The most insane upset in wrestling history since Gable lost to Owings. We just witnessed history…

@KG-hm4gk  Thanks for the reminder, KG. 👍🏽 Yeah, the story of Gable's sister is very tragic. But very motivating how Dan Gable stepped up and kept his family together after that horrendous incident committed by a very sick and POS individual. That's a heavy burden for anyone to carry, let alone a young teen.

@Diego Pons 1970, I remember because that was my senior year in high school and my last year of wrestling. Everyone knew who he was and why he wrestled like he did, the death of his sister.

@james jordan Dan Gable, who Gable Dan Stevenson was name after. Should look him up if you want to know wrestling royalty.

Another insane upset the next night as Roman Bravo-Young was beat decisively by Cornell's Vito Arujau.

Rob Ron Josh Lambrich, anyone?

As a Hawkeye through and through I'm gutted to see Lee's run come to an end! But all credit to Ramos what a win man now go get the chip 🏆 👏

@Jakob Folmar since your from PA as I am. Didn't he lose the same way in high school? 3 time state champ and then Desanto beat him in his last match. This is the same kid right?

Didn't the same shit happen to him in high school?

@Jakob Folmar  Yea being from Iowa myself man i tell ya it was gut wrenching. Kinda sucks to see us come second fiddle to someone else after all the years on top but hey it makes for better competition at the end of the day and makes me more grateful when we do have a champion like Lee wrestking for us. That national title couple years ago...can't tell ya how dope that was. Btw congrats on the team title! 🏆👏

@chip Douglas  Very class of you mate

I was laughing so hard when Spencer lost!!! That was great!!!!

Hours before this match, Ramos had an interview and said he had a plan. You can really see him execute it here. 1) He chooses neutral in 3rd instead of bottom (Lee chose top in 2nd) because Lee's tilt is so deadly 2) He uses his Greco-Roman experience to full advantage. In their duel meet match earlier this year, Ramos dominated on his feet, but Lee pinned him as soon as he got on top. 3) He uses an excellent standing Granby roll twice to get escapes into immediate counter-attacks. 4) He is constantly pushing into Lee, then changing direction to throw him off balance. Even in the cases where this didn't score him points, it is obviously effective, often sending Lee onto his butt or into a desperate scramble. I would have loved to watch Lee make history tomorrow night. He's such an exciting wrestler to watch, and such a darn nice guy, that you can't help but cheer for him. I wish he had gotten the happy ending he seemed destined for. But on the other hand, this feels like the first chapter in a story just as exciting.

I didn't known that about Ramos pre match! I said beginning of the season. Alot of people are training specifically for Spencer this year. And it almost cost him three times. Wished he would have wrestled back in the backside, but oh well. Here's to the next big thing!

Well done. Excellent analysis.

​@W S head pinch (freestyle move) into an assassin.

What's that last move Ramos hit for 5 called? I'm not used to seeing a roll away from the trapped arm. It was slick though, they don't call them home runs for nothing. Fun match.

Excellent and accurate breakdown. Thanks

What a weapon on his feet. He knew to stay off bottom to start the 3rd. Take that chance with a neutral start. Smarts and confidence there. A great career for Lee.

​@Rich B the commentators were wrong. Lee chose Top in the 2nd.

@Jakob Folmar I watched the match again and clearly saw that Ramos signaled neutral in the 3rd. What through ESPN and the two of us off was that we didn't see a clear signal from Lee in the 2nd.

@Rich B  oh man so did I at first. I though this kids coaches must be idiots lol. No one picks down with Lee. It's a death sentence.

I should note that I watched all the matches on ESPN. The commentators there said that Ramos chose bottom in the 2nd and questioned his decision. That was what I was going on in my other comment here. I then read the other comments in this string and also watched other inline commentaries which said that it was Ramos' choice to go neutral in the 3rd. So it is not clear to me who had the choices in the 2nd and 3rd.

Not taking bottom with Lee isn't some genius move, just common sense.

