165lbs Troy Letters vs Johny Hendricks - 2005

Letters scored the only takedown and came out on the winning end of every scramble. Still, he wrestled defensively the whole match and should have been hit with stalling a couple of times in the first period alone. Not a style I like to watch.

i wonder what happened to him towards the end of the year? he kind of ran out of gas i think.

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yep, don't you recognize him? that's the same ref that job'd Ryan Churella when he handed Hendricks the match in the '06 finals.

interesting reffing

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johny hendricks vs amir sadollah

I heard from a reliable source that Hendricks was talking smack. He told Letters, "See in the NCAA finals, if you make it." A lot of balls to say to the return Champ, I'm a big Letters fan but Hendricks prediction did come true. Say what you want about the him but the kid talked the talk and walked the walked the walk, and lost like a champion ( after Perry) always respected that.

He lost to a very young Mark Perry in the semi's with Perry throwing in legs and shortening the match. Troy could not overcome being rode out. I was a bit surprised. I was hoping to see him work over Hendricks in the finals. It was reported that Hendricks said to Troy after Troy beat him in the match shown here that he see him in the NCAA finals ... IF he (Troy) got there. sadly prophetic.

I remember wondering if these guys ever met up. Does anyone know who beat Letters at the national tourney?

Askren vs. Hendricks in high school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6GLBdhLw5E

Even though Hendricks usually played the villian, I think he was good for college wrestling. He always went hard and wore his emotions on his sleeve adding to the drama.

great match hendricks is doing great in mma right now its good to see wrestlers competing good in mma, you should get some of his mma matches up here!!

Was this the same dual where i think trenge beat rolshalt didnt he? or was it just a really close match

Letters never wrestled Pendleton. He wrestled Tyrone Lewis twice, losing in a dual meet and beating him in the NCAA finals. Letters was one of my favorites. As good as he was on his feet & in scrambles, he was also one of the best wrestlers on top. He knew how to put points on the board from top position. I always felt that he started to fade in his Jr. year. Just didn't seem to have the aggressiveness of his first 2 years. Still had a great career 1,2,3 at NCAA is nothing to sneeze at.

did letters ever wrestle pendelton?

that was an awesome dual. good mathces up and down. The talk the whole week was cooperman was going to bump and wrestle esposito and letters was going to wrestle pendleton

yeah that was his go to move..

good match this week. I love watching both these guys.

forget hendricks its all about perry boi

johnny hendricks is a

Krause! Brilliant! If he had anklette, he's put it on for him. Good match despite some rather uninteresting riding.

Letters always did the singlet tag tuck to his opponents. Just kind of his thing.

anybody have the perry vs. letters semifinal match from the ncaa's later this year?

I saw no heat from Hendricks...and I did not see letters fade he wrestled the same that whole match you make it sound like Hendricks won?

at end of match it looked like Hendricks said a few things to letters. Was it just "good match" or something more. If so I would say he is a good sport. Considering the way Letters just hung on and drapped over Hendricks when he got in on a leg. And Letters soaked that cross body ride for alot of time early in the match. Ref should have restarted them sooner. I would have hit letters for stalling alto sooner.

I noticed the tag thing too, he does it twice.

Yeah he does.. how sweet ...

good match but troy didnt really dominate. he won a good match but its not like he made johnny his bit ch or anything. and the announcer was great but also wasnt bad he did his job just fine.

I disagree 100% about the announcer, this is the same meat head who announces the Virginia duals...He is in love with his own voice, and as an athlete, all that hot air coming out of the p.a. system is distracting.

At 8:14 did Letters tuck in Hendricks singlet tag??? check it out...

I heard that Hendricks said "I'll see you in the finals... if you get there" which would be very prophetic if true.

See, now this is how an announcer is supposed to announce a wrestling match. If guys like this announced the NCAA finals on ESPN then they would be a hell of a lot more exciting and appealing to non wrestlers.

Who had the last laugh? Go Hendricks.

Hendrick's frustrations in this match are understandable. Troy didn't want to wrestle at the end of the match, and Johnny likes to wrestle. It was in bad taste but understandable. Troy was a beast from top in this match.

all though jonny hendricks friggin owns, how can you talk s##t after you just lost

Yeah, hendricks probably said, "I'm your b*tch Troy!!"

Couple comments on you tube said he told him he'd see him in the NCAA Finals.

Look at Hendricks run his mouth after getting dominated. He is such a punk! I don't think I have ever witnessed a wrestler with such poor sportsmanship. Every match he wrestles, win or lose, he acts like a buffoon!

anyone have any idea as to what hendricks said to letters at the end of the match?

Sorry folks, some of us have real jobs unlike Zeb and JoeFlo. Hope you guys enjoy the battle. Another good suggestions by Brandon VZ and MoManny.