Ryan Deakin vs. Quincy Monday: 2022 NCAA wrestling championship final (157 lb.)

Ryan Deakin of the Northwestern Wildcats wrestles Quincy Monday of the Princeton Tigers in the 157-pound championship match during the Division I Men’s Wrestling Championship held at Little Caesars Arena on March 18, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan. Deakin won to claim the 2022 NCAA wrestling championship match at 157 pounds.
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[@jonahbruns6223]

Though I was 2 years ahead, Ryan and I both went to Legacy High School in Broomfield, CO. I remember him being the face of our wrestling team there. He was so good that everyone looked up to him. When I was working out at a gym during the summer after I graduated, I ran into him there. He was working out with his dad and they were both dripping in sweat and out of breath. He always made time to stop and say hi and talk for a second. Not only is he an incredible athlete, he's one of the most respectful and friendly guys I've ever met. It's surreal seeing him go all the way from high school to Nathional Champion. Way to go Ryan!!

[@billyboy4477]

Deakin is the biggest 157 pounder I've ever seen

[@earnyourgold]

Biggest 157lber you’ll ever see. If someone said he was 174 I wouldn’t even question it

[@logansneed2882]

True but he is just Lanky/Long. Love this kid.

[@letsssgooo4618]

I dunno Hidlay was also huge last year as a 157. Both huge tho.

[@lakebennett1274]

Dieringer in 2014

[@jakebryant9452]

@@letsssgooo4618 yeah he also called his weight cut "the best kept secret in NCAA wrestling" and tore his body up so much he jumped up two weight classes

[@ogot344]

@@letsssgooo4618 Hidlay is also short

[@Energy_Apprentice_Ken]

Wouldn’t it been crazy if Monday and Carr were in the finals? They both have legendary dads.

[@haydenknapp8521]

They could this year

[@DTS_I]

@@haydenknapp8521 different weight classes

[@JHank-yb4jv]

How much weight does Deakin cut? He looks huge for that weight class. Great match, Monday just got caught in a tough position but his defense was excellent

[@Brave_Believer]

Happy for Deakin, good to see some Colorado wrestlers having success at this level. The Willits brothers and Schultz also accomplished AA honors which was fun to see. Hope to see Alirez bounce back next season, he’s a better wrestler than he showed this weekend.

[@edgygenzweirdo1934]

In highschool we called him king Deakin

[@jacobbeltran8173]

In highsxhool i got whipped by Deakin and one of the willits

[@Brave_Believer]

@@jacobbeltran8173 in high school I got whipped by Henry Cejudo

[@TakeThisL..]

@@Brave_Believer in high school I got sucker punched by masvidal…

[@Brave_Believer]

@@TakeThisL.. Atta’ boy

[@aronalvord]

Great match, glad for Deakin getting the win but Quincy is a phenomenal wrestler

[@josephoneil3093]

Oh well, he wasn’t phenomenal here.

[@aronalvord]

@@josephoneil3093 if a loss takes that away you don't understand wrestling, but appreciate the thought

[@rongentile6431]

Hater

[@pdan2897]

Congrats to Deakin, well-deserved. Biggest 157 pound dude of all time.

[@packguy06]

Spoiled it for me thanks

[@Jarrett_derryberry]

Thanks for the spoiler.

[@thesaucepluggi5855]

Don’t forget James green

[@mediumchicago_pizza]

@@Jarrett_derryberry dont read the comments inbred use some critical thinking

[@Jarrett_derryberry]

@@mediumchicago_pizza Okay. Thank you.

[@upstateNYfinest]

The way he lockef his foot was cheeky as hell, damn

[@Yungsizzlerr]

I remember deakin in highschool. Happy to see him here

[@youngmoe155]

Was he always big for his weight class

[@dillonmackay683]

Bro is like the only wrestler that the voice matches the way he looks and acts

[@yerboiethan]

hahaha his voice is crazy

[@Garrett1240]

Still dont understand this comment. His voice is normal midwestern?

[@karlmanning2603]

Deakin’s triceps are unreal!

