113 - Marcus Blaze {G} of Ohio vs. Vinny Kilkeary {R} of Pennsylvania

[@MidwestWrestle]

On November 5th, 2023, high schooler Marcus Blaze defeated the #1 ranked 125 lb NCAA wrestler, Matt Ramos, at the Clarion Open. In addition to being a world champion, Ramos is known for his upset victory by fall over three-time champion Spencer Lee at the 2023 NCAA championships.

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

I was wondering if this was 2020 because the face mask no judgment but glad to know the date

[@MidwestWrestle]

@@CoffeeisnecessarynowpepperThe date of every match is recorded in each video description. This match was shot in 2021. The reference to 2023 in my comment above is about a much more recent match which I did not record but is still noteworthy because many consider the result to have been a significant upset.

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

@@MidwestWrestle ah okay

[@westlondo3312]

Another great video of another great match. Thanks

[@davidc.2878]

So the guy who lost here beat the NcAA champ while still in HS??!!

[@timdavis4332]

1:44. In, these two seem evenly matched. Both showing tenacity. 💪🏼😤🤜🏼 💥💥 💪🏼🤨🤜🏼

[@jonl3696]

Blaze fought well despite his very visible eye injuries. Thanks again, Midwest Wrestle!

[@jonhirsh3450]

Thanks!

[@MidwestWrestle]

Thank you, again!

[@dominiquejeannin4510]

Kilkeary is a tenacious young man, can’t wait to see more of him.

[@paulfleming4898]

Just to let you know, the quality of the videos and your eye for the perfect shot is amazing too.....keep it up.

[@Donaldopato]

Thrilling and strong!💪 Great match, men!

[@TheClintb17]

Congratulations to the winner, a hard road to victory, well done, also great camera work, cheers CB Australia 🇦🇺👍💪

[@AngieKawaii01]

Seeing a high schooler pin a collegiate level athlete is not something you see everyday. Props to both of these young men for all their hard work and dedication.

[@slideandslip25]

I like Vincent, he’s really good, and he’s just gonna get better.

[@MCMXI1]

Meanwhile, the videography and production quality just gets better and better

[@MidwestWrestle]

Thank you!

[@Gardneronthewater]

These guys twins? Great match up

[@ВаловАлександр-й7ч]

Они оба сильные борцы и не давали с собой вертеть как хочется. До последнего минуты смотрел за этим поединком и только ждал, кто из них уступит. 👍💯😍

[@callen8000]

Regarding Blaze's upset of Ramos, I'd love to know how a high schooler qualifies to compete in a tournament full of college wrestlers. Ramos, by the way, wrestled in the third-place match after losing to Blaze. Would you have wanted to wrestle a #1 ranked college wrestler after he loses to a high schooler? I doubt Nick Babin did. Ramos pinned Babin in 17 seconds!!! Immediately after his upset of Ramos, Blaze lost 6-4 in the final to Brayden Palmer of UT Chattanooga (a former two-time state champ with a 197-4 high school history). Blaze is now a high school junior. Last spring, he capped off a 62-1 season (he must compete every other day!) with a state championship at 120 pounds. Vincent Kilkeary, who is now at Ohio State, had to wrestle Matt Ramos in the first round at Clarion (tough first round!!!). Ramos beat him 5-0. Kilkeary then won three matches before losing in the consolation quarterfinals to Caleb Weiland of Michigan State.

[@MidwestWrestle]

Thank you for the additional context, as always! Similar to the Midlands Championships in the Chicago suburbs, the Clarion tournament is an "Open" as opposed to an "Invitational," so aspiring high school wrestlers have been known to test their mettle at these events. Last year at the Clarion Open, high schooler Jax Forrest pinned a senior college wrestler. More details in the pinned comment on this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJTZfqKJd5hjiqM

[@loganperry5167]

Great follow-up,thanks

[@michaeld9682]

So many studs coming into d1. Going to be fun to watch

[@jasonreese4573]

Ikr!

[@gardengeek3041]

Am a new fan of this sport. What are the weight and/or age categories of these matches? Not easy to film, but the cameraman is on the ball. Lots of good action at this level. Thanks!

