133 LBS: #1 Stevan Micic (Michigan) vs. #4 Nick Suriano (Rutgers) | Big Ten Wrestling

[@jimmyhayden5292]

I really liked Suriano's sportsman ship at end. You couldn't tell if he won or lost.

[@steventhury8366]

Jimmy, This most likely translates into Suriano submitting to defeat.

[@jordanbabcock9349]

@@steventhury8366 how do you figure? Maybe his thoughts were something like "you stopped me 3 times, you won't stop them all next match"

[@steventhury8366]

@@jordanbabcock9349 I generally see those so determine to win the big one not act like this when they lose an important match. I typically see this behavior when it comes to submitting. Look at Bo Nickal when he lost to Miles Martin in the finals. Bo, though he lost, would not settle with it. Since his loss, he has owned Miles Martin. This is just my observance of elite competitors. Of course there is a chance I'm wrong about Nick. It's just that Nick has been taking a pounding with the elite guys, and he's not scoring much for points with them.

[@Thefatcat125]

Steven Thury I think nicks good now

[@misterwonderful8628]

He is always a great showman also...such a drive for the win.

[@Shrimzy]

Suriano looked really good in this match, just couldn't finish his deep leg attacks. Super excited to see this match again!

[@scottab140]

Not finishing is the problem. Guys are bigger and stronger, in the move from 125ibs, and Suriano's technique is not good enough.

[@Thefatcat125]

scottab140 it’s good enough

[@scottab140]

@@Thefatcat125 In this match he did not score and loss.

[@steventhury8366]

This match indicates to me that it's a toss up between Micic, Suriano, Desantos, and Fix. Did I forget anybody?

[@tropicalterrarium1742]

You have to include Roman Bravo Young, Luke Pletcher and also Philippi.. The toughest weight by far.

[@jv-ix6jh]

Maybe Phillip from Pitt excuse me if I spelled his name wrong he has a strong win over fix an will be my dark horse Desanto to depending on which desanto shows up

[@jv-ix6jh]

@@tropicalterrarium1742 Roman is great all I want to see from him is the consistency against ranked opponents an I know he'll be a force he just got a good win over ohio

[@tropicalterrarium1742]

This weight is exciting. There is history between Micic and Desanto (watch if you haven not seen that match). Imagine Desanto beating Micic. Fix is my favorite of the bunch and I think he is going to win it at hte Ncaas.

[@steventhury8366]

@@tropicalterrarium1742 Yes, Roman Bravo Young is faster than a cat. Look out for him.

[@uc9218]

The referee was too quick to make those two potentially dangerous calls. The BIG10 is only a few weeks away so they’ll be able to run it back. Nick needs to finish quickly next time around.

[@cdorsey15yt81]

U C that first call was the right one. The foot was being torqued away from the knee. Second one was a little too quick though.

[@angelm3670]

nah dude it was totally reasonable, like as a referee in wrestling your most important job is to make sure the wrestlers stay safe and he was doing his job, that knee definitely was in danger and better be safe than sorry ya know.

[@carlchilders2154]

@@cdorsey15yt81 Second call was more of a stalemate, which worked in sorryiano's favor.

[@victorpistone1073]

That's exactly what Micic does he finishes very fast, you rarely see him stay underneath after shooting very long.

[@zachneedles2786]

This weight is tough, its sad to see so many phenomenal wreslters that arent going to win a ncaa championship this year

[@znhait]

Not really. It’s a great weight class because it doesn’t go off the boil after the top 2-3 guys, but I don’t think there is a true stud in the weight class. By stud, I mean someone like Nickal or Nolf. There is not one single guy in that weight class that is both great attacking neutral and on top. I love the weight class because anyone can win, but pound for pound, not one of the 133 guys would make my top 10.

[@misterwonderful8628]

Micic is such a world class powerhouse...and the level of skill most of his competition has ..and he still beats them...what a tactician...great weight-class for entertainment and dominant wrestlers also. Suriano was 159-0 with four high school state championships...look at 06:30 and right before the final period...looks like Micic is walking up to a salad bar for a snack. Conditioning.

