Wow, posted 16 years ago and it’s still here. That’s fantastic! Thank u

Remember...it was an olympic qualifier...they wrestled THREE times. Clearly the best wrestler prevailed...Kendall Cross! AND he went onn ot win the Olympic GOLD!

I remember this, Terry was our summer camp coach in Palmer, Ak before this and we flew down to Spokane to watch this event and we were all shocked!

Great example of a freestyle wrestler in Kendall Cross using savvy back exposure techniques versus a pure traditional takedown wrestler in Terry Brands. Check me if I'm wrong but I don't believe Cross took one committed leg attack in this match... Everything from under and overhooks and scrambles. Amazing.

i got to meet cross and i got his atograph he was a great man and a fantastic wrestler!

I remember this match. Our high school team went to Spokane to watch this and we were all shocked. His brother just a summer earlier went to Palmer, Ak to give a wrestling camp. Crazy!!!!

Best freestyle match of all time

Probly explains why it is one the the best High School programs in the country.

0:58 What an awkward throw! And yet it took Brands straight to his back like a high schooler!

This audio track is friggin' possessed...

Remember...it was a an olympic qualifier...they wrestled THREE times. Clearly the best wrestler prevailed...Kendall Cross!

Great rivalry and match. For those wondering about NCAA matches, Kendall beat Terry in 1990 once and then in the second match that year, Terry had a tech fall over Kendall in a Iowa vs Ok St dual meet. Kendall was the defending NCAA champ that year having won it in 1989 Tom beat Kendall 19-9 and then 1-0

Kendall is my wrestling coach at NG MMA Frisco TX. Awesome dude and AWESOME coach!!!

I love those shoes

kendall is using a lot of jiu jitsu top game stuff. like mounting and on top overhook control. this is a great match

These trials were held in Spokane, WA

@JTJUE101 yeh, this was the real olympic gold medal match.

I want those Cross Adidas so bad.

I went to a camp this past week and Kendall Cross was a clinician there, he is a very good teacher. I think he was probably the best coach there; Steve Martin was good too, but Martin isn't a very nice guy.

that couldve been the olympic gold medal match

this fight happend before i was even born

This is simply fantastic. These guys are both great. Different styles for sure, but they are both at the top of their games. I wish with all my heart Terry Brands could've won it in 2000.

Terry looks to be 95% grit, but it still couldn't handle the finesse of Kendall.

The real gold medal match was Cross and Sissaouri. Sissaouri was ripped off against Brands in 1995 when Brands did not even get one technical point.

0:58, Cross hooking the leg on the way down, such funk...

Can anyone tell me where Randy Couture placed at the 3 or 4 Olympic trials he competed in? I know he won world team trials a few times but im not sure about the Olympic years.

I GOT TO WRESTLE WITH HIM AT A CAMP IN HOMER ALASKA!!! :) HE SIGHNED MY SHOE!

gold medal

thankfully it isn't about your opinion..its about the score.

This match wasn't even that close with Cross turning him on his back twice. Brands couldn't get in on him and when he did score, Cross had such a big lead he just gave him the points. Cross is clearly the better wrestler.

This is the creepiest sounding audio track I've ever heard.

Anyone who thinks Brands one this just doesn't know the rules of freestyle; simple as that. He threw him and turned him off a head lock +1 back points. It is pretty simple fellas.

@Richland112 Dynamite all day dude.

Obviously he's not, or you dont really know your coach too well. He's a one time Olympic champ. He got 6th in '92

bradywrestler, you're missing the point...cross put him to his back..sure he lost the takedown game but cross executed the moves

He is the biggest baby win he loses unreal

His singlets are on Ebay right now. one day left

cross got saved a few times. brands scored on the edge of the mat.

i agree with everything except the part about brands being better. cross won and is a gold medalist. terry didn't win and is a bronze medalist. he has a different "don't stop style". you have your style and then you build technique around it or vice versa. you don't go as far as terry has gone by just being aggressive. PS anyone know the exact score of this match?

Why did Terry crawl off the mat? Was he hurt or was he being a poor sport?

Brands should have won that. he just made a big mistake in the beginning and just couldnt wrestle back. great match.

he sent Terry away crawling like a dog love it .

dude, thats just wrestling.

apparently you've never wrestled before. maybe he was TIRED.

@MMAfighter1555 but he didn't win... that one mistake is what separated cross from him good match still

to all the people who say that terry is all aggression no technique are saying that the most aggressive person on earth would be among the best in the world. You freakin idiots, terry wrestles hard and uses great technique to execute the takedowns. It's hard enough to penetrate on the best wrestler in the world..a whole other ball game taking them down. Brands > Cross.

Totally different era of competitor. I mean Cross was in the Olympics when Metcalf was a child. Literally a child. If Metcalf ever was a child. More like a manchild.

Cross is SOOOOOO Slick. Piss on brands for poor sportsmanship. You lost, stand up, look him in the eye, shake hands and walk off the mat.

lol dude obviously Kendall won Brands lost thats why he crawled off the mat

This is an awful heartbreaker. Brands dictates the entire match. Anyone unfamiliar with how wrestling is scored would be outraged. Kendall does a great job using Brands' aggressiveness against him though.