2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships

[Priziesthorse]

Anyone else watching?

Here are the brackets
http://i.turner.ncaa.com/dr/ncaa/nc...ernal/gametool/brackets/wrestling_di_2015.pdf

Thursday and Friday night will be aired on ESPNU and the Saturday the finals will be on ESPN.

Logan Stieber looking to become the 4th wrestler in NCAA wrestling history to win 4 straight D1 national titles.

IMar is a freak freshman. He is awesome to watch.

 

[Shy Guy]

They are lucky Cena has an exclusive deal with WWE.

But in seriousness, I never have an opportunity to follow NCAA wrestling during the season but I always enjoy finals. I should really follow it more because I love the sport.

 

[wiggum]

I posted this on the other forum. Figured I could also post it here:

Any fan of combat sports should be gearing up for sports' greatest weekend: The NCAA wrestling championships.

If you tune in, you will see the wrestler that has a chance at becoming a true legend. Isaiah Martinez is a freshman boasting a 29-0 record. He has absolutely thrashed his opponents this year in a way that BE commentator Mike Riordan accurately compares to Mike Tyson. You have to see it to believe it - watch him just demolish 2X NCAA finalist, Dylan Ness: 157lbs Finals Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs. Dylan Ness (Minnesota) - Flowrestling

Riodan captures Martinez's potential nicely: "Gambling helps bring eyeballs, but a bigger deal is transcendent, crossover superstardom. One athlete with spectacular talent and a charismatic style can change the fortunes of an entire sport. Wrestling may just have such an athlete with the University of Illinois' Isaiah Martinez.

Boasting a 29-0 record, Martinez enters the NCAA championships as the top wrestler at 157 pounds, which may be the nation's toughest weight class. The Illinois standout's allure stems not just from the fact that he has won all his matches, but from the manner in which he has won them. The majority of his wins consist of lopsided and resounding thrashings. Martinez doesn't just defeat his opponents, he batters and slams them with an ultra-aggressive, visually impressive style that bears admiration even from viewers with absolutely no appreciation for wrestling's finer points.

To elaborate, Martinez, or IMar as some fans call him, has a noticeable tendency to effortlessly lift his opponents of the mat, and plant them hard on their backs." (Source: 2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships: The birth of a new star, and betting lines - Bloody Elbow - the article is great for other reasons, as is everything Mike writes)

We should never count our chickens before they hatch. There is a reason that Cael Sanderson is the only one to go four years without a loss. This time a decade ago, we all thought Dustin Schlater was going to be the next 4X undefeated national champion. But injuries made it so it wasn't to be.

But IMar is something special. And if you get a chance to tune in, you should.

Plus, you get to see Logan Steiber wrestle, which is always fun.

 

[Wild]

Great post @wiggum ! I'm going to have to check that dude out.

 

[wiggum]

The Flo video is a 90 second highlight. I'd definitely check that ASAP - and tune in this weekend.

As someone on the other forum pointed out, it's crazy to think that IMar got beat up by Anthony Valencia last year, who is still a senior in high school (and amazing). And Valencia got beat up by Mark Hall this year (a current junior).

The US has some amazing young talent. More than I can remember at any point since I've been involved in the sport.

 

[Wild]

The Flo video is a 90 second highlight. I'd definitely check that ASAP - and tune in this weekend.

As someone on the other forum pointed out, it's crazy to think that IMar got beat up by Anthony Valencia last year, who is still a senior in high school (and amazing). And Valencia got beat up by Mark Hall this year (a current junior).

The US has some amazing young talent. More than I can remember at any point since I've been involved in the sport.

Great info. I watched the Flo video. IMar is uber aggressive, and strong as hell.

 

[ECC170]

Dont forget my Indiana boy Returning NCAA champ sophmore stud Jason Tsirsis...Pumped for this..I turn 30 tomorrow and got a great weekend lined up..

 

[ECC170]

IMar is an absolute MONSTER...he just man handled last year runner up Ness...Also Bo Jordan will be looking for revenge on his own cousin who have him his lone loss at the Big Tens...

 

[Wild]

Dont forget my Indiana boy Returning NCAA champ sophmore stud Jason Tsirsis...Pumped for this..I turn 30 tomorrow and got a great weekend lined up..

Happy Birthday Johnny! Try not to kill anyone, or yourself, you maniac!

 

[Shy Guy]

@wiggum should promote amateur wrestling. He has me fired up to see this Martinez kid.

 

[Wild]

@wiggum - if you have Twitter, you should tweet Ben Askren about this weekend. He is hyped as shit right now.

 

[Priziesthorse]

@wiggum should promote amateur wrestling. He has me fired up to see this Martinez kid.