Good win, hard fought battle. He earned that win and he’s going to earn this NCAA championship. Edit: congrats to Pat Glory well deserved.

@Dylan Burnoski how'd that turn out?

Yeah Glory prettmuch dominated that match but he too tasted defeat last year in the finals.

Shout out Pat Glory!! New Jersey's Own

Unfortunately, glory beat Ramos.

Ramos is lethal. I’ve not seen someone so capable of feet to back takedowns in a long time

​@402dude AC Slater originally committed to go to Iowa, but changed his mind last minute and went to California University instead.

A.C. Slater says hello

that's all Bryce Andonian does!

Freestyle aggression pays huge dividends in folkstyle/collegiate wrestling if you can hit it.

Kinda like Austin Gomez!

I’m not gonna lie this was the best semifinal ncaa match I ever seen

Check out Cary Kolat vs Mike Ironside.

RBY was fortunate to get out of his semi-final. That was also a great match.

@Dad of 4 who

Why would you even contemplate lying?

@Dad of 4 jayson ness?

That was perfect escape and then straight onto the attack! Spencer Lee great great wrestler! But all the praise to Ramos! Great match altogether.

@teebob21 what the hell are you talking about ? That’s not spencer lee’s style at😂

@Zayne S LMAO he gave up and quit the tournament

@A E ok. Wake me up when he wrestles another NCAA match.

@teebob21cough cough Bravo-Young

@A E Wow. With the two medical forfeits announced today (in the consolation bracket), the semi final loss was his last wrestled loss of his career. Spencer was a very impressive, dominating wrestler. Shocked how his career ended.

Wow! I love Lee. But that was a fantastic match and a prime example of what makes wrestling great!

Exactly and now, with Lee, we get to see HOW great he is-and will be, if he--as he, rises to the occasion. Gable went into a funk, but came out of it. One famous boxing champ once said "you can't see the great until you see how they handle getting beat". Something like that; now will Lee use this to get even better, like Gable did. Maybe?

Who else kinda saw this coming but didn’t wanna believe it would happen

@Marcus Miro Honestly I think people look for a reason to be able to say they thought it might happen

@Adam Ski yes ik but this past year it’s been pretty clear that it’s possible for him to go to his bad and Ramos proved it multiple times from freestyle/greco moves

@Matt W People love saying they called shit like this. I bet when the Cubs won the World Series there were people going "I knew it!!!" lmao

You can tell Lee was giving Ramos too much respect by 15 seconds in. He usually attempts a hi-c on the right leg by that time. No shot attempts in the first period. Once i saw no takedowns in the first i said Ramos is going to pull this off because Lee gets weaker as matches get longer.

Plenty saw this coming..the pressure of being a 4xer..Lee being exposed in their previous match plus Lee's inability to turn it on as the match progresses. Though i was rooting for Lee to match history i made a bold prediction that he wouldn't be an NCAA champ earlier this year.

Wow what a match. Just incredible determination by both wrestlers. 👏 congratulations Matt.

Actually no, Lee totally gassed and gave up. He was WELL off his back and, I think, got choked out. He only needed to hold out for a few more seconds. His fire and fitness were not in the ball park for this season. If he couldn't crap tilt you in the first 2 minutes...he was a shell the rest of the match.

That move to catch Lee was amazing. I watched it over and over.

​​​@W S I was always taught that it's just a reverse gator roll, but there may be another name for it. It's pretty common in freestyle, it's a good way to keep your opponent guessing, not knowing which side you'll roll to. You can also bait him by attempting a regular gator roll then switching to the reverse roll halfway through, his body weight will be leaning towards the side you'll roll into because he's defending/resisting the first gator roll attempt towards the other side.

@W S I fully believe that Ramos knew he was going to catch Spencer’s left arm and pin him to his back

@W S you’ll see Ramos position his right arm across Spencer’s sternum to fully gator roll him. It is quite unorthodox but Spencer had great defense with his own right arm so Ramos chose to roll the opposite way and it just worked for him but you have to commit 110%

@Ricepower30YT I've asked this in a few threads and the best I've gotten is a variation on the gator roll. I've never seen rolling away from the trapped arm like that does it have a specific name? In a traditional gator roll he would've rolled towards the trapped left arm or counter clockwise if that makes sense. But yeah I've watched it 12 times, would love a name to find an instructional.

