They announced yesterday that non-olympic weight WTT will be in Omaha. If we send someone at 79, I hope those Nebraska fans can get their hatred out w/ boos as our guy beats JB (again).
I apologize, confused did Nick get the TD’s? Or lost after nearly pinning him after he faded? Thanks
Yea, it’d be great to see Douglas Dake win Gold and or Snyder, but I really wanted one of our biological children to win bad this year
Amouzad got the TDs, Nick nearly pinned him late, but lost 7-4.
74kg MFS - Semi-Final- Kyle Douglas Dake VS Daichi Takatani (JPN)
P1:
Hand fighting & head tapping to start the match
Dake drops in on a leg & gets the TD, 2-0, working a gut, but can't get a turn, restart, 5:17 left
Back to the head tapping & looking for an opening
Dake reaches for a leg, nothing, Dake reaches again, nothing, not fully committed shots
Takatani deep in on an ankle, Dake reaches over the top & gets both of Takatani's ankles, they keep working, Dake tries a chest wrap, but Takatani comes out on top & the ref is at the table, no points awarded, yet.
Score is changed to 4-3 Dake
Back to action & tying up, Takatani trying an underhook, but can't do anything with it
Takatani shoots deep in on an ankle again, Dake defending, comes over the top, Takatani gets Dake elevated & adds an exposure, 5-4 Takatani, adds 2 more exposures & it's 9-4 Takatani, restart. Takatani had Dake all twisted up there.
Dake looking tired, not doing much as the period ends.
P2:
Dake with a quick TD off the whistle & adds a turn with a trapped arm gut, 8-9 Takatani
Dake keeps working, but nothing more, restart, 2:30 left
Circling, Takatani coming forward, takes a half shot, nothing
Dake backing, Takatani deep in on the ankle again, Dake flips Takatani for 2, 10-9 Dake, but Takatani has the legs laced & gets 3 turns to make it 15-10 Takatani.
Dake couldn't do anything there. 1:30 left
Dake looking tired
Takatani back in deep on Dake's ankle, Dake defending, but Takatani driving forward & takes Dake out of bounds, 16-10, 48-sec left, Point not confirmed & it's still 15-10, restart
Takatani right back to Dake's ankle, Dake trying to defend, but there's nothing he can do
Time expires & Dake looses to Takatani
Conference at the table after the match & the score is changed to 19-12 Takatani
Dake challenging, 4.2-sec left
Challenge lost, point Takatani & the score is changed to 20-12
Not enough time left for Dake to do anything else
Daichi Takatani DEC Kyle Douglas Dake 20-12
P1:
Hand fighting & head tapping to start the match
Dake drops in on a leg & gets the TD, 2-0, working a gut, but can't get a turn, restart, 5:17 left
Back to the head tapping & looking for an opening
Dake reaches for a leg, nothing, Dake reaches again, nothing, not fully committed shots
Takatani deep in on an ankle, Dake reaches over the top & gets both of Takatani's ankles, they keep working, Dake tries a chest wrap, but Takatani comes out on top & the ref is at the table, no points awarded, yet.
Score is changed to 4-3 Dake
Back to action & tying up, Takatani trying an underhook, but can't do anything with it
Takatani shoots deep in on an ankle again, Dake defending, comes over the top, Takatani gets Dake elevated & adds an exposure, 5-4 Takatani, adds 2 more exposures & it's 9-4 Takatani, restart. Takatani had Dake all twisted up there.
Dake looking tired, not doing much as the period ends.
P2:
Dake with a quick TD off the whistle & adds a turn with a trapped arm gut, 8-9 Takatani
Dake keeps working, but nothing more, restart, 2:30 left
Circling, Takatani coming forward, takes a half shot, nothing
Dake backing, Takatani deep in on the ankle again, Dake flips Takatani for 2, 10-9 Dake, but Takatani has the legs laced & gets 3 turns to make it 15-10 Takatani.
Dake couldn't do anything there. 1:30 left
Dake looking tired
Takatani back in deep on Dake's ankle, Dake defending, but Takatani driving forward & takes Dake out of bounds, 16-10, 48-sec left, Point not confirmed & it's still 15-10, restart
Takatani right back to Dake's ankle, Dake trying to defend, but there's nothing he can do
Time expires & Dake looses to Takatani
Conference at the table after the match & the score is changed to 19-12 Takatani
Dake challenging, 4.2-sec left
Challenge lost, point Takatani & the score is changed to 20-12
Not enough time left for Dake to do anything else
Daichi Takatani DEC Kyle Douglas Dake 20-12
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Just wait until 2028. Faye will win gold for USA Field Hockey!!!
Pretty negative, no? Made it to the semis against a really good opponent. Sometimes shit happens. Brooks lost it after some inexperience. Why do we have to be all doom and gloom.
I dunno what the fix is, but the 2&2 in Freestyle is not a good product.
2 for 2 making the Olympic semis is pretty good
That was changed to 20 after a review & lost challenge. Yikes!
I never would have guessed that...shocking.
Never thought anyone could get to Dakes legs that much
Zain got the turns, and he did it by pulling the leg in the turn direction. The Bulgarian dude looked more to be wrenching it up. In a move like that, if it is not being executed correctly, it should be stopped.
I am as pissed right now as I was when Dake beat Taylor.
Are you the infamous Jimmy Cinnabon?
After watching Dake this morning, I’m in disbelief that he lost.
Just wish we could move past the subjective scoring of Folk and move to something everyone can understand like we just saw.
Who would have thought that winning an Olympic gold medal was so difficult?
The Japanese dude has been wrestling like he's possessed. Shocked that he scored a lot, but not shocked he won.
Pissed is strong, but I know what you mean. I feel the same. First Brooks, now Dake. Honestly, I think wrestling 20+ years of folk style is the difference. It's like honing different instincts.
I just had to let it out man. I'm ok now.
Yeah. Both guys who have wrestled so far will be wrestling for bronze medals. Atrocious. Gold in the Olympics is damned hard, btw.
Dake has won multiple world championships, in the end this shit is hard and he isn’t getting younger.
I feel you. Noted in yesterday's thread that after Brooks' loss, I went into an arrythmia my Kardia monitor called "unclassified" (pretty sure it was supraventricular tachycardia - been there before). 164 beats per minute for about 5 minutes. Thankfully it wasn't a bout of AFIB. Getting old sucks.
These guys have been wrestling freestyle since youth too.
Cruz up real soon. My wife is pacing around with her Lehigh shirt on... lol..
Most opponents don't dare to try because of his counter-offense. Sidakov and Takatani proved that confidence in your finishes can really pay off. Both were able to get to the leg when they wanted and both finished consistently.
He was a very promising prospect back in the day. Had a great battle with Pico at jr worlds, was immediately their rep at 66kg and then disappeared for a long time. Popped back up in 2022. I think his older brother was their rep for a few of those years.
Kyle needed to dust off his sprawl when it was clear what Takatani was doing. That's what I was thinking anyway. He usually wants guys to get to his legs, but you gotta have a plan B after that Sidakov match.
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Really hard to flip that switch mid match.
