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Finished 3rd at the B1G Championships. Should have stayed at NU.
Agreed! We have an amazing lightweight coach named Jimmy Kennedy who is around Seebass's weight and can thump em and get em better. Iron sharpens iron!Finished 3rd at the B1G Championships. Should have stayed at NU.
He looked great last weekendI wonder if he has the strength for his new weight class. We’ll see if he redeems himself at the Nationals. BTW, I don’t blame him for taking his last eligible year at RU. He got his degree from NU and has always been a vocal advocate for NJ..... Of course, I may be a bit biased in my opinion here.🙄....
Seebass looked absolutely amazing against Lee from PSU! I think Rivera is technically the best wrestler in college right now! Hope he wrestles next year tooA guy who repped us so well and graduated and wanted to wrestle at home for one final year? Especially a crazy COVID year? Makes sense to me. Just sad he didn't get to have his shot at NCAAs last year wearing Purple.
There was consensus by the experts on "Flo Wrestling"Seebass looked absolutely amazing against Lee from PSU! I think Rivera is technically the best wrestler in college right now! Hope he wrestles next year too
There was consensus by the experts on "Flo Wrestling"
that the Rivera-Lee match was the best one of the entire tournament. Could easily have gone either way. Will most likely see a rematch this weekend.
Rivera was likely the best wrestler in college this year. But he was at the wrong,heavier weight,cuz he didn't want to diet. Congrats to a 4x All American and 2 time Big Ten 👏🙌👍Champ.Looks like he lost again. That red is hideous.
"The much-anticipated rematch between Lee and Rivera played out similarly to their first meeting two weeks ago. Lee, Penn State’s second-seeded 141-pounder, used a late takedown and back points to seal an 9-3 win over Rutgers’ third-seeded Rivera in the semifinal round of the NCAA Championships on Friday night."
Rivera was likely the best wrestler in college this year. But he was at the wrong,heavier weight,cuz he didn't want to diet. Congrats to a 4x All American and 2 time Big Ten 👏🙌👍Champ.
Had already graduated and wanted to be closer to home during Covid. His father was his best workout partner. I agree that he should have stayed at 133. Looked small for the weight. It will be interesting to see his next moves, Has qualified for the Olympics for Puerto Rico. Back to Rutgers? MMA? He is a very talented athlete.Should have stayed at NU. Sounds like he was coached/counseled properly.
Given the US strength at 57 and 65 his only hope was the Puerto Rico route where he qualified at 57 which is probably out of the question at this point unless he starts cutting and training hard. I don't think the rules would allow him to jump to 65 for Puerto Rico (?} so more than likely it is back to Rutgers (133) or MMA or retire.Rivera lost in the last few seconds to the eventual national champ at the BT Tournament in what everyone says was the best match of the weekend. Sebastion is an unbelievable wrestler and would have won BIg Ten s at 33! The kid he beat for the title last year at BTs won nationals at 33! Bravo Young from Penn State.
We have an amazing light weight coach in Jimmy Kennedy who was a world class wrestler. Plain and simple, Rivera didn't diet properly.
There is Noone in the country that can compete with Rivera, especially on his feet. He is too big to cut to Olympic weight of 57 kilos and would get obliterated at the higher weight of 65kilos.
Agreed. MMA is for crazy people. Besides being a Big Ten wrestler,I had 30 plus fights in the ring and was a 3x Chicago Park District Boxing Finalist. One time champ. I beat two Open Golden Glove Champs when I was 15. Quite simply, I was a much better boxer than wrestler and I took fifth in the Illinois Open Wrestling tournament which was all collegiate wrestlers and graduates. I did this as a frosh at Northwestern.Given the US strength at 57 and 65 his only hope was the Puerto Rico route where he qualified at 57 which is probably out of the question at this point unless he starts cutting and training hard. I don't think the rules would allow him to jump to 65 for Puerto Rico (?} so more than likely it is back to Rutgers (133) or MMA or retire.
In my opinion, Rivera would get smoked in MMA. I smoked one of Chicago 's best boxers,a golden glove Open Champion 🏆because I had the absolute best body type for boxing. Lean and strong. This guy was short and stout,like Rivera. The guy did not land one solid punch on me in the championship bout for the City of Chicago.Agreed. MMA is for crazy people. Besides being a Big Ten wrestler,I had 30 plus fights in the ring and was a 3x Chicago Park District Boxing Finalist. One time champ. I beat two Open Golden Glove Champs when I was 15. Quite simply, I was a much better boxer than wrestler and I took fifth in the Illinois Open Wrestling tournament which was all collegiate wrestlers and graduates. I did this as a frosh at Northwestern.
Both Wrestling and boxing,along with MMA,are quite barbaric sports. Lots of cheating at the highest levels. High risk of long term injury. Quite frankly, it is very,very, high risk.
I was under the assumption that this post is about Rivera??? Congrats on all of your past successes however. Sounds like you did many different things successfully.Didn't realize this till now. I think Hudson beat Campos in 79. I think Glen Campos won novice Golden Glove championship in 78. Gil won Open in 79