FloWrestling Radio Live

David Taylor joins the show to talk college wrestling week 1, Jordan Burroughs, MMA, Kyle Dake, and more.

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(0:00) Marcus Blaze beats #1 Matt Ramos and Bo Bassett takes 1st at Clarion Open. How are high schoolers so good now?

(14:22) is David Taylor going to retire after 2024?

(20:00) NLWC's greatness

(23:50) Jordan Burroughs back down at 74 kg

(30:00) back to NLWC's greatness

(33:45) David Taylor still wants to fight Jordan Burroughs in MMA

(44:15) David Taylor's legacy and how he would have done in today's college scoring rules

(58:15) would David coach?

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The boys take a look at what's on the slate for week 1 in college wrestling + preview the 285 lb weight class.

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(0:00) college wrestling happened yesterday!

(5:16) Iowa probable lineup released for dual with California Baptist

(13:45) fantasy wrestling talk

(19:25) weekend preview

(39:23) Sammy Sasso went on the Bader Show

(41:10) 285 lb season preview

(50:53) our favorite non wrestling podcasts

(56:32) best all-time scramblers

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JD is back to talk wrestle-off results, Iowa gambling situation, preview 197, and more.

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(0:00) Ben had a good not great Preseason Nationals

(2:37) why wrestle-offs are a bad way to determine a team

(14:30) Iowa State wrestle-offs

(20:00) Ohio State wrestle-offs

(26:20) Iowa media day takeaways

(29:24) 197 season preview

(48:40) questions

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Christian Pyles, Ben Askren, and Ollie recap U23 Worlds and hit a number of other topics in the world of wrestling.

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CP, Ben Askren, and Ollie recap an incredible Super 32 Tournament.

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JD & Ben preview Super 32 and the U23 World Championships. 

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(0:00) Iowa State wrestle-offs

(3:19) Super 32 top matches, weights, and dark harses

(17:55) U23 Worlds preview

(23:33) questions

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CP, Ben, and JD take a look at the landscape of 174 and 184 this season + answer your questions.

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(0:00) Jordan Burroughs is going to compete at 74 kg soon

(9:35) 174 tiers

(29:01) 184 tiers

(41:55) questions

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Shane Sparks is back to talk weight cutting, UFC, Worlds, preview 165, and more!

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(0:00) baseball talk

(5:18) weight cutting discussion

(17:10) IOC, USADA, and UFC talk

(25:30) 165 tiers

(35:52) NWCA All-Star talk

(41:18) questions

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CP, Ben, and JD return after a long break to discuss all the latest news in wrestling.

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(0:00) takeaways from Bo Nickal on Jocko's podcast

(17:52) Austin Gomez in the transfer portal

(20:20) new NCAA gambling rules that could affect Iowa

(27:50) AJ Ferrari court case dismissed

(37:03) recruiting update

(45:22) compared Miami football's blunder to wrestling

(50:03) remembering the career of Jake Patacsil

(55:18) rest of questions

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Kozak joins the show to talk about Worlds, international pound-for-pound rankings, and more.

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(0:00) No CP today, so Kozak's on

(2:36) Kozak's behind-the-scenes exclusives from Worlds

(8:10) Russia might start cracking down on transfers + the transfer process rules

(21:40) pound-for-pound debate

(28:55) should Iowa redshirt Keuter?

(32:22) potential new NIL rules

(42:08) Super 32 going to three-point takedown

(46:16) payouts for World Championships

(48:45) guest appearance from Oliver Astone

(54:55) who's better - Sidakov or Yazdani?

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Ben, CP, and JD preview this year's 149 and 157 lb weight classes.

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(0:00) why Ben recommends middle schoolers don't compete until December

(5:00) 149 tiers

(19:50) why Yianni would have been more likely to medal at Worlds than Nick Lee

(22:09) 157 tiers

(44:19) questions

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JD, CP, and Ben give their final thoughts on this year's World Championships and answer a whole lot of questions.

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CP, JD, and Ben dive deep into what went down at the men's freestyle World Championships.

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(0:00) Who accurately predicted what would happen at Worlds?

(9:43) Dake vs Sidakov

(20:40) does USA Wrestling have the correct process to select our team?

(31:45) Jordan Burroughs taking a shot at Chance Marsteller?