[@laydenyump3619]

Lol, he really is world class now. World champ, even

[@DarionTerry]

The ref should not have stopped the first Takedown! Suriano was keeping it legal!

[@tropicalterrarium1742]

It looked spot on to me. The crowd gets mad at every ref at every match I have ever been to.

[@AndreBland]

That was clearly potentially dangerous. Can you not see the knee and ankle direction? As someone who’s wrestled D1 & suffered major injuries, this was the right call.

[@sethmachakos9926]

@@AndreBland yeah with the right amount of torque your season could be ruined in seconds 😬 good call

[@aBaltimoreRaven]

Stallllllll. Hope suriano beats him in rematch

[@brianhays1743]

How many times can a wrestler put HIMSELF in a dangerous position before he gets called on it.

[@dusfug]

Brian Hays that’s what I’m saying. If your defense to a move is something that can hurt you, you’re using the wrong defense and you should be punished for it, not the guys who is 75% of his way through completing the takedown.

[@OKandEZ]

Wow...the way Micic has been wrestling, I didn't think it would be that close. Oh and why is Daton Fix ranked #2 while Phillipi is ranked #5; when Phillipi beat Fix?

[@tropicalterrarium1742]

Philippi got beat by a suriano, who fix beat. Fix has one loss, Philippi has 2 losses.

[@OKandEZ]

Wow...I didn't know any of that. Had to look all of it up. I hate being left in the dark all because I don't have a Flo subscription. Anyway, Phillippi looked like a world beater when he wrestled Fix. I just assumed that he didn't lose another match after that. But he only has a couple losses. Getting majored by Suriano was huge, but losing to Myers was a bigger hit to his record. 133 is really an exciting weight class. Can't wait for Nationals.

[@teddavis292]

Nick can outmucscle most guys, but not all. He lacks offense, especially on top.

[@CP7Peanut]

he doesn't lack offense he just doesn't use it, ive seen him dominate someone with his offense

[@znhait]

Never against a top guy. At this level-top five in a weight class-all these guys are good in all positions relative to an average wrestler. However, it’s when they face each other, people find out their real strengths abs weaknesses. Suriano has not demonstrated that he’s great on the attack-this is actually the best match I’ve seen him wrestled, offensive wise, in college.

[@Thefatcat125]

Steeve Cantave took down desanto, micic, fix, pletcher I think his offense is pretty good

[@tylerharris1163]

ted Davis He is a National Champion though, what are you again?

[@patrickharlan9586]

Man there is soo much talent in the low weight classes now.

[@Brodyrobertson999]

Why is the whole video timestamped “I hear it too?”

[@marc0321]

If Nick can smooth out his rough edges, I think he could still be a favorite. He seems to control most of these big matches but he is falling short. For one, I think he needs to work on conditioning a little, but more than likely he is just cutting too much weight. Causing him to die out after a burst of offense or at the end of matches. This was most apparent against Austin. In this match, you really get a feel for it at the beginning of the 2nd. Here he seems he is just catching his wind for the first minute. He seems to be literally leaning on micic as a strategy to catch his breath. But again, I can't imagine a wrestler of this Caliber being out of shape. And it makes me think it is a weight cut issue. Which I hope isn't true. He is so talented, and cutting too much weight just takes all the fun out of it. For his sake, I hope this isn't the case. He also needs to have a couple solid go to moves. If he can do a couple things, he can start dictating the outcome a little better. He doesn't have much of a go-to offense, seems more reactionary. At 1:20, even with his offense.... he gets in on the shot, and then he seems lost. You get a full 8 count of him just hanging on. No movement on either side. He doesn't move (react ) until micic tries to switch out of it. So.. again , even with his offense, he is reactionary vs being the aggressor. And with his reactionary style he ends up positive often based on his strength alone. And I think that is illustrated at the end of the match here. You can see he kind of just changes levels without much of an idea of what to do. Like he is a bit lost. If you look st the PSU "row" they all have several go to moves that they are confident in, and they would all be able to st least put in a couple solid attempts at the end of a match. And they would have enough gas left to do so. Nick just needs to do a few things to start coming out on top here. Conditioning (which may be out of his control if he is cutting more than 10 lbs. off of his lowest natural weight) and a little technical work would help him finish those two shots, that were called off, much quicker. The technical work would put him in a better, more offensive position, and conditioning would help him drive through it. And keep your head in the match. Don't worry about the refs, control what you can control. Anyhow... just my two cents.

