'25 Ironman Tournament (12/12-14) thread

Tom McAndrew

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The 2025 Ironman Tournament is scheduled for Dec. 12 thru 14.

The following PSU commits or verbals are registered for the tournament:

- Jayden James
- Grey Burnett
- Gavin Mangano
- Clinton Shepherd

Please use this thread for all pre-tournament, in-tournament, and post-tournament discussion about the '25 Ironman.
 

El_Jefe

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Top seeds at PSU Commit weights:

126:
1 Paul Kenny - Iowa
2 Grey Burnett - PSU
3 Nicholas Garcia - Illinois
4 Ignacio Villasenor - OKST

144:
1 Jordyn Raney - OKST
2 Tyler DeKraker - Goofers
3 Clinton Shepherd - PSU
4 Gavin Mangano - PSU
5 Matthew O'Neill (Malvern Prep 2028)
6 Robert Duffy - Iowa

165:
1 Melvin Miller - VT
2 Jayden James - PSU
3 Lucas Boe (2027 uncommitted)
 

SlipperyPete

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126 pounds R64- Grey Burnett vs. Ryan Hockaday (BROW)

Period 1:
The mat 10 feed just started. Burnett is up 3-1. Burnett snatches an ankle & finishes another TD, 6-1. He has a cheap tilt locked up, he's getting swipes & then gets the fall!

Grey Burnett FALL Ryan Hockaday (1:26)

Clinton Sheppard, Gavin Mangano & Jayden James have a first round bye.
 
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SlipperyPete

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Round of 32:
Bout #123: 126 pounds- Grey Burnett vs. Kaden Potter (SCE)
Bout #163: 144 pounds- Gavin Mangano vs. Frank Nitti (ICCA)
Bout #164: 144 pounds- Clinton Sheppard vs. Ben Vasas (WAJE)
Bout #219: 165 pounds- Jayden James vs. Augustus Smith (CAC)
 
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SlipperyPete

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126 pounds R32- Grey Burnett vs. Kaden Potter (SCE)

Period 1:
Circling & tying up. A bit of a scramble to start us off, but no scoring by either wrestler. Collar ties & circling. Burnett drives forward with an underhook, then drops to a leg & finishes the TD off the screen, 3-0. Potter is still off the screen & hasn't returned to the viewing area. Now he's back. Looks like it might have been a headgear issue. Burnett cuts Potter, 3-1. Underhooks & collar ties with some snaps. Potter shoots, Burnett counters, gets a leg & finishes the TD, 6-1. Burnett hits a tight waist tilt & adds 4 NF, 10-1. Burnett hits another turn, but they go out of bounds, restart. Potter is still down. Burnett looks for a turn with a half nelson & gets 2 NF more, 12-1. & time expires.

Period 2:
Burnett takes down. He gets the escape, 13-1, then drops in on a leg & finishes the TD & the 16-1 Tech

Grey Burnett TECH Kaden Potter 16-1 (2:27)
 

SlipperyPete

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144 pounds R32- Gavin Mangano vs. Frank Nitti (ICCA)

Period 1:
Tying up & hand fighting. Nitti shoots & finishes the TD, 3-0. Mangano hits a reversal, 3-2. He locks up a tilt & adds 4 NF, 6-3. Mangano hits another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 10-3. He's tough on top! Mangano has Nitti bellied out on the edge. He locks up another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 14-3. They're off the edge of the mat & time expires.

Period 2:
Mangano takes top. He locks up another tight waist tilt & adds 4 NF more for the 18-3 tech

Gavin Mangano TECH Frank Nitti 18-3 (2:16)
 

SlipperyPete

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144 pounds R32- Clinton Shepherd vs. Ben Vasas (WAJE)

Period 1:
Shepherd pushes forward, throws in an underhook, drops to a leg & finishes the TD, 3-0. Shepherd cuts Vasas, 3-1. Shepherd hits a quick TD, 6-1, then cuts Vasas immediately, 6-2. Shepherd with another quick TD, 9-2, then hits a tilt & adds 4 NF, 13-2. Shepherd gets a chicken wing & hits another turn, but no swipes, as Vasas rolls through. Shepherd adjusts & adds 4 NF more for the 17-2 Tech.

