Anthony Robles vs. Matt McDonough: 2011 NCAA title match at 125 pounds
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- Anthony Robles' incredible journey through college wrestling ends in 2011 when he dominated Matt McDonough to claim the National Championship at 125 pounds. Relive the entire head-to-head match between Arizona State's Robles and Iowa's McDonough.
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When the wrestler without a leg makes you feel pitty for the other wrestler thats crazy
he took weight cutting to a whole new level.
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And I thought McDonough cut a ton of weight!
@MLG Alexx Nah just a leg
Bro 💀
He would have weighed 150 or more if he was he had two legs. So he has a insanely strong upper body. The ability to wrestle this well is insane
Yeah I feel like he would be more like a 170-180
He also doesn’t have a leg lmaoo
Quick look on Google says a leg is about 10% of body weight so 150 is a good guess.
@@Kefka. my man had a bigger physique he would've probably been closer to 160-170
@@hunterpetrovia9454 A leg doesn't add fucking 50-60 lbs genius.
I was in the stands. The end was without a doubt THE loudest crowd reaction I've ever heard from a wrestling match.
The backstory makes this even better. Robles wanted to attend Iowa, but was told he wouldn't even be allowed to walk on.
He’s never given up a double leg takedown in his wrestling career.
Only single legs ?
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Such a good guy. I was a Freshman in high school when I first met Anthony-He was a senior. From AZ met him again at ASU. Always treated me w/respect. Had the toughest grip/handshake ever. Inspirational💪🏽
I can't even win a regular match with 2 legs let alone be NCAA champ with 1
Imagine winning Nationals with one leg. What a savage.
Winning was just the icing on the cake, what makes him a real champ is that he trained for years and years and years, and didn't quit.
That guy must have freakish upper body strength. It's a very unique challenge wrestling him on the feet because you have to go to his world, on the ground, which negates all your explosive takedowns.
esteve72 yeah it is a challenge he has the upper body of someone at a much higher weight class which makes it hard to get behind him once he gets his grip
And the big question is, just how do you train for this? There is no arguing that Robles had to overcome disadvantages, but he did so with shining colors and made the most out of what he had. Of course, those disadvantages gave way to some obvious advantages that he capitalized on quite well....massive upper body strength equal to that of a wrestler at least two weight classes up. Not very easy to deal with. What's more, Anthony got to train against guys with both legs all the time, but very few had the benefit of the same inverse training opportunities. The only time they got to train against a wrestler with Robles' attributes was when they wrestled against Robles.
No you just stay up go for a headlock
This is why wrestling is the worlds GREATEST sport. No matter your circumstances you can always hit the mat.
I got the chance to actually meet Anthony when I was in 6th grade, he's an amazing guy super nice to talk to as a wrestler it was such a cool experience to just meet a national champion especially a guy like him
Honestly, really nice and humble man. I got to meet him because he came to speak to the kids at the foster home that my mom worked at years back when I was a wrestler in high school.
This man is a tilt machine
" I came to far too lose" 💯✊
you had all the right words
Michael Spoto and still couldn’t get it right
Dude wrestled for 3 years no one says anything. He smashes everyone his final year then all of a sudden he has an unfair advantage...
It is an advantage. Whether its unfair or not is a personal opinion. The dude has one leg and he should be able to wrestle if he wants to.
@@edcaudill9666 bro you’re crazy to call this an advantage
It's not necessarily unfair. But it is an advantage.
@@Ether-pb5gb so is having 2 legs... I’m taking 2 legs 10/10 times over 1 in any athletic competition. You guys are mental.
@@Ether-pb5gb bro he’s wrestling with one leg are you crazy
100 pull-ups in two minutes is no joke
“Not matter what team you’re pulling for tonight, everyone here is a fan of Anthony Robles.”
Inspirational story Robles.. looks like a 165lb wrestler up top.. He obviously put in a ton of work and dedication to win a NCAA wrestling championship.. good for him 💯💖
Still one of my greatest inspirations
I saw a couple of times a near side cradle was there but there was no leg to grab. Way to go Anthony
This is beyond amazing ❤
This guy is a coach for Arizona wrestling I see him coaching his team almost every tournament
8:32 tf he trynna grab? Lol
this needs to be top comment
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Must be frustrating that he was so used with that position.
that's so funny
God gave this boy the best genes to make up for his leg, his hard work speaks for its self Praise God.
