2025 World Championships
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Jax was absolutely the better wrestler there. He started trying to do some flipping around and actually pulled the other wrestler into the exposure but they gave the exposure to the other guy.
Tough loss for Jax. Those two may have scrapped in the training room at some point because Yessengaldi spent at least a month or two in Stillwater this year.
Tough loss but what an outstanding tournament for Jax. His physicality and defense have been a revelation
I was shocked by the Harutyunyan tech fall over Spencer Lee. That’s the same guy that Daton teched in the world championships a few years ago, right?
and it wasn’t just some lucky TD and quick turns. He just put it on him
Zahid dominated the guy from Japan for the gold. Looked 30 pounds heavier than the Japanese guy. Didn’t give up a point the whole tournament (49-0). Absolutely beautiful wrestling. Only guy he didn’t tech was 2x World Champ Ghasempour (7-0)
...bang, bang and some fall down with more to come in the future.........OSU, the center of the wrestling universe by 2028-29..........best to all..............rs
Jax got royally screwed! IMO, he earned being a World Medalist!
I will refer to him from now on as World Medalist Jax Forrest!
I will refer to him from now on as World Medalist Jax Forrest!
Rin has Canada. RBY has Cruz vs Rea D3 guy from Wilkes PA winner. Then Harutyunan for bronze
The singlet pull before the one they looked at was the one a point should've been awarded on but the buzzer wasn't working. That was BS . The last one I didn't see a pull
In freestyle they will always award the offensive wrestler unless the defense guy changes the direction. I saw KAZ lift the leg and as Jax was going back he grabbed the shoulder. I didn't have an issue with those. The buzzer not working cost him 1 for sure on a singlet grab that Zo was trying to challenge
There needs to be an appeal situation when the tourney equipment malfunctions.
I know it’s not a for sure win because that pull occurred with about 30 seconds left….but damn it.
Insane that something like that can happen at the highest level of sport.
Jax was robbed. It was pretty clear. It’s unfathomable that he had never really focused on freestyle and he was still learning rules and technique earlier this year.
Hidley is world champ. Came back from 0-8 to win 13-10. Don’t know what it is about how Americans train, but we never seem to gas the way Russians or Iranians do.
I think it’s folkstyle focus for most of the careers on these guys.
We actually put a premium on mentally wrestling hard and trying to "break" people. The rest of the world doesn't think like that at all about wrestling.
With the exception of my 2nd all-time favorite wrestler Besik Kudukhov. Dude wanted to break everyone he wrestled.
They think of wrestling as more of an art from.
Think about the difference between the way the 80s Pistons played and the Golden State warriors of the 2010s.
Watched Zahid's matches on replay. Dude is just bigger, faster, stronger, meaner, and has a bigger gas tank than all of his opponents. Very impressive! Congrats to Zahid and the Cowboy RTC!!!
(I still don't understand freestyle rules... tech falls in 20 seconds, scoring is so open to interpretation that they need a committee of refs... but that's neither here nor there)
(I still don't understand freestyle rules... tech falls in 20 seconds, scoring is so open to interpretation that they need a committee of refs... but that's neither here nor there)
Now watched Jax's matches. Man... how is he so strong lol. He looks tiny but just whoops dudes with all kinds of traditional and unconventional techniques. Beyond excited for this kid to be a Poke! Can't wait to see what he can do with mat wrestling too
OK again I don't get freestyle. At the end of the 1st period how did Uguev only get 2 points? He took Jax down and then exposed Jax several times. I counted 6-8 points but the refs awarded 2... so confused.
OK again I don't get freestyle. At the end of the 1st period how did Uguev only get 2 points? He took Jax down and then exposed Jax several times. I counted 6-8 points but the refs awarded 2... so confused.
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He is referred to a World Medalist Jax around here!
There aren't degrees of back points in freestyle... just back points. Once his back is exposed, he needs to get back to a "defensible position" in order for further back points to be awarded.
That’s fine, I agree on one exchange there.
The facts are he let a big lead diminish, but he was robbed. That was such a terrible few minutes of fandom that was controlled by poor ability on officiating.
Jayden Raney is into the quarters with two wins
The Raneys seem to have a bright future in Greco tho. We might have a couple consistent medalists in a few years.
I really like the idea of focusing Greco. Nobody seems to and it feels like a useful path to World/Olympic medals.
Shoot, I take an Olympic Bronze in breakdancing if I could. I’d be so dang proud of a Greco medal I’d be lonely because I’d be too hard to be around.
I watched it. He was out muscled, his opponent was the 1 seed and a multiple time world champ. He scored 5 points in the 1st and Raney really went after him in the 2nd, but couldn't get much going. Raney was starting to wear him out, but not enough horsepower.
Agreed. But not only that, A folkstyle wrestler w/ high level greco skills is a dangerous opponent. Guys who dont have a feel for it are at a disadvantage imo. A high level greco guy will feel times when his opponent has put themelves in a vulnerable position and the other guy wont have a clue. Just the training of using the hips so much is so valuable in all positions. How many matches have we all watched that a better wrestler was beaten by a guy with crazy good hips? IYKYK.