2024 Olympic Trials match and discussion thread
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Because nobody has ever lost a folkstyle match in controversial fashion.
86kg Connor Mirasola vs. Max Dean
P1:
Tying up in the center, Dean trying an underhook, nothing
Both guys being aggressive fighting for position
Connor is a big kid; looks bigger than Max to me
Passivity called on Mirasola
Mirasola on the clock
Dean snap & go behind for the TD 2-0
Dean with a gut & turn 4-0
Passivity point for Dean 5-0
Back to neutral
1-min left
Not much more than pushing & fighting for control
Dean pushes Mirasola to the edge & gets a step out, 6-0
Period Ends
6-0 Dean
Max Askren in Mirasola's corner
P2:
Circling in the center & hand fighting
Mirasola shoots, but Dean fights him off
Mirasola with a deep shot for a TD 6-2
2-min left, back to neutral
Mirasola with an ankle pick, Dean gets around Mirasola for the TD 8-2
Dean with a roll 10-2
Dean with another roll 12-2
86kg Max Dean TECH Connor Mirasola 12-2
P1:
Tying up in the center, Dean trying an underhook, nothing
Both guys being aggressive fighting for position
Connor is a big kid; looks bigger than Max to me
Passivity called on Mirasola
Mirasola on the clock
Dean snap & go behind for the TD 2-0
Dean with a gut & turn 4-0
Passivity point for Dean 5-0
Back to neutral
1-min left
Not much more than pushing & fighting for control
Dean pushes Mirasola to the edge & gets a step out, 6-0
Period Ends
6-0 Dean
Max Askren in Mirasola's corner
P2:
Circling in the center & hand fighting
Mirasola shoots, but Dean fights him off
Mirasola with a deep shot for a TD 6-2
2-min left, back to neutral
Mirasola with an ankle pick, Dean gets around Mirasola for the TD 8-2
Dean with a roll 10-2
Dean with another roll 12-2
86kg Max Dean TECH Connor Mirasola 12-2
Usually in freestyle if a guy is on his back it seems like they call the fall in a second. A minute here with nothing to show for it.
I'm glad I'm an American so I can watch a better style of wrestling.
I'm glad I'm an American so I can watch a better style of wrestling.
Sealey wrestled Marinelli pretty much as tough as Levi just did. Sealey has improved a lot this past year and I can’t wait to see him once he gets in the PSU room
Wasn't wise for Beau's corner to challenge when Beau was leading on criteria at that point.
PD3 will be 12 beers deep by the time the finals roll around.
Just curious if anyone else is getting close captioning on the Peacock quad box? I can't turn it off.
TBH it’s not out of the Downey Realm of Reality to take the mat in a singlet tomorrow for the finals.
Recent Results:
57kg- Zane Richards DEC Luke Lilledahl 5-3
57kg- Thomas Gilman DEC Jax Forrest 5-4
57kg Con- M.Blaze DEC N.Megaludis 2-2
57kg Con- L.Lilledahl DEC L.Cronin 2-2
65kg Con- Joey McKenna DEC Beau Bartlett 3-2
74kg Con- A.Marinelli DEC L.Haines 11-7
74kg Con- L.Lockett Over V.Josepf (FF)
74kg Con- T.Berger DEC A.Facundo 5-5
86kg Con- E.Wick Over C.Starocci (INJ-DEF)
86kg Con- M.Hall Over P.Downey (FF)
86kg Con- Max Dean TECH Connor Mirasola 12-2
57kg- Zane Richards DEC Luke Lilledahl 5-3
57kg- Thomas Gilman DEC Jax Forrest 5-4
57kg Con- M.Blaze DEC N.Megaludis 2-2
57kg Con- L.Lilledahl DEC L.Cronin 2-2
65kg Con- Joey McKenna DEC Beau Bartlett 3-2
74kg Con- A.Marinelli DEC L.Haines 11-7
74kg Con- L.Lockett Over V.Josepf (FF)
74kg Con- T.Berger DEC A.Facundo 5-5
86kg Con- E.Wick Over C.Starocci (INJ-DEF)
86kg Con- M.Hall Over P.Downey (FF)
86kg Con- Max Dean TECH Connor Mirasola 12-2
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Serious question- how can you take the opponent down and nearly pin him and only score 2?
The Bull just has way too much consolation bracket experience for Levi to overcome.
That’s the post of the day right there, lol 😆
Who knows? This probably goes all the way back to the Greeks, The Trojans probably challenged them to a dual meet and Agamemnon got pissed off that Achilles and his Mermidens kept winning so they changed the rules 😂
Saw him at Champs drinking a Natty Light with an unlit cigar in his mouth. He seemed pretty chill.
Nearly pinned? He was decked. How the ref missed it is inexcusable.
Nico Megaludis vs. Marcus Blaze in the hole Mat 2
Luke Lilledahl vs. Liam Cronin in the hole Mat 4
Bartlett and his corners know the rules. It was a very unwise challenge and it cost him the match.
My biggest gripe (of many with freestyle), you can hold a guy on his back for 45 seconds and only get 2 points. Pins are hard.
You can put a guy in a lace after a simple takedown and end the match in 20 seconds. Sitting exposures are simply not the same level of domination compared to a chest to chest on his back.
(1) There should be a provision for a near Fall count, and (2) I think a 6 point maximum is needed on any one sequence. Ending a match with only one good lace and a crocodile roll simply sucks.
Well, you know the days over when Gas Tank Gary is on the mat, so I assume we're done for now 😂
Attempt at a serious answer:
Generally, in a single move from the ground, you can't get the exposure *and* the takedown. Going from feet to back, +4. Takedown, then a turn, 2+2. But Bartlett started with an exposure that turned into the takedown, so that was only ever +2
Next, holding him over the shoulder (folkstyle NF criteria) doesn't tick up any more points, you have to return them to a defensible position then expose the back again.
For the fall, it was hard to see the other shoulder, but ref was there and didn't call it. I thought he had it, but I'm biased, and freestyle refs are normally pretty quick with it.
Challenge was a big mistake.
Is Cael in Blaze's corner for this match? LOL.
Agreed. If you can gut wrench and leg lace someone non-stop, I don't understand why Bartlett did not get two more after he took McKenna over a second time with the half. It was however a mistake to challenge the call since Bartlett led 2-2 with only 45 seconds left. That said, it should have been a pin, McKenna was flat several times. FS can be confusing. Even my wife who knows nothing about wrestling was confused about the outcome.
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