If we get it - Higuchi - Spencer is going to be amazing. Higuchi has no fear.
Kerry McCoy is cornering Cruz.
RBY's match is the perfect example of the difference between someone who has focused on freestyle their entire life and someone who has not. It's why for many Americans there is an adjustment period when concentrating on international wrestling as you need to unlearn certain habits and learn others. RBY losing had nothing to do with the weight class IMHO. He made a boatload of tactical errors and then had to go into desperation mode late.
I’m a bit worried about Spencer vs Harutyunyan. Harutyunyan goes hard for 6 min and Spencer seems to gas a bit
Rei Higuchi (JPN) with a quick 10-0 tech of Darian Cruz (PUR)
Hold on, I jumped the gun, Challenge Cruz, he wins & the score is changed to 10-1
Higuchi finishes the Tech in the 2nd period & the match ends 12-2 (3:23)
Hold on, I jumped the gun, Challenge Cruz, he wins & the score is changed to 10-1
Higuchi finishes the Tech in the 2nd period & the match ends 12-2 (3:23)
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Wound up being 12-2 after Cruz challenged the last score.
It looks like they plucked a bunch of Amish guys out of the fields of Lancaster to wrestle here.
Aman looking good against Abakarov. Aman vs Higuchi will be fun if it happens. Abakarov won worlds 2 years ago beating Gilman in the finals but Aman just teched him
Experience had nothing to do with how easily he gave up his legs. His reaction time (speed) was off early. Sure, he did crawl to the edge, but that's a mistake even veteran FSers try to get away with.
And then yeah, desperation mode after that. RBY is the fastest guy in the bracket - but it sure didn't look like it.
The Armenian is definitely better than Zou. He will also attack Spencer more -- then again, so would the camera crew. To be seen if that is to Spencer's advantage.
100%. He usually darts in and out but this match he just handfought. It was weird
Maybe because we've seen him for years as the Geico Caveman?
Beautiful D from Helen and she turns into her own td. Up 7-0 now
Now that’s the best Spencer I’ve seen in awhile.
57kg - Quarterfinals - Spencer Richard Lee (USA) VS Bekzat Almaz Uulu (KGZ)
P1:
Straight to the tie up, Lee ducks, but can't finish & Almaz counters for the TD, 2-0, restart
Spencer quickly in on the legs for a TD, has the legs laced & gets a turn, 4-2, working for another, but can't get it, restart 5:13 left
Tying up, Almaz pushing forward, stoppage for something, restart
Spencer back to the legs & gets another TD, 6-2, has the legs laced again & gets a turn, 8-2, restart, 4:28 left
Tying up & pushing, Spencer reaches for a leg, nothing, comes around & gets another TD, 10-2 & adds a turn for the TECH 12-2
Spencer Lee TECH Bekzat Almaz Uulu 12-2
Spencer looked fantastic & dominated from start to finish.
P1:
Straight to the tie up, Lee ducks, but can't finish & Almaz counters for the TD, 2-0, restart
Spencer quickly in on the legs for a TD, has the legs laced & gets a turn, 4-2, working for another, but can't get it, restart 5:13 left
Tying up, Almaz pushing forward, stoppage for something, restart
Spencer back to the legs & gets another TD, 6-2, has the legs laced again & gets a turn, 8-2, restart, 4:28 left
Tying up & pushing, Spencer reaches for a leg, nothing, comes around & gets another TD, 10-2 & adds a turn for the TECH 12-2
Spencer Lee TECH Bekzat Almaz Uulu 12-2
Spencer looked fantastic & dominated from start to finish.
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I thought RBY started the match extremely tentatively, and maybe that is an experience issue.
