drives OOB for the quick TD and 2-0 lead
wash rinse and repeat 4-0 iran…
braun with another snap and works hard for the go behind and finally secures… quick trap arm and turn… 4-4 braun
another hard snap fior braun… iran flattenned but has the leg… braun keeps fiughting and gets the go behind and anopther trap to go up 8-4… iran gets out front and then gets a qucik TD 8-6 braun
iran dives in on the leg braun sprawls and gets the go behind 10-6… at the break…
iran wont come back to center… medlin and other usa coach (can never remeber hios name) losing their shit…
braun in on a leg… being defended… baruan gets the exposure and then go behind and adds another turn… 14-6… iran cooked as medlin losing his shit even more…
cold spray is out… this was supposed to be taken care of in the new rules…
baraun forn head and gets as close to the go behind as you can get and not get it iran continues to scramble and gets the TD… 14-8…
braun immediately in on both ankles… iran sits o nthe butt and braun gets the TD… 16-8… another immediate dive in by braun but gets flattenned out…
minute left and iran about to die…
lots opf scrambling around on the mat with each about to get the TD but they come to their feet and braun with the double and 18-8 tech 15 left…
i can never keep the braunagel twins straiught, but, this is the one who switched from greco back to free and stayed with medlin… his brothjer stuck with greco and moved somewhere else… i am thinking curby in NY?
just a little interesting…
Plott and Macchiavello coming up at 92kg…
Macc wearing headgear always offends my sensibilities…
M lots of posting on the head early… half hearted hgih croitch attempt… ear to ear…
plott wartned for passive…
neither very dynamic offensively and it shows… plott o nthe clock…
as soon as i say that… plott in on a high crotch… has leg in the air driving… M triews an ill advised chest wrap and goes atright to his back OOB for 4… wants the brick initially but cooler heads prevail… 4-0 plott minute left in first…
back to lots of ear to ear… fingers… clubns.. and half shots… M makes a late bum rush and gets the TD and goes to lace as time expires… 4-2 plott at the break…
more of the same early second… plott does get in on a high crotch and drives OOB for the TD… 6-2 1:30 le3ft
lots of positional battle… plott content to just down block… gives up a step out late 6-3… M gets in on a leg but plott does a nifty little spin on the edge fter intially looking like he was just going to abil and picks up the win 6-3…
sexy bastard lanham and france…
france on the clock… 1-0 lanham…
france dives in on an ankle… lanham goes through the crotch… france sticks with it… lanham steps over eventually and tries to kick out but gets his legs caught and immediately falls into a lace and is getting rolled up but saved as time expires… 8-1 at the break…
lanham sweep single attempt… france in on the ankle… starts another scramble that france is just techincally better… lanham is pulling up o nthe leg and france is not liking it… clearly tweaked from the last scramble… gets the TD and then to the trap for the 12-1 tech… lays there for awhile and finally limps off the mat…
wick and india… have been watching wick for years bounce around all sorts of weights and no matter what he always looks absolutely huge… wick with the step out 1-0… then gets an ankle and chases it hard for the TD to go up 3-0… wick just so long and india can not do anything with it… first ends 3-0… early second… india trying to down block but wick can still reach his ankle with that wing span… 5-0… india does pick up a step out… 5-1… then wick gets another relatively easy TD… throws in a leg then cradles opposite side for the pin… crazy stuff…
braunagel and hamiti… totally missed it but looked like a super quick tech for hamiti… will revisit… hamiti making B look slow… on the ankle… circles out… outside to the ankle again for the TD… 2-0 early… H shoots a single and so much quicker finishes after being slightly extended… 4-0… hamiti with a super slick cross ankle pick and braun falls into a lace for the quyick 10 -0 tech… that was an ass beating…
