Daniel Cormier as ESPN Commentator for NCAA Wrestling

[SSgt Dickweed]

Gable Steveson, Olympic Gold Medalist, apparently is still competing in the NCAA circuit and got upset by Oklahoma State University (DC, Randy Couture and Mark Munoz' Univ) stud Wyatt Hendrikson.

Cormier is awful at MMA commentary but he seems better fitted for NCAA commentary.



I don't follow NCAA Wrestling but apparently this is a nuclear level event. And it was big enough that Trump was there to congratulate the winner.

edit -Wyatt is in the US Air Force too, so I guess that's why Trump was there.

Also, many OSU dudes went into MMA.

Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[TriangleMonkey]

I was watching

Great matches today with the final upset of Gable was crazy

 

[TheBlondBomber]

Gable Steveson, Olympic Gold Medalist, apparently is still competing in the NCAA circuit and got upset by Oklahoma State University (DC, Randy Couture and Mark Munoz' Univ) stud Wyatt Hendrikson.

Cormier is awful at MMA commentary but he seems better fitted for NCAA commentary.



I don't follow NCAA Wrestling but apparently this is a nuclear level event. And it was big enough that Trump was there to congratulate the winner.

edit -Wyatt is in the US Air Force too, so I guess that's why Trump was there.

Also, many OSU dudes went into MMA.

Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Johny Hendricks and King Mo too. Don Frye also spent one season there after transferring from ASU.

I was in middle school when Askren and Hendricks had their beef in college despite wrestling in different weight classes and I remember going on Mizzou fak forums and shit talking.

 

[Bubzeh]

Tremendous. Love the patriotism too.

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

I take it back. DC is just as awful commentating for wrestling as he is for MMA.

 

[italiamusica]

I like DC on commentary, and this definitely isn't good for Gable. It seems like he keeps going back and forth as to what he wants to do, and it would have been a good look to win this.

 

[mogul]

DC is terrible at commentary, maybe even worse than Florian and Anik and that is saying something.

Not sure how he gets praised but I guess when you are with Anik and Rogan maybe you do sound good.

 

[JustforBROCK]

Lol. No. NCAA is doing just fine don't need WWE dc there at all

 

[volodya]

Jon Jones would destroy both in a real fight.

 

[MDoza]

DC was so bad at commenting an NCAA wrestling event last year that fans destroyed him in the comments and twitter.

He swore he would not do one again because fans didn’t appreciate him.

Sadly he went back on that, because he’s not any good.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

That's not Rastlin'

 

[Sycho Sid]

That's not Rastlin'

Steveson sucked at rasslin, had to go back where the competition was easier

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

I knew that was a bad move by Stevenson. Nothing much to gain, a lot to lose. He went from World champ to college runner up. He went from Kurt Angle to Brock Lesnar in one match.

 

[Pittie Petey]

That's not Rastlin'

This is wrestling!!

*clap-clap clap-clap*

 

[Big Al's Texas BBQ]

I knew that was a bad move by Stevenson. Nothing much to gain, a lot to lose. He went from World champ to college runner up. He went from Kurt Angle to Brock Lesnar in one match.

Lesnar won the NCAA title though.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

I like DC NCAA commentary way more than his UFC commentary. D1 wrestling needs more animated characters while UFC needs less.

 

[Bullitt68]

I take it back. DC is just as awful commentating for wrestling as he is for MMA.

He's terrible. He just makes me miss all the more the old days of Jeff Blatnick, the true MMA/wrestling commentating GOAT.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Was Fatso sober for this or not?

 

[Tito Tapped]

He's terrible. He just makes me miss all the more the old days of Jeff Blatnick, the true MMA/wrestling commentating GOAT.

Last year I did a complete re-watch of UFC 1-100 and Jeff Blatnick was truly goated. Watching it in hindsight is quite funny because it was truly the wild west and nobody knew up from down but Jeff did nothing but drop knowledge that was far beyond his time.

 

[Bullitt68]

Last year I did a complete re-watch of UFC 1-100 and Jeff Blatnick was truly goated. Watching it in hindsight is quite funny because it was truly the wild west and nobody knew up from down but Jeff did nothing but drop knowledge that was far beyond his time.

Oh, absolutely. I love the old school* and Blatnick is beyond legendary, he's truly one of the most important individuals ever associated with the sport. Right from the jump, he absolutely fell in love with the sport and its athletes, and that came through every time he was on the mic. It was wild and crazy and nobody knew WTF was happening, but Blatnick loved it so much that he dedicated himself to learning as much as he could. He was the only guy in the booth who really understood the game. Bruce Beck is my favorite UFC broadcaster - that they replaced him and we had to endure Mike Goldberg for so long is a genuine tragedy - but Blatnick was the one who could actually see what was going on, and even when he couldn't he was quick to learn. When everyone in the booth was freaking out while Ken Shamrock was rolling for the leg on Kimo at UFC 8, Blatnick was trying to calm everyone down and make sure that the audience knew that there was "nothing yet." However, when Ken got the submission, they all thought it was an ankle lock until Ken explained in the ring that it was a kneebar. That's the kind of on-the-job learning that Blatnick enjoyed and was good at. He'd also mention in conversations about how he'd train with Frank Shamrock, he'd roll with Matt Serra, he'd actually spend time with the fighters and go to their gyms to learn as much as he could. He was also the only "official" person Tank Abbott liked, and the two of them together when Tank would guest commentate was always oddly heartwarming

*If you're interested, I'm a nerdy academic who publishes scholarly shit, and I've written something on the old school that includes a shout-out to Blatnick: https://chinesemartialstudies.com/2...martial-arts-between-culture-media-and-sport/.