he took weight cutting to a whole new level.

When the wrestler without a leg makes you feel pitty for the other wrestler thats crazy

He would have weighed 150 or more if he was he had two legs. So he has a insanely strong upper body. The ability to wrestle this well is insane

I was in the stands. The end was without a doubt THE loudest crowd reaction I've ever heard from a wrestling match.

The backstory makes this even better. Robles wanted to attend Iowa, but was told he wouldn't even be allowed to walk on.

He’s never given up a double leg takedown in his wrestling career.

Such a good guy. I was a Freshman in high school when I first met Anthony-He was a senior. From AZ met him again at ASU. Always treated me w/respect. Had the toughest grip/handshake ever. Inspirational💪🏽

That guy must have freakish upper body strength. It's a very unique challenge wrestling him on the feet because you have to go to his world, on the ground, which negates all your explosive takedowns.

I can't even win a regular match with 2 legs let alone be NCAA champ with 1

Imagine winning Nationals with one leg. What a savage.

This is why wrestling is the worlds GREATEST sport. No matter your circumstances you can always hit the mat.

I got the chance to actually meet Anthony when I was in 6th grade, he's an amazing guy super nice to talk to as a wrestler it was such a cool experience to just meet a national champion especially a guy like him

Dude wrestled for 3 years no one says anything. He smashes everyone his final year then all of a sudden he has an unfair advantage...

Inspirational story Robles.. looks like a 165lb wrestler up top.. He obviously put in a ton of work and dedication to win a NCAA wrestling championship.. good for him 💯💖

This man is a tilt machine

" I came to far too lose" 💯✊

100 pull-ups in two minutes is no joke

“Not matter what team you’re pulling for tonight, everyone here is a fan of Anthony Robles.”

Still one of my greatest inspirations

This guy is a coach for Arizona wrestling I see him coaching his team almost every tournament

One of my best friends wrestled him back in 2006 I believe, and he said this dude was insanely strong. But true, he would be like a 150 pounder if he had another leg, not talking shit, just saying

Ppl really try to make out his lack of a leg into some kind of advantage. He has no advantage that he did not work for.

I saw a couple of times a near side cradle was there but there was no leg to grab. Way to go Anthony

8:32 tf he trynna grab? Lol

I was happy I had the opportunity to wrestle Anthony Robles once this guy was an absolute *"monster"* and that's just putting it simply

God gave this boy the best genes to make up for his leg, his hard work speaks for its self Praise God.

Absolutely outstanding performance. I definitely underestimated Robles for sure I couldn’t imagine wrestling someone with 1 leg that’s absolutely crazy.

This is beyond amazing ❤

I wrestled in the 125 lb weight class too back in the mid 90s. My strength was my height because I was very skinny but my legs were as strong as my teammates that outweighed me by up to 70 pounds. I almost always wrestled people at least 6 inches shorter than me and they had not faced someone my height and build before. In regional and state tournaments, opponents would make jokes prior to my match with them, sometimes they taunted me at the time of the handshake at the beginning of the match. In a regional tournament I beat the #5 and #2 wrestler in the state (who tapped out) and then lost on points to the #1 ranked guy. It was a humbling experience for many wrestlers that thought my build made me weak and in one case, the guy that was ranked #2 apologized for disrespecting me prior to the match. He asked me to teach him how I performed the scissor lock so effectively. I worked with him for 30-45 minutes showing him my technique which combined a head lock to stretch the torso by arching the opponent's back and then applying pressure not from front to back but on the sides of the torso which not only restricted breathing but also was incredibly painful to the kidneys. I leveraged what most people thought was a disadvantage and made it my greatest asset. When sprawled out, smaller opponents could not roll me and if I got them in a scissor lock with my legs, they could not break it. Robles did the same but on a whole different level and it is incredibly impressive that he could compete without a leg, much less win a national championship. Really, just an unbelievable story of overcoming a weakness and finding your strengths to achieve greatness. What a joy to watch him in this match.

Normally I root against Tom and Terry Brands and Iowa, no disrespect intended, it's just a sports thing, but for 1st time I felt sorry for Tom and Terry as they sat on sidelines quiet and still, no jumping around, no animated theatrics, no yelling BECAUSE there was nothing they could do as coaches, McDonough was GREAT and did his best but just can you do against such a powerful uniquely skilled wrestler like Robles. So essentially, I have huge respect for Tom Brands, I will never root for Iowa simply because it's a sports thing, gotta root for the underdogs to beat the kingpin.

Today i had a camp that he always comes to. He showed every tilt in this video.

Could you upload the Griffith vs. Marinelli quarter-final match?

Anthony Robles, Pat Tillman .. true Sun Devils .. ASU inspiration

Proud of the guy.

such a nasty tilt at 3:40

I don’t know if you’ll ever get a stronger 125 lb wrestler than Robles. Robles has the body of a 184-197 lb wrestler, but simply because he has no leg, he’s 125. Probably one of the biggest 125 lb wrestlers I’ve seen

3:34 4:38 tilts

Waiting to see this match for while glooks 🕺🏼

He's just so damn good outscored opponents 52 to 7....WTF????!!!

