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Just saw that Louden Haga won by dec 5-0 over the #3 220 in the nation. Delviccio from South Plainsfield. Nice job.

He avoided the meat grinder, but got a whoopin anyway!

Gator wrote:He avoided the meat grinder, but got a whoopin anyway!

The tag team known as "The Bruise Brothers" have a motto...………………..."you can run, but you cannot hide".

Not taking anything away from Louden, but he made it look easy. All the kid did was stall and try to keep from being pinned.

Unfortunately the kid did exactly what he was supposed to do

In addition to the South match I watched South Plainfield's 220 when he forfeited and bumped up in a match prior. If anyone thinks that he was told to lose to Louden they obviously did not watch the previous match when he not only won but showboated over the much weaker hwt. In the finals match he likewise bumped up to beat their 285. His objective was to beat Louden and when it became obvious that he did not have the horsepower to accomplish that job, he went into stall mode so that he did not get teched or pinned. Why bump him up? Mathematically the only reason to do it versus South was if their coach believed that the #3 220 in the country (intermat ranking) would get teched or pinned. Looking at the times they bumped him in the tournament, it was always versus athletic 220's. Makes me wonder if he has gas tank issues?

I was happy to see that InterMat took notice of him dodging Braxton and dropped him to 10th in the rankings!

timamos wrote:In addition to the South match I watched South Plainfield's 220 when he forfeited and bumped up in a match prior. If anyone thinks that he was told to lose to Louden they obviously did not watch the previous match when he not only won but showboated over the much weaker hwt. In the finals match he likewise bumped up to beat their 285. His objective was to beat Louden and when it became obvious that he did not have the horsepower to accomplish that job, he went into stall mode so that he did not get teched or pinned. Why bump him up? Mathematically the only reason to do it versus South was if their coach believed that the #3 220 in the country (intermat ranking) would get teched or pinned. Looking at the times they bumped him in the tournament, it was always versus athletic 220's. Makes me wonder if he has gas tank issues?

I also watched him wrestle at least 3 matches, after the announcer pointed out his national ranking during his 1st match. I agree, he never stood a chance against Louden, and size disparity did not appear drastically significant. After watching all the matches, I'm not so sure about his national ranking. I don't think it's a gas tank issue, but more of a wrestling issue. I wouldn't never talk so disparagingly except I'm sure no one associated with him will ever read this.

TrueSouthFanInTampa wrote:I was happy to see that InterMat took notice of him dodging Braxton and dropped him to 10th in the rankings!

They also moved Haga into their top 20.

Track season starts in the spring!