This. RBY is a stud. People may not like how he wrestles, but the reality is, Desanto was in on his legs at will and never came close to finishing. RBY takes one shot and finishes it quickly. It’s a match I am curious about, but definitely feel Lee would have his hands full. RBY is a 2x National Champ and a weight heavier than Lee. Lee winning a match like that should also secure him the Hodge.
Spencer Vs RBY
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Nope, Lee gets his hands on him and he is finishing those shots and then the backs are following for the tech or fall
I would love to somehow see this in a best of 3 folkstyle match. Of course we will all back our guy, but it’s an intriguing matchup and not at all obvious how it would play out.
If RBY can make this weight, why wouldn’t he go down and challenge Spencer?
Agreed, no reason for Spencer to move up when he will wrestle free at his weight. Makes more sense for RBY to come down.
On the other hand, DeSanto could not finish from that position against nearly anyone - it was probably his biggest weakness.
Bc I’m sure he will wrestle 57 kilos… just my logic. Spencer walks around at 130 ish. No reason for him to “move up” ever. Thanks for listening.
I think @vhsalum's point is RBY's NCAA minimum certified weight would not allow RBY to wrestle 125lb in college. So it doesn't matter whether RBY might consider 57kg for freestyle where NCAA rules don't apply.
You can say that, but a person isn’t a 4x All-American and wins over 100 collegiate matches being unable to finish deep shots on the legs.
Well, clearly you can. Especially when you have a devastating far arm near leg move that no more than three or four guys in the country can stop.
Doubt he’d make 57. He’s wrestled 61 in past. Might jump to 65 for one run at Olympics before committing full time to MMA (ie Bo’s path)
Think he said in an interview he was over 140 the day before he wrestled DeSanto in the tournament.
I get it. Just don’t think Spencer needs to do anything to prove himself.
-like what was just said, rby was pretty heavy in the AD match. Prob won’t see this match unless rby moved down.
This is more realistic than dropping to 57kg. Even if he’s a little bit smaller than the avg 65kg dude, his speed could mitigate it.
This is true. I wonder how he is at free. I can see him being on the clock a lot but getting points when he needs to.
Out there in PA? I thought PSU owed us another duel at Carver.
I don't think so, too many dead people.
Agreed. Give me Spencer in a close one even giving up about 10-15 lbs come match time. I love how all of the psu fans say Spencer isn’t quick and the one isu poster over there constantly mentions that Spencer has slow feet. If it happens, I have big money for that turd that Spencer wins. And if it’s at 57kg, I’d put the house up. I don’t know if those same posters ever saw Spencer in person while healthy, but slow is not synonymous with Spencer. And I have tape to prove it, even some of Spencer humbling those psu “greats” they lump in with him (who were older and still got man-handled). See, some wrestlers like to engage and don’t need to evade (Spencer, yianni, gable), and others like to run (fix, starocci, rby). I know which style I like best and I sure as shit wouldn’t call yianni or steveson slow. I saw a lot of greats in PA in person and most wouldn’t talk as much crap about them but Spencer going to Iowa really rubbed some natives the wrong way. The same guys saying Spencer was better than Kolat when Lee was only a sophomore changed their tune to marsteller was better than him the next year the second he committed to Iowa haha. No joke. Back to the match, Rby has dynamic speed himself so I’m not taking anything away from his craft but Spencer is literally generational. Give DT, nolf, bo, and zain his injuries and collectively they might have 3 championships. All of which might have been won by Nolf. I stand by that. Ps, nolf was one of the ones Spencer used to abuse. How do I insert a winky face here?
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