Shiraz123 829 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Iran has a finalist at all four weights. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buckxell 145 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) Any way to keep track of mat assignments? Flo and USA wresting has been updating mat assignments on Twitter for US guys. Edited August 15, 2015 by Buckxell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
de4856 371 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Congrats to Spencer, hopefully he can take home a Championship tonight. As far as McKenna, I'm not sure what to say, I'm not sure if the coaching staff wasn't paying close enough attention to this or what. Mark Hall like some of our other wrestlers, was a little flat. Lastly Cassar, just got a bad break with his injury. I was going to say that all of our teams, are just not getting it done and were under prepared, but when you see Georgii Gogaev, go down as well as a lot of other Russians, it makes me wonder what's going on. But Iran and Azerbaijan certainly came ready to do some battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nom 1,193 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 aghhh .. Hall. Just watched the match. Can't say much ... pretty boring. Very few risks taken either way. Looks like the finals are 5pm eastern time. Am I right? can anyone confirm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2td3nf 586 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Team Russia with 1 finalist and 1 wrestling for bronze. Getting back to Hall, only saw the Nagy match live, and just watched all 3 of his matches on the archives. He looked real good in his first two matches and that inside trip against AZE was beautiful. I know this is 20/20 hindsight, but looked like Hall had Nagy on the ropes right after Hall's push out in the 2nd period. Looked like Nagy was gassing a bit and a little off balanced there and it just felt like Hall could of put him away right there. When he didn't I started to get that "oh no, this guy's hanging around" feeling, and sure enough it happened. Got to give credit to Nagy for staying pinpoint focused with less than 4 seconds left and executing the win. Then unfortunately for Hall, Nagy gets blitzed by Iran. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swing 33 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 aghhh .. Hall. Just watched the match. Can't say much ... pretty boring. Very few risks taken either way. Looks like the finals are 5pm eastern time. Am I right? can anyone confirm? Yup 5et Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffr_ideal 216 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Personally, I dont think Hall looked like himself the whole tournament, perhaps he is a little under the weather? Both the JPN and the AZE matches were close, with JPN, he had that nice defensive move and then the inside trip against AZE. Other than those two moves, the scores would have been tight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CA_Wrestler 328 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Personally, I dont think Hall looked like himself the whole tournament, perhaps he is a little under the weather? Both the JPN and the AZE matches were close, with JPN, he had that nice defensive move and then the inside trip against AZE. Other than those two moves, the scores would have been tight. Or...the guys in this weight class are just that tough. Just because Spencer blew through his bracket didn't mean that Hall was going to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2td3nf 586 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Of course, all 3 guys that Hall faced were very tough. My point is that too many Americans don't open it up enough and score points in the World tournaments. Look what happened when AZE forced Hall to wrestle - a beautiful inside trip and a fall for Hall. Just excellent technique, but it didn't show up until it was forced out of Hall. Then look what happened when Hall wrestled Nagy where he didn't open it up at all. Again, this is probably easier said than done especially sitting here behind my computer screen, but I feel like year after year so many American wrestlers leave all their talent in their back pocket instead of having fun and showing off that talent and all the hard work they put into it. Love when some of the Americans wrestlers go out there and light up the scoreboard and wrestle the full 6 minutes. Good things usually happen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bwh27 31 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 This tournament is ridiculously tough. However, I do think it's entirely possible that the Azerbaijan wrestler is better than the Hungarian who Hall lost to. Hall is a beast, he'll bounce back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 2,437 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Quite a bit of bad luck for the US. The injury, plus the missed weight, plus Hall giving up the last minute takedown effectively removed us from the running. The missed weight was controversial, but still our fault. Hall didn't look himself and still almost pulled off a nice win and the injury was a fluke. Extremely frustrating. We realistically could've had 3 finalists, or at least 2 + an opportunity for bronze from Hall. Hopefully tomorrow is better. Would love to see a duel match against Iran. That would be extremely competitive I think. Iran would be the favorite, but we match up pretty well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 2,437 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 The Hungarian just has Hall's number it appears. If I recall correctly, he beat Hall 10-0 in 2014 or something along those lines. Hall beats better guys than him, but they match up weirdly for some reason. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hammerlockthree 2,635 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 He was just so confident he thought he could decide he had wrestled enough. He didn't even seem that concerned when he got shucked by. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
armspin 257 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Anyone know if there's video of the fs and Greco finals up somewhere? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
armspin 257 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Anyone know if there's video of the fs and Greco finals up somewhere? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiraz123 829 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 They upload literally every match onto their youtube page. Not sure if they are all up yet but eventually they will be. I'd assume greco is up since last I checked they were uploading women's FS? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billyhoyle 2,479 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) I think we need to remember that Hall is a first year Junior. He may be one of our most promising prospects, but at the world stage is an entirely different level. It's extremely difficult to jump onto the scene in the middle weights the first year like Pico and Snyder did. How old was the guy who beat him? No excuse for missing weight. Not at this level. Bar him a year from international competition sponsored by USAW (he has to pay his own way for the next 12 months). What is funny though is I remember Floradio having a nice discussion about how the special wrestle off should have been held at "scratch" weight instead of the 2kg allowance they were reportedly given. That assessment seems spot on now. Edited August 15, 2015 by Billyhoyle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billyhoyle 2,479 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Wow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
infoman 4 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Holy moly ... tech fall in 40 seconds ... crazy good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2td3nf 586 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 That's what I'm talking about! Congrats Spencer Lee. We are proud of you! 1 HuskyHero133 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swing 33 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Damn. Impressive! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OKnowwhut 59 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Shock and Awe ...USA! USA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Axe_Spartan 205 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Spencer Lee is a beast! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karelin 7 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 what an amazing performance! well done! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiraz123 829 Report post Posted August 15, 2015 Rashidov vs Sadeghi should have been the final. Clearly the two best at this weight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
