How Can Jordan Burroughs Beat 

How can he not? Is probably what most of you are thinking. It’s difficult for American wrestling fans to think of Jordan as anything but bulletproof, especially after he amazing return to form last year in Paris. As much as it pains us to think about Jordan’s defeat in Rio it serves its purpose as a cautionary tale. No win can be assumed, especially when it comes to someone as talented as Frank Chamizo. 

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The Facts Are These

1. No one in the world wants to get into a scramble with Frankie Chamizo. No one at any weight. Ask two-time world medalist, Khetik Tsabolov. 

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2. Staying out of scrambles is not as easy as you think. The reason that he draws everyone into a scrambles is because he deliberately comes out of a stance to make taking leg attacks on him look more appealing. You almost can’t help but shoot on him. 

The Good News

There are a couple of different ways that you can score on a guy like Frank Chamizo. The first being, wait for him to do something stupid. Soner Demirtas from Turkey beat Chamizo in the Euro Semifinals by staying in perfect position, being patient, and waiting for him to windmill out of an underhook. Demirtas stayed behind both elbows and scored a takedown from Chamizo’s quad pod. 

The second way (and best way) to score a takedown on Frankie Chamizo is hitting a double. Know anyone that has a good double? Jordan Oliver wrestled Chamizo at last year's BTS event and scored early with a low double. (Watch That Match HERE)

More Good News

As if Chamizo's leg attack defense wasn't enough one thing that makes him extremely dangerous from close quarters is his ability to score (and create scrambles, which in Chamizo's case is effectively as good as scoring) off of his opponent’s control tie.  Chamizo is deadly when defending a two on one. Below is another scramble with World Champion, Tsabalov. Watch as Tsabalov comes out of short offense with a 2 on 1 (like you’re supposed to) and Chamizo hits that cross pick, he doesn’t score on it initially, in fact, he almost gives up a takedown. As Chamizo scrambles out of trouble he starts making his way back up to his feet in a chest to chest position and then goes back to the exact same cross pick to score.

So why is all that considered good new? One thing that Burroughs doesn’t do a lot of is spend time in control ties. Burroughs pops, clubs, and pulls from the outside. Many of the Europeans will come out of their stance when they’re using a control tie like a 2 on 1 or an underhook. The logic is that you sacrifice your position to make your opponents worse. It’s rare to see Jordan come out a perfect freestyle wrestling stance. Stance and position alone could wind up being the deciding factor in this match.