133 lbs Final - Ryan Crookham, Lehigh vs Vito Arujau, Cornell | 2023 Journeymen Collegiate Classic 

That is a great point. I am amazed by the athleticism of some of these younger wrestlers (see also Bassett, Forrest, Raney, Gibson, Blaze, etc). These kids seem to be getting better every year. It is great for the sport

What about Cael Sanderson?

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@@oscarespinoza-ts2gi Exactly bro. When you go undefeated for what 150+ matches? You’re not on the wrong side of any of those matches.

@@Memnarch Cael Sanderson is arguably the GOAT in wrestling. On the international circuit he was 13-3 with two of those losses coming when he came back out of retirement. Yes, he suffered losses. I bet he would be the first to tell you he remembers the losses ; albeit there are not many of them. It is also not necessarily about the losses themselves. As wrestlers we also remember the bone headed moves, or over confidence, that almost got us into trouble with an L.

Haha so true with a camera set up on a chair in the corner

They charge an arm and a leg too

@@Nogi520 I subscribed a few times but the quality is so bad is really not worth it and you still get a load of commercials.

@opera1dan2 For That price you would think they would exclude ads or commercials. And provide great quality I guess not that it's sad .

Omg, first I am hearing of this. What are they?

3 point takedowns... How long was I asleep?

@@roto6500 rule change this year. Others too you should look it up big changes

​@@krewtran8078crookham wins 6-3 if TDs are still 2

@@roto6500so strange right? New rule this year?

You had me with, ‘he won 3 PA Titles’

@@kckcmctcrc He won't even top 3 at the national championship this year. He got lucky.

Anybody that makes the Lehgh line up is legit.

im sure he's fantastic. but this is not a legit im better than you situation lol

Crookham took him, great win and imo a good loss for Vito.

Vito looked fantastic. Seemed to think it wasn't going to be that hard got upset with himself. Top 10 NCAA wrestlers are legit. World class legit.

He seemed sluggish at the end, almost like he had no energy. Maybe the weight cut is getting to be too much. The Lehigh wrestler had more left in the tank at the end.

No doubt on the class of the guys. Just thinking he still looked to be in Freestyle mode at times.@@competitivewrestling4217

I gotta say. Vito clearly appeared to be winded. Good cardio frequently results in a 1 or 2 point nod.

Crookham looked damn strong

0:33 I love the "u-ain't gonna escape my ass whoopin' " seat drag

Just wait, didn’t take the match like he should have… rematch.!

yeah to 133 lb kids LMAO - I can literally pick him up with one arm - 133 is twig status.

@@user-zs4wg1ku6tshordy u a nobody also he would dog u 😂😂😂

@@user-zs4wg1ku6tboth those 133s would absolutely smack you around ☠️

Keep telling yourself that bud

@@jwwater329 What that I could toss them around? - No telling, its facts - havnt weighted 133 since 9th grade

Yea it will but slip ups happen

@@fredarroyo7429 no it absolutely won’t. Shows you know nothing about wrestling.

@@ecs3821just gotta get back to the folk style mindset, he’s been wrestling free for the past 8 months

Maybe Fix can’t finally get 1

@@ecs3821 Someone like Vito doesn’t mind taking losses like this. For Crookham, this match is an Olympic final. For Vito, it’s practice. Not taking anything from Crookham. He absolutely outwrestled Vito. But that is the difference. I can assure you… if these 2 meet in March, it will not go the way this did. And if you think it will… then you don’t know anything about wrestling. Not trying to be rude. Just being truthful. Context, ability, what they’ve been doing for the last 6 months (at what level), and taking it to another level at the most elite of tournaments when it counts are very different things

He followed Kolat's path.. not too shabby lol That was some nice HS wrestling, too, back in the historic Hershey Arena.

Why are you bringing up the 125lbs weight class?