[@BrennanCarpenfield]

damn coach

[@davidarevalo1925]

This is what makes or breaks a great wrestler I've been following Suriano since HS, and although hes lost his top tier matches he can still show up where it matters !!! Lets GO NJ!!!!!

[@aantoine5819]

You mean go blue lol

[@sambrucevids]

This is the best match I have seen from Suriano. I think it works to both of their advantage that the result was Micic winning. Nick will still be hungry and Stevan realizes there is no huge skill gap.

[@mryan9675]

After seeing all the top wrestlers at this weight, I personally think that DeSanto looks better than the rest and is going to come out as the national champion. Unless of course he does something stupid and gets himself disqualified.

[@michaelnorth2055]

Let's hope he doesn't get DQ'd and makes it into the finals!

[@znhait]

I think DeSanto gets a huge boost grappling with studs around his weight class in Lee and past Hawkeye wrestlers like Gilman and Clark. His coaches, the Brands brothers, also were big winners at the lower weights.

[@jackworthington5205]

Daton fix is the best

[@SCARLETREDMASTER]

Close matches bring out the "Mr. Hyde" in Dr. Jekyll Desanto. Gotta pray for Desanto to keep his cool. If so, he might win.

[@estban2065]

DeSanto will not win the Big Ten and I will be surprised if he makes the NCAA semis. No way he will be National champ,

[@JasonSantos21]

they’re going to make for great teammates

[@ThanksStJoseph]

With a different ref this is will be a completely different match.

[@znhait]

Suriano was the much better wrestler this match. I think his problem is that he’s not used to shooting that much on a top wrestler, hence why he allowed the takedown. But that’s okay, though. He allowed one takedown and could have had three or four of his own. I think he might be the best wrestler at that weight class. That’s quite a poor showing for Micic who got lucky a few stoppages. If he lets other top wrestlers continually get to his legs like this, he’ll lose.

[@ralphfeola3431]

Still think Suriano can beat any of his three loses

[@graceandtruthfellowship4347]

NCAA wrestling has so many elite level wrestlers these days it's like watching PPV title fights every week

[@cfbaddict7284]

I am in no place to coach suriano, but i think often times he doesnt lower his level well enough on a lot of his shots that first hi-c probably wouldve been a takedown bc he couldve drove right through him

[@barneyroberts668]

Excellent match

[@leannabad3839]

I think its Desanto v Fix in finals

[@tropicalterrarium1742]

would be amazing lol

[@leannabad3839]

Battle Toad I’m a Michigan fan so I def want Micic to win, but based on this I’m not sure he’d be able to handle either of them.

[@uman965]

BIG MISTAKE LEAVING PENN STATE - I DO NOT SEE NICK SURIANO WINNING ANY NCAA TITLES!!!

[@Qaraj.]

Micic hella stalled , suriano is better in my opinion

[@GhassanLifts]

I’m sorry, do you pronounce it “Me-Che-Ch” or “Mi-Sic”

[@tylernicholson5319]

I believe it's the first.

[@hawktuahhub]

me-che-ch

[@tropicalterrarium1742]

Me Check

[@jeffdarnell7942]

I personally heard him pronounce his own name as Me-chik...

