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U20's World Championships

I think the semis are 10:45am Eastern.

Semi-Finals

Mat A
65kg - Bo Bassett VS Makoto Hosokawa (JPN)
79kg - Zackary Ryder VS Said Saidulov (AIN)
97kg - Justin Rademacher VS Rizebek Aitmukhan (KAZ)

Mat B
57kg - Luke Lilledahl VS Hayko Gasparyan (ARM)
70kg - PJ Duke VS Magomed Baitukaev (AIN)
Are they on Flo?
 
In the other two finals, Duke loses 7-6 in a wild bout, while Ryder won his semi 6-3.

So the USA went 2-3 in the semis. Not a bad showing. These are all tough matches. Tomorrow we have three more guys competing. Obereo can sleep in until 3;30. That's when it starts.
 
Duke deserved that win. Russian was very good and physically mature, but took about 3 gas tank injury timeouts to recover when things got frenzied. Without those being allowed, Duke keeps grinding to takedowns. It looked like SEC defenders playing against up-tempo offenses.

On top of that, Duke got a 4 point throw with like 3 seconds only to have a step out called on his opponent first. No idea why we didn't challenge. The whole thing stunk, I felt bad for the kid even though he's about to be a blue heathen.
 
In the other two finals, Duke loses 7-6 in a wild bout, while Ryder won his semi 6-3.

So the USA went 2-3 in the semis. Not a bad showing. These are all tough matches. Tomorrow we have three more guys competing. Obereo can sleep in until 3;30. That's when it starts.
 
Lillendahl into the finals 4-1.

Bassett gives up a TD and a series of turns and is teched in 46 seconds. 10-0.
Haven't rewatched yet but it looked like Basset made two major mistakes and the Japanese wrestler capitalized on both of them. He got weirdly extended on a shot sequence which allowed Japan a relatively easy to go behind, then he tried to fight the takedown from quadpod, but he never established it well (he went to his head on the initial go-behind/throw-by) and it be broken anyways. From the short lived quadpod Japan got an elbow-to-elbow low gut locked up... He probably could have presented better par terre defense but after a gut like that gets locked up by someone of that level, you in for a short match regardless.

I wouldn't imagine we don't see him make either one of those mistakes too many more times.
 
Just the facts, Maam-er Mister.
Got up at 4:30AM and here is what I know so far. Blaze won 4-0 at 61kg. Lockett at 74kg was leading 10-2 early in 2nd period and then got a fall. At 92kg Mirasola had a 10-0 tech. Barr at 86KG had a bye first round and Kueter has not yet wrestled at 125kg.
 
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Courtesy SlipperyPete12 on PSU board:

74kg R1 - Ladarion Lockett VS Baitemir Tuleberdiev (KGZ)

P1:
Lockett keeping some space & then ties-up
Lockett passivity warning
Lockett shoots, nothing
Tuleberdiev working an under hook
Lockett shoots & drives Tuleberdiev out, 1-0, restart
Back to tying up Tuleberdiev pushing forward, drops in on a leg, Lockett with a slick counter & picks up the TD, 3-0, restart 4:21 left
Tying up & hand fighting, Lockett shoots, but Tuleberdiev fights out of it & they're back to their feet in the center of the mat. Tuleberdiev coming forward a little, Lockett near the edge, but then he circles back to center & the period expires
3-0 Lockett

P2:
Tuleberdiev pushing forward off the whistle, Lockett on the edge, but he circles back to center, then drops in on a leg, drives Tuleberdiev to the edge & takes him out of bounds. 4-0.
Lockett hurt going out of bounds & it's injury time.
Back at it, Lockett appears to be okay.
Tuleberdiev pushing forward, Lockett at the edge, but then he shoots, Tuleberdiev tries to counter, but Lockett picks up 4 points during the exchange & it's 8-0, restart
Tuleberdiev gets a quick TD off the whistle, 8-2. Tuleberdiev tries for a turn, but Lockett counters & takes Tuleberdiev to his back for the fall!

Ladarion Lockett FALL Baitemir Tuleberdiev (4:33)
 
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Got up at 4:30AM and here is what I know so far. Blaze won 4-0 at 61kg. Lockett at 74kg was leading 10-2 early in 2nd period and then got a fall. At 92kg Mirasola had a 10-0 tech. Barr at 86KG had a bye first round and Kueter has not yet wrestled at 125kg.
Good morning!!
 