86kg - Quarterfinals - Aaron Marquel Brooks (USA) VS Hayato Ishiguro (JPN)
P1:
Pushing at the start, more slapping & hand fighting than tying up
Ishiguro warned for slapping, restart
Brooks working an underhook, but Ishiguro goes to his knee
Ishiguro warned for something again, restart
Brooks working an underhook again
Passivity warning Ishiguro
Ishiguro working a 2 on 1, trying to stay away from Brooks' underhook, 4:45 left
Passivity warning #2 Ishiguro, goes on the clock
Stoppage, Brooks warned for something, restart
Tying up, Brooks tries some snaps
Brooks shot clock point, 1-0
Stoppage & restart
Brooks coming forward off the whistle, Ishiguro reverses him & gets a step out, 1-1
Brooks might have gotten a little too aggressive there
Tying up, Brooks reaches for an ankle & gets to it, but can't finish as Ishiguro pulls away.
The period ends in a 1-1 tie.
P2:
Back at it, tying up & hand fighting
Ishiguro half shot, nothing,
Brooks shoots, Ishiguro whizzers, Brooks keeps working & gets the TD on the edge, 3-1, restart, 2:26 left
Ishiguro shoots, nothing
Ishiguro tries an underhook, nothing
Brooks half shot, nothing, 2-min left
Brooks drops in on a leg, Ishiguro trying to fight it off & tires to flip Brooks over, but Brooks comes out on top & is looking for the pin, but can't get it, 5-1, restart, 1:20 left
Brooks shoots, Ishiguro sprawls, Brooks counters & comes around for another TD, 7-1
Brooks is looking slick!
Injury time Ishiguro, but not for long & we're back at it
Ishiguro drives foward, but Brooks evades him, Ishiguro gets to an ankle, but Brooks counters for another TD & it's 9-1, restart, 27-sec left
Ishiguro coming forward, Brooks drops in on a leg & gets another TD for an 11-1 TECH in 5:47
Aaron Brooks TECH Hayato Ishiguro 11-1 (5:47)
Aaron looked much more comfortable in this match & controlled the entire match. Brooks was very close to getting a pin too.
P1:
Pushing at the start, more slapping & hand fighting than tying up
Ishiguro warned for slapping, restart
Brooks working an underhook, but Ishiguro goes to his knee
Ishiguro warned for something again, restart
Brooks working an underhook again
Passivity warning Ishiguro
Ishiguro working a 2 on 1, trying to stay away from Brooks' underhook, 4:45 left
Passivity warning #2 Ishiguro, goes on the clock
Stoppage, Brooks warned for something, restart
Tying up, Brooks tries some snaps
Brooks shot clock point, 1-0
Stoppage & restart
Brooks coming forward off the whistle, Ishiguro reverses him & gets a step out, 1-1
Brooks might have gotten a little too aggressive there
Tying up, Brooks reaches for an ankle & gets to it, but can't finish as Ishiguro pulls away.
The period ends in a 1-1 tie.
P2:
Back at it, tying up & hand fighting
Ishiguro half shot, nothing,
Brooks shoots, Ishiguro whizzers, Brooks keeps working & gets the TD on the edge, 3-1, restart, 2:26 left
Ishiguro shoots, nothing
Ishiguro tries an underhook, nothing
Brooks half shot, nothing, 2-min left
Brooks drops in on a leg, Ishiguro trying to fight it off & tires to flip Brooks over, but Brooks comes out on top & is looking for the pin, but can't get it, 5-1, restart, 1:20 left
Brooks shoots, Ishiguro sprawls, Brooks counters & comes around for another TD, 7-1
Brooks is looking slick!
Injury time Ishiguro, but not for long & we're back at it
Ishiguro drives foward, but Brooks evades him, Ishiguro gets to an ankle, but Brooks counters for another TD & it's 9-1, restart, 27-sec left
Ishiguro coming forward, Brooks drops in on a leg & gets another TD for an 11-1 TECH in 5:47
Aaron Brooks TECH Hayato Ishiguro 11-1 (5:47)
Aaron looked much more comfortable in this match & controlled the entire match. Brooks was very close to getting a pin too.
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How did Brooks only get 2 for that exposure?
What a second period from AB!! Blew it open
