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tec87 if Foley would have left the politics out of his articles he would not have been attacked. It was nice to read when it was free, but I don't feel it is worth paying for.

If remembering and honoring the anniversary of the tragic death of a US Senator who also happened to be an accomplished college wrestler is "political" then we are for sure DONE AS A SOCIETY!

Yazdani vs Bayat https://tamasha.com/v/BPZXB Yazdani vs Mojerloo https://video.varzesh3.com/video/204211/کشتی-حسن-یزدانی-در-نیمه-نهایی-لیگ-برتر-کشتی-آزاد

Semifinal results Iran Mall beat Azad University 9-1 57, Nader Hajaghania beat Erfan Aeini 11-8 61, Bagher Yakhkeshi lost to Mohammad Ramezanpour 5-4 65, Mehran Nassiri beat Peiman Biabani 5-0 70, Ahmad Mohammadi beat Omid Khedmati 9-7 74, Khetag Tsabolov beat Masoud Kamarvand 15-4 79, Gadzhi Nabiev beat Alireza Ghasemi 3-2 86, Ahmad Bazri beat Mohammad Zare'ei 10-4 92, Javad Ebrahimi beat Hosseini Jalali 10-2 97, Ali Shaabani beat Sajjad Azizi by fall (5-0) 125, Jaber Sadeghzadeh beat Amir Reza Amiri 5-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atrak beat Tous 5-5 (21-20 in classification points) 57, Reza Azizi beat Mohsen Maleki 6-1 61, Ahmednabi Gvarzatilov beat Arsen Harutyunyan 9-2 65, Morteza Ghiasi beat Amir Hossein Maghsoudi 3-2 70, Sadegh Firouzpour lost to Mehdi Yeganeh-Jafari 3-2 74, Jamal Ebadi lost to Mohammad Nokhodi 7-2 79, Sajjad Gholami lost to Jabrayil Hasanov 5-4 86, Ali Mojerloo lost to Hassan Yazdani 11-1 92, Ezzatollah Akbari beat Meisam Mostafa-Jokar 4-1 97, Mojtaba Goleij lost to Esmaeil Nejatian 2-1 125, Geno Petriashvili beat Ali Ebrahimi 10-0 all these matches finished with PP (3 pts for winner, 1 for loser) except Geno and Yazdani. Geno teched his opponent without giving up a point while Yazdani gave up a point and that made the difference. Yazdani could bring his team to the final if he could tech the guy 10-0 !! Goleij once again proved weak in local matches. Maghsoudi losing to Ghiasi was disappointing too. best throw of the day belonged to Shaabani. I didn't know he is capable of that. if it wasn't for the internet shutdown in Iran we would see lots of clips in instagram from that throw and fall.

After last week's mailbag, I officially deleted Intermat from my favorites and refuse to visit that site ever again. There was once a time where Foley and Intermat released interesting commentary and wrestling news. Now it's basically a day late and a dollar short.

Here's how this is gonna go... Minute #1: Takedown Bo, Takedown Bo, Takedown Bo Minute #2: Takedown Bo, Takedown Bo Minute #3: Takedown Bo, Takedown Bo Minute #4: Takedown Bo Minute #5: Takedown Bo... oops, Gordon gets out and to Bo's back for a funky reversal... body triangle locked in place by Gordon... rear naked choke applied... Bo Taps... This will be the gist:

I would pay them to abolish his column. The worst kind of propagandizing. Literally the only wrestling content I would never click on.

lol I wrote it about not getting too excited before reading yours. but seriously speaking even against both Geno and Akgul if Zare survives the first period he can beat them in second period. they both have conditioning problems even when they are 100% in shape. but that's a big if, we know how good they are in executing gut wrench. but Zare also can improve his par-terre defense , I'm sure he never faced anybody as good as Geno before. but, I'm not so sure if Zare's style works well against both Hadi and Mohebbi. they are both very big and won't get tired easily. but who knows, he is improving.

Some of the super fight events allow them like Fight 2 Win.

