Continuing one of the great traditions in collegiate wrestling, Northwestern is set to host the 47th edition of the Midlands Championships on Dec. 29-30 in Welsh-Ryan Arena. Among the former All-Americans included in this year’s field is Northwestern’s own Brandon Precin, who is aiming to defend his 125-pound Midlands title from a year ago.

Takedown Wrestling Media will again provide whistle to whistle coverage of the 2009 Midlands Championships. Our broadcast schedule will mirror that of the competition. Join Scott Casber and Steve Foster for the call. Should be a lot of fun and great wrestling action in this Holiday Classic. Our family at TDR will be dedicating this broadcast to the memory of our friend Adam Frey.

Visit NUsports.com for complete session-by-session scheduling, a weight-by-weight preview and for up-to-date tournament brackets throughout the two-day affair. Final seeding will be determined by the tournament committee and posted on NUsports.com on Monday evening and the tournament gets underway at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/nw-2009-midlands-championships.html
Tune in to Takedownradio.com. We look forward to this tournament each year and hope you do as well.

Ken Kraft, the tournament director of the 2009 Midlands Championships, has announced the pre-tournament rankings for the event, which takes place at Northwestern University on Dec. 29-30. Although the final seeds for Midlands may extend beyond the top eight at each weight class, the tournament rankings reflect only the first eight wrestlers and are subject to change. Final seeding for the event will be determined on Monday, Dec. 28.

125:
1. Brandon Precin, Northwestern (UN)
2. Jarrod Garrett, Virginia Tech
3. Matt McDonough, Iowa
4. Andrew Long, Iowa State
5. Matt Steintrager, Central Michigan
6. Ben Kjar, Utah Valley State
7. Jason Lara, Oregon State
8. Jasen Borshoff, American

133:
1. Daniel Dennis, Iowa
2. Nick Fanthorpe, Iowa State
3. Scotti Sentes, Central Michigan
4. Steve Bell, Maryland
5. Tyler Graff, Wisconsin
6. Lou Ruggirello, Hofstra (UN)
7. Kyle Hutter, Old Dominion
8. Kelly Kubec, Oregon State

141:
1. Jimmy Kennedy, Illinois (UN)
2. Daniel LeClere, Iowa
3. Joey Slaton, Iowa (UN)
4. Alex Krom, Maryland
5. Tyler Nauman, Pittsburgh
6. Seth Ciasulli, Lehigh
7. Ryan Prater, Illinois
8. Montell Marion, Iowa

149:
1. Brent Metcalf, Iowa
2. Kyle Ruschell, Wisconsin
3. Kyle Borshoff, American
4. Kevin LeVally, Bucknell
5. Mario Mason, Minnesota
6. Anthony D’Alie, Central Michigan
7. Mitch Mueller, Iowa State
8. RJ Pena, Oregon State

157:
1. Steve Fittery, American
2. Jake Patacsil, Boiler Elite
3. Steve Brown, Central Michigan
4. Keegan Davis, Oregon State
5. Kyle John, Maryland
6. Conrad Polz, Illinois
7. Jake Deitchler, Minnesota
8. Colton Salazar, Purdue

165:
1. Andrew Howe, Wisconsin
2. Jon Reader, Iowa State
3. Ryan Morningstar, Iowa
4. Nick Marable, Missouri
5. Andy Rendos, Bucknell
6. Scott Winston, Rutgers (UN)
7. Nick Amuchasteui, Stanford
8. Bekzod Abdurakhmanov, Wash. WC

174:
1. Jay Borschel, Iowa
2. Ben Bennett, Central Michigan
3. Mike Letts, Maryland
4. Luke Manuel, Purdue
5. Jordan Blanton, Illinois
6. Duke Burke, Iowa State
7. Dorian Henderson, Missouri
8. Shane Riccio, Bucknell

184:
1. Max Askren, Missouri
2. Mike Cannon, American
3. Phillip Keddy, Iowa
4. John Dergo, Illinois
5. Mike Miller, Central Michigan
6. David Craig, Lehigh
7. Jerome Ward, Iowa State
8. Zach Giesen, Stanford

197:
1. Jake Varner, Iowa State
2. Hudson Taylor, Maryland
3. Travis Brandvold, Wisconsin
4. Wynn Michalak, Chippewa WC
5. Chad Beatty, Iowa
6. Brent Haynes, Missouri
7. Logan Brown, Purdue
8. Chad Hanke, Oregon State

285:
1. Aaron Anspach, Nittany Lion WC
2. Zak Rey, Lehigh
3. Dom Bradley, Missouri
4. David Zabriskie, Iowa State
5. Ryan Tomei, Pittsburgh
6. Mark Ellis, Missouri
7. DJ Russo, Rutgers
8. Ed Bordas, Rider

Category: Blogroll, Takedown Radio, wrestling
Tags: Midlands Championship > Scott Casber > Takedown Radio > wrestling

Cool Combat Sports Links: Mixed Martial Arts, Wrestling, Boxing (12-25-09)

Posted on | December 25, 2009 | No Comments

Does Death of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Give MMA an Edge?

