DT at Senior Worlds

[Pennstate1985]

PBP Courtesy SlipperyPete12 on the PSU board:

92kg Qualif. - David Morris Taylor VS Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN)

Period 1:
DT in red & Sadulaev in blue. Sadulaev looking much trimmer. His singlet is even loose in the chest & under the arms. Here we go! Tying up & circling, Sadulaev snaps, nothing & back to the tie up. DT drops in on a leg, Sadulaev defending & gets away, back to neutral. Circling, tying up. Passivity warning Sadulaev, restart. DT shoots, Sadulaev threatening with a chest wrap & sprawls back. Sadulaev spins around, comes behind & gets a TD, 2-0, no turns, restart. Tying up, Sadulaev snaps, nothing. Circling & hand fighting, Sadulaev snaps & comes behind quickly for another TD, 4-0, looking for a turn, but no luck, restart, 3:46 left. Circling & tying up & pushing in the center & that's how the period ends. 4-0 Sadulaev

Period 2:
Kennedy & someone I don't recognize in DT's corner. Back to action. DT shoots, Sadulaev sprawls, stalemate, restart. Tying up DT pushing forward a little, then they're back to center. Sadulaev snaps, DT sprawls back & they're back to center. DT shoots, Sadulaev gets a chest lock & is trying to come behind for another TD, but takes DT out of bounds, 5-0, restart. DT shoots off the whistle, gets a leg, but Sadulaevu sprawls back & it's a stalemate. DT back in on a leg off the whistle, Sadulaev counters, they're scrambling & Sadulaev gets the TD, 7-0, restart. 1:25 left. Circling, DT shoots, nothing, DT shoots again, gets a leg, but Sadulaev sprawls back for a stalemate, restart. DT shoots again off the whistle, Sadulaev sprawls & it's another stalemate, restart. 42-sec left. Tying up, DT reaches for a leg, nothing. Sadulaev locked over the head & it's another stalemate. DT shoots again off the whistle, Sadulaev with another sprawl, and another stalemate, restart, 14-sec left & that's how it ends. Sadulaev was in control of the entire match. DT got to his legs, but couldn't do much else from there.

Abdulrashid Sadulaev DEC David Taylor 7-0

 

[Pennstate1985]

DT had no answer for Sadulaev. He's such a tough hombre. That said, David will still be able to wrestle for bronze and end his career with a W.

 

[AtownPoke]

DT had no answer for Sadulaev. He's such a tough hombre. That said, David will still be able to wrestle for bronze and end his career with a W.

It’s just crazy how damn strong and fundamentally sound Sad is. Nothing special tactically but it overwhelms.

 

[Pennstate1985]

It’s just crazy how damn strong and fundamentally sound Sad is. Nothing special tactically but it overwhelms.

Sadulaev is very Dake-like.

 

[AtownPoke]

Sadulaev is very Dake-like.

Well the Russians say that Dake basically is Russian so maybe Dake is Sad-like lol

 

[Cowboy_1988]

Sadlulaev hips were so strong was impressive..very quick go behinds when needed as well.

 

[Cordellhall83]

When is the bronze match?

 

[AtownPoke]

When is the bronze match?

Sad has to make it to the finals for DT to be pulled back in. I believe the medal rounds are tomorrow

 

[SlickWillie2018]

A little bummed at the result and hope DT is pulled back in with a chance at bronze. I would guess folks are going to argue a lot about whether Father Time has caught up with DT a bit, or if the change in training partners leaving NLWC affected his performance. My biggest takeaway is that Sadulaev is one of the best wrestlers of all-time. I don’t even understand how I’m the same species as that dude.

 

[osu2082]

A little bummed at the result and hope DT is pulled back in with a chance at bronze. I would guess folks are going to argue a lot about whether Father Time has caught up with DT a bit, or if the change in training partners leaving NLWC affected his performance. My biggest takeaway is that Sadulaev is one of the best wrestlers of all-time. I don’t even understand how I’m the same species as that dude.

I don’t think it’s much more than DT wrestling a gold medal favorite who happens to be one of the better wrestlers of his generation in the first match.

The fact DT at his age was able to bump up a weight and run through the trials and earn the spot speaks to his ability even at his age and the benefits he has received in a new room with new partners and new mindset.

This whole thing has been a major win for him and the Cowboy program regardless of the outcome today and tomorrow.

 

[alephpoke]

Man the Japanese wrestler Ono is an absolute hammer. Just dismantled Vito and made him look slow.

 

[TheJimReaper]

Man the Japanese wrestler Ono is an absolute hammer. Just dismantled Vito and made him look slow.

DT needs to do some recruiting while he’s over there.

 

[Cowboy_1988]

DT will be pulled back in have a chance to come back for bronze. Sadulaev to finals

 

[Gabe H Coud]

DT needs to do some recruiting while he’s over there.

Penn state claims he’s a lock since he trains at NLWC

 

[alephpoke]

DT will be pulled back in have a chance to come back for bronze. Sadulaev to finals

I can’t believe he pulled that off. Was down 3-1 with 8 seconds left 😅

 

[McScoreley]

Watching DT get completely skunked was surreal, I had to lookup when he last didn't score a single point and it was 9 years ago when he was one year out of college and probably a 79 wrestling 86. Father time is undefeated ... DT had hell of a career and this obviously does nothing to his legacy when he's 34.

Always the dream to go out on top but I predict DT is reenergized and the two matches before the 3/5 match will get him confident and he adds one final medal to his count.

Then after, as the saying goes, onto bigger and better things.