I hope Gillman wrestles for a long time, but he could make an absolute fortune in MMA. He’s the exact kind of guy the UFC 125-pound weight class could use with his personality, ability to talk, intensity, charisma, etc. He would be the perfect “heel” to some of the boring goody-two-shoes in the lighter weights that absolutely refuse to do anything at all to draw attention to a fight. He would make big big money.
I saw this video promoted and watched it. It is interesting how paranoid he is. That got me remembering what happened to me. I grew up in gymnastics from age 4 in Ukraine then kept going in USA when I got adopted and moved. I was way much more muscular than other boys in my school because of gymnastics at age 4. When I was age 16 I was riding my bike on country roads near our house when some older high school boys found me and took me into the cornfields. They held me in a full nelson and took off my gym shorts and spent a lot of time working over all 4 rows of my abs and obliques and pecs. They ran over the front time of my bike and I had to walk over 3 miles back home carrying my bike with my abs severely worked over. I became fearful after that and trained my abs to be rock hard and took a lot of abuse from guys I knew to protect me from taking abuse from guys who wanted to injure me. I was paranoid for the last 2 years of high school. I'm age 19 and have worked through that paranoia. Gilman's world of wrestling might be dangerous. I never thought those guys were trying to keep from competing in gymnastics. They just didn't like it that I did gymnastics. And they were jealous.
there is no way he could outwrestle anyone over 165 lbs. There is a clip of him attacking the Minnesota middleweights. He gets pushed back like a child.
Im sick of seeing “ 0 ncaa titles “ . Then how bout you go wrestle D1 and get one, oh wait you can’t . At least win a state championship before coming for Gilman who may I add has 4 *cough cough*
@Tomfoolery I always put it like this. If a guy places top 8 at NCAAs he's a stud. An all American. Now imagine there's 2 tournaments full of nothing but NCAA champs and top half all Americans. Gilman won those multiple times, and then beat every top wrestler in the world but 1.
Oh and btw... love this kid. He is the type of personality I would gravitate too. Guys like this become the best friends. That always show up when you call. Loyal and always display true brotherly love.
My wrestling coach didn’t allow us to sit up with our arms bracing us from behind because his career was ended by him doing that and some heavy weights falling on his arms and messing him up really badly so I don’t see this as crazy at all
This is a wrestler who makes wrestling a lifestyle, he said he’s afraid to turn his back to an “enemy” because it shows weakness, he treats it like a war and he wants it to be his battle.
A wrestling match is nothing like war. Trust me, done both. One you hit the showers and go home. The other you have to worry about stepping in the wrong spot, IEDs, snipers and rocket attacks. Picking up pieces of your buddies. Not even close
What the hell wrestling room has this kid been hanging out in jeez lol I love how half of the line up during the hand shake had no idea what was going on or seemed to care lol
This attitude is great for this sport, but not so much for real life. These uber-confrontational, uber sensitive hyper masculine guys often turn out to be bullies who want to fight anyone they think looks at them wrong.
Neither! From the way he talks and his stance on paranoia situational awareness at some point in his life somebody got their hands on him and violated him in whatever manner and it flipped a switch in him now he goes above and beyond to never be a "victim" again
"I'm gonna beat you guys up" - My bet would be that even the average guy on the other team would have been able to beat his ass taking into account the weight difference.
Know the enemy and know yourself in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. Paranoia is a sign of mental weakness! I can win on that weakness alone.
I see this guy age 65 alone in a cabin in the woods spending his days peaking out a tiny window with a rifle searching for movement.
I read this twice and laughed out loud both times
@@jtleon7086 o shit bro I did the same , and laughed even harder when I read your comment.
Hahahha. This was awesome
And hes happy...
More like prison or an asylum
Every good wrestler is weird
David Taylor and Cael might be the only two normal ones...
Tyler M Cael is weird as hell
I met zach rey once. He seemed pretty nice
Especially the lighter ones
100% true!
Iowa has some real special people. Spencer Lee with pokemon, Austin Desanto whose a hothead, and Gilman whose soul is from a Vietnam vet.