(36:50) Musukaev is a legend

(43:17) Sebastian Rivera is a World silver medalist

(44:00) the transfer ear is just beginning

(52:50) Tazhudinov = OW

(1:00:22) Princeton names Joe Dubuque head coach

(1:01:10) expectations for Sebastian Rivera at the Olympics

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JD, CP, and Ben recap everything that has happened at the World Championships so far.

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Jon Kozak connected with Magomed Kadimagomedov and Zaurbek Sidakov ahead of the World Championships to talk Kyle Dake, Jordan Burroughs, not competing, and more.

(0:00) Kadimagomedov

(4:25) Sidakov

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Jon Kozak comes to you from the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia to break down the path for all 10 of Team USA's men's freestyle wrestlers.

You can view the brackets HERE. The brackets will be up and updated in real-time once the tournament gets started, FloArena shortly.

You can view all World Championship content such as interviews, in depth previews, and more HERE.

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JD, Ben, and CP preview the World Championships, which start this weekend on FloWrestling.

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(0:00) all of Russia's #1s will be at the World Championships

(4:30) 74 kg is now the weight of weights

(21:19) Taylor - Yazdani and Snyder - Sadulaev

(27:50) every other Team USA's rep chances at winning a medal

(47:45) Ben Kueter is getting ready to wrestle this season

(53:25) questions

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CP, Ben, and JD talk discuss Russia's Worlds situation, youth participation, and 141 this year.

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(0:00) update on what we know about Russia's Worlds situation

(8:35) youth participation in wrestling. the number and why it's important

(21:52) 141 tiers

(43:08) questions

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CP, Ben, and JD talk about why Gable Steveson won't be wrestling at the World Championships and start to preview the NCAA season with tiers.

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(0:00) Gable Steveson OUT, Mason Parris IN for Worlds

(12:42) 125 lb tiers

(34:15) 133 lb tiers

(47:50) questions

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Listen to JD's interviews with the Penn State team that he got while on his road trip last week.

(0:00) Aaron Brooks

(23:26) Bernie Truax

(38:46) Levi Haines

(56:10) Greg Kerkvliet

(1:12:11) Shayne Van Ness

(1:27:05) Jason Nolf

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Listen to JD's interviews with the Lock Haven team that he got while on his road trip last week.

(0:00) Scott Moore (sorry about the audio issues in the middle of the interview)

(41:21) Anthony Noto

(53:08) Wyatt Henson

(1:00:01) Gable Strickland

(1:08:04) Tyler Stoltzfus

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Listen to JD's interviews with the Pittsburgh team that he got while on his road trip last week.

(0:00) Nino Bonaccorsi

(12:15) Cole Matthews

(27:11) Dayton Pitzer

(34:29) Mac Stout

(42:42) Anthony Santaniello

(50:27) Finn Solomon

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Listen to JD's interviews with the West Virginia team that he got while on his road trip last week.

(0:00) Tim Flynn

(24:15) Muhamed McBryde

(48:15) Peyton Hall

(1:00:55) Ty Watters

(1:07:52) Jordan Titus

(1:15:24) Brody Conley

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Listen to JD's interviews with the Virginia Tech team that he got while on his road trip last week.

(0:00) Jared Frayer

(21:48) Bryce Andonian

(28:44) Sam Latona

(31:16) Caleb Henson

(48:35) Eddie Ventresca

(53:47) Cooper Flynn

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Listen to JD's interviews with the Ohio State team that he got while on his road trip last week.

(0:00) Tom Ryan

(34:10) Lou Rosselli

(48:52) Jesse Mendez

(1:04:03) Nick Feldman

(1:12:08) Nic Bouzakis

(1:27:50) Carson Kharchla

(1:37:38) Luke Geog

(1:44:58) Dylan D'Emilio

(1:55:59) strength and conditioning coach Kevin Enchelmeyer

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Listen to JD's interviews with the Michigan team that he got while on his road trip last week.

(0:00) Cam Amine

(16:52) Shane Griffith

(32:18) Will Lewan

(49:08) Michael DeAugustino, Lucas Davison, and Chris Cannon

(1:04:54) Sergio Lemley

(1:09:15) Beau Mantanona

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The normal crew is back together to talk Who's Number One, Rob Koll to North Carolina, and more.