Finals 3rd place: Azad University beat Tous 6-4 57, Alireza Sarlak beat Mohsen Maleki 10-0 61, Mohammad Ramezanpour lost to Arsen Harutyunyan 9-5 65, Amir Mohammad Yazdani beat Abolfazl Hajipour 3-3 70, Farhad Nouri lost to Mehdi Yeganeh-Jafari 4-2 74, Reza Afzali beat Mohammad Nokhodi 4-1 79, Alireza Ghasemi lost to Jabrayil Hasanov 12-2 86, Reza Bayat lost to Hassan Yazdani 10-0 92, Hossein Shahbazi beat Esmaeil Mahmoudi 6-5 97, Alireza Goudarzi beat Meisam Mostafa-Jokar by 3 cautions DSQ (7-0) 125, Amin Taheri beat Jafar Shams-Nateri 4-2 ------------------------------------------ Final: Iran-Mall beat Atrak 9-1 57, Reza Atri beat Reza Azizi 5-1 61, Iman Sadeghi lost to Akhmednabi Gvarzatilov 4-1 65, Meisam Nassiri beat Morteza Ghiasi 5-4 70, Younes Emami beat Sadegh Firouzpour 11-0 74, Khetag Tsabolov beat Jamal Ebadi by fall (4-2) 79, Gadzhi Nabiev beat Sajjad Golami 5-1 86, Kamran Ghasempour beat Ali Mojerloo 3-0 92, Alireza Karimi beat Masoud Madadi 3-0 97, Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian beat Mojtaba Goleij by walkover 125, Amir Hossein Zare beat Geno Petriashvili 15-11 Zare beating Geno was indeed surprising but one takedown was almost enough for Geno to tech Zare. he had 4 gut wrenches and almost the 5th one to finish the match 12-2 but Zare survived and then he beat Geno when he gassed. it was impressive for Zare but people should not get too excited about this.

They’ve definitely had some tough guys place as freshmen where it looked pretty good for a 4 timer career - Dance, Epperly, Chiscko come to mind but for various reasons didn’t happen - really hoping McFadden gets it done.

Terkay's story is one of the best. He was nothing in high school. Then goes on to accomplish all that he did in college. Truly inspiring.

I’m assuming he was tired of being attacked in the comment section for his articles always turning political and they decided to put it behind the paywall.

I’m glad he only wrestled the year before I arrived. I wrestled him once, at 230AM after a good night out. He gave me 14 points, I lost 29-14.

All footsweeps!

Actually in D1 you get 5 years to do 4 years in any given sport. To the other Plasmodium, yes, Mocco played a year of OSU football after.

Ag stands for silver

Fingers crossed that it was to make a sequel to the Breakfast Club.

For whatever reason people love pointing to terrible wrestlers getting laced without resistance, as if watching a bar-arm tilt happen 4x in a row is just the most exciting thing ever. It literally feels like they've watched one Freestyle match ever and that is what happened. Eh well.

I like Ant the Champ.

And it's true that for the past 20 years the wrestlers climbing to the top of the political junk heap have tended to be hyper-conservative and not altogether that compassionate, thoughtful, or jacket-wearing. Kinda got off topic?

Yeah maybe. If he tried to engage in the ground for more than a few seconds, Ryan will start his back transition stuff and tap Bo out though. It largely depends on how disciplined Bo will be

Yeah don’t put too much stock in bjj belts. put it this way - college wrestlers represent the top 2% of all wrestlers in the US. They are probably the equivalent of a black belt and that designation is never lost. Sure, they are all good, but a random D2 guy who is now in his 40s would still be a black belt, as would Bo Nickal. Obviously they are on completely different levels. Bo would pin them just like he would pin me - with zero effort. This isn’t a perfect comparison, but I think you get the point. I’ve rolled with black belts I can control, and I have gotten tapped by guys who have been training subs for a year...belt doesn’t mean all that much in terms of competitive abilities. there are levels to this. Gordon is out there tapping other world champions out. what’s interesting is Bo has a clear advantage in one area and won’t engage like a traditional bjj guy on the ground. The thing is, Gordon Ryan trains with some solid D1 AA types fairly often. He knows he won’t be able to touch Bo on the feet. He also knows wrestler tendencies and how to exploit that, seeing as his biggest weakness is his takedown game.

