Have no problem taking my hat off to I-Mar, I thought he wrestled a very strategic match that was brilliantly executed....he sprinkled and interspersed his own offensive attacks with periods where he was clearly looking to counter, but always remained "engaged" even when looking to counter. Very high likelihood that the result would not have changed regardless of whether his championship match with J-No occurred under the "real rules" of wrestling recognized "internationally" (e.g., Freestyle) despite taking place in the "gimmicky" rules of "NCAA Folkstyle" which can be "gamed" by unscrupulous wrestlers/coaches. J-No clearly has the more "dangerous" offense, free or folk, but he needs to figure out how to get to that offense against I-Mar. IOW, on the margin, I-Mar's offense is not as dangerous as J-No's, but he is able to get to it better than J-No is able to get to his when they face each other. J-No needs to figure out how to penetrate I-Mar's perimeter defenses and "open him up" without exposing himself - once he and Cael devise a strategy in that regard, it will be lights out, because if J-No can get out front early, it will, put pressure on I-Mar's defense and force him to open-up and take more chances offensively because he will be wrestling from behind. In any event, I don't think I-Mar won this time around by completely structuring his approach to "gimmicky bull$hit" that is only permitted in folk (e.g., would have lost in a "real wrestling" match - International Free). Hat's off to I-Mar, he "wrestled" a great match, especially strategically to neutralize J-No's offensive advantage without deserving penalty (for example, he stayed engaged in ties when going backwards, etc....).
Sorry, but cannot say the same thing about MM....most of the "gimmicky bull$hit" he was doing all match long would only be permitted without penalty in folk; up to and including the final series where Bo attacked attempting to win a tied match in regulation before time expired.....MM was pulling the "gimmicky bull$hit" only permitted in folk of constantly backing-up and running away from Bo (as per the entire match) and only looking to engage with the possibility of "countering" once his feet were on the outer-perimeter stripe.....otherwise known as permanently "wrestling the edge" which would not be permitted (or go un-penalized for an entire match, especially when combined with a lot of "fleeing" and ZERO offensive attacks of his own) in a "real wrestling match" (e.g., International Free). I call bull$hit on anybody who thinks MM walks away from that match a "winner" if it were an objectively-officiated Freestyle match (conducted on real rules of wrestling instead of a wrestler and coach who devised a "strategy" to "game" the gimmicky bull$hit rules of folk that would have never worked under the true rules of wrestling and likely would have drawn significant penalty points for the aggressive, attacking wrestler as a reward for his attacking style and his opponent's illegal "passivity"). Sorry, but I'm not tipping my hat to wrestlers and coaches that devise "gimmicky strategies" intended to "game" and "exploit" the bull$hit rules of folk that are antithetical to the actual traditional and longstanding rules of "real wrestling" (e.g., illegal in a real wrestling match conducted at the Olympic or World Championship competitions).