@wrestle4life234 yeah I agree. I was shouting, “get off your knees!” now I’m just a bum that love wrestling and know I would lose to a 125lbs champion every day even though I have 100lbs on them haha. Being on your knees is just bad overall but credit to Ramos for putting all his weight and pressure on Spencer to not allow him to get up

Congrats to Ramos. I gotta say it’s insanely tough to continue competing at a high level with two torn ACLs even after surgery. You can tell it has affected him. He doesn’t move as good as before and gets gassed quickly. Even if he can’t get his 4th title, he’s still an unbelievable wrestler. Hats off to Matt Ramos tho.

Amazing. Put him on his back twice, and the way he got that escape and came back aggressive and went for it was amazing. Seemed to catch Lee off guard.

Lee was like wtf? I think he got stunned that Ramos got up back like Spiderman. Holy moly.

History repeated unfortunately. Spencer has been a joy to watch. To see him come up short of a 4 time state Champ and NCAA champ is heartbreaking

and then punk out and drop out for "medical reasons"

@Biden is a traitor bro what?

Heartbreaking for who???

What a move! Wow! Great finish. Did not see that coming. Ramos recovered his energy during that challenge.

The whole crowd cheers for Spencer… but Ramos refuses. An incredible match.

My name is Rob Rohn from Lehigh. I won a NCAA championship in wrestling. Some consider it the greatest upset win in NCAA wrestling history. I will tell you right now, this one beats mine. I am shocked

Very cool !! Luv hearing from champions

Your a good person to say that. Your father was a really good wrestler

Wrestling fan here. If you are Rob. Yours definitely beats Ramos. You won a title with your gator roll/ cement mixer. Was that your go to move? Nice submission move

That season 184 seemed pretty wide open with Sanderson moving up in weight.

I think yours was more the comeback than it was an "upset." But I knew as a kid as soon as you got out front on his head he was done. My dad leaned over and said, "Here he goes again," cause we had watched you hit that move already like 3 times (I think in the same tournament we) and quite a few times over the season. I thought at first you were going to hit the gator, then you switched up to the mixer. I learned throwing the gator roll by mistake after watching you hit a mixer. It was my freshman year of high school, and it worked so well that it became quite literally unstoppable once I locked up the position out front. My sophomore season, I hit it 22 of 22 times ALL being successful pins and at states I had hit it in my first two matches. My third bout I popped my hip out, and it pinched an artery, I almost lost my leg, and it was the last bout I ever wrestled, unfortunately. Anyhow, my dad and I were in the building that day watching you and Josh, we lived just outside, Brandon FL then so Josh was sort of big news, to people, that was just before moving to Michigan for my freshman year. I always routed for the underdog and was hoping you'd win haha, but figured by the time he was up by 10, it was pretty much over. Was some exciting shit for sure though. This was definitely the biggest upset of all time, a 3 time NCAA champion unbeaten in 58 bouts then gets turned and pinned (with your move) in the last seconds of the match by a guy who went on to LOSE the chip. But I think with Spencer already having multiple knee surgeries, I was really surprised to see him go on to do as well as he did this season it was really impressive. Not as impressive as winning the championship with two torn ACLs like he did in 2021 but still impressive.

Unreal, sending shockwaves through college wrestling. Just wow.

You are a superstar Ramos! Congratulations on the win.

Ramos showed in January he might have the edge in neutral. Even though he still lost despite being up 8-1 in the first that's information to take with you and a confidence boost.

See what happens when you incorporate all 3 styles of wresting into one masterpiece. Haven’t seen lee thrown like that since his younger days. Great match, all respect to both warriors, only one can go further.

Absolutely unreal. Gives everyone else in the field confidence that they can achieve the impossible.

I can’t stop watching this. Simply incredible. College wrestling at its very finest.