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(0:00) Who's Number One

(24:30) Rob Koll to North Carolina. Why, how, and what will happen now

(39:40) JD's road trip takeaways

(47:04) questions

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Ben Askren, Jon Kozak, and Cyon Williams preview the upcoming Who's Number One event and talk about a number of college wrestling topics.

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Christian Pyles, Ben Askren, and Jon Kozak break down Team USA's competition at the 2023 World Championships and discuss the upcoming Who's Number One event.

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Shane Sparks is back at it again with the fired-up hot takes. This time it's regarding Iowa and NCAA gambling violations.

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(0:00) Shane Sparks defends his take on transfers losing a year

(11:10) the pros of wrestling non D1

(14:20) Iowa has released a statement on gambling violations

(17:00) fiery debate on Iowa and what the punishment should be

(44:55) transfer portal update

(46:15) questions

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CP, Ben, and JD talk Sasso's status, the crazy coaching carousel weekend, DT vs JB in MMA, and more.

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(0:00) sorry we're a day late with the show

(1:30) update on Sammy Sasso

(10:00) all the crazy coaching news over the weekend. What's next and who could go where?

(43:16) David Taylor calling out Jordan Burroughs in MMA.

(50:30) questions

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Shane Sparks joins the show to talk U20 Worlds, Esposito news, NIL, Madonna, and more.

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(0:00) JD is stuck in Dallas

(6:57) Breaking down how good Mitchell Mesenbrink is

(15:20) Meyer Shapiro vs Mitchell Mesenbrink?

(21:22) The Alexis Janiak robbery at U20 Worlds

(23:50) Why freestyle wrestling is more complicated than folkstyle

(29:50) CP talks on Helen Maroulis - XMP wrestle off

(34:30) breaking news live on show - Zack Esposito to USA Wrestling

(42:20) Shane Sparks random rant about Madonna and Lionel Richie

(44:25) Rader rants about how NIL is good, provoking Shane's hot take on transferring

(53:18) CP addresses the haters for consistently popping top

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David Bray joins the show to talk about the U20 World Championships.

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(0:00) Helen Maroulis won her Final X wrestle off

(3:45) the U20 Team is putting on quite the performance in Jordan

(9:02) our thoughts on American high schoolers transferring countries

(15:50) back to Team USA talk

(32:40) our live reaction to a crazy Russia vs Iran semifinal

(42:50) our live reaction to Mitchell Mesenbrink making the finals

(49:35) a closing to our old Springdale Studio with some of our favorite moments to come out of it

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Rob Koll joins the show to talk about conference realignment and his program.

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(0:00) Rob Koll talks about conference realignment, NIL, recruiting, and more

(39:16) Ben on Sinclair's performance at Worlds

(42:24) thoughts on JD eating raw sweet corn

(51:50) CP answers for the Baltimore Orioles suspending their broadcaster

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Spey joins the show to talk all things NCAA conference realignment.

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(0:00) we're still in our makeshift studio, so apologies for the sub par audio

(1:30) U17 Worlds performance

(5:21) conference realignement talk

(36:30) Street League

(47:40) questions

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CP, JD, and Ben talk about Iowa State and Iowa's gambling situation and potential big changes coming to NCAA wrestling.

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(0:00) U17 Worlds update + Ben wants to take away challenge bricks

(6:09) Paniro Johnson charged in betting investigation, but it's complicated

(21:00) potential big changes coming to NCAA wrestling

(37:20) questions

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Jon Kozak joins the show to talk Poland Open, Gable Steveson, and more.

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(0:00) we lost the first 10 minutes of audio, but Ben confirms that he would come out of MMA retirement to fight Jorge Masvidal

(1:36) Poland Ziolkowski Open, more college guys 

(4:11) RBY made his Mexico debut

(5:30) Andrew Alirez's performance this weekend

(9:55) Daton Fix beat Austin Desanto

(12:04) more Poland results

(13:08) what we really know about Gable Steveson's future

(20:17) results from the last Ranking Series tournament. How do we feel about Chance Marsteller's chances at Worlds?

(24:55) what Sidakov's loss means

(31:40) most open Olympic Trials weights

(37:26) we've got a Flo employee wrestling in Stalemates Street League this weekend

(38:45) scheduling note + a call to action for all listeners to help out

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Ben, CP, and JD recap Fargo and talk Gable Steveson's future.

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(0:00) Ben is scared of the ocean

(2:06) Fargo talk

(47:10) questions

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JD & Ben are live from Fargo to talk Roman Bravo-Young, Gable Steveson, Fargo, and more.