buchanan and india… nuchanana after giving up early step out gets a TD and laces up india to go up 8-1 and a caution and 1 fleeing… bricked… 6-1… quci kstep out for india makes it 6-2… go behind and gut for B makes it 10-2… quick step out from india and then late TD make it 12-3 at the break… step out india 12-4 early second… buchanan looking a little tired… india pushing him around but cna not score… B dead on his feet… india with the gp beiuind… 12-6 minute left… pishout 12-7… B somehow gets a TD off a bad shot india reattack flattenned out and then go behind… 14-7 and B about to die… ends 14-7 buchanan… vicky from india is not a punk…
hendrickson and iran… hendricksaon quick shot off the whitstle switches to double drives to the edge but iran manages to free and H only gets the step out… 1-0… hendrickson with the pace and quick shots on the restart and drives him OOB again for 2-0 in the first minute… iran warned for passive… H back in iran stuffs and they come over under 50 50 and H does not want to be there with iran… gets out iran snaps gets front head circling circling circling but steps out… 3-0 H… iran stuffs a half shot… gets front head… H peaks out just enough to open up the high crotch… drives OOB again to go up 4-0 1 minute left… iran sloew to center… iran in a single… hendricksaon goes throughthe crotch… then chest wrap and gets the exposure for for 2 after kicking him over… does the exact smae thing and is able to step over and grapvine for the pin late first… H looked much better than he did at worlds… appears to have his head on now…
and yazdani all coming up next… yazdani so good… had a nifty slight left drag while pushing up the right elbow to a high crotch and 4 fett to back OOB… so slick… 14-2 tech for yaz in the second… missed the last TD for 4…
probably going to have to do some quick recaps after…
Macchiavello and Geo…
geo on the 2 on 1 ealry… clash of heads… M just pulling on the head… GEo back on 2-1… M warned for passive minute in…
Geo back on 2 on 1 and M just posting on the face… illegal i ngreco… hate they allow it in leg grabbing… wash rinse rep[at… M on shot clock… 1-0 GEo and finally caution and 1 on M for hands to the face…
this match was too boring to try and go back and watch but M ends up with the 3-2 win…
Hidaly and the other iranian in his round robin,
very controlled pace early with ear to ear for the first minute… nobody noving their feet at all…
hidlay digs under, iran peaks out and flips him over on the edge for the step out… 1-0 iran…
iran wartned for passive…
hidlay again with the under pi8shing forward iran again with the peak out to firemans for feaat to back OOB… 5-0 iran
hidlay coming forward… iran nears the edge then snaps him down… then right back to the same p[osition and iran grounds himself… hidlay working front head trying to get any angle… iran blocks the thigh high and then peaks out and puts hidlay OOB for the step out again… 6-0 at the break…
hidlay again with the same under pushing forward… iran dances the edge not sure how he did not step out… goes high crotch and flattens but can not get behind fully… ref wants to give hidlay the step out point but white paddled…
right back to same scenario again… iran again wiuth the peak out from the under and gets the go behind… 8-0 2-12 left…
same scenario again but hidlay catches the anjkle on the edge and gets the TD OOB 8-2…
same thing again but hidlay changes levels this time and gets the double going… iran tries to chest wrap and gives up feet to back 8-6…
iran bricks it…
challenge lost 8-7 iran 1:40 left exact same thing again with hidlay claiming ground and iran peaking out from the under on the edge and getting the step out after a bit of scrambly in the air… hidlay wants 2 but it wasnt… 9-7…
wash rinse repeat… iran peaks out on the edge… hidlay catches it this time and gets the leg this time to go feet to back OOB fpor 4… ref wants just a step out… judge confirms and chair immediately calls them all over to confer…
they are going to stick with the step out for hidlay… 9-8 1 minute ledt
guess what?