[@jannorris4140]

Way to go Ref ,,,

[@robwerter7494]

Suriano could have been a 3X NCAA champion under Cael Sanderson. He only had a handful of losses in high school and none that flawed his dual meet 159-0 record. He's now a serial quitter. He got beat a few times at Penn State and quit - then he lost in the Olympic trials and quit - he even refused to wrestle his consolation matches - now he quit Rutgers... SAD! He could have been a great wrestler but he will leave college with one NCAA championship! He's super strong for his weight just not a great technical wrestler.

[@DB-115]

Suriano though he lost looked good here. Usually when he loses he's just not aggressive.

[@ricardoacevedo6922]

Indiana getting it out here nick lee and Steven micic don’t forget chad red👿🤼‍♂️

[@yourspiritguide3635]

Great news he beat mici in the semi finals of ncaa

[@multiyapples]

Great wrestling.

[@cosinguspalpatine4449]

Micic always circles to the right with his left foot first, like bro you look like you're about to cross your feet. Practice you circling so that your right foot moves an inch, then left foot moves an inch

[@RomeroXVII]

Lol.

[@Happycamper808]

Did you really just give the #1 Seed in NCAAs advice on movement🙈☠️

[@anoka114]

Micic didn't take a shot in first period just stalled.

[@malachiharvey3440]

Micic

[@n.h6001]

Not this time around... just wait

[@michaeld9682]

Micic is so good at technique

[@anoka114]

Poor officiating especially 3rd period. Suriano did all the work and had a potential td stopped.

[@CarolinaBlood704]

Maybe Nick should have stayed at Penn St....

[@cosinguspalpatine4449]

RBY could be 125 and Suriano at 133 that'd be a sweet first pair. Why did Suriano transfer?

[@joshuabarros9798]

Cosingus Palpatine 444 He transferee because he didn’t like the way penn states coaches “dealt” with his ankle injury

[@mikesnitro]

If Suriano had the skill of Ethan Lizak or Spencer Lee on top, he would be much more dominant. Maybe too muscular and not enough length. Definitely strong enough to work tilts.

[@johnfraleee]

Suriano won’t be winning any national titles until he stops playing the victim every time a potentially dangerous, unnecessary roughness, or stall calls is against him. The refs call it the same whether it’s him or an unranked kid but he seems to think he should be an exception and so do his fans

[@estban2065]

You obviously didn't see the full match. The ref was as inconsistent as they come. And, Suriano was prejudiced as a result

[@johnfraleee]

I’m happy for him that he won a title after posting this. He seemed like a different wrestler at Big 10s and Ncaas. Some calls didn’t go his way and he wrestled through it. I was really pulling for him after big 10s.

[@mikeetrujillo884]

Agreed Suriano needs to go back to the white mat wizarda

[@RXW4]

Score should have been 4-3 for Nick. Stevan has at least 4 stalling calls that wasn't even called?

[@kenny2xtimes61]

I hope suriano wins ncaa

[@JasonLayton]

Suriano should practice nothing but finishing.

[@aantoine5819]

Now they’re teammates

[@michaelsandelier6800]

Love Suriano's composure and attitude , he's got awesome snaps that creates opening, 2 things he lacks and hopefully can overcome is his ability to dictate the match, against highly skilled and ranked opponents, seems to cost the kid, he's so talented and you only hope he pushes himself to that confidence and level that J. B. Was able to do few years back, it's like you become so good how do u maintain that caliber of What I call John Smith peakness! next to refs constantly dictating his matches, he needs to give no reasons for the refs to sabotage his Ws and Ls ... Micic is not at all as good as wrestler as Suriano! Suriano's finds ways to beat himself, and if I was him if I was Nick I'd do nothing from that match on but work only on his finishes! Next to the refs it's cost him 3 defeats! Shame great kid!

[@nicholasrobert9053]

Desanto will beat Micic if given the chsnce. Idk about Suriano or fix.

[@InternetMunchies]

He's got to find a way to score pointd

[@Da3Overrated]

Micic always the goat

[@l.rongardner2150]

Thanks to Suriano, I no longer need sleeping pills. All I have to do is put on a tape of one of his matches against a top competitor--and in no time I'm fast asleep.