Normally I root against Tom and Terry Brands and Iowa, no disrespect intended, it's just a sports thing, but for 1st time I felt sorry for Tom and Terry as they sat on sidelines quiet and still, no jumping around, no animated theatrics, no yelling BECAUSE there was nothing they could do as coaches, McDonough was GREAT and did his best but just can you do against such a powerful uniquely skilled wrestler like Robles. So essentially, I have huge respect for Tom Brands, I will never root for Iowa simply because it's a sports thing, gotta root for the underdogs to beat the kingpin.
I wrestled in the 125 lb weight class too back in the mid 90s. My strength was my height because I was very skinny but my legs were as strong as my teammates that outweighed me by up to 70 pounds. I almost always wrestled people at least 6 inches shorter than me and they had not faced someone my height and build before. In regional and state tournaments, opponents would make jokes prior to my match with them, sometimes they taunted me at the time of the handshake at the beginning of the match. In a regional tournament I beat the #5 and #2 wrestler in the state (who tapped out) and then lost on points to the #1 ranked guy. It was a humbling experience for many wrestlers that thought my build made me weak and in one case, the guy that was ranked #2 apologized for disrespecting me prior to the match. He asked me to teach him how I performed the scissor lock so effectively. I worked with him for 30-45 minutes showing him my technique which combined a head lock to stretch the torso by arching the opponent's back and then applying pressure not from front to back but on the sides of the torso which not only restricted breathing but also was incredibly painful to the kidneys. I leveraged what most people thought was a disadvantage and made it my greatest asset. When sprawled out, smaller opponents could not roll me and if I got them in a scissor lock with my legs, they could not break it. Robles did the same but on a whole different level and it is incredibly impressive that he could compete without a leg, much less win a national championship. Really, just an unbelievable story of overcoming a weakness and finding your strengths to achieve greatness. What a joy to watch him in this match.
3:34 4:38 tilts
I was happy I had the opportunity to wrestle Anthony Robles once this guy was an absolute *"monster"* and that's just putting it simply
Absolutely outstanding performance. I definitely underestimated Robles for sure I couldn’t imagine wrestling someone with 1 leg that’s absolutely crazy.
Today i had a camp that he always comes to. He showed every tilt in this video.
Ppl really try to make out his lack of a leg into some kind of advantage. He has no advantage that he did not work for.
everyone at that level works hard. Doesn't mean they'll have advantages.
He was built like a 160-pounder. And when does the Iowa guy get to practice against a guy with one leg?
@@Ether-pb5gb i don’t give af what he’s built like. He’s missing a limb! Every D1 NCAA champ in history has had 2 legs. Sounds like the advantage leans heavily towards 2 legged athletes.
such a nasty tilt at 3:40
One of my best friends wrestled him back in 2006 I believe, and he said this dude was insanely strong. But true, he would be like a 150 pounder if he had another leg, not talking shit, just saying
I saw him when he wrestled in middle school for Mesa Jr. He sucked. But he had some good coaches at Mesa High.
Could you upload the Griffith vs. Marinelli quarter-final match?
Anthony Robles, Pat Tillman .. true Sun Devils .. ASU inspiration
Waiting to see this match for while glooks 🕺🏼
they're called glocks*
I'd like to see him and Spencer Lee that would of been a interesting match
He's just so damn good outscored opponents 52 to 7....WTF????!!!
All I’m going to say is it is a unique challenge
They cut the part where his mother walks to the mat out of the video.
Holy crap he’s insane
Well damn that made me tear up a bit. His mom is a hottie too.
Here comes everybody talking about the guy with one leg has an advantage 🙄
how does he not tho? did you even listen to what the commentators said?
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Honestly Anthony Robles had an advantage...he had the underbody strength of a 150 or 160 pounder. And matt couldn't really attack from standup position. Still props to Robles
Such a bad take.
exactly. plus the sheer absurdity of facing someone like him plays in his favor.
But he has one leg..
Ravagota he’s had one leg his whole life, people adapt. It’s all he’s ever known, so he’s use to using only one leg while wrestling.
@@HoofedChickenNugget that doesn't mean it's not a disadvantage
McDonough muscle memory when he is going in for an offensive move is in a funk the way he tries reaching the leg that wasn't there.
Frame of a 150lb and how do you wrestle someone immune to take downs, how do you prepare for that, regardless good match
He wasn't immune to takedowns, but most wrestlers center their offense around the opponent's right leg, which means that they had to change their entire style to wrestle Robles.
I wanna see Robles vs Lee
Lee with the Tec fall
I don’t know if you’ll ever get a stronger 125 lb wrestler than Robles. Robles has the body of a 184-197 lb wrestler, but simply because he has no leg, he’s 125. Probably one of the biggest 125 lb wrestlers I’ve seen
Each leg is 15-20% of your body weight, so a two-legged Robles would weigh around 150. Incidentally, I wrestled for D3 Case Western Reserve University from 1980-82, and one of the other schools in the conference had a one-legged wrestler. I don't remember anything he did on the mat, but he had to be lifted onto the scale to avoid breakage.
