....and she got put out in the first round, lol. Ningning Rong looks great though, she teched all but one of her opponents and beat the other by fall.
she looked good, too. Belarus have a nice women's team.
Is it the same with judo? Where the vast majority of top guys are from the Caucasus? Because that has not been the case with MMA. We have seen quite a few ethnic Russians over the years rise to prominence in MMA. AT least I think so. Although nw that I think of it, many of them had "ov" names too. Or maybe that isn't relevant to the discussion.
Caucasian people and Russian people have names with -ov, but you can usually tell a Caucasian person, for they have names that end with -ev: Uguev, Sadulaev, Baitsaev, Tedeev etc, but they can have the -ov ending, too. But Russian names usually sound more Russian, lol, like the opposite of names like Muslimov, Islamov, Mohammadov, Akhmedov etc. But just look at the first name, it is much easier lol.
Doesn't it always seem that way? Our guys just don't have the hardware. It would be amazing though incredibly unlikely to see Hazewinkle get a medal. I think our best shots at medals are Thielke who's kinda like the Logan Stieber of greco in that he can beat most anybody but is woefully inconsistent. Kamal Bey could medal. And maybe Coon.
Looks like it’s happening again for the next group. More kids need to start doing Greco here in the US.
Really? That sucks. I've always rooted for him as coach bc he's from MMA. And I remember hearing he was doing a good job getting cadets into greco. But I hadn't heard much as far as his actual coaching.
