Beat The Streets -RESULTS
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Gable is really good in all styles, but man is he scary in freestyle.
Colon-Gross was fun, but to me it got a little old. It was halfway play wrestling, no resistance to the legs. I think that is partly the style those guys like, partly rust, and partly for the show. But it’s not a recipe for success at a stacked Olympic weight. Then again I’m probably being too picky on an exhibition.
Yianni is right there and he seemed more aggressive than he has been. He got to shots and got to legs more than most of his high level matches, but still struggled finishing. His scrambling makes him so difficult to score on, but his inability to finish quick keeps him off the board and is where he will give up some points. That’s his missing piece, if he can get his own points without scrambling, even once or twice in a high level match, watch out. Until then he is really good and can beat top guys but won’t get the consistent results necessary to be a medal threat in my opinion.
Overall though it was a pretty good night for what was surely a tough event to set up.
Colon-Gross was fun, but to me it got a little old. It was halfway play wrestling, no resistance to the legs. I think that is partly the style those guys like, partly rust, and partly for the show. But it’s not a recipe for success at a stacked Olympic weight. Then again I’m probably being too picky on an exhibition.
Yianni is right there and he seemed more aggressive than he has been. He got to shots and got to legs more than most of his high level matches, but still struggled finishing. His scrambling makes him so difficult to score on, but his inability to finish quick keeps him off the board and is where he will give up some points. That’s his missing piece, if he can get his own points without scrambling, even once or twice in a high level match, watch out. Until then he is really good and can beat top guys but won’t get the consistent results necessary to be a medal threat in my opinion.
Overall though it was a pretty good night for what was surely a tough event to set up.
Agree completely with your analysis on Yanni @bigs22 - like to see the aggression and getting to legs, if he keeps working on his finishes look out.
Apparently Gable weighed in at 272, that is truly SCARY for the HWT field that he gained 20 pounds of muscle without losing any quickness. That TD to lace (even if OOB) was straight up beautiful.
Apparently Gable weighed in at 272, that is truly SCARY for the HWT field that he gained 20 pounds of muscle without losing any quickness. That TD to lace (even if OOB) was straight up beautiful.
Yianni and Vlad are identical height, and every PART of Yiannis body was noticibly thicker than Vlad’s.
Mark Hall syndrome or blind weigher-inner?
Mark Hall syndrome or blind weigher-inner?
Agreed,quite a statement. Same size as Gwiz, slightly quicker? Just as strong? Gonna be a tough out.
Basketball was the big sport at my high school and the wrestling program was basically a start-up program which began in earnest the first year I wrestled. There was a program before that, but I'm not sure the coach had any wrestling experience himself. The new coach had wrestled at East Stroudsburg and his first year was my first year.
I don't think he got a lot of support from the administration. It took until his third year to get new singlets and the old ones were really ratty. Also in his third year, he was able to convince the admins to hold a school assembly to introduce the sport to the school. There was some basic info shared about rules, scoring, etc. and a few exhibition matches. I was paired against the guy in the weight class above me. We were pretty even and had been wrestling each other for three years - so matches between us were usually tight and low-scoring. Before the assembly, we talked and agreed if we wrestled for real, the action would be boring for people who knew nothing about wrestling. We would put on a show and have a high-scoring draw. It went over really well.
To be honest , those were some pretty ho-hum match ups, Got my Rokfin membership, ready to rock and roll saturday with some real matchups!!
They are doing a lot for the inner city kids, but would you pay to see those kids wrestle? Probably not.
True......but they had raised nearly 500,000 dollars before the event started. I believe the purpose of Beat the Streets is to have many inner city youth wrestlers earn their spot on the card in the years to come. I think it is a great cause and will start showing dividends in a couple of years. I am predicting that the success of wrestlers......especially black and Latino wrestlers.....having success in MMA will contribute to the rise in wrestling popularity among inner city youths.
I'm thinking that zero BTS kids on the card was likely due to covid restrictions. Hell, it has affected everything else in life, so why not this, too.
Does Austin have a BTS? I'm guessing no, so that would mean flying kids in for it, which adds to the covid complications and cost.
Does Austin have a BTS? I'm guessing no, so that would mean flying kids in for it, which adds to the covid complications and cost.
Typically the BTS undercard features NYC school kids who are members of BTS, and in recent years they've matched the top two NYC girl's high school teams as a dual as well. I imagine that the wrestlers at all these post-Covid unsanctioned matches are signing waivers, and getting high school-age kids to sign waivers is a nonstarter.
Was curious precisely where this year's event was held. From the backdrop it looked like they were somewhere in Jersey City, with downtown Manhattan in the background, but I don't know whether they said exactly where because I watched on mute.
Yianni looked good, but chunkier. Apologies if it's been addressed elsewhere but did they actually both weigh in at 65kg?
Was curious precisely where this year's event was held. From the backdrop it looked like they were somewhere in Jersey City, with downtown Manhattan in the background, but I don't know whether they said exactly where because I watched on mute.
Yianni looked good, but chunkier. Apologies if it's been addressed elsewhere but did they actually both weigh in at 65kg?
Just curious. Who was the coach who wrestled at East Stroudsburg? I had some friends on the team there. Andy's brother was one of their starters at the lighter weights. He's a real character - someone you definitely want at your 4th of July party!
Dan Rossi. He was there in the late 1960s. His first season coaching at my HS was 1970-71.