2009 MMA Year in Review

Don Frye Quits MMA to Pursue Acting Career

Cintron’s upswing, Kauffman’s first loss top 2009 list

Province eyes ultimate fighting

SHERDOG’S POUND FOR POUND TOP 10 MMA FIGHTERS

Middle East to witness first of its kind combat Magazine- Physique MMA

Fighters Only magazine takes on the world

KING OF THE CAGE HEADS TO JAPAN

Maple Heights is upbeat after Hudson Holiday Tournament: Wrestling Insider

And then the bell rings…wrestling news for December 24

Port Clinton wrestler dies in truck crash

Christmas feasts tempt hearty, hungry wrestlers

River Valley fields young wrestling team

Face2Face: Joe Sawyers, Klahowya wrestling; McKenna Elves, NK gymnastics

Wrestler’s season in question

Vernon wrestling program shows signs of coming back

Wrestling; Warriors win Bow Holiday Invitational

Varsity Xtra: Holiday Wrestling Preview

Worlds Best Wrestling

Superfan promotes 2010 NCAA Div III wrestling

BOXING: Promoter says Mayweather-Pacquiao fight can be salvaged

Ex-boxer Tanner opens appeal on drug sentence

Mills Lane’s sons continue his boxing legacy

Manny Pacquiao Could Become Boxing’s Answer to Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire

2009 Boxing Trainer of the Year

Dagestani world champion in Thai boxing shot dead in Russia

Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight in Jeopardy Over Drug Testing

Boxing Awards 2009

Category: Blogroll, Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, MMA, wrestling
Tags: Boxing > combat sports > IBF > links > Mixed Martial Arts > news > reports > stories > TNA > UFC > updates > WBA > WBC > wrestling > WWE

Cool Combat Sports Links: Mixed Martial Arts, Wrestling, Boxing (12-24-09)

Posted on | December 24, 2009 | No Comments

Dream, Sengoku champs to tangle on Dec. 31

MMA fighters debate the merits of fighting friends; Most say only in the gym

The Rear Naked Column 12.24.09: Top MMA Moments of the Decade

MMA fight at Symphony Hall canceled

McGuinty has `open mind’ toward MMA in Ontario

Snow doesn’t deter blizzard of MMA fans

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings

MMA Underground Brings Mixed Martial Arts, UFC News to iPhone

Fighter of the Decade: Fedor Emelianenko

Dana White ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ With New VERSUS Deal

THQ and WWE Stop Fighting, Resume Wrestling

Steinert rolls over WW-PN (High school Wrestling news)

IF TNA start 2010 as they finished 2009 then we’re in for one hell of a wrestling war

Wrestler claims county title

Wrestling: Lex gets opportunity to rest on its laurels

Steve Clark column: Three Lourdes wrestlers join 100-win club

WWE Raw Reax #8: “This is becoming more and more what wrestling should not be and it pains me to watch”

New coach has Lions’ wrestling program making strides

Braintree wrestlers go to mat

Pro Wrestling News, WWE Rumors, Divas: If You Are A Wrestling Fan. Then You WILL Watch TNA On January 4th

Retired British boxing manager Terry Lawless dies

Biggest Fight in Years Turns on Question of Blood

With echoes of violence and crackling gunfire, sports says goodbye to some of its best in 2009

The basics on boxing’s belts

INTRODUCING WORLD CLASS CUTMAN—DARREN ANTOLA

Posted on | December 24, 2009 | No Comments

DARREN ANTOLA: Professional boxing cutman to world champions
DOB: 3-4-72

When a boxer wins a world championship, he gets most of the glory. Maybe some credit goes to a trainer, manager or promoter but some nights most important to him is his cutman.

Being a cutman to world class fighters isn’t a trade that is easily mastered but one young man from New Jersey fell in love with boxing and wanted to be involved in the sport at any level.

Enter Darren Antola.

Antola began to box at the Times Square Gym where he met Jimmy Archer who was the brother of Middleweight contender Joey Archer.

Unfortunately, Antola was in a car accident which cut short any type of in-ring career.

Antola had the fire to stay around boxing and would hang around boxing gyms and just talk boxing with the likes of Lou Duva and legendary cutman Ace Marotta.

Also at the gym was world renowned trainer Tommy Brooks, who just happened to be the son-in-law to Duva.

Also in the gym was another cutman named Jimmy Colotto. Colotto learned his trade from Chicky Ferrera and Charlie Goldman.

Colotto took Antola under his wing and young Darren began to learn everything there was to know about being a competent cutman.

Antola continued to observe and learn in the gym until he was ready to work his first corner.

