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Matt Ramos | The Bader Show (Ep. 374) Mar 23, 2023

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Matt Ramos shocked the world when he pinned Spencer Lee. He joins the show to talk his wrestling career, Spencer Lee and that moment in particular.

0:02 - Intro to wrestling at 4 years old

0:06 - Skipping vacation for cadet trials

0:10 - Going to Minnesota

0:13 - Transferring to Purdue

0:16 - Goals into college

0:18 - 133 to 125

0:22 - Spencer Lee

0:43 - Finals vs Glory

0:45 - Freestyle

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Andrew Alirez | The Bader Show (Ep. 373) Mar 22, 2023

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2023 NCAA Champion Andrew Alirez joins the show to talk about his recent National title run.

0:00 - Still riding high

0:01 - Deciding on UNC

0:02 - S32 bad performance

0:04 - UNC culture was shifting

0:07 - Troy Nickerson

0:09 - “The hard way is the easy way”

0:12 - Training adjustments

0:15 - Goals and adversity

0:20 - Turning Point in career

0:23 - Living the wrong lifestyle, just doing what you’re told

0:25 - CHARACTER

0:33 - NCAA Championships

0:36 - Saturday at NCAAs

0:43 - NCAA finals

0:47 - Explaining technical aspect

0:51 - Enjoying Saturday night

0:52 - Freestyle plans, Olympic redshirt

0:54 - Hodge Trophy pitch

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Janida Garcia | The Bader Show (Ep. 372) Mar 07, 2023

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Janida Garcia joins the show to talk about her journey through the sport and to announce her college decision.

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Ben Kueter | The Bader Show (Ep. 371) Feb 28, 2023

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4x undefeated Iowa high school state Champion Ben Kueter joins the show to talk about his journey through wrestling and football and his future as a Hawkeye in both sports.

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Emilio Ysaguirre | The Bader Show (Ep. 370) Feb 22, 2023

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ASU true freshman Emilio Ysaguirre recently beat #4 Brock Hardy of Nebraska 10-6. He joins the show to talk about the win and his upbringing in Eloy, AZ.

0:02 - Intro to wrestling, a family matter

0:03 - Describing Eloy, “it’s the hood”

0:05 - Training in trailers, backyards and garages growing up

0:10 - Dad pushed him hard, breaking the cycle

0:17 - Valiant prep

0:18 - College decision

0:21 - Eloy boys in college

0:22 - Tough adjusting to college

0:23 - In the line up twice, beat #4 in the country last week

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Behind The Film: Dunia Sibomana | The Bader Show (Ep. 369) Feb 21, 2023

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David Bray sits down with Mark Bader to pick his brain on the making of Flo's latest film, No Sad Stories: (Episode 2) Dunia Sibomana.

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Miguel Rodriguez | The Bader Show (Ep. 368) Feb 15, 2023

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Miguel Rodriguez joins the show to talk about Dunia Sibomana and how they met. Dunia was attacked by chimpanzees, came to the US and won a state title in New York as an 8th grader.

0:01 - Miguel watched the film

0:04 - Long Beach

0:05 - Isaiah Bird

0:09 - Long Beach wrestling

0:12 - Meeting Dunia

0:17 - If he stays in LB we can help him

0:20 - Have to have a sense of humor

0:23 - Dunia’s wrestling introduction

0:26 - Dunia making varsity in 8th grade

0:31 - Tough road ahead medically

0:33 - Blessing in disguise?

0:35 - Dunia wants to be an architect

0:37 - Today and the wrestling season

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Alex Clemsen | The Bader Show (Ep. 367) Feb 14, 2023

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Maryland head coach Alex Clemsen has brought the program to a solid place. This year they beat Pittsburgh, Virginia and most recently got their first B1G win since 2016.

0:02 - Falling in love with coaching

0:07 - Job shadow Brian smith

0:14 - What Alex told the program from the start

0:16 - COVID and terrible timing for Maryland

0:19 - Gaining Momentum

0:23 - Beating Purdue

0:25 - ‘We gotta get 4 of 5’

0:29 - Just 5 guys

0:34 - Joke time

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Luke Surber | The Bader Show (Ep. 366) Feb 08, 2023

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Oklahoma State's Luke Suerber joins the show after a big upset win over top ranked Rocky Elam of Missouri.

0:01 - Intro to wrestling

0:04 - Getting hooked

0:06 - The dad-coach relationship

0:09 - Setting goals

0:12 - Luke loves to follow wrestling

0:15 - Oklahoma state

0:17 - Just kept getting bigger

0:23 - 197 this year

0:28 - Big upset

0:32 - Wins and whoopins

0:44 - Joke time

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Steve Brown | The Bader Show (Ep. 365) Feb 07, 2023

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Steve Brown was an NCAA All-American at Central Michigan and the last person to beat Jordan Burroughs in folkstyle He started working with MMA fighters after college and through those connections met some people in Hollywood. He then became a stuntman and has developed into one of the top fight coordinators in the world and has worked on some of the biggest films, including 300, Roadhouse the Avatar Sequels.

0:01 - Intro to wrestling

0:07 - Competing with Gillespie, Metcalf, Burroughs

0:10 - Surviving vs crushing a workout

0:14 - Battling Metcalf

0:18 - Beating Burroughs

0:23 - Conference finals

0:29 - Becoming an All-American

0:31 - Set your goals high

0:32 - UFC fighters wanting help

0:38 - A call to all wrestlers

0:43 - Getting jobs as a stuntman

0:47 - Becoming a fight coordinator