2015-16 FloWrestler Of The Week

FloWrestler of the Week: Mark Hall & Spencer Lee

FloWrestler of the Week: Mark Hall & Spencer Lee

With the way that they performed, it's way too hard to just pick one. Mark Hall and Spencer Lee, our FloWrestlers of the Week, put on legendary performances

Sep 5, 2016 by Ryan Holmes
FloWrestler of the Week: Mark Hall & Spencer Lee
With the way that they performed, it's way too hard to just pick one. Mark Hall and Spencer Lee, our FloWrestlers of the Week, put on legendary performances to win the junior men's freestyle world championships this week in Macon, France.

Lee was an absolute buzzsaw on the way to his second consecutive junior men's final. He demolished the field with three technical falls and a pin in his second match that propelled him to the finals against Parpiev from Kyrgyzstan. In the final, Lee had to dig deep for the win as he found himself in a hole early. But he came back after being down 8-3 to get the 11-9 win and claim his second junior world title.



On the other hand, Hall had to grind it out en route to the final, where he only needed 31 seconds to pick up the title. His toughest and most aggravating match came in the semifinals, when Azerbaijan's Suleymanov used a ton of crazy tactics to try to win. But Hall was too smart for that. The most impressive part of the bout was Hall's savvy use of a cartwheel to generate offense as he trailed late before going on to lead on criteria and get the win. 

In the finals, he converted an early takedown into a leg lace to get the 31-second technical fall.



Their incredible performances made both Lee and Hall our FloWrestlers of the Week.


Other FloWrestler of the Week Nominees:

Tracy Hancock: Hancock battled through a tough junior Greco-Roman field to win the bronze at 96kg. He gave eventual champion Melia of Georgia a tough (and very exciting) run in the semifinals until he came up short. But he eventually came back to get a shutout win over Nara of Japan to claim bronze.



Taylor LaMont: He came so close to wrestling for gold, but caution points did him in. LaMont was a true warrior as he fought back in a few matches to earn his spot on the podium to pick up the bronze at 66kg.



Maya Nelson: She started off hot with a 10-0 tech, but was then defeated by eventual champion Gempei of Japan, who pulled her back into the repechage. And when she got her second chance, she seized it. Nelson picked up an 11-3 win and a 9-4 win to claim bronze at 63kg.



Alexis Porter: Porter had a slow start with a 2-1 win in the first round before going on to dominate in her quarterfinal with a fall. In the semifinals, she lost to the eventual runner-up, but she got right back on track in the bronze-medal match at 67kg to get the 10-0 technical fall.



Kayla Miracle: Miracle claimed her second junior world women's freestyle bronze. In that medal match, she fended off Uzbekistan's Esenbaeva with stingy defense to get the 2-0 win at 59kg.



Daton Fix: It was an epic performance. Fix dropped his first match, but was pulled back into repechage later, where he completely mowed down the field to claim the bronze at 55kg.