He's a 49 lber. Why bump up? He's going to wrestle 145.5 internationally so it makes sense for him to stay around that weight. Let's also recall that(for reasons I can't understand) DC didn't do that great against Bubba and I don't see him seeking out that competition. He's got a tough weight and has nothing to prove. DT is the one who still has much to accomplish.

I will concede I'd love to see he and DT go at it but it really makes no sense for Caldwell to go up.

Originally Posted by vaisforlovers

DC didn't do that great against Bubba

I've never really understood this lining of thinking that "Bubba owns Caldwell". They only ever wrestled once, and Bubba won that match with a 5 point move with something like 20 seconds left.

As to the actual question being asked...he's a 149, like vais says there is no reason for him to go up.

He sat out last year to avoid Metcalf one more time so why move up when he finally made it back?

Originally Posted by NellieNell125

The cut to 149 is killing Caldwell. That is why it took so long for him to get on the mat this year. He is only wrestling 149 because he is ducking Taylor and Bubba.

So he sat out last year to duck Metcalf and this year he is killing himself with a cut to duck Taylor and Bubba. This guy needs to see a head shrinker. Sounds like a confidence problem to me. Now that we have all of Caldwells issues figured out for him someone just needs to call him and let him know what we think he should do.



How ridiculous is it to even suggest that Darion is ducking people?! Sure, like a National Champ is afraid to wrestle a freshman and a slacker. For dumb.