2026 NCAA Championship Session III Thread

SlipperyPete

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133 QF Mat 5- #3 Marcus Blaze vs. #6 Drake Ayala (IOWA)

Period 1:
Here we go! Circling, tying up & hand fighting. Blaze presses forward a bit. Ayala is up & down from 1-knee. Blaze snaps & locks around the head trying to come behind. Ayala pushes forward. Blaze reaches for an ankle, but they go out of bounds, restart, no scoring. Tying up & hand fighting with some snaps. Blaze presses forward again. Blaze shoots, but Ayala circles away. Blaze presses forward again. Ayala is up & down from his knee routinely. Blaze shoots & tries to come behind, but Ayala stays squared up & they work back to their feet. More tying up & hand fighting. Blaze snaps & works into a front headlock. Stalemate & restart. More tying up & hand fighting to end the period. 0-0

Period 2:
Blaze takes down. He pops to his feet, gets hand control & the escape, 1-0. Ayala has Blaze on the edge. Blaze circles away. Blaze drops in on a leg. Ayala counters & tries to come behind. Blaze adjusts & works behind for the TD, 4-0. Out of bounds & restart. Ayala is down. Caution on Blaze. Ayala pops to his feet, turns & gets the escape, 4-1. Tying up & hand fighting again, 1-min left. Blaze gets poked in the eye. Stoppage & restart after a moment of recovery. Tying up & hand fighting in the center. Ayala is pushing the pace a little more now. He reaches for a leg, but can't get there. He shoots again, but no luck. Blaze throws in an underhook & time expires. 4-1 Blaze

Period 3:
Ayala takes down. Caution on Blaze. Ayala pops to his feet, but can't get hand control & they go out of bounds, restart. Ayala is still down. He pops up again, but can't get away & Blaze brings him back to the Resilite. Ayala pops up again, but they go out of bounds again, restart. Ayala is still down, 1:32 left. He works to his feet, but can't get hand control & Blaze brings him back to the mat. Blaze hooks a leg & Ayala is struggling to get free. Out of bounds & restart. Ayala is still down. Blaze is putting on a ride!!! Ayala pops up, but can't get away. Blaze goes over 1-min of riding time & returns Ayala to the mat. Out of bounds & restart again. Ayala is still down. He sits out & turns, but Blaze stays with him. Ayala pops up, but Blaze grabs an ankle & brings him back to the mat. Blaze grabs an ankle again & gets a stall warning. Stoppage & restart. Ayala pops to his feet & gets the escape, 4-2. Ayala presses forward looking for an opening. Blaze gets a stall call, point Ayala, 4-3, then time expires. Blaze adds a riding time point for the 5-3 victory!

Marcus Blaze DEC Drake Ayala 5-3
 
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Kingslayer

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Again hate that we have davino in the semis , will never understand why they couldn’t put them opposite side
 

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Sunshine88!

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Hope Cody scouts Davino. He does an ARM DRAG and DUCK UNDER for Takedowns. Does them Well. Great Semifinal with them
 
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