All I’m going to say is it is a unique challenge

Here comes everybody talking about the guy with one leg has an advantage 🙄

Well damn that made me tear up a bit. His mom is a hottie too.

Honestly Anthony Robles had an advantage...he had the underbody strength of a 150 or 160 pounder. And matt couldn't really attack from standup position. Still props to Robles

Holy crap he’s insane

I saw this kid wrestle as a 9th grader for Mesa Jr. He sucked. He got like 5th or 6th place among 13 9th graders in Mesa, Arizona. He had great high school coaches. Some of the best.

I'd like to see him and Spencer Lee that would of been a interesting match

McDonough muscle memory when he is going in for an offensive move is in a funk the way he tries reaching the leg that wasn't there.

Frame of a 150lb and how do you wrestle someone immune to take downs, how do you prepare for that, regardless good match

Robles really had a leg up on Mcdonough

I wanna see Robles vs Lee

305 lb bench holy shit!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow 💪🏾☝️

So thats what deadpool was talking about

This guy would be an extra 20-40 lb if he had that leg

I wish I only had 1 leg

Un fuckin real

This loss is Tom Brand's fault. The Iowa style does not work in this application. First thing Robles does every period is back up and and drop down. Matt should have stalled and stayed away from him. Until the 3rd period, then scored a takedown and made that the only real action. Robles weakness is lack of action in the neutral position. I also want to apologise for any insult I made to handicap citizens, but even if McDonough would have won all he get credit for was beating a "single leg attack"!

Robles is super hard to wrestle because his opponents have to change their style in order to compete against him. Plus what he lacks from the bottom he makes up for it with his incredible upper body strength.

I don’t believe reynolds has an advantage in the sport. His advantage is the fact that no one has any training time against his body type while he has all the time in the world - which is fair game. Also the rules could be hard to enforce and are not designed for his body which could be an advantage but that not the point.

I'm curious how Robles would've been dealt with in today's NCAA. It seems like the sport, possibly with the help of sites like KZfaq and Flowrestling making endless amounts of film available, has evolved a lot in the last decade. You certainly shouldn't get down on Robles' level and tie up with him like McDonough does here. I think you just wait him out and level change and tap his head right? Let Robles get the stalling call, he's not going anywhere. And you def don't want to get under him. I think you choose top and win the riding time battle. You'd basically have to provoke stalling calls. Fascinating that there were people who were able to solve the Robles puzzle his other years in college before he won it all. What changed? It seems like it should be an all or nothing thing where he either beats everyone and the missing leg is an advantage or the opposite and he gets killed.

04:41, NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

Great performance from Robles, but I’m confused how that wasn’t a takedown at the very end when McDonough was behind him

we can talk all we want about who had the advantage, but it really doesnt look like mcdonough was trying as hard as he should/could have. Really didn't make much attempt to get off bottom, and wasn't particularly aggressive otherwise.

They cut the part where his mother walks to the mat out of the video.

Too bad for matt. I mean his opponent is built like a 185 pounder. But good for anthony. What an accomplishment!

McDonough should have stayed on his feet and not wrestled from his knees because Robles is much stronger than him

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I’m surprised he didn’t pick top for the third period

Must feel weird to reach for a leg and there is no leg there

2:52

ok...he has one leg...buuuuutttt...his muscle mass is immensely heavier...

Is it me or did he not give a bad control, then took him down over and over and the last period?

Would have been better if he came out without crutches.... it almost seems nit fair for dude with two legs...

As a wrestler I will tell you that this is unfair. So you wrestle a guy with one leg that would clearly outweigh you if he had a leg. Then you are forced to wrestle his style of match which is extremely low to the ground. Then you have no leg to grab when you're trying to counter or prevent his offensive. Its bullshit.

Bruh if McDonough stayed on his feet instead of going down to his level he could’ve went for like a dresser dump or something

I bet his upper body strength is that of a 140 pounder

What a crybaby running off the mat after losing lmao Iowa are clowns

I think having one leg put him at an advantage...more upper body strength.i don't take nothing away from this success...forkim

Is this even fair honestly?

So so so unfair...he's probably naturally a 165lber minus the leg then cutting another 10 at least!

He hits the same moves every match. . Technically he not great.. not fair. Not saying I could do it if I was him.. but They shouldn't let him wrestle. If you wrestled him in practice found his weakness you could beat him everytime.

Robles was as big a 157 pounder haha. So sad that the ncaa robbed natural 25 pounders against this man

If you dont understand how this is a complete unfair advantage for Robles, you dont comprehend wrestling! Just pisses me off Matt’s record was tarnished by this bullshit asterisk.

thats cheating. it's an OBVIOUS advantage TO BE MISSING 50% of what your opponent attacks THEN if thats not enough, he's sitting down on his ankle nullifying any other shot attempts making YOU lean forward to be misdirected, or snapped. god bless his perseverance but thats an undeserved win, that was a disgrace to TRUE wrestlers.

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I am in absolute awe... there is nothing he can do what the actual fuck... this is insane