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61kg R1 - Marcus Glenn Blaze VS Dohyung Kim (KOR)

P1:
Hand fighting off the whistle & head slapping, then collar ties
Blaze reaches for an ankle, but Kim fights out of it
Blaze coming forward, Kim on the edge on his knees, Blaze takes him out of bounds, but grounded, no scoring
Tying up & a quick stoppage, Kim passivity warning, restart
Blaze drops in on a shot off the whistle, picks up the TD & has Kim on his back 4-0, He's working for the pin, and then gets it!

Marcus Glenn Blaze FALL Dohyung Kim (1:16)
 
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Again, all these detailed results courtesy SlipperyPete12. He is an amazing play-by-play guy:

92kg R1 - Connor Mirasola VS Grigori Tomali (MDA)

P1:
Tying up & fighting for position
Connor drops in on a leg & gets the TD, has a tight gut & picks up 2 turns before going out of bounds, 6-0, restart
Connor reaches for a leg, nothing, Connor with a couple more half shots, then they're back to the center tying up. Connor gets to a leg, but Tomali fights him off. 4-min left.
Tomali drops to a leg, but Connor just circles out of it.
Back to center tying up & pushing & circling
Connor shoots, gets the leg & finishes off the TD, 8-0
The period expires.

P2:
Circling & fighting for position to start the second. Connor looking for an opening. Tomali with good defense. Connor gets to the leg, comes around behind & picks up another TD for the 10-0 TECH

Connor Mirasola TECH Grigori Tomali 10-0 (3:48)
 
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Now this was a "gutting it out" if I've ever seen one.

74kg - 1/8 Final (R16) - Ladarion Artez Lockett VS Tamir Eshinimaev (AIN)

P1:
Head tapping to start, both keeping some distance, then hand fighting & Lockett slaps Eshinimaev for some reason, stoppage & restart
Circling & looking for an opening
Eshinimaev passivity warning
Back to hand fighting & circling, stoppage for fingers, warning Eshinimaev
Tying up, Lockett fakes, 2nd passivity warning Eshinimaev, goes on the clock.
Eshinimaev shoots for a low single, nothing
Shot clock point Lockett, 1-0
Circling & fighting for position, passivity warning Lockett
Lockett reaches for a leg, more of a half shot. Tying up & hand fighting to end the period.
1-0 Lockett

P2:
Not much action so far, just lots of fighting for position.
Back to action, Lockett gets deep in on a leg, working to finish, but Eshinimaev fights out of it & they're back to center tying up. Eshinimaev with double unders & they go out of bounds, but no points awarded, restart
Eshinimaev with a passivity warning right after the whistle & goes on the clock again
Eshinimaev drops in on an ankle off the whistle, they're scrambling & Eshinimaev gets 2, I think for an exposure, before they are stalemated. 2-1 Eshinimaev
Lockett challenging
Challenge won, score changed to back to 1-0 Lockett with Eshinimaev back on the shot clock. Ref is at the table now discussing something. Not sure what the shot clock time should be, but it's been reset to 30-sec. Now, it's been changed to 13-sec.
Back to action, Tying up, Eshinimaev coming forward, Lockett circling back to center, Lockett half shot, stoppage Lockett passivity warning, goes on the clock, 1:05 left.
Locket shoots deep in on a leg, Eshinimaev fighting, but Lockett elevates & drives Eshinimaev out of bounds for 4, 6-0. Wow! Great move!
More tying up & pushing as time expires.

Ladarion Lockett DEC Tamir Eshinimaev 6-0
 
Again, all these detailed results courtesy SlipperyPete12. He is an amazing play-by-play guy:

92kg R1 - Connor Mirasola VS Grigori Tomali (MDA)

P1:
Tying up & fighting for position
Connor drops in on a leg & gets the TD, has a tight gut & picks up 2 turns before going out of bounds, 6-0, restart
Connor reaches for a leg, nothing, Connor with a couple more half shots, then they're back to the center tying up. Connor gets to a leg, but Tomali fights him off. 4-min left.
Tomali drops to a leg, but Connor just circles out of it.
Back to center tying up & pushing & circling
Connor shoots, gets the leg & finishes off the TD, 8-0
The period expires.

P2:
Circling & fighting for position to start the second. Connor looking for an opening. Tomali with good defense. Connor gets to the leg, comes around behind & picks up another TD for the 10-0 TECH

Connor Mirasola TECH Grigori Tomali 10-0 (3:48)
Lockett wins 6-0 in round of 8 and is in the qtrs. Tough match and he was almost taken down but won the challenge and came back with a 4 point move. BTW great narrative above by Pennstate1985 and good morning to you!
 