184-197 lmao you a clown 🤡
@@roberthudson1959 you kind of just answered your own question. If 15% is the minimum we’re going for in terms of weight, and this is an “if,” then he’s at about 70% body weight. Do the math and about 18 lbs is worth 10%. Do that by 3 we would get 54 lbs. add that onto what his weight was then and we’d get 179 lbs at least
@@ianshue2890math is wrong like shit
@@keyboard2758 when the hell did I say this?! Why did I cut off both legs😂. You are right, what the hell was I thinking at this time. I might still be looking at this wrong, but he has just one leg, assuming 15%, it would be approximately 125 x 0.15 which would be 18.75. So add that to his weight it’s 143.75 or just in between 143-144. I also realized this could be done another way (I’m pretty sure this is actually the right way to do it, I just for some reason cut both his legs off last time when calculating), but if we take 15% away, he’s at 85% body weight. Therefore if we do 125/85, we get 1.47 per percent. Do 1.47 x 15 and we get 22.05, which added on will make his weight 147.05 if he had his other leg. It might be wrong again, but at least that’s more reason than the other post I made
I saw this kid wrestle as a 9th grader for Mesa Jr. He sucked. He got like 5th or 6th place among 13 9th graders in Mesa, Arizona. He had great high school coaches. Some of the best.
305 lb bench holy shit!
I'm curious how Robles would've been dealt with in today's NCAA. It seems like the sport, possibly with the help of sites like UA-cam and Flowrestling making endless amounts of film available, has evolved a lot in the last decade.
You certainly shouldn't get down on Robles' level and tie up with him like McDonough does here. I think you just wait him out and level change and tap his head right? Let Robles get the stalling call, he's not going anywhere. And you def don't want to get under him. I think you choose top and win the riding time battle. You'd basically have to provoke stalling calls.
Fascinating that there were people who were able to solve the Robles puzzle his other years in college before he won it all. What changed? It seems like it should be an all or nothing thing where he either beats everyone and the missing leg is an advantage or the opposite and he gets killed.
I wish I only had 1 leg
Robles really had a leg up on Mcdonough
I don’t believe reynolds has an advantage in the sport. His advantage is the fact that no one has any training time against his body type while he has all the time in the world - which is fair game.
Also the rules could be hard to enforce and are not designed for his body which could be an advantage but that not the point.
we can talk all we want about who had the advantage, but it really doesnt look like mcdonough was trying as hard as he should/could have. Really didn't make much attempt to get off bottom, and wasn't particularly aggressive otherwise.
04:41, NICE!!!!!!!!!!!
So thats what deadpool was talking about
Robles is super hard to wrestle because his opponents have to change their style in order to compete against him. Plus what he lacks from the bottom he makes up for it with his incredible upper body strength.
This guy would be an extra 20-40 lb if he had that leg
But he doesn’t have it
Un fuckin real
Great performance from Robles, but I’m confused how that wasn’t a takedown at the very end when McDonough was behind him
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This loss is Tom Brand's fault. The Iowa style does not work in this application. First thing Robles does every period is back up and and drop down. Matt should have stalled and stayed away from him. Until the 3rd period, then scored a takedown and made that the only real action. Robles weakness is lack of action in the neutral position. I also want to apologise for any insult I made to handicap citizens, but even if McDonough would have won all he get credit for was beating a "single leg attack"!
Andy Putman it’s really difficult to switch up your whole play style in minutes. Let alone train for. But I agree, he should’ve at least put some effort into making Robles get out of his comfort zone.
ok...he has one leg...buuuuutttt...his muscle mass is immensely heavier...
I’m surprised he didn’t pick top for the third period
He woudlve majored Matt fs like 10-0 or 10-1 like nuts
Too bad for matt. I mean his opponent is built like a 185 pounder. But good for anthony. What an accomplishment!
McDonough should have stayed on his feet and not wrestled from his knees because Robles is much stronger than him
Totally. But I think McDonough was only wrestling on his knees because that’s how Anthony has to wrestle
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Must feel weird to reach for a leg and there is no leg there
Thats the advantage.
Is it me or did he not give a bad control, then took him down over and over and the last period?
No takedowns. Spinning from behind to out front to back behind to out front is 0 points.
Would have been better if he came out without crutches.... it almost seems nit fair for dude with two legs...
