Episode Details

MJ Gaitan is a 2x NCAA qualifier at Iowa State. He recently had a big win over Patrick Kennedy in the CyHawk dual which helped propel Iowa State over Iowa for the first time since 2004. 0:50 - MJ did jiu jitsu first, then started wrestling 3:10 - MJ made a big jump and went all in on wrestling during COVID 8:15 - Gaitan made a break through at Super 32 9:30 - How MJ developed his tricky/funky style 13:20 - Committing to CBU, eventually deciding on Iowa State 15:45 - Wrestling at NCAAs and the blood round on Friday night 19:50 - The CyHawk rivalry 23:45 - The chirping at Carver 26:30 - What Gaitan was doing all dual meet 30:10 - Gameplan for Patrick Kennedy 31:45 - Scrambling and beating Kennedy 34:40 - Stalling to send it to overtime 37:50 - Forget the big win and start to focus on Vegas 39:15 - Confidence boost 40:40 - Sweat it out 44:35 - All-time favorite wrestler 45:00 - Wins and whoopins

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