Although a little nervous, Antola remembered a very important bit of advice he received from Archer and that is “Don’t Panic and just do your job”

Antola’s first experience with a cut happened in an exhibition bout in Ohio where Antola was working with Archer. The fighter for which Archer was working with suffered a cut just ten seconds into the round, when sitting in the corner, Archer told Antola “Darren, be ready to take care of that cut”

Much to his surprise the nerves were gone and Antola went to work on the fighter’s cut. The cut was not a problem for the remaineder of the fight and Antola had his calling.

Months later, Brooks came to Antola and told him that it was time to leave the exhibition circuit and join him and Duva in the paid ranks. Antola wanted to seek approval from his mentor, and Archer gave him his blessing to become a professional cutman.

From that point on, Antola begun working with Brooks and Duva first at the Red Brick Gym in Newark, New Jersey then later at a gym that Brooks and Duva opened up in West Paterson, New Jersey.

Antola has built up a great reputation for himself as he has been in the corner for Yuri Foreman’s WBA Super Welterweight title winning effort this past November 14th in Las Vegas. Not bad for a kid from New Jersey.

Antola also has manned the corner of other world champions such as former WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Kendall Holt as well as former Heavyweight champion of the world Riddick Bowe and former Jr. Welterweight champion Vivian Harris as well as former two-time cruiserweight title challenger Bobby Gunn.

Antola also is the chief cutman for some of New Jersey’s finest prospects such as Jorge Diaz, Jeremy Bryan, Victor Valenzuela, Pawel Wolak as well as Maryland’s undefeated Light Heavyweight, Mark “TNT” Tucker .

Category: Blogroll, Boxing

TDR this Wk- Mark Branch, Barry Davis, Schlosser, Murphy, “JB” Bryant, Grenawalt

Posted on | December 23, 2009 | No Comments

Happy Holidays wrestling fans- TDR returns to the Brute adidas home studios for our 3rd show of December. Thanks to Steve Foster and Gary McCall for filling in for me last week. This week we prepare for the 47th Midlands Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University. Our broadcast times Tuesday and Wednesday will mirror that of competition. Check it out- its free courtesy of our great sponsors.

TDR This week-

9:05 Mark Branch- Head Coach of Wyoming’s Cowboys will join us to talk about his team and the years competition and his conference.

9:20 Barry Davis- Head Coach of Wisconsin’s Badgers. Redshirt freshman Tyler Graff has enjoyed a successful start to his Badger career. He is ranked ninth in the nation at 133 lbs., boasts an 8-2 record and is coming off a third place finish at the Cliff Keen Invite.Last season, Graff tallied an 18-2 record in open tournaments with his only losses coming at the hands of wrestlers ranked in the top-five for the weight class.

9:40 Kevin Schlosser Founder of BuckeyeWrestling.com. It’s Kevin’s mission to provide comprehensive year round coverage of the four NCAA division I Ohio wrestling programs with supplamental coverage of Ohio high school wrestling. BuckeyeWrestling.com is not affiliated with the Ohio State University, Kent State, Cleveland State, Ohio University; or the OHSAA, Big Ten, MAC, EWL or NCAA. It does however have its finger on the pulse of wrestling in Ohio.

9:50 Maureen Roshar Joins us from Clinton, Iowa’s Wildrose Casino

10:05 Jeff Murphy- Kemin Wrestling Report Jeff will give us the view from his chair on the season and what to expect at the 2 major events looming, The Midlands and the National Duals.

10:20 Jason Bryant- USA Wrestling and theMat.com’s new director of viral and social marketing and content. Jason will fill us in on his new job and the plans for the future.

10:40 Mychal Grenawalt – Executive Producer/Host of Matside Michigan Radio Show on various radio stations including Supertalk 1570 Flint Saginaw

Please note that Episode 37 of TDR TV is now up on all the top web sites around the country and is available for your viewing. TDR every week! It’s appointment Radio and TV! Join us at Takedownradio.com. America’s Wrestling Radio Talk Show airs on Supertalk 1570 in Michigan, AM 1460 KXNO in Iowa and on a radio station near you or on line at many of our broadcast partners around the world including Livesportsvideo.com. TDR “the Radio Program” airs 9 AM to 11 AM CST every Saturday morning we look forward to having you listen. Thanks and Happy Holiday’s!

Category: Blogroll, Mixed Martial Arts, MMA, wrestling
Tags: Takedown Radio > wrestling

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Takedown Wrestling Media to Cover 47th Midlands Championships on Dec. 29-30

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Cool Combat Sports Links: Mixed Martial Arts, Wrestling, Boxing (12-24-09)

INTRODUCING WORLD CLASS CUTMAN—DARREN ANTOLA

TDR this Wk- Mark Branch, Barry Davis, Schlosser, Murphy, “JB” Bryant, Grenawalt

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