[@MidwestWrestle]

Thank you and welcome to the sport! The weight classification is actually the number at the beginning of every video title in pounds. In this case, this is a 113 lb match. The default age group is high school, unless otherwise specified in one of two ways: 1) If you "12U", "10U", etc., then that means "12 & Under", "10 & Under", etc. Or, if you see that the institution they represent is a university, then you can assume they are of college age. For additional insights, I recommend the following website to help with understanding the foundational concepts of Folkstyle wrestling: www.indeewrestling.com/folkstyle-wrestling-rules/ Please feel free to comment any time you have a question not answered above or below: Q. What do {G} and {R} in the video title mean? A. They refer to the green and red ankle bands which the wrestlers wear, and the wristbands which the referee wears, that are used for scoring purposes. Q. Who won the match? A. Those details can be found in the description for each video.

[@oscarfernandez7912]

Also New Fan!

[@MidwestWrestle]

@@oscarfernandez7912Thrilled to hear it, welcome aboard!

[@Walkerbtween]

I haven't watched in a while, and I was impressed with video quality. Very crisp and clear. New camera or just a better/closer position? I don't know, but it was a great match.

[@MidwestWrestle]

@@Walkerbtween Thank you for the positive feedback, I appreciate it. I've been using the same camera for a few years now: kzbin.infoUgkx0bz78690XN-ungZt5nNN0eoJC2oEg1e8

[@marcgorzynski]

Awesome show! 😄

[@jm7804]

Dude in red is a boss. Tons of swagger and confidence.

[@WinrichNaujoks]

are they really short?

[@anoka114]

Whoever thought placing metal dividers next to a wrestling mat is a good idea is wrong.

[@RoctoberSlots]

I just stumbled on this Match some 11Months later, lol however I miss grappling, I wrestled @155lb. Class I made it to Quarter-Finals but lost in 2nd round. I was in Suburbia 1 Class of Uper Merion, PA great action!! Thumbs up! 😂

[@grahamscott1547]

Are these guys twins competing against each other??

[@Lazurnyj]

Wrestling is much more peaceful than boxing

[@3PeninsulasOutdoors]

Love the battle wounds. Two true young warriors out there!

[@embreis2257]

are you referring to the eyes of the kid in the grey suit? wrestling seems to carry quite a lot of different risks of injury

[@EmilyTienne]

Yeah, would you still “love” the wounds if the kid got a torn retina of the eye?

[@staggerlee3535]

Great match up. I would definitely watch these guys going at it again.

[@ViolinMustard]

What kind of camera is this? I feel like I’m there. It’s amazing.

[@MidwestWrestle]

Thanks, that's the goal. Camera details can be found here: kzbin.infoUgkx0bz78690XN-ungZt5nNN0eoJC2oEg1e8

[@charleshash7381]

Im curious, why arent they wearing head gear?

[@MidwestWrestle]

Although headgear is mandatory by rule at scholastic and collegiate events during the regular wrestling season, privately run for-profit off-season tournaments such as this one have the flexibility to choose which rules they want their referees to enforce, and they often elect to relax several rules including that one.

[@charleshash7381]

@@MidwestWrestle thank you!

[@gregmazza8965]

Thanks, I was wondering the same thing. Great match👍

[@adamfowler350]

If they werent in different singlets, id think these guys were clones of each other.

[@markkotishion2379]

I've seen a lot of wrestlers pace while waiting to begin. They shake their shoulders and arms. Is this to limber muscles for battle?

[@jonhirsh3450]

Two warriors. In a match like this it's a shame that there has to be a 2nd. place.

[@lordeverybody872]

There isn't a second place. There's the winner, and the first looser!😂

[@DaleRussell2]

Great match. 👍

[@mjabdus86]

How did they injure thier face?

[@jasonmatthews534]

Ur videos are amazing!

[@briankeith1466]

looked well matched ,, nice action good overall ,hope they stick with it

[@ANCIENTASTRONAUT]

Great match, never underestimate the physicality of those light/fly weights. They are constantly moving

[@mwest3583]

They look like twins separated at birth.

[@scoutjack]

I was thinking the exact thing. It’s amazing really.

[@joshnaleway9598]

Hell yeah

[@Ron-zi3cg]

They do, don't They.

[@kingnillvwell381]

Are they brothers?

[@MichalS-n6j]

this was an exceptional match for this weight class...

[@huflungdung8252]

Great name. Marcus Blaze. Sounds like a pro wrestler. Maybe someday.

