good performance. still feels like spencer is a long way from his ceiling. i hope he wrestled overseas before the trials.
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He's not there but I think he improved the tank since Farrell. Looked a little better to me.
Nico came out hand fighting hard and bringing the pace. That seemed to be his core strategy, hoping Spencer would gas.
One step at a time. At least he’s not wearing big knee braces, just a thigh wrap. What does he have, 3-4 months to fine tune his conditioning. He needs to find tournaments, maybe overseas to continue to knock off the rust and improve match conditioning.
Bull vs. Quincy final now. Monday couple shots that Bull fends off. Bull goes on the clock, gets double unders and drops him for the TD! Quincy gets two with a quick explosive shot, but Bull fights off the laces well to avoid backs. 2-2 at the break.
2nd: Quincy with a quick TD off the whistle, gets the lace again and three exposures, now up 10-2. Bull takes a nice shot but Quincy reshot, able to get the TD and wins by tech 12-2. Quincy's explosiveness ends up pulling him away.
2nd: Quincy with a quick TD off the whistle, gets the lace again and three exposures, now up 10-2. Bull takes a nice shot but Quincy reshot, able to get the TD and wins by tech 12-2. Quincy's explosiveness ends up pulling him away.
Deede vs Wieser final at 76kg now. Wieser in deep on a shot but Deede defends well, gives up the step out in the process. First ends that way, Wieser up 1-0.
2nd: Wieser goes feet to back big time, ends up securing the fall. Deede takes 2nd.
2nd: Wieser goes feet to back big time, ends up securing the fall. Deede takes 2nd.
Watching people crank on Spencers knees is cringy. Hopefully Nico is the worst we see with that.
Guys who have no gas tank do not fare well against Nico.
Agreed, Nico is full throttle start to finish. At Farrel, Spencer was so gassed that I believe if the match would have went another minute he might have lost.
Although his tank is a work in progress, I didn't get that feeling in this match.
Agree. Not the most dominant today, but never in danger either. Get him some good mat time and
I meant it as a positive actually. Still working on that tank issue and was able to control Nico for the most part. If that tank is full at trials, I think he dominates.
Yea I think Spencer puts a lot of effort out early into dominating and when it doesn't happen, doubt and gas has creeped up on him. So wresting a smart, tactical match will usually work in his favor. That's what I saw in that last minute. It was nearly a minute long scramble at the end in which he wrestled through every position. A gassed guy would have bailed out at some point.
Yea,,,,it was a great time suck and well done by Spencer. BTW for the wondering, it all started off his shot.
I don’t follow free as much as I probably should, I’ve watched the last two tourneys Lees been in. Where’s he at for trials, is Nico top tier or should he be dominating him?
Found this from 2 days ago. I think Nico can hang with any of the guys above him and have a shot at beating any of them. I don't think he can beat Lee at this point. Lee 2-0 in the last month and I think Lee is widening the gap.
1 Zane RichardsUSA1
2 Thomas GilmanUSA2
3 Nick SurianoUSA3
4 Spencer LeeUSA4
5 Nico MegaludisUSAUR
6 Jakob CamachoUSA5
7 Luke LilledahlUSAUR
8 Brandon CourtneyUSAUR
9 Daniel DeShazerUSA9 (61)
10 Cooper FlynnUSA7
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Those who have advanced to the Olympic Trials finals series include men’s freestyle wrestlers Kyle Dake (74 kg), David Taylor (86 kg), Kyle Snyder (97 kg) and Mason Parris (125 kg), plus women’s freestyle wrestlers Sarah Hildebrandt (50 kg), Helen Maroulis (57 kg) and Adeline Gray (76 kg).
Fix will in the mix as well, among others, but he’s the best guy not on that list.
Forgot about Fix, he seems big at 61kg. Can he still make the cut without a major drop? Who else are you thinking?
you are wrong, trust me on this.
Agreed, he still looks explosive to me, he just tempers down a bit as the match progresses. As Chief said , he's calculating his tank and wrestling smarter as he gets the conditioning issue ironed out.
Nico is no joke, he's a seasoned vet with full blown man strength.
Nico blew through the competition at Farrel and Seniors, until Spencer.
I’m just going off that’s the only Olympic weight he’s competed that I can recall. I don’t think he’s been up at 65kg anyway. I just assume I am forgetting others more than anything.
I think Vito will have a rough go with Spencer at 57 if Spencer keeps improving and getting up to speed. Especially now with the cut Vito has to make.
Anyone is going to have a rough go with Spencer if he can get back up to speed, he's on his way.
Imo he's still wrestling a little sloppy because he knows he's not quite in the shape he needs to be. Taking chances trying to end the match early. He didn't do that until his senior year. He was always aggressive but seems to be a bit too aggressive.
He wrestled a smart match today. He's got 4 months to peak.
I'm excited about the possibility.
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I think you coupd PPV SL vs gilman with all the drama around them.
I never thought Gilman was going to be an Olympian, let alone a silver medalist. So yeah, this is a full circle moment since he left Iowa.
