One-Legged Wrestler NCCA Champion

Ana Kasparian and Jayar Jackson discuss Anthony Robles, a one-legged athlete named the the NCAA Wrestling Champion in the 125lb weight class.

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[SamuelPoncho]

Want Ana to go topless?

Not impossible

Fight for it

...

We can do it!

[Longknife]

I was born with one leg.

Honestly? I find it incredibly ignorant and short-sighted that people find this amazing. Having one leg makes him more agile and flexible. I struggle to come up with a way that this hinders him in wreslting; he's just plain harder to pin. Maybe in running or something that'd be a disadvantage, but here?

But hey, whatever helps people stop viewing those born with disablities as disadvantaged rather than normal.

[kilerseven]

1 leg or 2, this guy is a great wrestler. But he's got the advantage. Even though he wrestles people in the same weight class, he's bigger than most people he wrestles, and I mean bigger muscles. Kinda unfair but w/e. good job that he didn't let his disability hold him back.

[Chad0980]

A one legged man in a ass kicking contest ladies and gentlemen!

[rorrt]

Not that its not amazing that he has overcome those obstacles...

Bbbut as top comment says, in this case, its more of an advantage, you can move faster, your harder to pin.

If it was a 1 legged man winning at triple jumping i would be like "Impressive", in this case, i find it slightly less amazing then a 2 legged man winning,

[nije1x]

@SamuelPoncho I knew I would find a comment like this.

[tylergenis]

its also an advantage because he is a much lower weight class then he would

[Anavet]

@Longknife you must not wrestle. With one leg you can't balance nearly as well so he has to start on the ground like it did at the beginning of the clip, otherwise he loses points right off the bat every time. That also means he probbaly can't do double-leg takedowns, and most definitely not single-leg takedowns. I don't like people viewing them as some kind of invalid, but dude he is definitely hindered in the sport.

[smilesterXtrem5]

n you gotta remember, the other wrestlers doesn't want to do anything to the other leg or somehow hurt this guy so they're careful.

[jbaev]

looks like a worm

... a SEeeeXxxxYyyy worm

... Im not really into dudes...or annelids , but still

[Pelonetillo]

all specialized fight styles depend on evenly matched opponents. weight classes for example. imagine some dude weighs the same as you but is missing a whole leg. that dude probably has way more upper body strength, but because of weight technicality, you get matched up vs him. meanwhile, everyone else fights people who have similar upper body strength, as they arent missing limbs are are still same weight.

[alumbaugh1996]

3 people misclicked the like button...those few must have touretts otherwise they would have clicked the like button like the 130 other people