It's pretty crazy. He wrestles in the toughest weight class and still fucking mauls people.

 

[Cody Gibson]

I've got it all set to DVR the next few days. Super pumped!

IMartinez wrestled for Lemoore HS, which is about 3o minutes from where I live. When he was in high school, I was coaching at my alma mater, which is in the same league as Lemoore HS. The kids would always ask me, "coach, do you think you could beat IMartinez?" I'd always say I could, because when I was in college we would have some of the states better high school kids come in from time to time and they were solid but we would always beat them up pretty good. By the end of IMartinez's senior year though, at least internally, I started doubting myself haha. The kids a savage.

 

[Priziesthorse]

I've got it all set to DVR the next few days. Super pumped!

IMartinez wrestled for Lemoore HS, which is about 3o minutes from where I live. When he was in high school, I was coaching at my alma mater, which is in the same league as Lemoore HS. The kids would always ask me, "coach, do you think you could beat IMartinez?" I'd always say I could, because when I was in college we would have some of the states better high school kids come in from time to time and they were solid but we would always beat them up pretty good. By the end of IMartinez's senior year though, at least internally, I started doubting myself haha. The kids a savage.

Lol awesome. Yea man...that kid is special.

 

[Wild]

I've got it all set to DVR the next few days. Super pumped!

IMartinez wrestled for Lemoore HS, which is about 3o minutes from where I live. When he was in high school, I was coaching at my alma mater, which is in the same league as Lemoore HS. The kids would always ask me, "coach, do you think you could beat IMartinez?" I'd always say I could, because when I was in college we would have some of the states better high school kids come in from time to time and they were solid but we would always beat them up pretty good. By the end of IMartinez's senior year though, at least internally, I started doubting myself haha. The kids a savage.

How do you think he was transition to MMA 4 years from now? Scary to think about, if he can learn any amount of striking & BJJ at all.

 

[Cody Gibson]

How do you think he was transition to MMA 4 years from now? Scary to think about, if he can learn any amount of striking & BJJ at all.

It's hard to predict how anyone will transition. Striking is an entirely different beast and I've seen guys I thought would transition well come over and look like robots striking and visa versa. He's obviously got the wrestling chops and his attitude/aggressiveness is there as well.

 

[ECC170]

I've got it all set to DVR the next few days. Super pumped!

IMartinez wrestled for Lemoore HS, which is about 3o minutes from where I live. When he was in high school, I was coaching at my alma mater, which is in the same league as Lemoore HS. The kids would always ask me, "coach, do you think you could beat IMartinez?" I'd always say I could, because when I was in college we would have some of the states better high school kids come in from time to time and they were solid but we would always beat them up pretty good. By the end of IMartinez's senior year though, at least internally, I started doubting myself haha. The kids a savage.

Great to see you on here man..i really enjoyed your last fight broski..Win or Lose you are entertaining as hell..That Dieringer kid from OK STATE is unreal too..

 

[ECC170]

Happy Birthday Johnny! Try not to kill anyone, or yourself, you maniac!

Thanks bub..Starting off good got some Madness Games at noonish And round 1 and 2 wrestling..Having a huge fight/bday party Sat..hopefully I top it off with a ATM title T shirt sorry Zeph..

 

[ECC170]

Lol awesome. Yea man...that kid is special.

Im glad you're a wrestling fan..knew there was a reason we were homies ..Look out for Petrov at 25 from Bucknell watched him for years in HS..he actually beat one of my kids I coached in State title match..which was considered one the best matches in recent years in Indiana..My wrestler is Brendan Campbell aka 2x runner up WENT 210-9 during his HS career with 150 Fuckin pins that's just ridiculous and wad ranked top 10 in the country....Who waS winning both matches and lost in dramatic fashion..he wrestles for the NAVAL academy..ill try find that match was great..

 

[ECC170]

little highlight of Campbell...trying find his and Petrov match..theres some sick scrambles from that match at end of this video..

 

[ECC170]

Btw boys..remember the name Chad Red..ranked 1st at 126 in the nation..150-0 3xer goin for perfection next year..word is he's going to Penn St. He is one of Indianas finest..remember I told u so

 

[ECC170]

Noon every body who watching on ESPNU check in..all rounds are televised

 

[Wild]

Noon every body who watching on ESPNU check in..all rounds are televised

Will be switching back between NCAA games & wrestling. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[ECC170]

Will be switching back between NCAA games & wrestling. Thanks for the reminder.

Nota problem my good man...Petrov got 16 seed hes 27-5..hope he wins

 

[ECC170]

Get on on here...Got 6 returning national champs...guna be good