hidlay with the under driving forward and iran peaks out but this time does it before the rpotection area… hidlay strays with it and gets the leg and iran again goes chest wrap and hidlay takes him over for the TD only for 2… 10-9 hidlay finally in front 40 seconds left to go…
H a little mroe chill wit hte lead but is coming forward… gets another step out 11-9…
that is the final… fukn hell what a match…
wick and hamiti in the semis at 79kg…
wick is keeping hamiti tied up and his legs are still 6 feet away… nullifying hamaiti speed…
hamiti warned…
wick catches single from across the mat and gets leg in the air but cant finish TD and settles for step out… 1-0 wick…
hamiti catches an ankle… wick oput of position but drapes… hamiti scrambles out the back as wick trying to hold ankles… gets the TD and the trap arm… 4-1 hamiti…
wick shoots in late but hamiti down blocks and head clubs his way out… 4-1 at the break…
hamiti snapping and reaching for opposite ankle… wick staying strong defensively…
wick dives him… down blocked… hamiti reattacks and wick stuffs him and gets the go behind but hamiti still keeps ahold of the leg so not turn… 4-3…
wick snaps goes double.. hamtii stuffs it but wick so long he keeps ahold and keepos going for both ankles… hamiuti goes chest wrap defense but give up the exposure and just stays in danger burning clock for way too long… wick up 5-4 with 14 left…
hamiti posts elbow dive in on ankle and scramble ensues with hamiti coming out the back for the TD with about 5 seconds left and secures the win 6-5…
really nice match…
hidlay and macchiavello semis match… M trying to keep pace slow… hidlay under… posts and then grabs single for the TD… really nice… 2-0
M has hidlay fround on the edge late… hops over him and appears to grab both ankles but no TD awarded sticks with it and gets the step out as time expires… 2-1 hidlay…
M doing good playting defense and slowing hidlay down…
M posts goes double and gets the TD 3-2 M… hidlay finally goes monkey pace and immediately gets the step out to go up 3-3 criteria and splits his face open… lots of blood time and the gable wrap…
hidlay loses the gable wrap after clinched up ear to ear and causally tosses it away knowing M isnb’t going to attack…
25 seconds left and M starts trying to take ground… over under 50 50… hidlay circles out for the 3-3 criteria win…
must have missed plotts other matches… wait… plott and iran in the other semi… iran quick push out on plott… 1-0…
plott on the clock… irran gets step out and wants caution and 1 for fleeing and should have got it… 3-0 after shot clock expires… gives up a gpo bejuhind and gutted off the mat for the 11-0 tech in the first for iran…
foreign guys try to actually wrestle hidlay and jump out to big ;leads but cant hold on…
M shows true folk form and just do nothing and try to win it by 1…
buchanan and france semis… buchanan in on a single… france fighting it off nut grabs under buchananas leg and just pulls him on top of france and buchanan gets the pin… weirtd…
yazdani and geo other side… yaz controilling with unders and gets the step out early… yaz front head trying to circle but geo catches the leg and yaz just bails o nthe positoion and gives up the TD… 2-1 geo…
yaz driving forward and shrugs from the under to get the TD qucik on the restart… 3-2 yaz… yaz back on the unders to the edge geo tries to circle but ends up giving up the TD… 5-2 yaz and my feed resets
aaarrrggghhh!!!
rewind…
late first yaz digs under and kinda shrugs and has the leg but GEO immediately on the switch to egt the TD 5-4 yaz…
yaz back going forward opn the under grabs the leg on the edge… geo whizzers but yaz gets the TD 7-4… injuury time for geo shoulder…
yaz back going foward and the retart and geo tries to dance the edge but gives up step out super late 8-4 at the break…
yaz on the under early snaps to front head cant get anything going…
wash rinse and repat o nthe resatart…
yaz gets the under and drives geo to the edge for the step out and caution and 1 for fleeing… 10-4… restart quick TD as geo is melting… 12-4
add another go behind for yaz for the 14-4 tech
hendrickson and poland semis at 125…
hendrickson coming forward… poland circling and circling and hendrickson gets to a single… has his leg ion the air o nthe edge and then cracks back for feet to back for 4… super nice…
H with another TD o nthe restart and a gut togo up 8-0 1:30 left
hendrickson goes double and drives poland off the mat about 10’ feet but only gets the step out… 9-0
H psuhing hard and goes spider monkey for the step out for the tech but but flattens out and then comes up and poland scrambly and he ends up with the stepo out… 9-1 at the break…
poland goes highcrotch right off the restart and hendrickson stuffs and reattacks chasing ankles until he finally gets the TD for the 11-1 tech early second…
i saw an interview with hendrickson after worlds last year and made the comment that when he got there he did not feel like he did at NCAAs and trials and just did not perform…
clearly it was mental and he knew he did not do everything he needed to go into worlds…
he looked very sharp and focused today…
obviosuly, the comp is not the best for the leg grtabbers here, but, he still looked very sharp…
i have to think that roper being at the cowboy RTC now has to be a big difference…
roper is a true wrestling nerd and one of the best minds in wrestling domestically in my opinion…
anyway…
i need a damn break…
be back for finals…
Appreciate the play by plays.
these ranking tourneys are tough on a brother with multiple americans entered everywhere…
but…
doing this keeps me engaged particularly during the leg grabbing…
greco starts tomorrow and i am all giddy about it…