Gents its time for the early preseason look see at how KD has dressed up the Cyclones and I got to say hes done a reel good job upgraded that team built up the program KD aint one to take no prisoners and there aint no love lost between him and Tommy now KDs far better at mat coaching and strategy and watching film and developing talent and building a program and all that back office and front office stuff than T&T Tommys pickle sniffers and purse puppies gonna take a cheap shot at the Voice of Wrestling for his enthusiasm here but this is gonna be each and every year key matchup but it aint gonna be a reel barnburner this year heres the lineup projections and the lowdown predictions. 125 Lee and Mackey Mackeys smart enough to stay outa that Russian tie and keeps it close Lee wins a regular decision Iowa 3 -0 133 Desanto and Small now Desantos old school Hawk wild child wrestles 110 percent eye of the tiger reel hungry Mudlfaps favorite Hawk runs Small off the mat Iowa 8 - 0 141 Snapple as Murin aint ready to go and Gomez Snapple would be decent if he was in the lineup full time and got some coaching but hes in Tommys doghouse Gomez has got what it takes at 133 but moving up and pimping aint easy and Snapple knows how to keep it close so its Iowa 8 -3 149 Lugo and Degen gents Degens in his head beat Lugo twice but close aint seeing that changing there to the Cyclones home mat so its Iowa 8 - 6 157 Young against Carr Carrs got the talent and maybe not the wind hes got a nice blast double and Young aint the most athletic Carrs going to catch him twice with that move and that aint no lie but Young comes back late and scores gets a regular decision and its Iowa KD knows the dual turns on this match reel important pay reel close attention if Carrs winds better than Mudlfap expects he could hang on and win and turn the meat around its Iowa 11 -6 165 Marianelli and Straw not much to say here Marianelli aint much on frills and Straw just aint much but its a regular decision Iowa 14 - 6 174 Kimmer and Coleman now Kimmers got reel good fundamentals but he aint flashy and Colemans a project and Dressers going to need to take some risks but this one could end up in a fall Dresser knows it aint time to get radical and Coleman keeps it close regular decision Iowa 17 - 6 184 Wilkie or Brands gents you know my feeling Free Nelson Brands but Tommy throws Wilkie out there against Colbray and Colbray beats him again watch Wilkie stand there with his boots in concrete there to the end when hes behind any of you guys tell me he aint burnt stick a fork in him hes a crispy critter gents out Im gonna call you a liar now its Iowa 17 - 9 197 Warner and Shapiro take a bathroom brake here gents its Warner 4-2 Warner aint much on overexercise gents dont even like to get winded most days and it shows now its Iowa 20-9 HVW Cass against Grimmle hombres Cass stuck Grimmle in the only and single time these gents matched up and it aint no different here Cass is whipping up on Stollhouse and the rest of those gents in the room should have been out there last year instead of a crippled up Stollhouse but you gents know Mudflaps feelings on that one still so its 26 - 9 This ones not KDs year but still its gonna be a reel good meat any of you gents at the Iowa Illinois got the hands and plenty of Captain Morgan and PBR cranking out the jams at the stabbin cabin PBR flag flying high right there West of the stadium Mudflap parks with the big givers go big or go home partying harty got some accommodating lady friends reel friendly like come on come all but leave the old lady at home less you wanta share if you know what I mean and you do know what I mean.

Go to YouTube and search for Askren Marcelo. There’s not a better pure wrestler for going to the ground with a grappler than Askren, and maybe ever. Marcelo is smaller than Askren but a BJJ legend. See what happens.

I think he's 19. Wrestfan posted his age in this thread. Or 18 and about to turn 19.

Yeah... this isn't just a black belt. It is the best no gi practitioner in the world... likely by a long shot.

Bo will get wrestling takedowns easily and at will. Bo has to basically sit in Ryan‘a guard for 3 seconds for a takedown to count for points though. Ryan is exceptionally good in that position. 3 seconds is a long time for him to get enough control so that Bo can’t just stand up. This is the main reason why Bo is a heavy underdog - a wrestling takedown is only part of what you need to do to score. Bo theoretically has a path to victory, but he has no chance of submitting Ryan so he has to last the entire 15 minutes and be winning on points. If Bo really wants to win and doesn’t care if it is exciting, he can just evade for 14 minutes and then hit an easy takedown and try to not get subbed. I highly doubt he does that. Bo can take Ryan down at will though. If slams are allowed, Ryan could be in trouble.

Maybe 133 in 2019 should have an asterisk because world class Seth Gross was taking a med redshirt?

I just honestly don't understand how Bo won't destroy this guy. Is he not allowed to use wrestling moves?

What if flo streams crash during the biggest duels of the year.

He got majored by nato after he tore his Acl, nato just took him and let him up, I know Lamont hasn’t set the world on fire but he wrestled 50 percent of his freshman year with a blown out knee and still beat 5 AAs including lizak and Rivera won big 12s ,got the 7 seed at ncaas ,made it to the blood round and went 27-5 he is a legit guy and has better resume then anyone at 133 other then gross rby and desanto

sure , I think I will be able to post the matches later, but for livestream you can check this https://www.telewebion.com/live/varzesh but with internet problems inside Iran these days , not sure how good it works. the semis start in exactly 4 hours from now finals will be 9 hours later in the evening.

