World Cup
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I dunno--I think he jumped levels in terms of his size/power at 86kg--it looked obvious to me. He said as much in his interview as well. And I don't think I've seen any USA guys get to a gut as quick and reliably as he did this weekend--Dake included. DT has to be the favorite, for obvious reasons, but it will be interesting to see if he's closing the gap or not.
On the flip side--man was Nolf's match last night a downer. It's so strange to see Jason Nolf struggle to set up offense. I think he will--and obviously, he is scoring points against most guys. But that was almost as surprising to me as watching JB take a loss.
I was impressed the Iranian was able to escape that solid ankle pick of Jason in the first period. I still think Jason needs to focus more on shots from head/hand control rather than from open space. Top notch international wrestlers don't tend to get scored on from open space. As far as Snyder, he looked awesome. You could definitely see an eleven pound strength advantage with Ghasempour having weighed in at 92 kg. I think Snyder's move to NLWC has definitely paid dividends. He seems much more offensively oriented, and his pace is absolutely unreal for a man that size. I also liked seeing how tough Snyder was with Ghasempour. I don't think Kyle appreciated the couple times Ghasempour pushed on him after the whistle. I think Kyle was sending kind of a "big brother" message in the last few seconds of the match when he pushed Ghasempour out of bounds. It will be interesting to see a re-match if Ghasempour does decide to bulk up to 97 kg. I am also interested to see how Cox fares against Snyder if he permanently moves up to 97 kg. Considering how Ghasempour shut out Cox 2-0 at this year's World Championship, Kyle shutting out Ghasempour 5-0 is very impressive.
Iran had quite a few fans there over the weekend.
We sat next to a large group and right next to me was a father and son who both spoke English quite well.
They were knowledgeable about their wrestlers and ours. The father told us that no Iranian had ever beat JB, but the wrestler competing would be very good. He was right of course.
They didn't know much at all about folk style. Many of them weren't aware that there was different exposure rules in Folk.
Met and took photos with J'Den, great personality. He was there as a fan, and was having issues getting in due to a backpack.
I figured he would have access with the team, apparently not. He was there all weekend.
JB also took plenty of time with fans up in the stands on Saturday. He was with his family so I didn't want to bother him. Others didn't care and it took him awhile to get down the corridor much to the dismay of his wife.
In the China VS Ukraine finals a Ukrainian woman was injured and the Chinese wrestler piggy backed her all the way to the locker room.
I feel like Zane Richards is getting overlooked. I don't know the international names, so I'm not sure how good his opponents were, but he looked really good. Aggressive and relentless.
It seemed like the only offense Nolf attempted was to snap down and attempt left handed ankle pick.
He's still improved quite a bit, hopefully he jumps a level here soon.
This was my second time at Xtream Arena and it's a great wrestling venue. However, seems like it would be better to have cheaper tickets and fill the place up. I would have taken a few more people, but at $90 each and not sending all the starters, only the die-hard fans are going.
We sat next to a large group and right next to me was a father and son who both spoke English quite well.
They were knowledgeable about their wrestlers and ours. The father told us that no Iranian had ever beat JB, but the wrestler competing would be very good. He was right of course.
They didn't know much at all about folk style. Many of them weren't aware that there was different exposure rules in Folk.
Met and took photos with J'Den, great personality. He was there as a fan, and was having issues getting in due to a backpack.
I figured he would have access with the team, apparently not. He was there all weekend.
JB also took plenty of time with fans up in the stands on Saturday. He was with his family so I didn't want to bother him. Others didn't care and it took him awhile to get down the corridor much to the dismay of his wife.
In the China VS Ukraine finals a Ukrainian woman was injured and the Chinese wrestler piggy backed her all the way to the locker room.
I feel like Zane Richards is getting overlooked. I don't know the international names, so I'm not sure how good his opponents were, but he looked really good. Aggressive and relentless.
It seemed like the only offense Nolf attempted was to snap down and attempt left handed ankle pick.
He's still improved quite a bit, hopefully he jumps a level here soon.
This was my second time at Xtream Arena and it's a great wrestling venue. However, seems like it would be better to have cheaper tickets and fill the place up. I would have taken a few more people, but at $90 each and not sending all the starters, only the die-hard fans are going.
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