GR8 wrestler........ Truth is Fix went backwards with his wrestling at OSU under Smith...... used to be a scoring machine..... now its only counter be defensive and move backwards all 3
Yeah it's sad. I remember watching his Fargo/Ironman matches in high school and the guy was a scoring threat at any position. Now he's muted offensively.
tbf he still was a scoring machine...if his opponent wasn't as good as him. In the close matchups or just against a good opponent he'd shut it down. One of the more frustrating wrestlers I've seen.
I am a Hawkeye and I don't begrudge Gilman for moving to PA. I will always like the classy Thomas, and I will always enjoy watching him wrestle. He trains hard as nails, nobody can buy that kind of stamina. He wrestles every second of his matches, and keeps it classy.
I would love to see him in mma. His style would work better for it. I feel he’s just a tad slow against these world level guys like Gilman. Not that he can’t beat them I just feel he’s a power type build that would work well with mma ground and pound or bjj
@@vigilr6595 realistically he would be able to dominate to an extent purely because most mma guys wrestling ain’t that good but to be a champ yeah he would 100% have to change.
@@DawsonFisher-we7qm BULLSHIT !!!! He gets to the finals in the NCAAs 4 times & doesn’t score an offense point ! How’s what im saying BS ? Your ignorant! What I’m saying is TRUTH ! He can’t do crap against the TOP wrestlers
If Fix were a 4x NCAA champion we wouldn't be telling him to retire. He'd be winning on an elite level. I love Fix. I've followed his career. He is one of the greatest but , he has never been able to win against the best of the best. He has a lot to offer probably as a coach but probably not on the mat anymore. Always a bridesmaid never a bride. But no disrespect is meant by any of us. He just doesn't have what it takes at this level to be the best.
He’s beaten top level guys in freestyle. He’s beaten Gilman before just beat suriano beat desanto multiple times. He realistically beat suriano in the finals but refs gifted that win to suriano with head gear pull and stalling with double boots in
@@michaelmiller4777 I said realistically. Sure suriano maybe could have won later on in overtime but Fix did get robbed with the grabbed headgear and stall call for no reason on top. Ive seen some bad reffing but ignoring the headgear pull is insane to me
Fix greatest staller ever. Best wrestler that doesn’t wrestle.
GR8 wrestler........ Truth is Fix went backwards with his wrestling at OSU under Smith...... used to be a scoring machine..... now its only counter be defensive and move backwards all 3
Yeah it's sad. I remember watching his Fargo/Ironman matches in high school and the guy was a scoring threat at any position. Now he's muted offensively.
Truth
tbf he still was a scoring machine...if his opponent wasn't as good as him. In the close matchups or just against a good opponent he'd shut it down. One of the more frustrating wrestlers I've seen.
@@MrGuanYu1 what’s crazy is he’s a senior world silver medalist but it’s impossible to imagine him making a senior team today. What a paradox.
@@Garrett1240 That's what happens when you wrestle to not lose. It bites you in the long run and you don't show half your ability either.
@ 6:15 embarrassing. Dayton you're an elite wrestler stop begging for points and just earn them.
I am a Hawkeye and I don't begrudge Gilman for moving to PA. I will always like the classy Thomas, and I will always enjoy watching him wrestle. He trains hard as nails, nobody can buy that kind of stamina. He wrestles every second of his matches, and keeps it classy.
US is great at this weight. Tough they all have to wrestle each other. Too bad we couldn't send all three.
Fix still has time. Needs to transfer to NLWC though and get better. Yeah Gilman is there, but it’d still be worth it
Good matchup!
That’s Coach now
What went wrong with Daton Fix? He used to be on par with Lee
Modified Sumo wrestling
Why didn't he continue in the tournament
He only had to wrestle a high school kid
Fix will never make the national team at an olympic weight. He's much better at 61kg
The curse of the tweener. James Green says hello.
Dayton maybe should try another sport not being sarcastic he looks like he could be a bike racer or triathlete
That's a good idea ! I was a good high school wrestler and later did well in triathlons.
I would love to see him in mma. His style would work better for it. I feel he’s just a tad slow against these world level guys like Gilman. Not that he can’t beat them I just feel he’s a power type build that would work well with mma ground and pound or bjj
@@rangerk9671Lol let’s be real now he has no intensity and is passive as hell, he would be terrible in mma
@@vigilr6595 realistically he would be able to dominate to an extent purely because most mma guys wrestling ain’t that good but to be a champ yeah he would 100% have to change.
@@rangerk9671 wrestling alone won’t carry u in mma unless ur khabib or alexandre pantoja, but yeah he would have to train his ass off
Fix needs to retire ! He cannot take down any top wrestlers he has no offense it’s always the same story with him
@@DawsonFisher-we7qm BULLSHIT !!!! He gets to the finals in the NCAAs 4 times & doesn’t score an offense point ! How’s what im saying BS ? Your ignorant! What I’m saying is TRUTH ! He can’t do crap against the TOP wrestlers
If Fix were a 4x NCAA champion we wouldn't be telling him to retire. He'd be winning on an elite level. I love Fix. I've followed his career. He is one of the greatest but , he has never been able to win against the best of the best. He has a lot to offer probably as a coach but probably not on the mat anymore. Always a bridesmaid never a bride. But no disrespect is meant by any of us. He just doesn't have what it takes at this level to be the best.
He’s beaten top level guys in freestyle. He’s beaten Gilman before just beat suriano beat desanto multiple times. He realistically beat suriano in the finals but refs gifted that win to suriano with head gear pull and stalling with double boots in
@@rangerk9671 no he didn’t beat him in 2019
@@michaelmiller4777 I said realistically. Sure suriano maybe could have won later on in overtime but Fix did get robbed with the grabbed headgear and stall call for no reason on top. Ive seen some bad reffing but ignoring the headgear pull is insane to me