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(0:00) Roman Bravo-Young transferring to Mexico

(9:03) train talk

(18:15) back to transfer talk

(22:50) Gable is teasing us all

 (39:40) Wisconsin juniors are balling out at Fargo

(44:40) questions

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Shane Sparks joins the show and gets into a heated debate about the new rules + David Bray previews Fargo.

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(0:00) debating the new NCAA rules. Which ones are good and which ones are bad?

(30:12) Fargo talk

(53:55) what you need to know for the Budapest Ranking Series tournament going on right now

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JD, CP, and Ben talk Bo Nickal, 2023 recruiting class rankings, James Green's return, and more.

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(0:00) Bo Nickal continues to crush people

(8:19) 2023 and past recruiting class rankings

(27:00) talking James Green and hip surgeries

(37:45) Russia and Kyle Dake's perspective on his growth

(43:15) questions (including Penn State's upcoming problem)

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JD, Ben, and CP are back after a long break to talk Iowa gambling, James Green's return, Russia update, and more.

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(0:00) CP has a hot take on parades

(4:30) James Green is out of retirement

(14:20) Austin Gomez to Cliff Keen WC... and more?

(17:35) update on Russia at Worlds

(19:40) Bo Nickal fight week

(23:09) we've got a new film out that you should definitely go watch

(25:30) the NCAA released some new gambling punishment rules

(33:25) talking USADA

(38:10) what does this statement from the Minnesota AD mean?

(46:15) questions

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JD, Ben, and CP discuss what weight class all the non Olympic weight guys should compete at in 2024.

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(0:00) Owen Pentz to Nebraska and 285

(15:21) 61 kg

(20:52) is it time for the IOC to raise the lowest weight class?

(27:47) 70 kg

(30:10) Ben has an issue with Flo's domestic rankings

(33:30) 79 kg

(37:50) 92 kg

(40:10) Burroughs

(46:20) questions

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Cyon joins the show to talk Gable Steveson's return to college and if there is any solution to what is going on with NIL.

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(0:00) Cyon's apology to Max Murin

(3:35) Ben has a solution for NIL and smaller programs getting poached

(29:10) Gable Steveson's return

(32:05) questions

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CP, Ben, and JD discuss the Caliendo/Franek transfer as well as NIL and transferring as a whole.

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(0:00) Junior Duals

(6:24) Ben likes NIL, but not what it has become

(10:50) what Iowa's lineup will look like next season

(21:05) how the transfer portal is affecting wrestling

(28:05) new NCAA rules are official

(38:42) questions

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JD, Ben, and CP wrap up their Final X recap.

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(0:00) Ben's trip to Utah

(3:00) Adeline Gray vs Kennedy Blades

(8:03) 57 kg next year

(11:05) 61 kg

(13:40) 70 kg

(24:46) 74 kg

(26:50) will Russia be at Worlds?

(30:00) 86 kg

(35:00) who is the best in the US pound-for-pound?

(41:55) the J'den Cox situation

(46:36) age and recovery for USA's highest athletes

(51:40) 92 kg

(52:06) 125 kg

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JD, CP, and Ben give their thoughts on a wild and crazy Final X.

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(0:00) addressing the streaming issues

(3:15) 57 kg

(11:50) 65 kg

(23:38) 79 kg

(51:00) 74 kg

(52:08) 86 kg

(54:50) closing thoughts on format and experience

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JD is back to preview and give predictions for Final X presented by Tezos.

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(0:00) how we're doing today's show

(4:15) 125 kg

(7:20) 57 kg

(18:11) 86 kg

(24:27) 70 kg

(26:20) 61 kg

(29:44) 86 kg

(36:28) 92 kg

(37:30) 79 kg

(40:22) 74 kg

(48:07) 65 kg

(51:00) 97 kg

(54:40) 74 kg

(58:08) 92 kg

(59:50) 97 kg

(1:03:30) 61 kg

(1:05:20) Final X schedule

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CP, Ben, and Bray break down all the action from this weekend's U20 World Team Trials and U23 Nationals.

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Christian Pyles, Ben Askren, Jon Kozak, and Shane Sparks break down Angelo Ferrari's commitment to Iowa and preview the upcoming U23 Nationals/U20 World Team Trials.

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