University of Buffalo versus Missouri
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It's on ESPN3 right now:
http://www.espn.com/watchespn/index/_/type/upcoming/channel/espn3/#type/livenow/sport/wrestling/
Match is apparently getting chippy. I missed it, but Lavion Mayes gut punched Zain's HS teammate Colt Cotten and somehow didn't get the hook for it.
It's 18-0 Missouri into 165. Should be able to see entire dual later on ESPN3 archives.
http://www.espn.com/watchespn/index/_/type/upcoming/channel/espn3/#type/livenow/sport/wrestling/
Match is apparently getting chippy. I missed it, but Lavion Mayes gut punched Zain's HS teammate Colt Cotten and somehow didn't get the hook for it.
It's 18-0 Missouri into 165. Should be able to see entire dual later on ESPN3 archives.
In the matches I've seen Mayes wrestle in he loves being aggressive in spurts but if the opponent dishes it back he seems to take it personally and gets chippy. I was hoping all last year Zain would get the chance to wrestle him and it never happened. Hope it happens this year
Mayes hit him with a pretty good uppercut very late in the match. Cotten had the top of his head and his chinstrap and was likely choking him. His response was the uppercut. The referee was oblivious to the head slaps that were occurring in the match and this was an escalation. Mayes would have been disqualified if it happened against a top program.
If Penn State were to schedule a match at Buffalo, The Mat would go wild. Good for Buffalo, it will be interesting to see how well they draw. PSU has drawn sellout crowds at UVU, Rider, et. al. in Cael's interest in expanding support for college wrestling.
This is a pretty good description of what happened. Not 100% certain who started it, chicken and egg, but Mayes wrestled a passive-aggressive match: both chippy and stalled his butt off on neutral (except for a few counter shots when Cotten tried to break thru the stalling) and on top. (Mayes was never on bottom.)
Not sure if this was the first offense or just the first I saw, but Cotten might have started this mess. He had his fingers in the back of Mayes' headgear during the first period collar ties -- and likely had his fingers inside the ear covers.
Cotten appeared to grab Mayes' fingers during an up-and-out at the edge. Mayes screamed, shook his hand, and complained to the ref about it. It looked legit.
At that point Cotten had completely carried the action from the bottom for the last 1:15 of the first and well into the 2nd, done everything possible to work out, but Mayes was velcro -- stuck to Cotten and not moving himself. The ref would not make Mayes do anything. Mayes should've been dinged at least 3x or 4x by then.
Once Cotten got out in the 2nd, Mayes did a ton of head tapping. Enough that he clearly was not attempting to set up anything other than another head tap. Again, no stalling calls. And Cotten's headgear moved enough times -- each time downward -- that Mayes was likely quick-grabbing it each time.
Cotten got penalized for a healthy left head slap -- oh, hell, let's call it what it was, an open-hand left hook.
Late in the 3rd, you can't see the choke but that's what happened. Mayes had his head down. Cotten had his left hand on top and his right hand under Mayes' head. Cotten was clearly dragging Mayes around the mat by the headgear -- and from that position, no way to do that without the chinstrap choking him. That's what drew the punch -- a solid right uppercut to the ribs, and legitimately knocked Cotten down.
The ref went to replay on that punch and somehow only gave a penalty point for it. Should've been a DQ -- or, better yet, a double DQ for the choke-and-drag.
Bottom line is, ref lost control of that match.
Mike Millward was the referee and I don't know how he looked at the replay and didn't call a flagrant misconduct on Mayes. Clear as day on the replay. He should have been DQed. The announcers were focused on whatever Cotten was doing to Mayes, but that should have no bearing on the call.
Having watched Cotten in high school, his reputation as a dirty wrestler is well deserved. Judging from this match, which included him bending Mayes' fingers backwards and several robust head slaps, (one which he was penalized for) he still wrestles the same way. And Karma is still undefeated.
Having watched Cotten in high school, his reputation as a dirty wrestler is well deserved. Judging from this match, which included him bending Mayes' fingers backwards and several robust head slaps, (one which he was penalized for) he still wrestles the same way. And Karma is still undefeated.
It was difficult to see what happened with Mayes live. Coaches went crazy. UB wrestled tough. Would be a great venue for a Penn State UB match. Holds about 6100.
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