agreed! (ps, I love your podcast) thank you for promoting the sport as well

You’re the man Lex

I was reffing a grappling event as this happened. So glad I can watch!!

Get Cael or John Smith on the show please! We need more wrestlers on big podcasts like yours!

Thank YOU! for promoting our sport, very refreshed to see you wrestled.

IDK, I'm no expert but at that ultimate elite level if you're 2nd one yr and a yr later the 8th place guy is coming after you, you better be 110% ready, skill & strength differential at that level is almost nil

@@davidgantz9378 but 8th place guy wasnt "coming after" him. The 8th place guy surpassed him. The point was RBY improved a lot more than Fix improved.

@@djp5293 I'm just a fan watching, not an expert, your probably right, to me they are all so good I cant tell the difference > RBY, Desano, Fix except that RBY has unrelenting ability to win at this stage of his career. Yes you are right, incredible

And rby didn’t use steroids to improve. Fuck fix

Next year Fix 6th year

We need that too.

That rule would retire Mekhi Lewis like the danger rule killed Dean Heil

No.

@@K2NOPS the danger rule needed to happen. Dude would just dive for legs and lay there on his back waiting for a stalemate.

RBY would have gotten pushouts on Fix, as well. Penn State would just get better at that too.

If this was implemented Fix would not make the Podium. His entire game is based on 2 basic moves. This is why intelligent wrestlers defeat Fix. Yanni made him look like a middle school wrestler. Lee teched him. Fix is just another Iowa or OSU wrestler that is not capable of changing his game. Here is another FYI for you. If RBY does come back for another year he may pin Fix. Fix lacks take down defense, gets rode out like a school girl and could not spell cat if you front him a c and an a.

Facts man. We know what programs like Iowa and Oklahoma State represent, but PSU is THE TOP elite program and will be for a long time.

The wrestling participation rate is so low now, making recruiting very difficult. PSU finds the best and or creates them. I think Cael could care less how much wrestling recruits know, he looks for elite athleticism. He can teach them wrestling no problem. Nichol, Lee, Nolf & Sarocci are athletic freaks among others.

What I like is he gets them from everywhere rby Arizona nick lee Indians carter PA Aaron brooks Maryland max dean New York Greg kirkfliet Minnesota

He has the ability to take an above average/average wrestler and turn them into a winner in life. So fun to watch.

Bc Bravo is on another level 💋

@@Nik_Airball I’m talking about in general. He’s really given up on doing legs and I don’t understand why

@@ianshue2890 he’s been doing a lot of freestyle, killed his flow for top in folk

@@ianshue2890 You haven't been watching him much, then. Fix got his legs in on most of his opponents this year. RBY is a lot better than those guys, though.

@@genghiskhan7041 your right. A lot of times the only times I see Fix is in the NCAA tournament and when Oklahoma State wrestled Iowa, so this is just from what I saw in the NCAA tournament

Actually 1 guy is a 2x champ and the other is a 3x runner up.

@@djp5293 and what are you?

I’d rather watch paint dry

Undoubtedly DC narrating the wrestling matches are sensational, could you tell me if universities also help to recruit wrestling athletes from another country even if they didn't go to high school in the USA? I'm from Brazil

@@DragunovWayne Fala meu agmigo. Eu sou Americano mas a minha esposa e Brasileira. If you are looking to get recruited to an American college, the hard part is that you need to wrestle American "folk" style. Big colleges are interested in wrestlers who wrestle freestyle, no doubt, but they focus on folk style. If you train in BJJ, you can do well in folk style as there is a lot of scrambles and Niwaza. I would recommend going to the U.S. and signing up for some summer tournaments to get your name out there. Good luck!

It seems that RBY is smart enough to respect the better wrestlers. And then he counts on his speed and quickenss to take advantage of the smallest opening.

Exactly! He is a great wrestler but the backing to the edge of the mat is maddening

Great counter wrestler. Stalls to the title!!!

@@chuckbarber8792 Just says National Champ in the books.

I agree. But I also feel like the ref awards not just mat control but aggression. That’s the one thing I’ve never liked about a Fix match is it always seems like he’s working to get the officials involved instead of going for it. He was pushing RBY to the side of the mat with no level changes or without taking chances. From the beginning setting the tone looking for stall calls. I think the better wrestler won the last two years. Last year Fix got every chance by getting back in the match with the refs. Came down to him having to get it done in OT. And to this year he didn’t get a takedown.

