THE ILLINI WRESTLING BLOG AND FORUM

ZAC BRAUNAGEL We hate to be "that guy," but, you know, we have to be that guy sometimes. What you see below is a takedown. It was called out of bounds by the refs, but it was a takedown, and it would've been useful in a 1-1 match.  The ref didn't even call Little for stalling when he dove off the mat. He had started to flee Zac's underhook in the middle of the mat and just kept moving to the edge of the circle.  What led to the takedown that wasn't was a deep underhook, a penetration step and a level change that led to a single. The penetration allowed Brawny to dive for and secure both legs. If the screengrab above wasn't convincing enough, check out this one: Note the time on the clock. That's a takedown 100% of the time. The silver lining to this fiasco is that this takedown (and the one he secured against Jacob Warner to win that match as well as others) will be available to him at the NCAA tournament.  The video on FloWrestling is 19:17 long.  A l

  WHAT: APFC 14 MMA Fight Card WHEN: November 17 (Prelims start at 3:00 pm Central) WHERE:   Potawatomi Casino Event Center ADDRESS:   1611 West Canal Street, Milwaukee, WI WHO: Johnny Mologousis & Matt Wroblewski TV/STREAMING: UFC Fight Pass or FREE ON YOUTUBE TICKETS: APFCMMA.COM MOLOGOUSIS AND WROBLEWSKI ON SAME MMA CARD! This'll be an MMA debut for Wroblewski, while Mologousis has already been wrecking guys and winning belts. He's 4-0 in his MMA career and has his own  Tapology  and  Sherdog  pages.  You can follow him on Instagram where you'll see how  he went viral  with a :32 TKO in his second-to-last fight. Here's a short interview we had with Goose and Matt last night: JOHNNY "GOOSE" MOLOGOUSIS The Goose will take on Allen Holloway, a 5-0 prospect out of Michigan. Who wants to bet that Holloway walks out prancing to some Eminem? It appears that Holloway has experience as a boxer in Golden Gloves tournaments, but his only experience wrestling

WHAT:  NWCA ALL-STAR CLASSIC WHO:  ZAC BRAUNAGEL vs. STEPHEN LITTLE WHO ²: LUCAS BYRD vs. NASIR BAILEY WHEN:  Saturday, November 16 at 6:00 PM (Central) WHERE:  Rec Hall, University Park, Campus of Penn State University TV/STREAMING:  FloWrestling TICKETS:    $25 to $40 BACKGROUND Zac Braunagel will take on Little Rock's Stephen Little at the prestigious NWCA All-Star Classic in a late kick-off to the wrestling season. According to FloWrestling, the Trojan from UA Little Rock is ranked #6, while the Brawlnagel comes in at #9. Wrestlestat.com has Brawny at #8 and Little at #7. Both are returning All Americans with Little winning 7th last season, while Zac got his AA during the Covid year. Of course, the ILLINI has been a Greco Senior World Team Member. In a late addition to the Classic lineup, Lucas Byrd will wrestle Nasir Bailey, also from Little Rock. On Wrestlestat.com, Byrd is rated #5, while Bailey is #3. FloWrestling has Baily at #2 and Byrd at #6. Both of these wrestlers are