David Taylor Wins State Title #4

[@joshpescie1553]

its crazy to me how someone can be so far ahead of everyone else

[@joshpescie1553]

@Jake Flint yeah it kinda just blows my mind.

[@captainramius790]

So was Collin palmer his closest match?

[@joshpescie1553]

@@captainramius790 honestly I would say so at this time period lol

[@joshpescie1553]

@Frederick Jorge such strange bots, the fact that you're on an old wrestling video

[@pocketssmith5933]

Put the work in. It's that simple.

[@chade1983]

When you're so dominant that you have complete control you tech-pin people. He did it in the state finals. That's how much better he was,

[@michaeldeangelis6542]

Yeah that is dominant! The kid was 27-1, he wasn’t a scrub!

[@MF-kb2nv]

Taylor also beat 4x Division 1 state champion Collin Palmer in a dual

[@Twinkerson]

@@MF-kb2nv he bumped up a weight class to do that too. This also depicts how incredible Kyle Dake is as a wrestler beating David multiple times in college.

[@MF-kb2nv]

@@Twinkerson No doubt Dake is a great wrestler but a wrestler that consistently sits on a lead and just does enough to win a match. Personally I can't stand to watch him.

[@Twinkerson]

@@MF-kb2nv Taylor just did that against Burroughs

[@lexingtonconcord8751]

It's crazy how David Taylor looked so skinny compared to his competition, but performed so much stronger in wrestling. Geeez! That was impressive.

[@davidgutierrez4606]

Bro I'm telling you those lengthy mother fkers are the hardest to wrestle I wrestled 145 and I always met up with some dude that was about 5 inches taller than me way skinnier and he beat me 3 times out of 5. The only dude to ever give me a problem haha

[@dougdickason]

Wonder how many times Taylor's opponent watched "vision quest" to get pumped for this match and give him the mentality to think he could win.

[@adamfowler5475]

I love that movie. That's like every wrestlers favorite sport movie.

[@ianshue2890]

It would be so heart breaking to see that you made the finals only to see that you had to wrestle someone like a David Taylor

[@MF-kb2nv]

Runner up...no shame in getting beat by David Taylor.

[@poeticskeptic7052]

M F there’s definitely shame in getting beat like that by anybody, for any self respecting wrestler that is good...

[@jarodestes1491]

@@poeticskeptic7052 he got 2nd in state. No real shame. He did what everyone else is his weight class in that state couldn't do besides DAVID TAYLOR. One of the best to ever compete in this sport through HS and college. Already making a name for himself in worlds and upcoming Olympics

[@paulmousel7624]

@@poeticskeptic7052 ur cringe

[@nicks2872]

The kid runs to the circle Ref: are you set Kid: YES SIRRRR! 😂

[@bruceyoung8036]

And that folks, is how it's done. This guy was born to wrestle. Very impressive.

[@walmdawg9070]

before anyone knew what a tilt was and DT already a master at it

[@jonahteesatuskie9205]

Lmao the tilt was around waaay before David Taylor

[@capnshteen]

This reminds me of Keegan otoole last year he won state his 4th time to and went undefeated his whole his school career he wrestled at mizzou and won who’s #1 in 2018 I think but anyway that kids gonna be a beast

[@ajschultz2512]

@CapnShteen he didn’t go undefeated in high school he just won state all 4 years he had like 10 loses in his high school career

[@quintoy78]

@@ajschultz2512 he lost four times his freshman year and one time his sophomore year.

[@quintoy78]

Not undefeated but still impressive

[@dantemorales2493]

You called it. He is a national champion now

[@emmonspreece8001]

Taylor is a beast

[@paulnokio1199]

I love watching this kid wrestle

[@kylecoward6318]

Great match and awesome commentary. I appreciated the guy keeping score for us

[@znhait]

This guy is a reminder why technique is more important than brute strength. Although having weight classes does make strength less relevant-the scale doesn’t the difference between 140 lbs of fat and 140 lbs of muscle-Taylor manhandled his opponent through pure technique and leverage. His length also played a major part. Despite that, his competitor got taken down way too easily. I’ve seen many average wrestlers put up a fight and not just get run over out of pure will.

