shimo from japan reppin’ Austria just dropped former world champ Nad from serbia…
nad won worlds in serbia where the entire team skipped weigh ins and did extremely well…
anyway…
nutter will have Shimo…
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otto talking motogp with me now before his match…
definitely relaxed…
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nutter and shimo…
nutter burying his head… shimo controlling center with an under…
nutter gets his lock and goes head an arm… shimo counters for 4… nutter comes back on top for a 2…
then gets his lock in par terre and rolls shimo up for the 12-4 tech…
pleasantly surprised…
challenge brick out for not returning to defensible on the guts from nutter…
i can see it…
challenge lost… 13-4 final score for nutter…
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Best of luck to Otto today. It’s early here on the east coast but you are even a few hours earlier aren’t you?
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i am mountain time…
getting up all week at 1:30 and still trying to work and sleep during the afternoon fukn kills me on these tourneys…
getting old…
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I’m lucky to have gotten a normal sleep. Have to wake my son up in a few min then head to mawa qualifier.
smash kill destroy…
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otto up next against senior world silver form KAZ…
slow pace early… otto reach around attempt… kaz goes arm spin and otto on top but white paddled…
another arm spin from kaz that otto catches and gets the TD and a turn to go up 4-0 early first…
otto playing defense… weird for him… gets warned for head down…
quick duck attempt after the restart…
and another…
4-0 otto at the breaK
PACE PICKS UP WEARLY SECOND…
otto giving up a bit of ground… ref wnats his head up[ again…
duck attempt that almost converts for the go behind…
ref hits otto witha caution and 1…
4-1 otto 1:40
hand fight is strong until kaz fades with 30 left… otto defense on point and comes away with the 4-1 win over a senior silver medalist…
smartest i have ever seen him wrestle…
very pleased…
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saw that U20 world champ from russia that beat otto in the finals in 2024 got dropped 9-1…
didn’t get to watch much during ottos match, but, damn…
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otto will have another Indian in the quarters…
no results to speak of…
feel very good about getting into the semis…
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quick story while waiting for ildar next…
this year at U20 worlds good friend was chatting with KAZ coaches pre tourney… they made the snide comment that when they see an american in greco on the bracket they treat it as an automatic bye…
2 days later my guy’s son drops a KAZ kid in the tourney…
otto beats KAZ senior rep at U23 for bronze and then just dropped senior silver from KAZ…
it just makes me smile…
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anyway…
Ildar and AZE up next…
AZE controlling early with the russian…
ref mtotioing for ildar action…
AZE has and under… then switches to collar tie and wrist control…
Ildar put down… 1-0 AZE
AZE rolls him up in par teere with 4 guts for the 9-0 tech…
JFC…
that was too easy… no real fight out of il;dar in par terre…
Still in. War Blacks.
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otto and india quarters…
shit… otto turns his ankle 15 seconds into the match… same ankle he has been fighitng for a solid year…
fuk me
co,ld spray and and not limping to bad…
on the restart shucks india for the go behind and big belly to back for 4 and then 2 quick guts for the 8-0 tech and otto into the semis…
fuk yes
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we make a joke out of the cold spray, but, they unwrapped his brace and hit him with it and it did the trick…
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Great job today Otto! Also saw the Japanese/Australian won and then realized it was a Serbian. Won the same way Micic did.
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i remember otto and i watching the finals of micic and when he walked out we both looked at each other and busted out laughing…
it was shameful…
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nutter and GEO…
geo controlliong the hand fight… kinda shucks but cant get the full go behind… ends up going straight back for 4 and a quick gut… whistled out of bounds… 6-0 GEO
US throws the brick… not sure what they want…
challenge lost… 7-0 GEO 45 seconds in…
GEO is asking for defensive legs now and i think they are right…
the US may have just screwed themselves out of a fewmore seconds of a match
7-1 now???
anyway…
nutter doing better in the hand fioght on the restart until he isn’t and gives up a step out 8-1 50 seconds left…
nutter throws a bo and gest warned… then gives up a TD on the edge while being pushed out and whizzering… 10-1 tech GEO
At least he can call himself a world champion.
otto will have same GEO in the semis… U23 world silver…
i am hopeful otto’s ankle was just a scare… haven’t heard anything from him, so, may not know if he can go till the match…
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