Koontz and DAD MARZ from Iran at 55kg…
still not sure how the hell Koontz makes 55kg
koontz active on the feet but it isd all spinning shit on the outside…
Dad Marz hits him with the arm spin for 2 exposure… comes up to the feet and head pinch for 4 then add another exposure fdor the 8-0 early tech…
schultz and CRO…
some of the worst acne on CRO ive ever seen…
schultz on front head driving to the edge but CRO wrestles out of it…
schultz sticks with it and the call for across the throat as schultz is trying to go monster…
finally put CRO down…
schultz goes patented front head in par terre and CRO just stands up out of it…
1-0
they stay in a clinch for pretty much the rest of the period but schultz cant get past protection area…
1-0 at the break
CRO digging unders early second… they take turns pushing each other around… ref finally calls for schultz to be put down… 1-1
CRO works high gut but nothing and schultz comes out for the reversal… 2-1 schultz
fairly active clinch work by both…
slowing down last minute… schultz staying in monster psotion and finally gets the step out and then throws the CRO guy down on the mat…
a klittle agrressive…
CRO tries a flying squirrell late and gives up the TD late and they just let them finish the period in par terre and schultz gets the 5-1 win…
schultz looking better than he has in awhile…
we got a Georgian with the crossed straps… have not seen that in a long long time…
respect
Ganiev from UZB at 60 is soooo good…
we got an Austrian at 97kg with a mini mullett and a glorious mustache…
we are going back in time today…
sancho and GEO…
sancho down first…
paying way more attention to shiotani about to drop tibilov and keep max alive…
sancho gives up the [polish for 4… 5-1…
then back on the feet sancho tries to go big over and under to his back and pinned…
wow…
shiontani was down 7-0 after the first and then just wrecked tibilov in par terre in the second for the 15-7 tech
max still in it…
koontz officially out…
richards pulled back in…
ganiev techs shiotani 8-0 in less than 30 seconds so max officially out…
Foy officially out…
Peak officially out…
Sancho pulled back in…
Beka pulled back in at 82kg…
porter pulled back in…
Attao pulled back in…
another magical mustache from Turkiye at 82kg…
schultz and CZE semis…
kicked off account so missed first paret of match but CZE was pout down first but nothing doing in par terre… schultz 1-0…
lots of just leaning on each other in the center til the break…
schultz put down… 1-1…
CZE goes front head but slips off and schultz gets the reversal… 2-1
schultz will wrestle for gold and officially erans his first ever Senior medal in europe…
porter, sancho, and richards all win their first repechage matches…
attao got rolled up in par terre and is now officially out…
Beka wins his repechage match and will wrestle for bronze…
porter pins CRO and will wrestle for bronze…
sancho in for bronze…
Richards officially out…
sancho and UZB for bronze…
UZB gets the over under and his s grip… sancho backing out but makes it a 50/50 position and immediately gets tossed for 2…
sancho put down… 3-0 UZB
UZB gtes sanchos hips in the air and then just walks him over the top for exposure… never seen it done quite like that… 5-0…
on the restart they end up in the same 50/50 over under and sancho gets thrown OOB for 2 again… 7-0 at the break
starrt of the second and UZB very calmy allows sancho to push him to the edge and then blast a lat drop for 4 to get the 11-0 tech…
Beka and Iran for bronze… beka gets IRI down first… 1-0… Beka cant get anything going… at the break…
beka gets put down in the second and rolled up in par terre… 9-1 tech
Porter and KAZ on the other side for bronze… porter put down first… porter gets rolled up 3Xs but does end up with a reversal… 7-1 KAZ at the break…
porter gets KAZ put down but nothing… 7-2
kaz can just stay i nthe center and block off and he does… 7-2 final KAZ
schultz and kayaalp for gold…
not a ton of action on the feet predictably… Kayaalp does an armn throw slip…
gets shultz put down… 1-0… turns him 3Xs to go up 7-0 and going for the tech when schultz sits back and spins to the front head… gets no points or action out of it but avoids the first period tech…
at the break
schultz gets him put down i nthe second 7-1… jumps front head in par terre which he has never gotten a turn on anyone decent from that position…
the rest is just bear dancing til the end of match… 7-1 final
Personally, this was a rough tourney but US Greco had a much better performance overall than last year…
I can’t be too mad about…
The team is staying in Europe for the rest of the month and will be competing at the second rankings tourney in Albania last weekend in February…