Monstarchan 3 😂😂 this made me actually lol
Monstarchan 3 For a second I thought I was watching a prison documentary with him talking about “I might get stabbed from the back”.
omg hahaha
Monstarchan 3 it’s 1 am and I’m laughing at this comment
Don't forget dan dennis the wild man
Just imagine if this dude did coke
He would be in an insane asylum
Nolan Cruz Smith HA HA HA GA
Lmfao! Hahahahahahahahahahaba
Lmao
Or weed mannn.
"You don't wanna see me anywhere" is the hardest line ever dropped
Pitch would fuck him up any day
"Not you John smith I respect you" 😂😂😂
He better respect him, he beat the brakes off your coaches...twice.
You better respect me sonny.
Couldn't stop thinking about this quote as John Smith commentated Gilman's bronze medal victory.
I like when he says “dude you don’t want to see me anywhere”
Alex Mosqueda Hey Good Job see you later ...YOU DONT WANNA SEE ME ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!
I think a lot of people would agree.....we don't want to see him anywhere either....stay on the farm.
Oooooh talk is cheap. Gilman is small. Let a heavyweight rest his leg on his tiny body. Help!
Hahahahaaa
😂😂😂😂
I work in mental health. This guy sounds like one of my patients.
1049berkeley stfu
Truth hurts. We will be reading about him in the news in a few years for all the wrong reasons.
@@1049berkeley I am in total agreement. Wrestlers with much lesser problems got in trouble with the law!
you guys sound ignorant.
1049 berkley huh? Totally believable lmao
This is the type of dude to end up on doomsday Preppers
Something wrong with being a prepper ? Doomsday is around the corner ya know 2024 !
I hope Gillman wrestles for a long time, but he could make an absolute fortune in MMA. He’s the exact kind of guy the UFC 125-pound weight class could use with his personality, ability to talk, intensity, charisma, etc. He would be the perfect “heel” to some of the boring goody-two-shoes in the lighter weights that absolutely refuse to do anything at all to draw attention to a fight. He would make big big money.
Elvis Jett same I want to see him fight but in an interview he said he doesn’t like the ufc
UFC is fake
jen zydyk Let me guess, you don’t know how to fight?
@@m.b.593 He's got a chain belt in kung fu, LOL!
@@NoPrivateProperty hmm. What do you mean? Pro wrestling is FAKE unlike UFC and Collegiate Wrestling.
He knows to respect John Smith
Cole's World nice pic
Cole's World u look gorgeous
John Smith would twist his little ass into a pretzel!
They all respect me.
John Smith i have taught my son to as well Mr. Smith
I mean his personality is perfect for a sport like this.
So what do you think of the guys that wrestle and hug each other afterwards?
@@brooks5895 Hug is a lil to far just a pat on the back does the job
@@penitusoculatusagent8725 what's wrong with a hug?
@@brooks5895 nothing, most the time that would just be awkward tho....
Love his attitude! This man will dog your ass out and not give a fuck
yesss
Pause.
This is the first wrestler to show signs of CTE
lmao, one too many head snaps.
What does he think this is, a recon mission in Fallujah?
I saw this video promoted and watched it. It is interesting how paranoid he is. That got me remembering what happened to me. I grew up in gymnastics from age 4 in Ukraine then kept going in USA when I got adopted and moved. I was way much more muscular than other boys in my school because of gymnastics at age 4. When I was age 16 I was riding my bike on country roads near our house when some older high school boys found me and took me into the cornfields. They held me in a full nelson and took off my gym shorts and spent a lot of time working over all 4 rows of my abs and obliques and pecs. They ran over the front time of my bike and I had to walk over 3 miles back home carrying my bike with my abs severely worked over. I became fearful after that and trained my abs to be rock hard and took a lot of abuse from guys I knew to protect me from taking abuse from guys who wanted to injure me. I was paranoid for the last 2 years of high school. I'm age 19 and have worked through that paranoia. Gilman's world of wrestling might be dangerous. I never thought those guys were trying to keep from competing in gymnastics. They just didn't like it that I did gymnastics. And they were jealous.
He knows better than to disrespect John Smith lol!
Nah, that wouldn't end well. None of these guys could come close to John Smith's level when he was in his prime.
