Y2CJ41 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 His draw is released on Trackwrestling. He has Egypt first round and is in the top half of the bracket. https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=278618132 I'll await the experts on finding out information on his opponents, but traditional powers Iran, Azerbaijan, and Japan are all also on his half of the bracket. Just as a reminder if he makes the semi-finals he is guaranteed a top 5 finish. If he loses before the semi-finals he will need the guy that defeated him to advance to the finals. Wrestling will begin at 3:30am EST time on Trackwrestling, better get some extra coffee tonight. Sig40, busstogate, pritchem and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 Here is the link to the UWW event page, it's hard to navigate so good luck. https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/world-championships-35?tab=results Here is their "arena" software linkhttps://arena.unitedworldwrestling.org/sport-event/show/a6604147-b114-11e9-9f0c-080027548b1b If you go to "Live Stream" you can see the match order on each mat tomorrow. Matthew Nelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 Per USAWrestling Mendez's first opponent was the Cadet African champion this year. Africa isn't exactly known as a powerhouse continent and this guy looks to be Egypt's only freestyle competitor. https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/July/29/McGowan-Figueroa-Mendez-Facundo-and-Haas-receive-draws-for-2019-Cadet-World-Championships Other potential opponents. The Iranian was 2nd at the Asian championships to Japan. However, the Japanese guy entered at Worlds is different. Iran and Japan should meet in the other quarter-final. Jesse's likely quarter-final opponent from Azerbaijan is unknown. The guy they entered at Euro's won the bracket, but again he is not entered. Just as a note Cadets are hard to scout as they are so young and thus very little information past a few events and just knowing the power countries. Sig40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig40 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Thanks for the breakdown Joe. Definitely hard to find anything on these other countries. Jesse told me yesterday he has never felt better for any tournament. His training and preparation is on point, now he just needs to cash in. 1prouddad, bwoodjc89, Mattyb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 Mendez will be the 19th match on Mat B as of now. If I were to guess that would mean he will hit the mat around 5am EST, but that is just a guess. Matthew Nelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, Y2CJ41 said: Mendez will be the 19th match on Mat B as of now. If I were to guess that would mean he will hit the mat around 5am EST, but that is just a guess. Awesome, I can sleep in a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share Posted July 30, 2019 Per Flo the Armenian on Jesse's side was the Euro runner-up. He's definitely in the tougher side by the looks of it, however he has less competitors so that should make his path to a medal better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1prouddad Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 GO JESSE GO!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 This year Jesse has been beating the national odds all seasons long. You got here by being fearless and leaving it all on the line. Time to take this show to an international level. 1prouddad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Jesse gets the pin in about 1:20 to move on to the quarters! He’ll have a kid from Azerbaijan Mattyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 When does he wrestle next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyb Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, graham said: When does he wrestle next? He lost 8-1 in the quarters. He still has a chance to medal. He needs the guy that beat him to win the next match. Most of the USA guys got beat in the Quarters or semis. On a break now. I think they start back up at 11:00 our time. Edited July 30, 2019 by Mattyb MrsTeamGarcia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Mattyb said: He lost 8-1 in the quarters. He still has a chance to medal. He needs the guy that beat him to win the next match. Most of the USA guys got beat in the Quarters or semis. On a break now. I think they start back up at 11:00 our time. I saw that on Twitter after I posted. Dang. Rooting for him the rest of the way! Edited July 30, 2019 by graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I saw a tweet saying that a lot of these cadets from other countries are definitely over 18. Is that possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, graham said: I saw a tweet saying that a lot of these cadets from other countries are definitely over 18. Is that possible? Definitely, other countries have been known to lie about their athletes age. It was recently found out that Sadulaev is a few years older than originally thought. And the “kid” Jesse wrestled looked like he was in his twenties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyb Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 30 minutes ago, Thor said: Definitely, other countries have been known to lie about their athletes age. It was recently found out that Sadulaev is a few years older than originally thought. And the “kid” Jesse wrestled looked like he was in his twenties. Reminds me when we went to Cici’s after weighins one time with the team (terrible). Mom in front of us had kids that were six foot tall and had to shave. She insisted that they were under 12 so she could get half off! base and Thor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share Posted July 30, 2019 Mendez is eliminated as Karimli was defeated in the semi-finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 Mendez officially finished 9th at his weight per UWW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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