Goosebumps and just wow, all credit to Ramos never quit.

It's amazing how probably the best wrestler in the tournament up to this point is so susceptible to a blast double. A thing of beauty.

Huge upset! But anyone could possibly see this coming at some point. Lee has been handled many times upperbody this year and this shows how difficult the four x thing is. Only sport you can be ahead by a ton and as long as their is time on the clock, you can lose. Credit to Ramos , he had no fear of Lee on his feet and thanks to Lee for giving us fans so much to applaud over the last couple of years.

@Michael North hehehehe, says little Mikey from mommy's basement with his Fritos and strawberry Walmart soda. Is that what they told you when you lost your4x hotdog eating contest!?

@Zayne S It is over already. Technically, not mathematically over, but it is over nonetheless. Lee finishing 3rd or 6th makes no difference. Iowa has no chance of catching PSU. There is very little chance of any team catching Iowa for 2nd place either. 1. PSU, 2. Iowa, 3. through 7. is a fight between Cornell, Ohio State, Missouri, Michigan and Nebraska.

Ya I agree Lee one of the best of all time but over rated and over hyped

@Brett Gast "looking" him and his mommy can cry together.

@Michael North right lol, like a 3x national champ and 2x Hodge Trophy winner is easy to do. You must be a 4x and 3x'er. Because that's what Lee was looking at doing.

What a match. Tons of action.

Straight up cried after this match really sad to see Spencer's carrer almost be over he did really good though

That was one of the sickest moves I've ever seen. To execute it at that moment against arguably the best 125lber to ever do it is just simply clutch. Not taking anything away from Ramos but Lee looked anything other than dominant the entire match!

So happy for Ramos but totally devastated for Lee

Great match, tough to see Spencer get pinned, hats off to Ramos, he came to battle like in the Dual. Both of them fought and fought for sure, great match.

Great upset. Great match. That whole finishing sequence from the escape to the pin was just amazing. Well done kiddo. Indiana stand up!!!

The most insane ending Ive ever seen. Amazing. Congrats to Ramos. Just an outstanding effort!

We shall call that the “Ramos Roll Pin. Literally with .01 seconds left. Kudos to Matt and Spencer will be always be a legend. My god I love this sport and hot damn I love tournament. 🙏🏼

I am a casual fan, but I watched the dual meet between Ramos and Lee during the season. When Ramos was up 8 to 1, I knew he would be a problem for Lee. I felt like Lee was confident on the mat, and too confident specifically going into this match, whether because he not only beat but pinned Ramos previously or not. It will be interesting to watch how he wrestles tomorrow morning for the third place title.

@Aaron Sarquist lee’s ego got to him, Lee had a chip on his shoulder, hence why Lee body locked Ramos while still underneath him in a bad position..

Gotta disagree. Lee gave Ramos props at the handshake in the first match on the throw. And Lee definitely respected the hell out of Ramos' upper body weapons. Looked more to me like Lee just got caught in a wild position and paid the price. Hats off to Ramos for being game til the very end. Signed, a Spencer Lee Fan boy lol

I can't believe this. I've been rooting for Spencer for years. This tears me up 😔

Much respect to the warrior who beat Lee. Much more respect to the man beaten. An inspiring wrestler to whom no one holds a candle to. You’re the man, Spenser Lee. My heart and admiration goes out to you.

What a crazy time we’re living in. History was made today, imma talk about this match with my grandchildren one day

I always had this impression that the guys Lee was beating were some how “letting” him win.. I had thought last night that Lee might lose in the semis or finals, just going off of the quarterfinals win, he was momentarily on his back and then in the interview, Lee seemed SHOOK and very nerve rattled and was giving quick answers and not happy looking or sounding. Brutal way to lose. The Iowa curse, like Dan gable, and also Lee losing his final match in high school. Sucks to suck.. but most just dream of getting on the podium, let alone winning THREE NCAA TITLES. So we can’t feel too sorry for mr Lee. Go PSU!

Sucks to suck? Lol. Jesus.