[@chethammer]

My dad was a 3 time Golden Gloves Welterweight champion. He sparred with Floyd Patterson once when he was in high school. My dad said that he thought he was really good until that day. Told me he couldn't see the punches coming. Some people are just elite.

[@josiahlynden547]

Looked like he wasn't even trying

[@shaneslyter6183]

A tech whaaaat? Those were Pecks here in Kansas

[@guysmalley]

Relentless

[@thejtl83]

I was there live

[@MitchStClair-ps9kv]

Now you get to say you got pinned by an Olympic champion 🤣

[@shortjesus4887]

I’m currently at alliance highschool where Manuel went

[@JS45678]

In my opinion, David Taylor turned out to be a pretty decent wrestler beyond this easy match. 🙃

[@georgesealy4706]

Yeah, just a little decent.

[@ianshue2890]

I hate how David makes everything look so easy. Oh yeah I’m just casually winning a fourth state title, no big deal. Taylor is completely unthreatened by the other guy, despite him being clearly stronger than David, and he has every reason to feel this way

[@macgyvervanschwartzenstall4662]

He seems like he will be pretty good

[@captrockh2055]

The Baby face Assassin-

[@MAMP]

He pinned him 4 times

[@MWofOHIO]

I hear Murnan in the distance : P

[@GarrettH-rl7ml]

Wow he’s so lanky but leverage was clearly his advantage

[@kevincross4302]

Question...Pre-match you can hear the announcer calling out 3 different matches, were these also title matches? And were they indeed all held at the same time?

[@lukebeach935]

Yeah, in Ohio there are 3 different divisions, the title matches for each division are run at the same time

[@kevincross4302]

@@lukebeach935 Wow, this is surprising... I don't know the Ohio logistics, so I assume they're different than here in Texas but all our title Matches are held one after the other... so you can see every match. We have two divisions..

[@jimcallicoat]

State final’s 😮

[@chethammer]

I guess the other kid's consolation is that he got beat by a future world and Olympic champion. He wasn't bad, David is just that good. Also, every time I see him wrestle I think it would be like wrestling an octopus.

[@xenonmaster6668]

I got a “tech maul” but it was in a dual meet

[@larrycottle9711]

It's a tech fall despite the pin.

[@h00kspectre69]

What tilt is he doing at 1:45?

[@nathanduchon8200]

From this angle it just looks like a simple 2 on 1 tilt, but i could be wrong idk

[@OH1OAN]

On .25 it looks like (what we call) a maple tilt. You have a 2 on 1 and you put your elbow in his crotch and roll through.

[@zachhammond3421]

My school gets whooped by graham every year

[@joshpescie1553]

Where do you go? Edit: I don't put it past you, they're too good.

[@DannyHoke29]

I wrestle for graham

[@colerainfan1143]

That poor kid. It was like he brought a knife to a gun fight.

[@slickwilly9684]

That was a pin, not a tech fall, lol. When the ref slams his hand on the mat after the opponent's shoulders blades are pinned down, that is a pin. A tech fall comes when you have a 15 point lead or more and the match is stopped as a result. Nevertheless, World Champion in his beginnings, Magic Man is a beast and a hard worker that loves this sport.

[@baby4x]

its called a tech pin, when the turn that you are doing is already going to tech them but then you pin them it anyways.

[@slickwilly9684]

@@baby4x Unless the rules about pins and techs have changed over the years (which I'm sure they haven't) a tech is a tech and a pin is a pin. There's a reason why even when wrestlers that are about to win via tech fall will try and finish it with a pin if the opponent happens to be on their back. When you score a fall the team points will show that, when you score a tech, the score will reflect that. Not saying you're wrong, but maybe a tech pin is some lingo that is regional.