[@0oMag]

American college wrestling is more exciting than the world stage Prove me wrong

[@dusfug]

I hate potentially dangerous calls on near completed takedowns. Okay for one, if your defense of a move is something that can hurt you, you’re defending the move incorrectly and the ref shouldn’t bail out a wrestler that is letting his knee be torqued 90 degrees because he’s too stubborn to allow the takedown. Either he will hurt his knee and learn when to admit defeat or the takedown will be completed. The rule book shouldn’t be bailing out stubbornness and punishing wrestlers that have nearly completed a takedown. I just hate potentially dangerous calls in general. Only called when they’re never needed, and when they’re desperately needed they’re called way too late. If a top wrestler is putting on an illegal move I get it, but if the defending wrestler’s defense is “let him wrench my knee until the ref steps in” that’s an abusal of the rule, wrestlers shouldn’t be using their health as leverage to stop takedowns.

[@shanefurtah1950]

Micic looks alot better from last year

[@johnfls]

Great match

[@TheWhatnow9999]

Disappointed in micic wrestling there he's usually epic to watch

[@dangelojenkins4296]

His knee was hurt from wrestling in europe so he had to wrestle safe

[@cristianmendoza6301]

Suriano needs to be that aggressive bully wrestler he use to be literally wait until the last minute for everything. And talk about stalling that's all you ever see from guys now a days score late and runs away proving nothing but doubt in their skills as a wrestler

[@carlspicer8356]

Suriano is strong and fit - just not a great wrestler. He now has 8 losses in college and he has quit 4 times. Yes - he quit the super32 in high school after he lost, he quit Penn State after Gilman beat him (NOT because he broke his ankle later in the season), he quit the Olympic trials after the loss to Tomasello (he wouldn't even wrestle his consolation matches, he quit Rutgers... maybe he will finish in Michigan without quitting...

[@caseywolff3489]

Before I watch this I think seriono gonna win well... Rip

[@malachiharvey3440]

Suriano got cheated

[@traviswillis1953]

Bs calls from the ref

[@traskpierce3774]

Ni 3

[@donromeroo6389]

Ref sucked

[@danarmando537]

Nick Suriano...the greatest 159-0 Four Time NJ State Champion...to do nothing in College who can't finish a single. I guess Micic is representing Indiana better than Suriano is Jersey. Pffft...

[@danarmando537]

A year behind what and who.... and what does his age matter? Look at Vincenzo Joseph and other elite College wrestlers...Suriano was an Elite HS wrestler...not College. @@tropicalterrarium1742

[@jschnabes13]

Please don't even try to compare the level of Indiana HS wrestling to the level of New Jersey...It was close match that could gone either way here...and both Suriano and Micic have plenty of wrestling left in their careers...we shall see what happens when it counts in March

[@danarmando537]

Dear Jon: I wrestled in NJ, placed 5th in the State in 1980. I have a very poignant respect for competition...and that is my point...apparently Suriano peaked in HS. Nothing wrong with that...I just expect more from a 159-0 4 time Jersey Champ. Apparently a 184-5, 3 time Indiana State Champ is better...enough said. @@jschnabes13

[@jschnabes13]

@@danarmando537 Fair enough Dan...But I think it's still a bit early to say he has peaked, or that Micic is definitely better then him...They both have a runner up finish in the national championships, and they just had an extremely close match here. Time will tell who ends up having the better college career. And respect for your placing in the NJ State championships, just making it to that level in Jersey is very impressive:)

[@cosinguspalpatine4449]

@@jschnabes13 Indiana is a tough state but New Jersey still has much more competition given their population and also, they're just a friggin hot bed for wrestling. BUT Indiana has a lot of competition even being a less populated state. I mean just watch some of the 2009/2010 and up state finals with tough ass mofos like Cody Phillips and Brandon Nelson