'25 Senior World Championships, Sep. 13-21
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Let’s go PJ!! This is likely his toughest match all tournament. Duke is usually the more physically imposing guy but Kaipanov is so strong. Super tough matchup
Wow! What a beautiful attack from PJ right away
2-0 and then he gets another Td on a go behind!! 4-0
4-0 at the break. Perfect period
Duke gives up a Td. Kaipanov went double to seatbelt and scored on the edge
Kaipanov with a double and a gut to go up 6-4
Duke needs to get his offense going
Stepout for Kaipanov. 7-4
TD Duke!! 7-6
Kaipanov killing Duke from an underhook
Td Kaipanov and a stepout Duke. 9-7 now
:40 sec left. Duke needs to clear underhooks and work his go behinds
Damn. PJ went for a head pinch with time running down and gave up 2. 11-7
Great showing from Duke. 11-7 against the defending world champ
2-0 and then he gets another Td on a go behind!! 4-0
4-0 at the break. Perfect period
Duke gives up a Td. Kaipanov went double to seatbelt and scored on the edge
Kaipanov with a double and a gut to go up 6-4
Duke needs to get his offense going
Stepout for Kaipanov. 7-4
TD Duke!! 7-6
Kaipanov killing Duke from an underhook
Td Kaipanov and a stepout Duke. 9-7 now
:40 sec left. Duke needs to clear underhooks and work his go behinds
Damn. PJ went for a head pinch with time running down and gave up 2. 11-7
Great showing from Duke. 11-7 against the defending world champ
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Yep, plus the eight-year age difference.
2024 Senior Worlds champ Nurkozha Kaipanov of Kazakhstan erases a 4-0 PJ Duke first period lead to beat the Penn State freshman 11-7. He will remain alive for repechage based on how far Kaipanov goes.
Damn! Great stuff there. Have a feeling Gomez is gonna make us sweat.
PJ Duke gave the world champ all he could handle. It felt like that long break to adjust the clock by six seconds let the Kazak guy get his breath back. I wish they would’ve just let them wrestle. Great job by PJ. That underhook move the Kazk guy kept going to was the difference
Agreed. Gomez can absolutely beat Kaipanov. Hopefully he doesn’t because PJ needs to get pulled into repechage but that’s going to be a good match
Yeah that underhook to seatbelt was the difference. PJ usually works from that position but Kaipanov controlled those positions. PJ gets a go behind on 95% of guys in that last sequence but Kaipanov held strong
Jax up 1-0 on the shot clock point. 1-0 at the break
Jax with a nice counter Td to go up 3-0!
Jax with another counter td. 5-0! His feel is unbelievable
2 point exposure for Suda cuts it to 5-2
Jax wins 7-2!!! What a massive win. Suda was picked to win this tournament by Flo and many others. Jax is so good. His feel and scrambling ability is next level
Jax with a nice counter Td to go up 3-0!
Jax with another counter td. 5-0! His feel is unbelievable
2 point exposure for Suda cuts it to 5-2
Jax wins 7-2!!! What a massive win. Suda was picked to win this tournament by Flo and many others. Jax is so good. His feel and scrambling ability is next level
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Gomez - kaiponov now. Need kaiponov to win to keep PJ in.
but Gomez looks damn good.
but Gomez looks damn good.
Would certainly make sense. I was a bit surprised they were seemingly rushing the quarters onto the mat. But, this would make more sense.
QFs are underway with the four 70 KG matches. Will hold until all finish then move to the next weight class.
Not good enough . Loses 10-8
PJ alive! His opponent beats Gomez 10-8 in a nail biter and PJ will be pulled into repachage
Nurkozha Kaipanov of Kazakhstan, who knocked out Penn State freshman PJ Duke in Round 2, beat Mexico's Austin Gomez 10-8 in the 70-kilogram quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. If he wins that match, he will go for gold tomorrow, which would pull Duke into the repechage tournament on Sunday, where he'd have the chance to wrestle for bronze.
The semifinals start at 1 p.m. ET today. Our next update will come around that time.
The semifinals start at 1 p.m. ET today. Our next update will come around that time.
PJ's opponent still needs to win one more match for PJ to be pulled into repechage.