Can someone name this grappler?

[mghan44]

Im trying to remember the name of a certain BJJ/Sub wrestling competitor.

Really young kid who won a lot of titles, really unassuming looking. I am pretty sure I heard that he was offered a scholarship to wrestle with a big time college wrestling program just based on his sub wrestling credentials (he hadn't wrestled in HS or anything)

Can someone help me out....I know there's a few of you on here who know who I'm talking about.

 

[mghan44]

Ttt

 

[J Sho]

Enrico Cocco?

 

[mghan44]

Enrico Cocco?

nope. White American kid.

 

[BJJ in Chicago]

ricky lundell

 

[mghan44]

ricky lundell

THANK YOU. I appreciate it.

 

[Ice 9 Cobra]

Its Lundell for sure, trained at Penn State under Sanderson. Unsure if he got a scholarship. I thought he just made the roster
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[BJJ in Chicago]

thought it was iowa state actually. my teammate wrestled him a few times at the fila games.

 

[mghan44]

thought it was iowa state actually. my teammate wrestled him a few times at the fila games.

Yeah, it was definitely Ricky Lundell that I was trying to think of and yes it was Iowa State that he wrestled at.

 

[tap21]

I hear a lot of wrestlers were pissed that he got a spot at Iowa State for a year and then immediately started talking about a business partnership with Sanderson (Grappling University).

 

[Ice 9 Cobra]

thought it was iowa state actually. my teammate wrestled him a few times at the fila games.

You were right, I jumped Penn State because I forgot Sanderson didn't go to Penn until '09.

 

[Nagster5]

I hear a lot of wrestlers were pissed that he got a spot at Iowa State for a year and then immediately started talking about a business partnership with Sanderson (Grappling University).

Well he was only granted one year of eligibility by the NCAA, so they shouldn't be too mad. Also, cyler is his best friend apparently, so that might of had something to do with it..

 

[knoxpk]

I think they still have an ongoing relationship, I have looked up some of Cael's vids and they are on them together and it is obviously at Penn State

YouTube - Cael Sanderson and Ricky Lundell demonstrate the Ankle Pick

 

[tap21]

The wrestlers who have mentioned this to me were pissed that a guy with no real wrestling background got a spot on the team over many real wrestlers who worked their whole lives for a spot like that.

The implication they were making is that it appears as if Sanderson used up one of the spots on the team for his own future non-wrestling business plans.

 

[Nagster5]

The wrestlers who have mentioned this to me were pissed that a guy with no real wrestling background got a spot on the team over many real wrestlers who worked their whole lives for a spot like that.

The implication they were making is that it appears as if Sanderson used up one of the spots on the team for his own future non-wrestling business plans.

He's put in just as much work as those guys, and probably more if he could do their sport better than them with such little training. I'm sure kickers get pissed when Australian football or soccer players get their spots, but they can kick the ball better.

 

[tap21]

I think they are basically saying that he couldn't do the sport better than them. That he got the spot over guys who were MUCH better wrestlers.

He had put in work, but not in wrestling. It's a pretty hard sell to say that there weren't a GREAT number of guys who could have, and gladly would have, out-wrestled him for that spot. The high school wrestling talent pool in the U.S is deep.