Yianni Diakomihalis vs. Ridge Lovett | 2021 CKLV 

You nailed it! He’s something special! It was incredible seeing how much he improved between this match and their championship match tonight. Yanni looked otherworldly today!

Much simpler than that, KS....the kid has nuts.

100% I was getting aggravated watching the video. Glad to see other people notice it too

I think what was tiring him out the most was lifting Lovett too much

Do you English?

@@Jacknippleson1 what is english?

This aged well

so true

Second to none? Huh? Maybe you mean in NCAA at this weight and at this time. Yianni struggling beyond NCAA and not looking particularly strong in it.

@@dormilon36 well, he won the Poland open this year; he won the US world team trials; and lost to an Armenian in the Worlds. Generally speaking, yes, I'd say his iq is 2nd to none even at the Senior level.

@@Tdinh79 So every Olympic champion, and every world champion (where YD lost in first round) has a lower “iq”? Hahaha.

@@dormilon36 did I say that? First off I was commenting on this video regarding the ncaa's. But when u get to the Senior level, he isnt a slouch. He beaten high level guys at this level.....when people say "2nd to none" that doesnt mean he is unbeatable or perfect. If I said the same about Burroughs, u gonna have a fit and say Dake beat him? I was making a compliment on how technical and intelligent yianni is.

Well put. In the 1st period, when Lovett had that crossface and broke Yianni's grip, I thought this might be the 1 time out of 10 that Ridge won. Felt like that stalemate shut down his best opportunity from the feet.

@@jimstephens7518 Exactly. Yianni is so good that his opponents always have to wrestle a perfect match just to have a chance at beating him. It's also not the first time that the officials have been kind to him. Remember that bogus takedown in the finals vs McKenna to take the match to OT. 🙄

The stall call is just because of the somewhat recent NCAA rule change having to do with out of bounds which forces an official to call it. So just like in this case, if a wrestler dives in on a shot and the other wrestler sprawls and goes out of bounds, they have to call it stalling. I don’t always agree with it, but those are the rules. Yianni did take all the shots in the match up until overtime however. There were several, several stalemates called after Yianni was deep in on shots. That was a result of Lovett’s excellent defense and scrambling ability. These guys will always be fun to watch wrestler each other, that’s for sure!

@@Slapthematwrestling I agree with that. I just think that Lovett already has such a tall mountain to climb vs Yanni that any kind of interference from the referee makes it virtually impossible for an upset to happen. I can live with the first stall call, even if I don't agree with it. But I cannot accept the stalemate call in the first period. Ridge was moving in on breaking Yanni's grip and the referee in my opinion clearly interfered in that sequence. I can't accept that these are the best referees available for D1 wrestling.

Wasn’t much of a match lol

When one wrestler takes 6 very deep shots in a match and the other wrestler does not take any (Lovett’s only real shot in on Yianni was in overtime) of course one wrestler will be much more tired than the other. Not to mention, at the end when he is working for that reversal on top of Lovett while he is just laying there hanging on with his arms locked. I am not taking anything away from Lovett’s outstanding defense, his outstanding gramby reversal, or his game plan in keeping the match close. I do however think that it’s crazy to insinuate that Yianni wasn’t in good enough shape. That’s never been an issue with him.

This was very factual

Little did you know he would wrestle in D1 wrestling

Ohh we knew.. Just didn't realize he'd take Yianni to the last seconds

It's a weight class sport, they aren't much larger. Maybe you're 2 pounds away from a lower weight class, where you're the big guy. Unless you're a skinny heavyweight

@@cdrtej Yah but I just wrestle with my buddies and they call me out every time I do something, and he's a good 40 pounds more then me.

And these reviews before OT kill it for me, usually it tests the conditioning but not when you get a 5 minute break before it starts

I dont think he respected Lovett, hence, the shots from space. In Yiannis head he knows he, himself, is a 2x national champion while Lovett is not even an all American. Just my opinion.

@@Tdinh79 that's a fair opinion but no wrestler will be indifferent towards or disrespectful to another wrestler at the D-I level. that sounds like complacency and it's not Yianni's style. I think Yianni is rather confident in his ability to score from there against an opponent he hasn't wrestled before

@@kristopherwilson506 Yianna is NOT taking those shots without setting up with Jaydin Eierman as 1 example.

Told ya

Facts bro

uh? No

What ? Yianni took every single snot up until overtime. Not only that but he was a hard cross face away from the match not even going into overtime. Not sure we watched the same match. How many times did Yianni get in deep on Lovett as he scrambled and hung on for dear life?

@@Slapthematwrestling True

You should take that mind reading trick to the circus where you can be somebody. 🤦‍♂

Thanks john

You still watch ads?

well ya he's big cause he's up a weight class

Cry kid