[@Hopkidnow]

Princeton coaches needed to do a better job warning Monday about the points he was giving up. Iffy call at best, so can’t leave it up to the incompetent refs. Not sure what’s a stalemate and what’s 6 points in this match

[@aledmondson4616]

Yeah exactly. But no blame, per se, on the coaches! They should definitely have challenged it though.. This was such an awkward call in a championship bout.. Really slouchy when they won't call something so obvious as stalling..

[@jacobrod976]

@@aledmondson4616 it was tied until that BS lol

[@Hopkidnow]

My best guess is that the ref thought deakin had both wrist and ankle control, but in fact monday was grabbing onto deakins wrist at the same time…no way he knew backpoints were being called on him….and I’m guessing he could have bailed anytime, give up the 2, and still have 80 seconds or so to get an escape (no easy task) and get the td. But this “scramble” lasted over a minute, and the match was all done after the call.

[@yuwu3780]

Has nothing to do with the coaches or w/e. The ref verbally announced(LOUDLY) that red was in NDZ and verbally began a 3 count. Monday tried to improve so I'm pretty sure he knew what was happening. Ref was very competent. Sounds like you need to learn the rules a bit more.

[@aledmondson4616]

@@yuwu3780 Sounds like itz bias even in the application of the rules. You should use common sense and look at the positions of the two wrestlers. Itz all judgmental, since you obviously have never done any officiating of substantial significance. Like you know, when itz all someone's opinion. I have eyes that see well without any blurring and are able to clearly focus straight forward. Have a great day.

[@donnyjay6656]

Glad Deakin finally won the big one, now I can forever say I'm 3-0 against a national champ lol He's come along way since HS. Congrats champ.

[@cashrules520]

Good match. But those were real close to ankle/heel locks. And the way he was tweeking on Mondays knees once he got deep on those single leg shots is suspect. My knees hurt just from watching... legal or not im just concern w/ the amount of acl and ligament damage that occurs in wrestling now days

[@adamwittman982]

Should have stopped at good match. Everything else after that is garbage

[@cashrules520]

@@adamwittman982 I said, what I said.. and others agree..

[@999slothy7]

L

[@yourdaddy6030]

​@@adamwittman982hahaha you are correct sir.

[@yourdaddy6030]

​@@cashrules520you need co-signers on what you say? That's too bad.

[@kevinjang8209]

I remembered when Deakin wrestled 149!

[@metalmancrafty1]

DEAKIN WINS!! Nice Work!!

[@nicholaslobosco6050]

Phenomenal match.

[@diegopons4622]

I'm so happy for Ryan Deakin! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I told you! All you nay-sayers who were guaranteeing a second David Carr championship. You can't count out a beast like Deakin. Congrats man! Colorado is very proud of you.

[@zaynes5094]

From seeing him get thrown around by Jason Nolf a few years ago and now he's a champion. Sometimes it just takes 3 years after your worst losses to the same guy to finally be able to win.

[@mookie449]

Monday was very fortunate to reach the finals. Deakin had no problem pounding him.

[@darriuscampbell4404]

🤔eh if Monday would’ve just let go of the leg it would’ve been close

[@codmmigsgaming5202]

​@@darriuscampbell4404 but he didnt

[@zaynes5094]

@@darriuscampbell4404 Deakin's the guy who lost 12-1, 16-2, and 7-2 against Jason Nolf 4 years ago, so it's no surprise the toughest against Nolf would do well. Deakin's always been a beast.

[@edgargrimaldo2970]

Isn’t near fall point when you’re at, or break 45 degree angle ?

[@edgargrimaldo2970]

Also that stall call was a bit questionable

[@youarerightboss]

Deakin dominance

[@gabecrawford47]

I would’ve put Monday down anyway, tried to get that escape point. He stopped shooting

[@dunkelwalde695]

Officiating was pretty wonky this match.

[@communitytv1]

First danger warning 2 points, was not accurate. I think Monday took that to heart and loosend up. I do know he should have remained aggressive, but I think he lost a little with that call that led to other more accurate back points

[@stoicismispowerful501]

Should’ve been a stall call. This is ridiculous. Bad bad call

[@danieltovar8975]

Lets fucken goo

[@parrapatherappergood5728]

Who knocked out the 1 seed? Monday right?

