DT at Senior Worlds
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92kg - Bronze Medal Match - David Taylor VS Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
Taylor is wearing a red singlet, and Ghasempour is wearing a bluish-black singlet with blue leg strips. The announcer said Taylor is 33 & Ghasempour is 26. The announcer said DT is a 3X world champ & Olympic gold medalist out of Oklahoma.
Period 1:
Here we go. Head slapping & hand fighting. DT gets poked in the eye & has a contact issue. It's resolved quickly & we're back to action. Tying up & circling, Ghasempour reaches for a leg, nothing & back to the tie up. Passivity warning DT, restart, 5:14 left. Tying up & circling, Ghasempour coming forward a little, stoppage & passivity warning on Ghasempour, restart, 4:44. Circling, Ghasempour shoots, DT counters & they're back to neutral. Circling, Ghasempour coming forward a little, then he gets hit with another passivity warning & goes on the clock. Ghasempour shoots a single, switches to a double & gets a TD, 2-0, shot clock turned off, restart, 3:45 left. Tying up & circling, DT shoots, Ghasempour with a chest wrap & it's a stalemate, restart. More circling & hand fighting as the period ends. 2-0 Ghasempour.
Period 2:
Back to action. DT shoots off the whistle, but Ghasempour evades. DT drives forward & tries a double leg, but Ghasempour fights him off. DT hits a quick double for a TD, 2-2, adv. DT, restart, 2:23 left. DT with a slick shot off the whistle & gets another TD, 4-2, restart, 2:07 left. Tying up & pushing & they break. Right back to the tie up & hand fighting & pushing, 1:20 left. The action has slowed a bit now. Ghasempour shoots, DT counters & Ghasempour backs out, no luck for either & they're back to neutral, 45-sec left. Tying up, Ghasempour shoots, nothing. Ghasempour shoots again, but DT blocks him off. Ghasempour getting more aggressive now & picking up the pace, he shoots again, nothing & again, but DT counters & gets another TD, 6-2 & that's how it ends.
David Taylor DEC Kamran Ghasempour 6-2
David Taylor wins Bronze!
Taylor is wearing a red singlet, and Ghasempour is wearing a bluish-black singlet with blue leg strips. The announcer said Taylor is 33 & Ghasempour is 26. The announcer said DT is a 3X world champ & Olympic gold medalist out of Oklahoma.
Period 1:
Here we go. Head slapping & hand fighting. DT gets poked in the eye & has a contact issue. It's resolved quickly & we're back to action. Tying up & circling, Ghasempour reaches for a leg, nothing & back to the tie up. Passivity warning DT, restart, 5:14 left. Tying up & circling, Ghasempour coming forward a little, stoppage & passivity warning on Ghasempour, restart, 4:44. Circling, Ghasempour shoots, DT counters & they're back to neutral. Circling, Ghasempour coming forward a little, then he gets hit with another passivity warning & goes on the clock. Ghasempour shoots a single, switches to a double & gets a TD, 2-0, shot clock turned off, restart, 3:45 left. Tying up & circling, DT shoots, Ghasempour with a chest wrap & it's a stalemate, restart. More circling & hand fighting as the period ends. 2-0 Ghasempour.
Period 2:
Back to action. DT shoots off the whistle, but Ghasempour evades. DT drives forward & tries a double leg, but Ghasempour fights him off. DT hits a quick double for a TD, 2-2, adv. DT, restart, 2:23 left. DT with a slick shot off the whistle & gets another TD, 4-2, restart, 2:07 left. Tying up & pushing & they break. Right back to the tie up & hand fighting & pushing, 1:20 left. The action has slowed a bit now. Ghasempour shoots, DT counters & Ghasempour backs out, no luck for either & they're back to neutral, 45-sec left. Tying up, Ghasempour shoots, nothing. Ghasempour shoots again, but DT blocks him off. Ghasempour getting more aggressive now & picking up the pace, he shoots again, nothing & again, but DT counters & gets another TD, 6-2 & that's how it ends.
David Taylor DEC Kamran Ghasempour 6-2
David Taylor wins Bronze!
Your #1 recruiter of high school kids is a reigning World medalist. That's a nice business card. He may have a gold, but this still says he is relevant on the world stage.
he was thisclose to taking his shoes off.
I honestly think he tried and was too emotional to make himself do it
12 world championships between those 3 in that bracket.
David won that match with his pace. He wore his opponent down. If nothing else I hope that his proteges learn from this along with his technique.
That is a ridiculous bracket and the UWW has to look at how they do things when it comes to seedings. Not that it matters what I believe but I do not believe one bit that any part of their "random" drawings are random at all.
Congratulation, great tournament, now on to the next chapter and bigger accomplishments! 
Even more impressive is that he went up a weight and beat the reigning world champ. WOW!!!