Since you guys care about Lockett the most, here was a bracket analysis by zzs006 on the PSU board the other day:

74kg is always a tough weight and this year is no different. The huge favorite in Rezaei is opposite Lockett along with Ando, Yaprak, Caso, and Marcu. Locket’s path is super tough though. He starts with this years 3rd placer at U20 Asians Tuleberdiev. Win and he gets Eshinimaev who I picked to win silver. Get by him and his quarter should be much easier. Win and in the semis he probably gets either Itaev or Gevorgyan. Itaev took 5th at senior Euros this year and only lost to Musukaev 2-1 and Andreasyan 6-5. Gevorgyan took 3rd at U17 worlds last year only losing to Blaze. I really don’t know what to think after seeing this bracket. I could see him making the finals or not placing at all. Tough path so he has to be on point every match.

As we saw this morning, the above analysis was on point. Eshinimaev was super tough but Dee beats him 6-0 in a very hard fought bout.
 
Lockett wins 6-0 in round of 8 and is in the qtrs. Tough match and he was almost taken down but won the challenge and came back with a 4 point move. BTW great narrative above by Pennstate1985 and good morning to you!
Top of the morning to you sir. All narratives by SlipperyPete12. He does an amazing job of describing the action. He must have a voice activation keyboard gizmo to be able to type all that detail AND watch the action.
 
I'm always surprised that at this level, so many of our opponents lack the cardio to go 6 minutes. Since so many look bigger than our guys, I wonder if the old weight cutting techniques are hurting some of those countries in actual matches.
 
74kg 1/4 Finals - Ladarion Artez Lockett VS Gaurav Gaurav (IND)

P1:
Circling & head tapping, but not much more action.
Gaurav working a 2 on 1, then they break, more circling, but nothing more
Gaurav passivity warning, restart
Ref calling for more action, 2nd passivity warning Gaurav & he goes on the clock.
Gaurav shoots, nothing, Lockett shoots, Gaurav almost gets away, but Lockett finshes the TD & ads a turn, 4-0 & he gets a shot clock point, 5-0, restart, 4-min left
Locket back in on another TD & adds 2 turns for a quick tech.

Ladarion Lockett TECH Gaurav Gaurav 11-1

Lockett is into the semis.
 
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74kg 1/4 Finals - Ladarion Artez Lockett VS Gaurav Gaurav (IND)

P1:
Circling & head tapping, but not much more action.
Gaurav working a 2 on 1, then they break, more circling, but nothing more
Gaurav passivity warning, restart
Ref calling for more action, 2nd passivity warning Gaurav & he goes on the clock.
Gaurav shoots, nothing, Lockett shoots, Gaurav almost gets away, but Lockett finshes the TD & ads a turn, 4-0 & he gets a shot clock point, 5-0, restart, 4-min left
Locket back in on another TD & adds 2 turns for a quick tech.

Ladarion Lockett TECH Gaurav Gaurav 11-1
What he said.
 
61kg 1/4 Finals - Marcus Glenn Blaze VS Jamal Abbasov (AZE)

P1:
Back at it already for Blaze.
Tying up & fighting for position to start, but not much action in the first minute.
Passivity warning Blaze
Blaze reaches for an ankle, nothing, Abbasov reaches for an ankle, nothing, Ref calling for action
2nd passivity warning Blaze, & he goes on the clock
Blaze reaches for a leg, Abbasov counters, Blaze re-counters, gets a body lock, elevates & gets a TD, 2-0
Blood or injury time for Blaze
We're back at it, 3:58 left
Abbasov starts in par terre, but Blaze can't add a turn, restart
Blaze reaches for a leg & again, has the head & is trying to come around, Abbasov with a whizzer & they're back on their feet in the center, no scoring.
Passivity warning Abbasov
And the period ends.

P2:
Blaze drops in on a leg off the whistle, working, Abbasov locked in through the crotch now. Blaze trying to come up, but no dice & it's a stalemate, 2:20 left
Tying up, Blaze working a 2 on 1 & they break, Blaze shoots, nothing, Abbasov shoots, nothing, Abbasov shoots again, Blaze circles away. Abbasov in on a deep shot, Blaze trying to counter & appears to get an exposure, but no points, Abbasov keeps coming forward & gets a push out, 2-1, restart, 1:20 left
Tight battle here. Back to tying up, Blaze shoots, Abbasov counters, theyre working & Blaze gets another TD on the edge, 4-1
Abbasov challenging, long review
Back to action, Abbasov coming forward off the whistle, Blaze circles back to center, 30-sec left, Blaze in on an ankle, Abbasov trying to come over the top, they're scrambling & Blaze takes Abbasov out of bounds for 2 more, 7-1, restart, and time expires

Marcus Blaze DEC Jamal Abbasov 7-1

Blaze into the semis as well.
 
