Jordan Burroughs On Kyle Dake, Moving To Philly And 79kg vs 74kg 

I agree.. but I think most of the top wrestlers think the same way, most wrestlers aren’t doing it for the money.. Even though the top guys are making decent money but mostly it’s out of love for the sport and seeing USA Wrestlers being successful on the world stage. Most wrestlers are very competitive but very humble.

@@pozmarciv is there money in wrestling, if so from what? competitions or sponsors?

@@cricka09 Mostly sponsors ..Clinics..Camps..Guest speaking..etc.. As of 2020 Jordan Burroughs has a net worth of $5 Million.. The point I was making was most of the athletes are competing because of their love for the sport and want to see the sport succeed..Especially after the IOC voted to drop wrestling from the 2013 Olympics

@Stibbs bro what, who brought up race

@@dr.wolfgang3256 he jumped right into race didn't he...

3x3 basketball which isn’t even a sport but barely any weights for one of the worlds oldest sports

that weight gap has been there for like 30+ yrs, the jump from 57 to 65 is a huge one IMO

I disagree. I think you could add maybe one or two weight classes, but going to 9 or more weight classes is just trophy hunting. Even NCAA has too many weight classes. There's really not a signfificant difference between a 141 and a 149, a 149 or a 157, or a 157 and a 165. . . they're all too similar. I like that there are legitimate differences between the weight classes in the olympics. The problem as always is the weight cutting. The weight class differences are very small, and because we have recovery time after weigh-ins people are able to cut significantly more weight. Some grappling sports have found other ways to do this, and I'm not a fan of the ibjjf about much at all, but they do their weigh-ins right. You weigh in directly before your match with your gi on and everything. If you give people less time to recover after weighing in, then they spend more time training their bodies and techniques and less time cutting weight. Tons of weight classes encourages weight cutting, and that's not a good thing.

I'm still waiting for a rock skipping contest.

@@chrislaverick6413 the past categories from 52-57- 62-68-74-82- 90-100-130.were better. There just isn't enough sponsor money to be made and secretely put into the IOC members pockets to make more weight categories.

The best, right after Dake

When Dake is tired and beat up.

Dake won once in 10 years and these guys out here celebrating LMAO

@@helloman3676 bro you gotta admit the officiating was questionable to say the least. However, JB is still gonna always be a legend. Nothing should knock his legend and story. I mean the guy is good at wrestling lol

@@helloman3676 you mean when Dake lost against a obviously flawed system where he had to wrestling a whole tournament against the best wrestlers in our country then wrestling best 2 out of 3. Not to mention they hit there primes at different times.

He already is big for 74kg. Only thing is dake had changed and Tailored his style to block out Burroughs which was incredible

@@mikeowens1149 Yeah, But I also think he tailored his wrestling just to be better in general. I think a lot of the changes he's been trying to do for a long time. Dake getting stronger was a game changer. Plus he does that functional body awareness training which is really effective. I would def wanna see a rematch...Just need the right officiating.

Who is disrespecting JB?

What disrespect?

Last I checked the US was pretty elite in wrestling for about 60 years befor JB showed up.....

@@jacobwilson7030 to be honest they weren’t. We always had 1 or two guys that could compete with the top but until the Foxfire farm money/team we never really could compete as a team with the top nations. We just didn’t have the funding for the guys to train full time. They had to train and pay their own way after working full time jobs.

Dake and taylor are around 2 years younger. Burroughs last won a world gold in 2017 - 4 years ago. Point being, if either wins gold this year, they'll be older than burroughs was when he won his last gold.

We’re in different times. Wrestling has become slightly more lucrative, so guys are staying active in the freestyle circuit a lot longer. Oliver, Dake, and Taylor are all over 30. And I see both Dake and Taylor staying around until 2024.

Bruce Baumgartner was 39 when he got Bronze in Atlanta, and that was at the end of a 15 year Senior level career with 12 World/Olympic medals. Buvasar Saitive was 33 in Beijing and still dominant when he retired. Sharif Sharifov is 32 right now and having a career resurgence. Idk why most Americans think once they hit 30 their career is over

That’s probably part of the reason for the move up, knowing that the roles could be reversed and Dake will get to sit and be fresh, while Burroughs grinds out wins and comes up through the bracket and also Burroughs keeps his dominant head to head record against Dake.

I don’t think Burroughs can beat Dake anymore, but I think he’s moving up because he doesn’t want to be cutting weight. And it seems that Dake’s physical fitness is otherworldly.

Well Burroughs is also coming off 2 Bronze medals in 2018 and 2019. No where near what he used to be. Dake got better and JB got worse

@@jesvinmathew5103 age does that. Sidakov easily handled kadi who annihilated Dake

@@indigenousseed7935 dake just had a off day. You will see what I'm talking about in 2 months at the world championships

His time is up bruh

@@joshuaadams738 Dont forget JB hardcore fans are delusional. They thought he was the favorite vs the world champion dake, foolish predictions.

Lmaoooo

He's incapable of it. He's too salty

Why should he? Dake has been a salty cry baby for years

How did he not? You really expect him to say, "Dake is just better than me now?" lol cmon

@@pano6391 let's see. when Kenny Monday beat Dave Schultz, Dave didn't sulk abut it. He helped Kenny train and was in his corner the entire time at the Olympics. That's the way you do it.

@@johnjensen8926 lol ok so first he's not giving Dake his due and now he's not doing enough to help Dake with his Olympics. Btw Jordan has his own world championships he's preparing for in a few months. If you think they should be best friends and train together, be sure to let them know.

There are better ways to make money than getting knocked the fuck out😂 there’s no “starting out on the regional circuit” for a former Olympic and World champ.

😂😂😂

he's a bargain at thrice the price, you cheap bastards.

The guy's only a 4xncaa champ, 2x world champ, olympic trials champ who unseated burroughs, and currently active and he wants a nice flight and hotel in compensation? Good golly miss Molly!

@@pano6391 If you invite someone to your town, it is understood that you'll provide for meals, traveling needs, and sleeping arrangements. Even though Dake is a wrestling superstar, it doesn't mean he shouldn't be understanding. For example, a first class seat is usually three to four times more than an economy seat. I wouldn't begrudge any high school for not willing to shell out 1k or 2k on a ticket from one U.S. city to another.

I mean I understand from Dake's view but you guys are HS students. What does Dake expect?

The man's still podium calibre. He's competitve with the best in the world. It's gross when people say things like this. He loves what he does and he's great at it and he's not risking brain damage like a boxer.

There’s European and Indian wrestlers still capturing gold medals in their 40s, you must not pay attention to the sport outside of the US

@@pano6391 facts. still a health risk to wrestle though man haha. But, yeah JB should be welcomed in any wrestling room or Westling Matt at this point man

@@tapangasoul6928 of course, wrestling is rough

@@Dlewis77777 those guys get pharmaceutical help that Americans can’t get away with though