As a wrestler I will tell you that this is unfair. So you wrestle a guy with one leg that would clearly outweigh you if he had a leg. Then you are forced to wrestle his style of match which is extremely low to the ground. Then you have no leg to grab when you're trying to counter or prevent his offensive. Its bullshit.
As a wrestler, I will tell you that you are being silly.
@@schenksteven1wow you really explained yourself well with an excellent argument
Bruh if McDonough stayed on his feet instead of going down to his level he could’ve went for like a dresser dump or something
I bet his upper body strength is that of a 140 pounder
more dude. Way more. 305 bench. Over 100 pull-ups in 2 minutes.
What a crybaby running off the mat after losing lmao Iowa are clowns
I think having one leg put him at an advantage...more upper body strength.i don't take nothing away from this success...forkim
Is this even fair honestly?
Daquion Goodbeir Is it fair for him to be born with a disadvantage and working with it to his best ability? Gosh some people are unbelievable no one wants to be handicapped.
how is it unfair? two guys that weigh the same
@W Smoltz so if you cut off a leg, that would be an advantage for you?
i wonder why more ncaa wrestlers dont try that, seems to be an instant national title.
im thinking you wouldnt be able to wrestle as well...do you agree?
what is your point, dumbass? brent metcalf trained way harder than you did, are you going to cry and complain about an advantage?
you're a simple brick, so you probably would.
Yes he only has one leg, and don’t say about his body strength. HE HAS ONE LEG TO STAND ON
So so so unfair...he's probably naturally a 165lber minus the leg then cutting another 10 at least!
Nah the dude from IOWA just didn’t wrestle him well. Robles almost lost to Keyjar in the quater or semi I think.
Unfair? So you're saying if you tool 50 wrestlers with one leg and 50 wrestlers with 2 legs and matched them up and had matches, that the 1-leg wrestlers would most likely win their match because it's not fair to the person with two legs? 🤣
He hits the same moves every match. . Technically he not great.. not fair. Not saying I could do it if I was him.. but They shouldn't let him wrestle.
If you wrestled him in practice found his weakness you could beat him everytime.
Nah he’s wrestled Ben a number of times in practice and at the ncaa he still lost twice he’s fine
What a L human being
Robles was as big a 157 pounder haha. So sad that the ncaa robbed natural 25 pounders against this man
If you dont understand how this is a complete unfair advantage for Robles, you dont comprehend wrestling! Just pisses me off Matt’s record was tarnished by this bullshit asterisk.
So then you are positive that you could win an NCAA D1 title if we took away one do your legs? No? Then stop talking trash on a guy who worked for everything he got
Matt was a good. He doesn't need to be ashamed of his career.
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thats cheating. it's an OBVIOUS advantage TO BE MISSING 50% of what your opponent attacks THEN if thats not enough, he's sitting down on his ankle nullifying any other shot attempts making YOU lean forward to be misdirected, or snapped. god bless his perseverance but thats an undeserved win, that was a disgrace to TRUE wrestlers.
He’d beat you with no legs or 2 legs your a scrub he worked for every take down and tilt youd never have a chance to even step on a Matt at that level
@@jayday601 don't recall saying i did. dudes an absolute stud, i'm sure you're right, especially when were in the same weight class but somehow half of the opponent in front of me still. say what you will, i gave him credit, it's not the popular "sensitive" thing to say but it is what it is, its an obvious unfair advantage in at least 3 ways, if you can't point them out then you have no business trying to even call me out, friend.
Nicholas Scott it’s not an unfair advantage i watched my teammate wrestle somebody with no legs one arm and a blind kid all in a span of one season each match he barely one and he was a state placer he this man has to hop on one leg just to move around as well attack and defend on the same leg how could have have a advantage when he’s been beaten before ? He doesn’t have the same power as the competition he’s wrestling all his strength is upper body it’s not distributed equally if a lion gets killed by a mouse will you say the mouse has an advantage because he’s smaller and more agile ? Or because it’s about who wants it more and who doesn’t feel sorry for themselves
Nicholas Scott I don’t care about being sensitive I think we to soft today as a society we like to make excuses and not be accountable he got beat fair and square no excuses need to be made what happens when he loses will you say the opponent had an advantage cuz he had 2 legs no you won’t it’s wrestling man on man who has more will power there’s nobody out on the mat to save you you deal with it and move forward the man just out wrestled his foe the same foe who beat him the previous year he learned to over come and adapt to his opponents weaknesses
Nicholas Scott there’s a difference between being sensitive and unnecessarily rude lol. The guy is missing a leg-disadvantage. He developed a unique style and gets to be stronger than his opponents-advantage. It ethically equals out. Not cheating
I am in absolute awe... there is nothing he can do what the actual fuck... this is insane