@wrestfan thank you

Yes, exactly. and each team is limited to max 2 foreign wrestlers. and there are limitations on the number of World Team members each team can sign, max 4 wrestlers from the 2019 World Team (max 3 of them can wrestle in a dual)

We will have the Iranian league final 4 tomorrow, (actually in few hours) we had lots of controversies, withdrawals etc. it's a long list of wrestlers, so I'm only going to mention the notable wrestlers for each team. obviously the "Iran-mall" club has the most loaded squad. Semis will be Tous vs Atrak and Iran-Mall vs Azad University Tous: 61 Harutyunyan, 65 Maghsoudi, 74 Nokhodi, 79 Hasanov, 86 H. Yazdani Atrak: 61 Gvarzatilov, 86 Akbari, 97 Goleij, 125 Petriashvili Azad Uni has no chance against the Iran-Mall, and they have no foriegn wrestlers tomorrow. so I'm not going to write their squad. here is the Iran-Mall squad, none of them are unknown. 57 Atri, Hajaghania, 61 Yakhkeshi, Sadeghi, 65, Meisam Nasiri, Mehran Nasiri, 70 Emami, Ahmad Mohammadi, 74 Tsabolov, Rashidi, 79 Gadzhiev, Hassantabar, 86 Ghasempour, Bazri, 92 Karimi, Ebrahimi, 97 Shaabani, Mohammadian, 125 Zare, Sadeghzadeh it's kind of funny, having Karimi and Ebrahimi in the same squad ! looks like they hired some of these wrestlers to make sure other teams can't get them lol I would like to see Zare vs Petriashvili but I think Geno's team won't make it to the final. but there is a good chance to see another "Yazdani vs Ghasempour" tomorrow in the final.

Never excelled? He’s wrestled one year of college and went 27-5 was big 12 champion and had wins over AAs Sean Russell, Sebastian Rivera, Ethan Lizak and Zeke Mosley 4 times before losing to him in the blood round. Don’t sleep on Lamont he also has a win at 133 over Tariq Wilson his true freshman year..this could very realistically be an ncaa final in a few months

Yeah Lamont is just above average at folk and Gross is the clear #1 at the weight, it should be a rough time for Lamont. If this were a Greco match however, I got him all the way.

As a few have stated, Ryan won't have to pull guard, he just needs to get taken down. Get a takedown, give up a takedown, you end up in the same spot, on the ground. Once on the ground, Bo will have to use a lot of compensating explosive movements and raw strength to either escape or avoid sweeps and submission attempts. His real downfall will probably be the length of the match as that compensation will eventually tax his cardio while Ryan will not have to exert himself. It is a freak show match, but I'm still interested.

That whole going with Joe Smith in the 11th hour over chandler Rodgers never quite sat right with me. Like you said I get he won the wrestle off, but man chandler Rodgers put in his time as a poke and didn’t deserve to go out like he did. That whole deal really put a sour taste in my mouth.

There were also 104 falls at the Worlds in 2019. But falls don't happen in the international wrestling.

Riding time sucks.

It gets confusing, but I dont think the battle for riding time is drawing in boatloads of fans either. I love folkstyle, but it is far from perfect.

I’d like to apologize for posting 30 times in a row. I got excited.

as usual tbar doesn't get the joke...

He's in this to be the best version of himself, which, for any wrestler, should be your ultimate driver and motivation. All y'all know I'm a buckeye fan, so it pains me to see him leave but again... I'm a fan of the sport and of individuals first, teams second. I thoroughly enjoy watching him wrestle, and am in awe each time. I hope he brings home Gold, and has that rematch with Sadulaev in the process.

The "4 years recruiting 1 AA" thing to me is misleading. Eggum's interim title was removed on January 2017 - so he hasn't been the official head coach three years yet. Also by January all the elite recruits are gone and nobody was going to be able to recruit or keep recruits in the middle of that xanax/jrob scandal. I honestly don't remember how many recruits left or got but to me he gets a mulligan for the class of 2017 recruits. It was a total disaster and you can't blame Eggum for not bringing in elite talent that year. Dealt an impossible hand, maybe others disagree here. That leaves the class of 2018 non-redshirting freshman recruits which he got an AA from Steveson out of. The 2019 recruits and 2018 redshirts haven't finished their freshman year and have had zero chance to AA.

Pretty crazy how much the RTCs have changed everything. Used to be that you pretty much had to train in Colorado Springs to get elite, year round training competition and now it's the exact opposite.

I was afraid to see the update. This is wonderful.

Foley, is that you? Shouldnt you be working on tomorrows PC driven mailbag? Give me a break - if you were a family member, I would disown you in a New York minute after reading that @#$%. Thankfully, there is always the ignore button - now employed!