[@aledmondson4616]

No. Carr lost early to Hunter Willits #17 seed in 3OT. Another match where the officiating was so sketchy. Carr took about 20 shots to the guys like 4 half shots. He continously backed up the entire match w/o even all the warnings exhausted for stalling. Terrible with a capital T!

[@parrapatherappergood5728]

@@aledmondson4616 yeah I finally seen that I watched every final and semifinal bout then a video of all the major upsets I agree there were some atrocious calls throughout the tournament

[@DB-115]

Monday was the better wrestler today. Deakin won.

[@xenonmaster6668]

No he wasn’t 😂. Monday shot no where as much as Deakin. Not even close

[@e2go]

Lol

[@benjaminziegler7437]

Even without the back points or neutral danger Deakin still shot in on that exchange and finished the takedown

[@yourdaddy6030]

You must be high AF to be spouting nonsense like that.

[@russskidmore6893]

One of them looked like he was pretty sure he was going to win, the other one looked like he was hoping he might win ... match was over before it began.

[@hdvictoryford5329]

The cream rose to the top. Congratulations R Deacon. You wrestled a great match. QM looked very confident when he first came out and engaged you. As the match progressed you slowly broke him. It was easy to see you are on another level. Great job and again happy for you Bro.

[@JH-zr9pq]

Lol, broke him by getting some lucky back points? Stop it. It was a tough match for both wrestlers. Move on, buddy.

[@hdvictoryford5329]

@@JH-zr9pq Didn't you listen to the interview. RD said, He saw where he was. Made some adj until he got the points." Your a DA bro. RD flat out beat him through superior skills! Deal, Joe. And Bro, stay away from the weed. lol

[@JH-zr9pq]

@@hdvictoryford5329 Dope! You sound like the type to date your sister. lol

[@hdvictoryford5329]

@@JH-zr9pq Don't have a sister. Tried yours, ugh!!!

[@hdvictoryford5329]

@@JH-zr9pq Listen to the interview. His words not mine. Wait, since your the genius here. Just call him out. Tell him he knows nothing, and what he did in his match was not accurately told. Bro get some help. And stay away from the weed,lmao!

[@josh.e7702]

That was a weird way to go out, in my opinion Quicy was the better of the two.

[@AlexM-mz7rx]

Well he just lost so your opinion is wrong

[@josh.e7702]

How is my opinion wrong? Opinions are not factual statements. They're based on the thoughts and feelings of the viewer not on a testable argument so there's no way to conclusively say I'm wrong. Did you go to school....?

[@AlexM-mz7rx]

@@josh.e7702 yeah your opinion is not factual at all lol

[@josh.e7702]

@@AlexM-mz7rx I know...that's why I said it was an opinion in the original comment. I'm not sure if that was a comeback or if you're actually confused as to what the definition of opinion is.

[@AlexM-mz7rx]

@@josh.e7702 your opinion is still wrong 😂

[@MM96Daniel]

Best body in the NCAA?

[@yourdaddy6030]

Yeah, he's super hot, isn't he??

[@silwan6784]

Refs sukked bad

[@aledmondson4616]

Was that really points scored? I think not! The refs are definitely bias in my opinion.. Especially hitting people with stalling. The whole match with David Carr. Where was his opponent's stalls. The Kid didn't take a real shot the whole match. Truth is truth!

[@xenonmaster6668]

For the headlock?

[@aledmondson4616]

@@xenonmaster6668 Sad. You need to establish control to score offensive points!

[@tylernicholson1155]

@@aledmondson4616 They implemented what is called the danger zone rule, which is what gave Deakin the takedown. It was a valid call according to the rules. Once he had the takedown, he had established control in pursuit of the near fall. Everything was called correctly.

[@aledmondson4616]

@Len Donnelly You don't know who I'm supporting. Furthermore, you can't come near me when it comes to class. I have more support for fairness than any other closed minded individual who bases any judgment on any other criteria. I've wrestled and watched wrestling many years. Probably, experienced what you haven't, so it is not advisable to preach to me about bias. You most likely have never been on the other side of the coin like I have experienced. It was more than this match.

[@aledmondson4616]

@Len Donnelly Itz ok. I don't have a problem not knowing anymore ignorant individuals.

[@johnpritchard5903]

Back points are dumb rules are not great

[@99gadget99]

Super stud Deakin 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