Poeta out at Illinois. Seems like an all-around weird situation after he was suspended for some sort of contract violation.
greco opens with 77kg and 87kg today…
britton holmes off jump against KAZ…
it has been a minute since holmes has wrestled overseas…
always liked his style… super gritty…
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here we go…
feed not on the mat so i am going bird’s eye…
KAZ controlling center…
holmes goes drag…
getting snapped pretty good…
holmes on the russian but getting pushed to the zone…
holmes put down… 1-0…
holmes blocking off with the elbow… opens and KAZ gets his lock… high gut for exposure… and again… 5-0 KAZ
defense did not look great…
that is the way the first ends…
KAZ digging unders and pishing holmes all over the mat…
6-0 after the step out…
KAZ snaps and gets front head… another step out… 7-0 KAZ
holmes just can not hold position… gives up another step out for the 8-0 tech…
just was not much fight there…
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wild finish between GEO and RUS…
RUS going full spider monkey sprint for the last 10 seconds (feed dropped)…
GEO went full euro exhausted can’t get up…
the coach brought out an old time ice bag to put on his poor head…
can not remember the last time i saw one of those…
JFC…
peanut (US ref) trying his best top absolutely ruin a fire match between gutu and abdevali…
makes me crazy…
praise odin he won’t be on the whistle for any US matches…
levai gets dropped his first match by the young iranian abdi… wild…
our guy PJ up against POL…
PJ taking ground early… digs an under… quick drag… on the russian…
POL starting to control center a biut better…
sneaky little drag by POL but PJ steps out…
ref motions for POL… puts him down… 1-0 PJ…
PJ gets him in the air belly to belly and gopes big for 4 OOBS… 5-0 PJ…
PJ on front head… trying hard for head piunch near the edge… shucks for the go behind but ref whistles it dead…
PJ pushinghard into the zone… POL bails on an armspin and they allow him and call a slip… awful…
PJ gets an extremely late step out to go up 6-0 at the break…
PJ controlling center and takingg rouynd early second… POL very uncomfortable and tries bad lat drop and goes staright to his back for 2 and the 8-0 tech for PJ…
very solid match…
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our guy PJ and the russia coming up…
multiple time world medalist fritsch from HUN goes down i nthe quarters to a russian…
crazy…
PJ takes the mat…
PJ digging for unders and the russian… couple of drag attempts, but RUS holding center well…
PJ put down… 1-0 RUS…
RUS working low gut PJ defending well… RUS keeps low and then flips over the head and immediately reverses it back and gets PJ in the air for throw and 4… 5-0…
that was super slick… never seen it done quite like that…
at the break…
PJ opens up with a strong under attempt… back to cross drag on the wrist hold… RUS gets put fown… 5-1…
PJ low gut but defended well… jumpos sides and gets RUS up a little bit but can not convert…
PJ coming forward hard but RUS with hips out and head down… ref warns them both to get their head up… 1 min left…
RUS will not open up and the ref lets him block off with head down… PJ crashes skulls hard at the end…
RUS not too happy about it but whatever…
after got the big lead he could block off the rest of the match…
that was a crazy unique par terre from RUS… not describing it well, but, it totally caught PJ off gaurd…
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i guess just Max is wrestling not Otto ?
otto tomorrow and max sunday…
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nice
yeah… otto opens up with what should be a gimme match…
i know i have said that before and been left wondering WTF just happened, but, it really should be…
then he will have former senior silver medalist from KAZ…
Max has senior world champ Mammaldi off jump on sunday…
i am pleased to see joe warren there for this tourney… he missed croatia and i think it had an affect overall…
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well piss…
aliev gets tech smashed in first period by GEO in the semis and PJ is now officially out…
Kids from Maryland come up to pa for open tournaments sometimes. It doesn’t go well.
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100%. PA wrestling is a different world than WV and MD, most of the state at least.
coming up through youth, we thought the same thing when PA kids would try USAW stuff…
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PA is generally very weak in freestyle and greco. They are only really exceptional at folk.
I’ve noticed from just rolling with them in BJJ or MMA, guys who are state champs from PA in wrestling are often a lot easier to fuck up than middling high school wrestlers who are better at greco and freestyle.
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It’s easy to rattle off NCAA champs from PA, very difficult to name many that succeeded at international levels or at the highest levels of MMA.