True Freshman vs Veteran | #7 Jesse Mendez vs #3 Vito Arujau 

Seriously. "Arujau in deep on a shot, let's see what the bench thinks about it!"

🤣 took the words out my mouth..too funny.

he’s lengthy as hell too which doesn’t help his opponents 😭🤣

Experience certainly helps, but in this case, it's just innane. I BELIEVE he's beaten RBY, Fix and Lee at some point. Definitely the first 2, and I believe he beat Lee in Freestyle(also lost to him). Vito hasn't gotten much better because he came in so good. I had him winning it last year(and he certainly could have...that was a weird scramble with Glory). He could win it this year...even if he's not the favorite, and he'll likely be the underdog next year...assuming all eligible Wrestlers return. I'm kind rooting for Dix to be a 5x runner up, but I also feel for the poor fucker...World Silver, 3X NCAA runner up, it's brutal.

⁠@@scourge8097I don’t think he’s ever beaten Lee in freestyle… he’s beaten Nick Suriano, RBY, Yianni, etc in freestyle he has also lost to everyone I just named besides RBY. I don’t recall him ever taking a match away from Spencer Lee but I’ll try and find it.

@@xzjayz7925 Yeah, I don't think he beat Lee. I was wrong about that. I do think he's passed Lee up though. We'll see what happens this year. I think he knocks off Gilman, I don't think Zane can repeat. But Lee's getting that gas tank back with more time under his belt. Should be a fun weight...I hate that so many studs stay home because we have ...break dancing now, but only 6 Oly weights. Go back to 10 already.

Right...and if all the kids are doing that, then the whole curve changes. If all these kids are traveling...and most D1 recruits we look at are, then it's still the experience of a College Freshman. It's important to not just focus on the Nat tournaments. There's a kid we went after in Cali, Estrada...hasn't had a lot of success on the National level just because he hasn't competed a lot, but he's Wrestled in 2 State Tournaments and he's won 2. In Cali. The toughest State Tournament to win. Had the #1,2 and 3 ranked kid(plus #10 and #13) in his weight class most of the season until two went back up to 152. But he was unranked and went through a brutal bracket pretty much dominating until he got to the finals where he Wrestled another Badgers recruit Laird Root...who's ranked ~10th and best him. You're likely comparing it to when you Wrestled...but as you say, they're all doing it. Ergo, experience of a Freshmen, not a Sr.

Now he’s a champ

Actively scoring an escape…😂

if he was more active then how did he lose... and don't say its because vito is a veteran because he literally just controlled him the entire match without rlly even breaking a sweat

@@tehee8305 because he was just better you can be active and still lose 😂

@@tehee8305 guess you didn’t see Vito struggling to catch his breath afterwords 😂😂😂

Lmao

RBY ON TOP THO

Riding Fix compared to riding a freshman,are two different to even compare! Dont recall ever seeing Fix getting rode! Not a knock on Vito neither! Vito finishes top 5,but don't see him in the finals! Mendez gonna be the real deal! I look for some upsets at BIG? tournament! Mendez will move on to nationals,but imo top 5 conference tourney!

@@Auxz No doubt RBY on top

@@normanhuntley5747 I don’t think Vito can ride Fix out or anything but Vito has shown that he’s gotten much tougher since 125. Mendez will be a NCAA champ IMO 🙏🏼