Left me absolutely speechless, great match

best moment in wrestling in years!

That was just incredible... the gramby roll for the escape and the pin. Way to keep wrestling dude!

Amazing match! Great fight by both young men. Congratulations Ramos!

You could tell he was looking for that front headlock that whole time , just got the set up right. Perfect 👍

That was insane! Who would've thought!

Wow! Great match guys! Congrats to Ramos! You earned it young man

What what an incredible upset. Also, in dramatic fashion. Fall with literally one second left. Kudos to this Purdue kid!

Damn! Feel bad for Spencer, man is class act that will be missed, tough tough loss

That throw was on time 🔥🤧 i love upsets ‼️

That pinning move was insane

Spencer hold your head high kiddo! You have proved through and through what a top notch athlete you are ! Go Hawks!

Turns out he hung his head and forfeited 2 matches after this loss.

@Kristopher Wilson And even Zain Retherford and Bo Nickal AND Jason Nolf. All who were disappointed by past tournaments and didn't want that feeling ever again. I think Bean Bartlett and Shayne Van Ness will also go down as two of the Penn State greats down the road, but Shayne's time I feel is definitely coming quick.

​@Kristopher Wilson completely agree, Kristopher

@Biden is a traitor strongly disagree. Dan Gable's loss to Owings in 1971 is not what people remember him for. Once the shock goes away and once he transitions to freestyle (if he does) his whole career will be remembered. Can say something similar about David Taylor (4x finalist, losing to Bubba Jenkins and Kyle Dake), Isaiah Martinez, Mark Hall, etc.

This match he will be remembered for..not his career

Ramos is so good on his feet. A good freestyle wrestler and i didnt want to think it but i was afraid of this matchup ☹️

@Michael North theres enough rigged sports out there lol lets keep wrestling pure

Unironically should have offered Ramos a million bucks to dip out on this match, just to get the first 4xer in Iowa program history

I love to see the comment section. All respect to Ramos for beating one of the best Hawkeyes in the past decade. Sad to see Lee go but the whole community loves him

I love the emotion in sports . No matter what sport . It’s amazing

Great match and win!!! I would still beat on Lee anytime he wrestles. Lee you are one of the all time greats. Great career you have had.

Even without the pin Ramos had it won with back points! That is a clean win over one of the best of all time. Credit to both guys for going all out all throughout!

Excited to see Ramos wrestle in the future. He is super smooth with his takedowns.

Hope Lee uses this to do something in the years to come! Something about him makes me want to tune in every time he laces em up

He'll have to get his mind right, re-focus.

@anthonymorton9299  possibly...hard to tell...so much pressure...to be 1 of a handful to win 4... looked focused to me but locking hands around him just before the roll was a lax move to ride out the clock... looked like he got away from his norm of score score score

It almost seemed like he was so accustomed to winning that he would just try to cruise through the matches and now that he faced someone that was competitive he had trouble

At the top 5 it’s usually anyone’s game. Spencer Lee is once in a generation and far above 2-4. This is a mega upset! Amazing to see!

Ramos had a Louden Swain moment. Huge upset. Epic match.

Well said my friend.. Well said. You're goddamn right he did!! Was on a vision quest man

That's incredible! Definitely history!

unbelievable, really wanted spencer to win but ramos definitely deserves this

Holy shit that was wild. Lee got caught off guard. Ramos came back fired up after the long decision and Lee was snoozing. Damn

☹️ so much sadness, gotta feel it for spencer, that’s even coming from someone with Purdue family ties

What an amazing match for both of them but such a bold but effective pin/finishing move to end the match. I got to wrestle against Spencer Lee's high school team in team state playoffs and we barely got by them... then we got beat by Canon Mac :(

I remember I use to wrestle with matt in the same club back in Bolingbrook IL when we were on the raiders together he’s always been good super proud of you matt !

Spencer losing in the semis is just crazy…

I admire Lee for many reasons, least of which is his ability to tilt up just about anyone in the world, whenever he wants. But I am heart broken he didn’t answer the call for two more matches to let everyone in the world know what kind of man he is, win or lose, that is what wrestling teaches us, courage to do what we do not want to do!!