[@attiliodisalvatore2752]

Una bella faticata, questo tipo di lotta!! 👋👋💪💪👌👌

[@micbln8967]

they look like brothers

[@anoka114]

Looks like both these guys have been through a war.

[@kensteffes6712]

Very evenly matched athletes...

[@jackburton5396]

Silly question maybe, not a lot of wrestling where I live. What is the G and R by their names mean?

[@MidwestWrestle]

Welcome to the channel! That's not a silly question at all, it's actually one of the two most common: Q. What do {G} and {R} in the video title mean? A. They refer to the green and red ankle bands which the wrestlers wear, and the wristbands which the referee wears, that are used for scoring purposes. Q. Who won the match? A. Those details can be found in the description for each video. I recommend the following website to help with understanding the foundational concepts of Folkstyle wrestling: www.indeewrestling.com/folkstyle-wrestling-rules/ If you ever have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

[@jackreichert3590]

Also thanks for info on g and r. What an awesome match!

[@jbueno273]

bons lutadores..parecem irmãos gémeos...

[@7349yt]

They look like twins!

[@agathaumas3734]

Интересный поединок. Странно видеть на лицах последствия драки или боя, вне ринга. Похоже активная жизнь у парней есть за пределами ринга))

[@NateWithWho]

why did they look beat up?

[@Gymthingz]

Marcus blaze is currently trending.

[@darrillwakely]

Where's their headgear?

[@outlaw6421]

The guy in the grey is such a good wrestler .

[@oa1986]

I don’t understand how someone winds but it looked like the one in gray was winning but the one in white was stronger and over powered the other one and then towards the one in grey showed some fast moves and took him down. 🤷🏼‍♂️ good match!

[@MidwestWrestle]

Welcome to the channel. I recommend the following website to help with understanding the foundational concepts of Folkstyle wrestling: www.indeewrestling.com/folkstyle-wrestling-rules/ Please feel free to comment any time you have a question not answered above or below: Q. What do {G} and {R} in the video title mean? A. They refer to the green and red ankle bands which the wrestlers wear, and the wristbands which the referee wears, that are used for scoring purposes. Q. Who won the match? A. Those details can be found in the description for each video.

[@derandreas]

they look as if they were in a box fight before ;-) great fight.

[@classiccasualgaming]

Some of those moves could break a neck. My Gawd! This is exciting to watch.

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

I noticed gray has a black eye and bruised thigh ouch

[@Damon_Roach]

Refs f-ed this match up- Blaze should’ve gotten awarded the dump takedown in the 1st period and the pancake on the edge in the 2nd.

[@MidwestWrestle]

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[@EmilyTienne]

This looks like the kind of sport that could tear a retina in an eye. (Did you see his eye injuries)? These coaches push them way too hard.

[@richardcastromartinez4329]

Marcus is the boy on red?

[@MidwestWrestle]

Marcus Blaze is wearing the green "{G}" ankle band, Vincent Kilkeary is wearing the red "{R}" ankle band.

[@wilkby]

@@MidwestWrestleThanks. I’ve been trying to figure out how the {G} and {R} identified the wrestlers and I’ve never noticed the ankle bands.

[@MD.ANOWARHOSSAN-pj2fh]

খুব অসাধারণ অসাধারণ খেলা

[@RoctoberSlots]

Typo: that's Upper Merion, PA 😊

[@PeterGregg]

Don't like your end result coloring.

[@loganperry5167]

Hi,sorry it doesn't suit you I think MWs dedication to presenting top quality vids is evident.And,I'm thinking you won't find a more productive & conscientious craftsman around.This archive of wrestling is mind-blowing,hope you can enjoy it.

[@congheleechconghelach9860]

wow those two look like twins or is it just me?

[@cbrend22]

Marcus 8th grade?? Vinnie a Jr? Big difference

[@jimfriend2811]

Played the strategy. Wasn't really working for a win, just trying not to get scored on. I don't like kilkeary style n this one.

[@СветланаПшеничникова-щ9й]

Молодцы , ребята ! 👍

[@polomadmo]

You cut out all the foot work with too much zoom.

