pamela 1,334 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) What do you all honk about Tank's draw? He might have he home crowd in his first match vs. Safaryan (ARM). I see he could have Boris Novachkov in the quarters. Did David Habat get a better draw? How about Dylan Palacio? Edited May 7, 2016 by pamela Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2td3nf 582 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Welcome to the party. Frank gets a former World champ right out of the gate. Hey, everyone knew this is no cakewalk, and he might meet up with Safaryan somewhere in this bracket, so he might as well get him fresh. Should be fun. Garcia on the other side of bracket. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrestfan 810 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Ukraine has a rep at 125, does it mean Alan Zaseyev failed a drug test ? he won a quota in Serbia in this weight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
49northwrestling 9 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Ukraine has a rep at 125, does it mean Alan Zaseyev failed a drug test ? he won a quota in Serbia in this weight. 65 kg, 125 kg and FW 58 kg all tested positive for Meldonium after the Euro qualifier. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DuckFor2 216 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 unreal that Safaryan is a former World Champ from '13 and hasn't qualified yet. could his draw be any worse! let's GO! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buckeyebison 87 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) Aaron Pico has beaten Safaryan 8-5 in 2014. Then Frank has a chance... Here's the video of them at flowrestling. http://www.flowrestling.org/video/754170-65kg-finals-aaron-pico-usa-vs-david-safaryan-arm Edited May 7, 2016 by Buckeyebison Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TripNSweep 735 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 If Molinaro can win his first round he has winnable matches the rest of the way. The top half of this bracket, particularly the top quarter is a joke. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maligned 528 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 If Molinaro can win his first round he has winnable matches the rest of the way. The top half of this bracket, particularly the top quarter is a joke. Yeah his matches are winnable, but it could not possibly be a mor unbalanced draw. I'd literally pick 7 guys from the bottom half to win the top half if they were there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billyhoyle 2,469 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) What a nightmare draw. I think he should beat Safaryan...Safaryan looked awful last week, but maybe being at home will give him more energy. Novakchov is probably the favorite of that half of the bracket, so it will be a slight upset if he gets through him. Is Habat the favorite on that top half, or am I missing something? Edited May 7, 2016 by Billyhoyle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DuckFor2 216 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Aaron Pico has beaten Safaryan 8-5 in 2014. Then Frank has a chance... Here's the video of them at flowrestling. http://www.flowrestling.org/video/754170-65kg-finals-aaron-pico-usa-vs-david-safaryan-arm i'm sure USA wrestling fans would feel much more comfortable having Pico wrestling tomorrow than Tank. Me included. Let's GO! 1 Cletus_Tucker reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrestfan 810 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 What a nightmare draw. I think he should beat Safaryan...Safaryan looked awful last week, but maybe being at home will give him more energy. Novakchov is probably the favorite of that half of the bracket, so it will be a slight upset if he gets through him. Is Habat the favorite on that top half, or am I missing something? At home ? Safaryan is from Armenia, the exact enemy of Turkey ! Novachkov is probably already qualified, assuming they will disqualify the Ukrainian doped wrestler who qualified in Euro qualifier, his quota goes to Georgia and the quota Georgia won in Mongolia goes to Novachkov as 4th placer. that's a bit confusing though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjm46 83 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 At home ? Safaryan is from Armenia, the exact enemy of Turkey ! Novachkov is probably already qualified, assuming they will disqualify the Ukrainian doped wrestler who qualified in Euro qualifier, his quota goes to Georgia and the quota Georgia won in Mongolia goes to Novachkov as 4th placer. that's a bit confusing though. If Novachkov makes the finals will they qualify the 3rd place finisher here? 1 cornercoach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billyhoyle 2,469 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) At home ? Safaryan is from Armenia, the exact enemy of Turkey ! Novachkov is probably already qualified, assuming they will disqualify the Ukrainian doped wrestler who qualified in Euro qualifier, his quota goes to Georgia and the quota Georgia won in Mongolia goes to Novachkov as 4th placer. that's a bit confusing though. I thought he was turkish for some reason. Woops. Edited May 7, 2016 by Billyhoyle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoachWrestling 425 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Doesn't look good.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTimeFan 1,141 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 If you want a reason to be optimistic for Tank, just check out the UWW Database. Safaryan hasn't done a heck of a lot since he won the worlds in 2013. Maybe he's been saving it all up for this tournament, but why would he do that? He basically hasn't placed in the last two world tournaments and of the many senior level events he entered since 2013, he hasn't done very well at all against top competition. Based on what I see from the overall pattern and having watched the match, I would say that Pico beat a very diminished Safaryan as opposed to a guy capable of winning the worlds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJwrestlingguy 106 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Let's go Frank The Tank! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goldlover 28 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Again Damn brackets! NURYKAU(BLR), RADULOV(UKR), ZHUMAGAZYYEV (KAZ), NOVACHKOV (BUL), MOLINARO (USA), SAFARYAN (ARM), & (JPN's & KOR's) all in one half- the other half almost empty!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buckeyebison 87 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Maybe they should do the full individual rankings and do the brackets based on the rankings. Can be like chess ranking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hubbard 426 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Safaryan is arguably one of the worst world champs ever. Frank could beat him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTimeFan 1,141 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 What time does it start? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quanon 161 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 65 kg, 125 kg and FW 58 kg all tested positive for Meldonium after the Euro qualifier. Was this officially announced? I thought there were a slew of people that got hit for meldonium, then later exonerated, because they had not taken it after the ban. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hubbard 426 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 This grouped popped at the Euro Qualifiers. Stay clean, folks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quanon 161 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 So why hasn't Novachkov qualified? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cletus_Tucker 890 Report post Posted May 8, 2016 Aaron Pico has beaten Safaryan 8-5 in 2014. Then Frank has a chance... Here's the video of them at flowrestling. http://www.flowrestling.org/video/754170-65kg-finals-aaron-pico-usa-vs-david-safaryan-arm Frank definitely has a chance, but it isn't because Aaron Pico beat him. Frank has a shot at it because he's there and hes tough. But just because Pico beat him, does not mean Frank has a shot in hell at beating him. His shot at wining stands on its own, with nothgin tot do with Pico That said, USa is going to have a VERY difficult time qualifying this weight, without Pico or Steiber out there. I doj't like Frank's chances here at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spladdel 2 Report post Posted May 8, 2016 Don't see Frank making it to the semi's but I hope he proves me wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