[@baby4x]

​@@slickwilly9684 yes its not a technical term, but more as showing off. My friends and I used it when we wrestled (from cali).

[@mdexter3722]

slickwilly9684 yes, I’ve wrestled all across the country and now coach in Ct. the term Techpin has been around since my high school time 88-91. It’s just a term meaning the turn that will lead to the points causing the tech fall, leads to a pin.. just like it sounds. I’m surprised that you have never heard of the term if you wrestled.? But who knows, maybe where you lived it wasn’t a thing.? I believe in the video however he is using the term tech MAUL..? he’s just trying to be funny referring to the mauling Taylor gave him on his way to the pin..

[@paulnokio1199]

David prefer points over pins, that followed him all through college. In 7th grade state he scored 16 points in the first round.

[@otto8936]

Can you believe that Jaime Clark beat him in high school?

[@Unwrenched]

Was this Taylor kid any good in college. Jk

[@atleder1]

No. He went to penn state, but he didn’t have much success

[@cjb2836]

Nah, only won a couple of national championships. You know, amateur stuff like that.

[@atleder1]

@@cjb2836 yeah exactly

[@Tim_Marshall73]

Taylor was up 15-1 he could've just chosen to be on the bottom. Then he'd have an escape point and win. But no. He had to pin him on top of that. 😑

[@znhait]

He was up 12-1, I believe. He chose top, obviously because he’s an animal in that position, but it’s also less work as two turns would at least give him a tech fall.

[@dennisshaw4112]

I assume the pin gave his team extra points versus a tech fall.

[@johnfraleee]

@@ChildrenOfGielinor yeah Graham was ahead of Claymont and University school who were 2nd and 3rd I believe by around 150 points. Back then your team was competing for 2nd sadly. I wrestled at this state tournament in 2009 and graham had something like 7 state champs and 12 guys top 3. Not only were they winning, they were beating the crap out of the guys they wrestled in the state finals (many of whom were nationally ranked that they were beating)

[@justinstrange1355]

I get that he was good but that weight class must have been trash. Most state championship matches I've ever seen are decided by a few points. No one usually gets absolutely dominated in the finals. He must of tech falled or pinned everyone

[@triffen7174]

Nah I don't think that the weight class was trash, I think David taylor was just that far ahead of everyone. Bro made it to the NCAA finals his freshman year of college and won his sophomore and junior year and almost his senior year but lost to Kyle dake in the finals. Now he's an Olympic gold medalist and won a world championship 🤷‍♂️ some ppl just built diff

[@georgesealy4706]

The other young man had no chance. None.

[@joshuahardy3135]

I mean no disrespect to the opponent, these guys do work. but he did 3 moves, basically. As good as David is/was, this says more about the competition to me.

[@cjb2836]

Most of the people Spencer lee and gable steveson don't even get to do 1 move. Gable just pinned the #6 guy in the country in like 20 seconds, and lee has being pinning everyone in the first minute if every match. There are just levels to this sport

[@alecshunnarah9040]

I mean more than likely most HS wrestlers would probably get teched by DT but idk just looking at this guy’s fundamentals he didn’t look too solid. His bottom game was pretty bad. Didn’t try to keep his elbows tight when DT was going for those crossarms for the tilt and was trying to stand up when DT already had a crossarm. Gotta clear hands, get your elbows in tight then stand up

[@chi111y]

@@alecshunnarah9040 right! He was defeated mentally before the match began. He could’ve stalled his way to a standard decision with just basic fundamentals. I remember in tourney leading up to this Taylor was tech falling everyone .

[@jannorris4140]

Kerry Kolat destroys Taylor

[@jamest3552]

What year?

[@andyvanderheiden9717]

Hahaha

[@liptondistco7267]

I wasn't terribly impressed. He wrestles like a sophomore.