Went to the practice and it was great. Here are some things I was watching and noticed, but the guys went live maybe 5-10 minutes so hard to draw too much from it.
1. Loved watching the gymnastics warmups. The Cubans are especially impressive. Diversent can really fly, similar to Echemendia. Also amazing how athletic the entire team is. Vast majority can do backflips.
2. Casey looked very big. Every bit as big as Chittum imo if not bigger. I’m thinking 65 is in the works down the road. He scrapped with Ortega which is fun to watch.
3. Watched Diversent and Perryman, and Diversent was definitely getting the better of that matchup, but some of the folkstyle funk scrambles were making it hard for him. Will take some time to understand those positions, but very talented. Also, pretty big so will be a big 125.
4. Naak and MJ were wrestling and I thought Naak looked really good. IMO it’s a battle at 84, and not a sure thing with Bockman.
5. Bockman and Carroll started out on each other, but about a minute in they got switched to other partners by the coaches. I was bummed and wanted to see them go. Asked Dresser after wards why they switched and he said it was “too early for that.” It looked like both those guys were ready to go to war, so probably not the right venue for that to play out.