[@MidwestWrestle]

I agree. I got that feedback several months ago and I no longer shoot that way in neutral anymore, but unfortunately the backlog of archived matches is so big because of how much work each video takes, that you'll still be seeing the old filming style for a while. There are some current matches at the top of the channel page that reflect the newer shooting style.

[@polomadmo]

@@MidwestWrestle Yeah that was probably me a few months ago too. But I understand. There has also been a change in the definition of the picture, in the earlier videos when the channel first started what ever filter you were using kind of equalized the skin tone of the wrestlers and it looked good. It was almost like watch Greek Statues wrestling, but now the filter you use has so much definition you can see patchy skin and like the different coloration on the skin; but I think it looked better before.

[@MidwestWrestle]

@@polomadmo You were definitely one of them, but you weren't alone. Generally speaking, I look for trends in feedback before making significant changes. Just like with the shot framing, you're also not alone in your feedback on the color grading. I am always experimenting, and by definition, sometimes experiments don't work out. The one thing to keep in mind is that nothing is permanent, and I will continue experimenting while incorporating feedback from viewers such as yourself. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts, I appreciate it.

[@oriprajim2500]

Muy reñida el encuentro, me parece. Dos campeones.

[@humavenado6401]

What’s up with the weird filter

[@X_85]

You saw it too? 😂 I thought for a good few seconds that I suddenly became a clairvoyant as I could see auras around them. Wasn't sure if it was just me seeing this

[@kennethbowry1521]

Well done guys, nobody is the losser.

[@bnecasio.09]

Good luck for the win

[@coachjody1971]

Blaze needs to attack more he gave that match away when he thinks offense he's almost unstoppable he waa scared to make a mistake let it fly trust his abilities great match bet next time he will be more aggressive on offense

[@Bewefau]

When you push against something and they push back you can step back and toss them on there back. I use to wrestle lol more so of a common move.

[@kevinhorne2646]

Great video. How do we tell who won? 🤔

[@MidwestWrestle]

Thanks, and welcome to the channel! I recommend the following website to help with understanding the foundational concepts of Folkstyle wrestling: www.indeewrestling.com/folkstyle-wrestling-rules/ Please feel free to comment any time you have a question not answered above or below: Q. What do {G} and {R} in the video title mean? A. They refer to the green and red ankle bands which the wrestlers wear, and the wristbands which the referee wears, that are used for scoring purposes. Q. Who won the match? A. Those details can be found in the description for each video.

[@patricksnyder3446]

show the score!

[@dadsvespa]

I was paired with the other skinny kid in gym class. I just plopped on the mat and said "you win" Can I go out and have a smoke coach?

[@davidc.2878]

So when did they stop wearing headgear? These kids are getting a lot of facial injuries, I’ve noticed. Did the rules change or something since I was in HS- which is a long time ago.

[@MidwestWrestle]

Although headgear is mandatory by rule at scholastic and collegiate events during the regular wrestling season, privately run for-profit off-season tournaments such as this one have the flexibility to choose which rules they want their referees to enforce, and they often elect to relax several rules including that one.

[@davidc.2878]

Interesting. What do you think of that?@@MidwestWrestle

[@Dratanta]

Awesome keep it up

[@josenildo2189]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 great

[@taupegrillon5975]

hilarious fight

[@robertofranco6480]

WTF - that's cruel having those kids injured like that. Shame on their trainers and their parents SMH

[@jeffjeff8562]

What? Are you an effeminate male?

[@eliasnetto7561]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ronniedeel4990]

for sure related

[@jessereynez]

💯

[@markolguera5604]

Same hairstyle...same hair color...same faceshape...same built...same complexion.... almost same height😅😅😅 Twins😂

[@코타-w1s]

you can go olympic !

[@fabpacmosia8149]

ils ont les yeux de bagarreurs ?! Il s'est passé quoi ? Ceux sont des frères , car, il se ressemble ?

[@excalibur1812]

For some reason, I just keep hearing Wanda, from In Living Color saying "you ain't got to go nowhere. I got you. You mine".

[@joseruiz6838]

Buena lucha...!

[@frankalvarez4602]

🎉

[@Ирина-э5в4э]

Близнецы

[@MeunierV1304]

💪😎🔝

[@Housee01]

They got Ellen out here wresling

[@michaelangelo-the-singer-br549]

Damn, lets get this party started. These boys each want to win!

[@icantwait]

Nice match.