@@Shane-ce9fm Because there was arguably a bigger upset at 125 last weed. And more top seed upsets at 125 this season. The underlying theme of this video is “Another Top Seed Upset”. And after shouting out Crookman several times for a big win, I thought it was important to include 125 and point out this trend in other weights. I mentioned David Taylor talking about “freshman and HS guys coming in with more of a winning mindset”. Again this is evident in both 125 and 133. I also mentioned that “both Vito & Ramos will peak come NCAA’s.” If you’re not familiar, both of these wrestlers were top seeds, both were upset last week, and both compete at 133 and 125. Bottom line, this theme of early season upsets isn’t exclusive to this match, or the 133 weight class, It’s at multiple weights, especially at 125 this season. Which in my opinion, shouldn’t be overlooked. If you don’t agree and think that I should only comment on 133, in wrestling match vid of 133, that’s cool man! 15 others have liked it and given it a 👍🏼. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Maybe you’re missing the bigger picture? I don’t know and am not one to speculate. I’m happy to further explain anything you may have potentially overlooked. Just let me know. And we can still disagree and have differing opinions while respecting each other. I’m even game for a friendly and respectful debate if you think I was wrong to bring in another weight class to prove my point and confirm this trend. Just let me know. 🙏🏼

@@GuyFromSC Thank you for the thorough reply. I was unaware of the upsets at 125lbs. My brother and I were just talking about how great these young are nowadays. They are so much more advanced than when we wrestled in high school and college in the late 90s.

@@Shane-ce9fm It’s incredible right? I was a 3xer back in my days. I wasn’t good wrestle enough in college but I was descent only losing 4x in 1998-2001. One was to old UFC guy Josh Koshchek. But yeah man these kids would drag me all over the mat these days. Remember how rare it used to be to see any match on TV? You had to have someone’s rich dad let you borrow their VHS from like one dual. So there was no real scouting of opponents. I went to JRob camp in 2000 and that helped. But these kids are exposed to so much technique online. Better coaches. Year-round Club coaches and matches. They’re leaps and bounds from where we were in at that age. But I still think it’s a lot about the mindset and winning belief. These kids think they’re best and I wish I had that mindset when I was there age. 🙏🏼

⁠​⁠@@GuyFromSCMy dad was Josh Koschecks teammate back in the day, Waynesburg Pa. Always tells me stories of how much of a stud he was and how he just destroyed everybody he wrestled.

About all he did

Might be going easy on them

Haha dido to that

Pry has lil summin summin for his boost

Yeah how coMe vito didnt get a point for a minute of riding time. I dont remember all the rule changes

@@scal7122 The Rule change is supposed to be if you're on top, you can't just slack ride.

And the Riding time points come at the end ...

@@chriscr21 oh wow thanks bro

As do and many points unaccounted for Vman in this match.. if Vito wouldn’t have pushed the match aka wrestled woulda been boring ass match

Vito wasn’t trying it was practice for the big dawg

the guy was a good counter. doesnt mean ryan crookham will win ncaa

STILL IS

We know what will happen lmao

Vito got the early season slump he always gets into

@@fredarroyo7429 Right! I don’t see him losing to this kid at Nationals! 👍

I do agree on this comment.!

@@DA-bp8lf Most legit comment of the post.!!!

I agree. Vito was just trying tricks to catch him off guard and was careless on the last takedown attempt that was countered to clinch the match.

@@tomluntz1826yup you can see Vito wasn’t trying looking like he was just practicing and not trying to win

When it matters right.!! 👍🏻

Some home town referring too

Time stamp the part where Vito should have gotten "danger" points.

Because its a freshman bro what

Yeah right dude. It’s up to you to protect your head by tucking your chin when being shot on. Especially with a blast double? He wrestled perfectly and that’s very disrespectful to say he wrestled dirty. But then again you probably wrestled 2 JV matches your whole life and lost 3

@@mitchellbowman22Disrespectful in what way? Because you disagree with me? I've been watching wrestling for 25 years and can have an opinion - one that is widely shared in my circle of friends who watched the NCAAs with me. Keep your opinion. Your comment about me wrestling JV simply outs you as an immature little punk. I stand by what I wrote. Vito wrestled dirty in that match and it was obvious to everyone other than a Cornell or Vito homer.

I agree, rematch I say… no stalling, no back points awarded was pretty clear.. game plan to Crook but my moneys still on V man when it comes to big time do or die… crook no chance in a rematch.!