Clinton Shepherd TECH Ben Vasas 17-2 (1:23)
 
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Used2beerie

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144 pounds R32- Gavin Mangano vs. Frank Nitti (ICCA)

Period 1:
Tying up & hand fighting. Nitti shoots & finishes the TD, 3-0. Mangano hits a reversal, 3-2. He locks up a tilt & adds 4 NF, 6-3. Mangano hits another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 10-3. He's tough on top! Mangano has Nitti bellied out on the edge. He locks up another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 14-3. They're off the edge of the mat & time expires.

Period 2:
Mangano takes top. He locks up another tight waist tile & adds 4 NF more for the 18-3 tech

Gavin Mangano TECH Frank Nitti 18-3 (2:16)
I was surprised Nitti was able to wrestle after the beat down that Elliott Ness laid on him.😎
 
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I was surprised Nitti was able to wrestle after the beat down that Elliott Ness laid on him.😎
 

SlipperyPete

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165 pounds R32- Jayden James vs. Augustus Smith (CAC)

Period 1:
Here we go! Collar ties & hand fighting. James hits a throwby & finishes the TD, 3-0. James cuts Smith, 3-1, then immediately drops in on a leg & finishes another TD, 6-1. Out of bounds & restart. James goes optional & gives Smith the escape, 6-2. James shoots & quickly adds another TD, 9-2. James concedes the escape again, 9-3. James drops to a low leg & finishes another TD, 12-3. He locks up a tilt & adds 4 NF, 16-3. James cuts Smith, 16-4. James presses forward with an underhook, then drops to a leg & finishes another TD for the 19-4 Tech.

Jayden James TECH Augustus Smith 19-4 (1:25)
 

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165 pounds R32- Jayden James vs. Augustus Smith (CAC)

Period 1:
Here we go! Collar ties & hand fighting. James hits a throwby & finishes the TD, 3-0. James cuts Smith, 3-1, then immediately drops in on a leg & finishes another TD, 6-1. Out of bounds & restart. James goes optional, 6-2. James shoots & quickly adds another TD, 9-2. James concedes the escape, 9-3. James drops to a low leg & finishes another TD, 12-3. He locks up a tilt & adds 4 NF, 16-3. James cuts Smith, 16-4. James presses forward with an underhook, then drops to a leg & finishes another TD for the 19-4 Tech.

Jayden James TECH Augustus Smith 19-4 (1:25)
19 points in 1:25 is pretty decent I guess
 

Lil Nicky Scarfo

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144 pounds R32- Gavin Mangano vs. Frank Nitti (ICCA)

Period 1:
Tying up & hand fighting. Nitti shoots & finishes the TD, 3-0. Mangano hits a reversal, 3-2. He locks up a tilt & adds 4 NF, 6-3. Mangano hits another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 10-3. He's tough on top! Mangano has Nitti bellied out on the edge. He locks up another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 14-3. They're off the edge of the mat & time expires.

Period 2:
Mangano takes top. He locks up another tight waist tilt & adds 4 NF more for the 18-3 tech

Gavin Mangano TECH Frank Nitti 18-3 (2:16)
Paisan vs Paisan crime
 
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Nitlion1986

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144 pounds R32- Gavin Mangano vs. Frank Nitti (ICCA)

Period 1:
Tying up & hand fighting. Nitti shoots & finishes the TD, 3-0. Mangano hits a reversal, 3-2. He locks up a tilt & adds 4 NF, 6-3. Mangano hits another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 10-3. He's tough on top! Mangano has Nitti bellied out on the edge. He locks up another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 14-3. They're off the edge of the mat & time expires.

