Yazdani is the most physically imposing wrestler at the weight. If Brooks couldn't handle this guy's physicality, he wasn't going to handle Yazdani's.
If Higuchi can avoid Lee's par terre, he is going to be VERY hard for Lee to beat. He has a great gas tank and is every bit as strong in the ties as Spencer. The longer into this match it gets, if Lee hasn't jumped out to a comfortable lead, the more you should start worrying ....
You can't dive on a leg and hope to hang on in FS. Russians, Iranians and former Soviet block countries will eat that up.
I remember Lee being down and almost out in one of his junior world title matches. Then Lee grabbed another gear and took away the victory late.
Make no mistake, I definitely wasn't counting Lee out late. I was more just giving Higuchi's best path to victory and pointing out that he will almost certainly be the toughest opponent that Lee has wrestled at the Senior Level, so far...
Ouch.
Not one of Spencer’s opponents in his freestyle career are in Higuchis tier. This is the biggest test Spencer probably ever had, Higuchi is the top 57 kg guy.
I didn't want to count out Gilman, but yeah, I am not sure that version of Gilman was at the level that Higuchi is now...
Don't be so hard on yourself. Everyone makes mistakes
Hyperbole bub.
Wasn't he a Russian in a Bulgarian singlet? Russians don't believe in God do they?Jesus must love Bulgaria more than Brooks. I don’t understand why a man of such strong faith only crosses his heart and point to the Lord in victory.
Oh for F sake - look up Russian Orthodox church. I'll leave it there. If sarcasm was intended, my apologies. If not, get educated.
sarcasm.
Fair enough - God is God for a lot of people and sometimes there is a loser among them. I don't disagree with you.
I think Spencer had a slightly more difficult path, but they are very similar.
Spencer's scrambling ability and his uncanny way of adjusting on the fly is his wild card. Higuchi is the current best 57kg in the world. Tomorrow is Spencer's chance to prove that wrong. I can see him using Higuchi's aggression against him to create scrambles that Lee can score points off of. It is going to be a great test. Lee will be motivated and ready. The biggest match of his life. I can't wait!
I was clowning around a bit. I'll still work on getting more educated though 😀
Spencer needs to keep his hands on him, Spencer has a trouble with quick wrestlers who shoot from space.
The bread in Paris is unbelievable. Find his room and send him a baguette or three.
Boy that will really show all of us (and the Muslim world) 🤡
Well it is for an Olympic gold medal, I wouldn’t expect anything but the best of the best to be across from him right
Again, styles make match ups. "Physically imposing" only means throws in underhooks and drives straight forward for the 1st 3 minutes or so until his gas tank wears down(against top competition anyway). It's NOT like he is head snapping guys to the mat or throwing them by. His style was not going to have Brooks going straight backwards because NO ONE has ever done that to him.
Spencer Lee is the top 57 kg guy, and you will see it tomorrow.
As I was watching the replays today I was thinking that for the first time Spencer looked just as big as his opponents. And serious power in those legs as well as elsewhere.