@@pythonpatrol1110 ofc not. John Smith Is arguably the best American wrestler ever
the most visibly competitive person
I love how much it eats at people.
I just realized how right you are. I didn't think of it like that
"not you jon smith" lol
Didn't John Smith get nailed from behind while giving an interview in a wrestling room?
Travis Kraft I think so
That was probably Zeke Jones who got hit with a dodgeball during an interview
@@DZan_ yea it was zeke he got laid out by a wrestler who was back-peddling
It's always the smallest guys starting trouble.
Coffee Drinker SOTD True for every single team I've ever been on in any sport.
Coffee Drinker SOTD he could whoop so many of those guys, being small doesn’t make you weak, are you ignorant or stupid
there is no way he could outwrestle anyone over 165 lbs. There is a clip of him attacking the Minnesota middleweights. He gets pushed back like a child.
And that is not what Coffee Drinker said.
He'd be the same way if he was 220
Im sick of seeing “ 0 ncaa titles “ . Then how bout you go wrestle D1 and get one, oh wait you can’t . At least win a state championship before coming for Gilman who may I add has 4 *cough cough*
I watched him every chance I got when he was in HS at Skutt and it's really ridiculous how much better he was then everyone else in Nebraska.
You're mad that people say he has 0 NCAS titles? Would you prefer people lie and say he has an NCAA title?
@Tomfoolery
Folkstyle is the best for real fighting tho right?
@@josephpotter7776 maybe in the streets but in MMA Greco is
@Tomfoolery I always put it like this. If a guy places top 8 at NCAAs he's a stud. An all American. Now imagine there's 2 tournaments full of nothing but NCAA champs and top half all Americans. Gilman won those multiple times, and then beat every top wrestler in the world but 1.
Oh and btw... love this kid. He is the type of personality I would gravitate too. Guys like this become the best friends. That always show up when you call. Loyal and always display true brotherly love.
Until you knock on their door and they answer with a shotgun
No they become obsessive in a very unhealthy way.
wtf are you talking about this guys a clown
He has a ton of mre's at home....
Dude, you don’t wanna see me anywhere.
I am NOT on scholarship for physics, engineering, or chemistry.
Situational awareness
He’s starting to grow past this stuff. My Dad said it best: “Gilman would not be funny if he was a 197 pounder.” Lol
2:26 that whole riff he went on was hilarious. His cadence and seriousness was just too good
And now Gilman he's a coach at Okie State.
Life is so funny like that!
My wrestling coach didn’t allow us to sit up with our arms bracing us from behind because his career was ended by him doing that and some heavy weights falling on his arms and messing him up really badly so I don’t see this as crazy at all
"I'm gonna beat ur guys up😠... not you john smith😬I respect you🥺"
WHO’S HERE AFTER THE NEWS OF GILMAN BEING ASSISTANT COACH FOR “THE POKE’S”, OH THE IRONY 😂😂
This is a wrestler who makes wrestling a lifestyle, he said he’s afraid to turn his back to an “enemy” because it shows weakness, he treats it like a war and he wants it to be his battle.
A wrestling match is nothing like war. Trust me, done both. One you hit the showers and go home. The other you have to worry about stepping in the wrong spot, IEDs, snipers and rocket attacks. Picking up pieces of your buddies. Not even close
@@martyhawg you missed the reference but it’s ok
No bullshit, I found out my old biology teacher is actually related to Thomas Gilman.
"They might try to take out my knees." Relax dude. You're on the knee-takin'-out team.
You guys at FloWrestling are really cool ! I wrestle too but in Germany, were I live.
I found you guys on instagram!
I love Gilman till this day, I’ll never forget this video 😂
Piccin-whatever-his-face-is
sammy risto that’s how I talk about people I don’t respect lol. I don’t even say their names
@@omgitsjoetime rude
What the hell wrestling room has this kid been hanging out in jeez lol I love how half of the line up during the hand shake had no idea what was going on or seemed to care lol
You better respect me sonny.
Wow Iowa, what a character you have to represent your program. Really seems like a respectable young man.
"im gonna beat you guys up... Y'know... Not you John Smith I respect you"
I don’t want people making funny faces behind me!! Hahah, is this dude serious?