That favorite has to get by the Japanese wrestler, and the way Japan has been wrestling recently we shall see how that favored guy does! haha Japan has showed off lately, the Olympics started it all!
With that said though, they semi's have to be wrestled to see who even makes the finals. I just watched the finals from last years 70kg, where Rezae wrestled Shapiro for gold. He started off hot with a TD and turn to go up 4-0 in the first 30 seconds. But afterwards looked gassed and looking for a reason to take blood/injury time. He got another takedown late in the match with a spurt of energy that caught Shapiro off guard.

 
Top of the morning to you sir. All narratives by SlipperyPete12. He does an amazing job of describing the action. He must have a voice activation keyboard gizmo to be able to type all that detail AND watch the action.

I work with a guy who takes meticulous, detailed notes of multi-hour technical meetings with a dozen or more attendees, and he remains an engaged and contributing participant in all of the conversation.

It’s a superpower possessed by few
 
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74kg Semi-Final Ladarion Lockett VS Aghanazar Novruzov (AZE)

P1:
Head tapping from Lockett, Novruzov wants to tie up, but Lockett pulls away, then they tie up again & Lockett tries a hard snap, nothing. Circling & breaking apart. Passivity warning Novruzov, restart, 5-min left.
Tying up again, Novruzov reaches for a leg, Lockett circles away & they're back to tying up. Novruzov passivity warning #2, goes on the clock.
Tying up again, Lockett shot clock point, 1-0
Lockett shoots, nothing & back to the tie up. Lockett passivity warning, restart, 3:40 left.
Tying up, Lockett faking, then back to the tie up & circling, 20-sec left. Lockett snaps, nothing & the period ends
1-0 Lockett

P2:
This is a tight match & neither wrestler has taken a committed shot yet.
Back to action. Lockett tapping at the head & keeping his distance. Novruzov coming forward & they're tying up. Locket drops in on a leg, gets it elevated & takes Novruzov out of bounds, 2-0, restart, 2:22 left
Tying up again, Novruzov snaps, tries to go behind, but Lockett circles away.
Back to center tying up. 2-min left
Both wrestlers looking a little tired now & pace has slowed. Lots of fakes, tie ups & breaking apart. Lockett 2nd passivity warning, goes on the clock.
Circling, 1-min left, Novruzov pushing forward a little, Lockett drops down & looks for a leg, nothing. Shot clock point Novruzov, 2-1, 30-sec left
Lockett faking, Novruzov pushing forward, but Lockett circles back to center, Novruzov pushing forward again & Lockett warned, Novruzov comes forward off the whistle, but Lockett fights him off for the win.

Hold on, challenge Novruzov, Challenge lost, point Lockett.

Ladarion Lockett DEC Aghanazar Novruzov 3-1

Lockett is on to the finals.
 
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61kg Semi - Marcus Blaze VS Masanosuke Ono (JPN)

P1:
I got here late, so am catching up now.
Ono drives forward & they go out of bounds, but no scoring. restart
Ono in on a leg & something happened, restart, no scoring
Ono driving forward takes Blaze out of bounds again & now it's 3-0. Ono may have gotten points on the previous exchange.
Restart, 4:50 left
Ono driving forward again, Blaze circles back to center
Blaze 2nd passivity warning, goes on the clock, 4-min left,
Ono drives forward & gets a TD, 5-0, then adds a shot clock point, 6-0
Back to center, 30-sec left, hand fighting & tying up. Ono appears quite strong. That's it for the period.

P2:
Tying up & Ono driving forward to start the 2nd. Blaze circles back to center. Blaze snapping, but Ono is quite solid on his feet. These little Japanese guys are tenacious. Blaze reaches for a shot, nothing, tries to snap, but Ono hand fighting hard. Ono drops in on a leg, gets it & takes Blaze out of bounds, 7-0, restart, 1:45 left
Tying up & hand fighting & circling, 1-min left
Blaze tries a throw by, nothing, snaps, reaches for a leg & they're back to center, 30-sec left.
Blaze looking for an opening, but Ono has rock solid defense. And that's how it ends.

Masanosuke Ono DEC Marcus Blaze 7-0
 
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