@@chuckbarber8792 the only takedown is this match was from rby shooting

Overall they both stall their asses off though.

@Pockets Smith IDK, at that level it's a coin toss they're so good.

@@davidgantz9378 In 2 matches, 1 guy has scored 2 takdowns, 2 escape points and a riding time point over the other guy who got gifted 2 stalling points and 2 escape its not a coin toss.. 1 is clearly better.

@@davidgantz9378 when RBY wrestles desanto he sticks his left arm basically behind his back. That's stalling, and fix with his double boots and not trying to turn is stalling. They both stall there asses off.

@@pocketssmith5933 leaving your arm behind your back is not stalling just like leaving 1 foot back. Bottomline is as greAt as desanto is, hes not better than RBY OR FIX.

maybe it is mental

And you're behind a computer..

Just tougher competition. For one to get in finals every year (4 state championships) 3 Ncaa finals including thesenoir worlds makes him one of the best. You must not know much about what it takes to get the finals since the age of 14 including 6 junior freestyle nationals, 1 junior worlds. A smart man would reconsider this post and a wise man would remove it. Just saying

@@nicoross5065 ok Socrates

Yup he wants to win world and olympic medals in 2024

Eh, he will have to spend some time in FS and change his style. If this match was freestyle I feel that Fix wins easily. Fix takes the center of that mat and pushed RBY out for an easy 3-4 points.

And RBY's ability in the 3rd period to take qualtiy shots and put Fix on defense the whole period.

My exact thoughts lol

@@jacksonbutler4958 it was obvious he was just trying to push rby for a lot of the match. Everyone complains about RBY stalling but I think this was a pretty clean match from him, he wasn’t really running from fix and fix didn’t make many shots off the pushing

@@tristans_ people hate on rby cause he has good movement and he knows how to win close matches. Fans that would rather watch two guys tie up repeatedly for 7 minutes while barely moving are the ones that are mad. RBY is smart for not tying up with fix who’s strong as hell, he’s creating the new style and age of wrestling mobility and people are gonna hate.

@@tristans_ Reminds me of last year when he got hit twice in the last 20 seconds to which gave Fix 2 for the tie. Those were some of the worst stall calls I’ve ever seen

Ever since the cry baby antics when he wrestled suriano i just cant stand watching fix wrestle....produce some offense

What keeps us comin back.

Yes that is his Kryptonite. He has to change his pace. He has to do multiple shots after a initial shot. Willing to go a full 7 minutes of non stop wrestling. Work on riding and turns like Spencer Lee and a Tom Brands type of offensive and wear Bravo down because a fresh Bravo is to athletic. You have to get RBY beyond tired to score. Like Tom Brands did with Alan Fried when your oppenent has that amount of athleticism

If you have 7 minutes to take this guy down you're done!

I thought the same thing. Pretty fuckin wack to not acknowledge your opponent. But I know that RBY is usually pretty respectful, maybe he just got caught up in the moment

Daton didn’t give Roman much of a chance. Roman was mid celebration. He gave Daton his props in the interview though which speaks to his respect for his opponents.

Yo whats up crypto face

You mean the guy that took 15 seconds to let go of my leg after the match was over? I get it

Roman has been super respectful all week. He even said directly after the match DaSanto made him better haveing to wrestle him over and over.

Now 4

@@jaydenvillasenor6758 i knew he would lose before he even stepped on the mat. These kinds of matches are just horrible for the sport. Drawn out and just atrocious.

And the coaches. Maybe the two greatest American wrestlers. Who would be close? Gable? Baumgartner?

Its more annoying when fans scream 2 when 2 hasnt been scored yet.

Who would win

Spencer probably. Taking nothing away from the champ though.

I think RBY would beat him 3/5 times

Either way it will be classic but my choice would be to Spencer Lee

I wonder how good Alabama might actually get at wrestling if them and a few of the other SEC teams had enough funding and resources for a decent wrestling roster. Need 10 DI scholarships as well as possibly an additional 2-3. So we're looking at 12-13 scholarships. Might be able to steal a few guys out of Pennsylvania and NY, as well as maybe locally around Georgia/Alabama. I've heard Georgia and Alabama has some pretty good DI worthy wrestlers out of HS.

@@zaynes5094 Don't know. Pennsylvania and Iowa seem to be the home for a lot of good wrestlers. Seems to be a big sport in those states.

Second place ain't bad.

Fix is overrated.