Period 2:
Mangano takes top. He locks up another tight waist tilt & adds 4 NF more for the 18-3 tech

Gavin Mangano TECH Frank Nitti 18-3 (2:16)
Tough on top, just think what that looks like when Zain and Levi teach him how to draw a bow with an arrow.
 

a_mshaffer

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144 pounds R32- Gavin Mangano vs. Frank Nitti (ICCA)

Period 1:
Tying up & hand fighting. Nitti shoots & finishes the TD, 3-0. Mangano hits a reversal, 3-2. He locks up a tilt & adds 4 NF, 6-3. Mangano hits another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 10-3. He's tough on top! Mangano has Nitti bellied out on the edge. He locks up another tilt & adds 4 NF more, 14-3. They're off the edge of the mat & time expires.

Period 2:
Mangano takes top. He locks up another tight waist tilt & adds 4 NF more for the 18-3 tech

Gavin Mangano TECH Frank Nitti 18-3 (2:16)
first time watching him. Would like to see him on his feet more... looked like he was taken down rather easily there....
 
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SlipperyPete

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126 pounds R16- Grey Burnett vs. Finnegan O'Brien (BLAC)

Period 1:
Hand fighting, head taps & circling. Burnett throws in an underhook & drives O'Brien to the edge. Out of bounds & restart. Circling, head taps & hand fighting with brief tie ups. Burnett presses forward a bit, then drops to an ankle, but O'Brien kicks free. O'Brien hits a duck & gets the TD, 3-0. Burnett gets to his feet, but O'Brien takes him back down & out of bounds, restart. Burnett is still down. O'Brien rides out the remaining 5-seconds to end the period.

Period 2:
Burnett takes down. O'Brien tries a tilt off the whistle, but no luck. Burnett works to his feet, but O'Brien jacks him up & returns him to the mat. Out of bounds & restart. Burnett is still down. Caution on O'Brien for something & restart. Burnett rolls & gets a reversal, 3-2, then cuts O'Brien, 4-2. Burnett drops in on a leg & they're scrambling, head to feet now. They're partially off the screen. It looks like Burnett has the TD, but no points are on the board. I can't see much. Not sure what happened, but O'Brien is down off the screen. Now he's back & it's a neutral restart, no TD for Burnett on the last exchange. Burnett shoots, but O'Brien blocks him off. Burnett reaches for an ankle, but no luck. He drives forward with an underhook, but O'Brien circles back to center. More of the same until time expires.

Period 3:
O'Brien is bleeding & they're cleaning him & the mat up between periods. O'Brien takes down. Burnett breaks him down & locks up a tilt, but O'Brien rolls through. Burnett gets O'Brien bellied out, but it's stopped for blood. O'Brien is bleeding again. Back to action. O'Brien is still down & leading 4-2. Burnett gets O'Brien bellied out again. O'Brien gets a 2nd stall call, but the scoreboard is changed to 4-4. O'Brien gets an escape & the score is changed to 5-4. Wait, the score is changed back to 4-4, no wait, now it's 5-3. There's action off the mat that I can't see. Neutral restart, 29-sec left. Caution on O'Brien. Burnett drives forward & gets a leg. O'Brien rolls, but Burnett stays with him. Burnett comes up & is showing the ref his hand/forearm for some reason. Maybe he got bit? I don't know what's going on now. Burnett has his headgear off & O'Brien is complaining about something. There's 15-sec left on the clock, but this one appears to be over. The ref was touching the top of his head with his hand, but I don't know what that means. The scoreboard says it's 5-4 O'Brien with 15-sec left, but both wrestlers have left the mat. I'm going to have to check the brackets to find out what happened here. Looks like Burnett got Mike Tyson'd by O'Brien's teeth.

The bracket hasn't been updated yet, nor has the scoreboard changed. The zebras are talking at the table with a coach or someone in plain clothes, so hold on, this may not be over yet. Okay, the brackets have been updated. Burnett wins by DQ.

Grey Burnett OVER Finnegan O'Brien DQ
 
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Burnett won by DQ. O'Brain bit his arm with 0:15 seconds left winning 5-4. They are still talking about it. OBrian is still on the mat.

There are 3 or 4 refs on the mat with the tourney official still talking about it. Blair's coach not leaving.

Next match is starting. Bracket says Burnett won by DQ
 
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