nom 1,186 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) There have been some amazing clutch wins this Olympics. Meaning wrestlers losing and finding a way to win in final seconds. Gable’s 2 TDs against a multi-time world champion in course of about 15 seconds has to rank amongst the very best / impressive ever. Others that rank way up there? Edited August 6, 2021 by nom 2 Elevator and Wrestleknownothing reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim L 326 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 Slay beating Satiev in OT comes to mind, but it wasn't a final 1 Elevator reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CA_Wrestler 316 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 DT against Yazdani yesterday of course is one. 3 Wrestleknownothing, Elevator and fadzaev2 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crash 216 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 Stieber in Worlds.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 cjc007 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fadzaev2 545 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 Uguev had two in his early matches...his defensive takedown out of the Merkle position, and his inside trip from space. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jrr277 141 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Gardner beating Karelin is the low hanging fruit. If Snyder beats Sadulaev and wins the hypothetical team title, I think you'd have to rank it up there. Edited August 6, 2021 by Jrr277 1 fadzaev2 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nom 1,186 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Winning a match is not what I defined here as clutch. I’m talking last minute / second heroics. Edited August 6, 2021 by nom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrestlingnerd 2,999 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 50 minutes ago, nom said: Gable’s 2 TDs against a multi-time world champion in course of about 15 seconds has to rank amongst the very best / impressive ever. Best ever. I don't know how you beat that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wamba 52 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, nom said: Winning a match is not what I defined here as clutch. I’m talking last minute / second heroics. I think the title of this post is a bit misleading then IMO. "Most clutch match winning moments" would probably be more clear. Obviously Gable is up there. JB has a ton. Sidakov had a pair against JB unfortunately. LIkely many others that more knowledgeable posters can come up with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billyhoyle 2,472 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Kudukhov had a clutch win in his first world title. I think Pietrieshvili had a couple clutch wins against Akgul too..Maybe it was in Paris? Edited August 6, 2021 by Billyhoyle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dman115 513 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 2 takedowns in 15 seconds against the reigning olympic champ is hard to beat. 1 1 Jim L and fadzaev2 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nom 1,186 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 49 minutes ago, wamba said: I think the title of this post is a bit misleading then IMO. "Most clutch match winning moments" would probably be more clear. Obviously Gable is up there. JB has a ton. Sidakov had a pair against JB unfortunately. LIkely many others that more knowledgeable posters can come up with. I like clear titles - changed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoNotQuietly 1,168 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 Who was the Russian who won nationals from defending the leg clinch in the final period of three? Was that Kudokhov also? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mphillips 1,668 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 Still this... 1 1 scribe and red blades reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,824 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) delete. Misread topic. Edited August 6, 2021 by scribe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jchapman 1,320 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 3 hours ago, dman115 said: 2 takedowns in 15 seconds against the reigning olympic champ is hard to beat. So hard that it hasn't been done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle26 586 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, jchapman said: So hard that it hasn't been done. Lol. Well, Gable did toy with the defending Olympic champ… and then got 2 takedowns in the last 20 seconds on the 3 time defending world champ. That is hard to beat. 1 jchapman reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TripNSweep 747 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 Cejudo losing the first period in each match leading up to the finals and coming up with wins in every 2nd and 3rd period facing elimination. Against a former world champion too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insidecradle 26 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 The girl from China who hit Hildebrandt with a 4 pointer yesterday. That was pretty clutch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Return of Aztec 75 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 Kenny Monday with the TD to the back in OT to win the gold medal is up there for me. The TD sequence in overtime starts at 4:45. 2 jchapman and wamba reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wamba 52 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 Was it Saitiev who won gold in a legendary tiebreaker/overtime when his opponent won the coin toss and the guy started with his leg or something like that? Can someone help me here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CA_Wrestler 316 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 I'll add two on the Women's side that I can remember well. Both are from Rio 2016. Gold medal match. Kaori Icho trailing by 1 with 30 seconds left. Icho shoots on Koblova, Koblova counters with a single, in DEEP. Icho fighting it off with time ticking down. With 5 seconds left, Icho gets the takedown and secures her 4th straight Olympic title. Eri Tosaka vs Stadnik, gold medal match. Stadnik leading 2-1 with less than 30 seconds left, Tosaka going for it and shoots once, Stadnik defends. Shoots with 15 seconds, Stadnik avoids it. Tosaka ties up Stadnik and drops down for a single and gets the winning takedown with 5 seconds left to take the Gold at 48kg. 1 nom reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoNotQuietly 1,168 Report post Posted August 6, 2021 Was it Saitiev who won gold in a legendary tiebreaker/overtime when his opponent won the coin toss and the guy started with his leg or something like that? Can someone help me here?That’s the one I was thinking of. Was it like saitiev vs. Geduev or something ?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fadzaev2 545 Report post Posted August 7, 2021 I know this is in reference to the Olympics, but the match that popped into my head was Lincoln McIlravy vs Abas his freshman year at NCAA's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drew87 349 Report post Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) Rob Rohn will always have this one. For the olympics, the Indian Ravi who took silver was losing with a good bit of time left to mr singlet grab from kazakhstan and chucked him to his back and stuck him pretty late in the match. Even with the points from that move he was still behind, so the pin was rather important. Edited August 7, 2021 by Drew87 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
