I know that not all of the people agree with my tactics of getting several takedowns per match, but on dual nights that was how I kept my weight down. If I were to just pin my opponents in 30 seconds then I wouldn't have been able to sweat off very much weight. But I took those matches as a time to get a workout and burn some weight off as well as working on perfecting some of my takedowns. I know it didn't work at all against Taplin, but it helped me to takedown some of my tougher opponents this year, and to make weight.
