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Apr 26, 2024 11:14
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- Brown Paper Bag
- Nov 3, 2012
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we're so bad at wrestling
I was in high school when we won the 2000 olympics, and the government started throwing money at a bunch of sports that we traditionally weren't competitive in, as if ~5 years would have been enough time to be anywhere near countries that had been doing it forever. My school got funds for handball and wrestling. We hired a high school wrestling coach from America, and I did it for a couple of years but no one ever thought we'd get anything out of it. The teacher was like "you can't just take athletic 14-16 year olds and expect them to be able to wrestle with people of the same age who have been doing it since they were 6". It was fun, and I made the State championships (lost in the second round) but we were kidding ourselves. Literally any high school wrestler from the US who had been doing it their entire school life would have breezed through every single person in my division. I weighed 81kg at the time so I competed in the 85kg bracket, instead of not eating or drinking for half a day and going to the 80kg bracket.
I think the only thing Australia got out of that program was the tkd gold medal won by Lauren Burns - she had been doing it since she was a kid, and the funding allowed her to take a year off everything leading up to the games to focus on her training.
Speaking of which...
https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/ro...ac92fddd7a6a915
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November 26 2017
UFC interim middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has qualified to represent Australia in wrestling at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Whittaker earned the right to fight for a gold medal in April by winning at the Australian wrestling trials on Saturday. That followed his win at the Australian Wrestling Championships in May in the 97 kilogram division.
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Jan 8, 2018 15:48
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- Brown Paper Bag
- Nov 3, 2012
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What's the lowest selling UFC PPV in recent memory?
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Jan 13, 2018 09:14
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- Brown Paper Bag
- Nov 3, 2012
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Emmett took the fight on short notice I think, which might explain missing weight a bit.
Speaking of which, what time are the early weigh-ins for UFC 220?
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Jan 19, 2018 10:00
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- Brown Paper Bag
- Nov 3, 2012
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Just Ngannou and Cormier to weigh in
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Jan 19, 2018 16:01
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- Brown Paper Bag
- Nov 3, 2012
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Ngannou makes weight, just DC left. DC has 45mins
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Jan 19, 2018 16:17
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- Brown Paper Bag
- Nov 3, 2012
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DC makes weight!
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Jan 19, 2018 16:40
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- Brown Paper Bag
- Nov 3, 2012
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Russians love Dagestanis and will absolutely spend a lot of money to watch one
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Jan 20, 2018 07:21
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- Brown Paper Bag
- Nov 3, 2012
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He should stop ducking Struve by making Large Steve lose to random Russians
Speaking of which where is Volkov, he hasn't fought since he tko'd Struve
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Jan 27, 2018 06:54
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- Brown Paper Bag
- Nov 3, 2012
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Anders missed weight. Lmao
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Feb 2, 2018 15:37
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Apr 26, 2024 11:14
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- Brown Paper Bag
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Lol Dana called out Yamasaki on Instagram again
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