Now I can finally say I told ya so, after watching their previous match a couple weeks ago, I predicted this would happen. Shame on them doubters! 😂 I even mentioned the thing about gable vs. Larry in that old comment. Poor Lee though, hope it isn't too heartbreaking for him that he stops wrestling.

I'm a Pennsylvania guy and a huge Penn State fan. What I just witnessed I'm speechless over. Iowa is our huge rival, and I never saw Spencer Lee losing. Ever. Huge hat off to Ramos for an intelligent Match...

Nationals is the super bowl of college wrestling. PSU has won 10 of the last 12. We really don’t have any rivals when you think about it.

Also from Pa and PSU fan and that was a once in a life time match. Ramos will have a great future.

As an Iowa I don’t know how so much could go wrong in two nights

Bro that double leg was actually insane

I could only imagine how heartbroken Lee is knowing he won’t be a 4 time NCAA champ. I feel for him but it was a fair fought match.

I can watch this all day…Ramos had the will and determination to win…they even gave Lee 2pt take down when the video shows Lee’s foot was in the air and out of bounds…Great win Ramos…

You had a weird feeling with this match. Especially with that call and the fact that Lee was looking to kill time in that neutral position

WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK?!?!?!? Congrats, Matt Ramos!!!

Matt Ramos will forever be remembered as, "The guy who pinned Spencer Lee in the semifinals" just like Owings is remembered for defeating Gable.

This is the hypest & most charismatic I've been about a wrestling match in a long time. Holy!!

When Lee chose to be on top after Ramos deferred, I thought “oh sh*t, he has to believe he can turn him and ride him out.” Lee did just that. I love nothing more than to watch Iowa lose, but never expected this. Great match.

The way he turned him for the finish was so damn slick.

11:52

What a STUD!!! Lee showed class in defeat.

You gotta wonder how long he's practiced that exact move 🤔

What a great win! Congratulations!!

Amazing! He never gave up He fought his butt off for 3 period’s and it paid off . And a pin against LEE !! WTF😳💪

Between Matt Ramos and the men’s basketball team, Purdue was on different sides of a couple of the most historic upsets in college sports history… on the same day

This is a point in Lee’s career where he can either go uphill and get better as a result of this loss like how Gable went to whole other level after his Owings loss, or go downhill and be a small part of history like when Dean Heil lost his senior year

Man they’re quick. This one’s in the books for a long time

It’s pretty wild that Ramos tried this at the very end of the first period and Lee easily defended it.

That first gator roll was hella foreshadowing on god!!! He did it the second time and got the Stick!!!! Wow hats off to both of these dude wow!!!

That’s savage. I think this is the most neutral someone’s had spencer lee and I think that pin was amazing. Congrats to Ramos and great work from spencer lee; as always. As disappointing as it may seem I hope spencer can overcome that and come back and destroy the competition wherever he decides to compete.

Imagine all Spencer had to do was not take a shot. Circle around. Not lock his hands. Insane.

As I watch Lee wrestle , it makes what Gable did in the '72 Olympics, by not surrendering 1 point to be Olympic Gold Champion , insane , I wanted to see Lee make his run in the finals to be the 1st Iowa Hawkeye ever to win. 4 NCAA titles and just the 5th wrestler in NCAA history

Outstanding match and finish, that was heart.

What an incredible move to flip Lee! Ramos had been on top of Lee's head the whole match wearing him down and that set up the move. Must have been planning that for weeks.

Lee handled that defeat with class.

What a amazing match!

Great match. I saw it coming from last time they met. I thought he got stuck last time but they didn't call it

Speaking as a wrestler we have all been there, SPENCER LEE you are a true Champion, a Hawkeye .Hats off to you young man.

Wow that was dirty!! Ramos looked strong & confident that entire match. Hats off to both wrestlers 🫡

Dirty?

He gassed towards the end. That challenge time definitely helped him.