Amazing personality, this is what wrestling needs when it comes to media. Wrestling needs attention!
I love Thomas Gilman. Great character
what are you on
“Not you John Smith,” 🤣 aaaaah that’s great. 😂
Wow he’s got some mental issues.
And now he’s the assistant head coach at OSU. What an amazing time to be a fan of wrestling
“Dude you don’t wanna see me anywhere”
Really? Worried about funny faces?! LoL
Not worried, but always nice to have a reason to break someone
I realized that at 1:45, when Gilman says "that Pichin guy," he could have meant Nick Piccininni, the guy who pinned Spencer Lee? Can anyone confirm?
Same guy yes, Lee still kicked his arse though at semis
Now he’s the assistant at Oklahoma state!
Every wrestler on both squads looked tough as nails
This attitude is great for this sport, but not so much for real life. These uber-confrontational, uber sensitive hyper masculine guys often turn out to be bullies who want to fight anyone they think looks at them wrong.
Yeah, he's no different than your average street thug. Who in real life gets their ass kicked
To be honest he did look him right in the eyes when he said "See you at the nationals"
I like this guy. Reminds me of my Marine buddies haha
best interview of all time.
Gilmans easily my favourite wrestler 😂. Doesn't give a damn, tough as they come, seems like a good dude too.
dudes a total nerd and socially awkward terrible look for wrestling
This dude is a champion, a real wrestler, street smart, good stuff!
“You don’t want to see me anywhere”…….Great line….
Young man was ready for combat. Should never have gone into the enemy’s territory under a press pass!
Stay safe, don't worry about the interview
This guy is crazy. I love it
He is a powder keg just waiting to explode. I'm surprised he hasn't already self-destructed.
Entertaining and interesting confessional interview
This has aged really well with Gilman’s new coaching gig
If there ain't sore tempers after a good duel, it wasn't competitive
He seems like a good kid, nothing wrong with some competitive trash talk
1:55 Ahh so this segment gave us the classic - "Dude, you don't want to see me anywhere" :)
Gilman is the man! 💯
The attitude DTA (don't trust anyone) is the way of life for Gilman. I like it.
Is wrestling that dirty or is it just this kid projecting his inner evil?
Neither! From the way he talks and his stance on paranoia situational awareness at some point in his life somebody got their hands on him and violated him in whatever manner and it flipped a switch in him now he goes above and beyond to never be a "victim" again
This is the guy that survives the zombie apocalypse
This is so common and never talked about
"Ya it's it's little crazy but I'm a little crazy"~Thomas Gilman
i feel like this guy fits the "that crazy ride or die friend" mold
"I'm gonna beat you guys up" - My bet would be that even the average guy on the other team would have been able to beat his ass taking into account the weight difference.
FloWrestling is now TMZ. Congratulations. We once had dignity and respect. Now every trashy move is covered better than a the national tournament.
“ Not you John Smith “
Respect this young man. 👍😎.
"That would hurt"
"That would like..hurt me"
the most intertaining wrestler
Learn to spell.
It's his auto correct LOL.....
Dude!!! Where Do You Think You Are??? Prison??? Im SURE You Wont Get Stabbed at a Wrestling Com...
Not your enemies bud, just your competitors in a SPORT.
Thomas Gilman is real cute. So dramatic. Should have her own reality tv show.
Does anyone know where to find the video of the post match altercation?
He did look you in the eye. Lol
LineMountain then he ran away looking down
Just like a pimple on the left someone said something and he didn’t like it lol😂
This dude just pays attention to his surroundings eliminating what could happen.
Just be who you are respect!
Dude... Jesus Christ. Side note. John Smith yelled at me once.
And now he's an Oklahoma State coach. Oh how the turn tables.
That is so insecure. Really Gilman.
Sounds like a guy with real class!
I mean.......he has a point
I get why they say he's a love him or hate him kind of guy.
Know the enemy and know yourself in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. Paranoia is a sign of mental weakness! I can win on that weakness alone.
Note to self: never give Thomas Gilman methamphetamine
I’d be scared to ever come across this guy, not just because he could beat my ass, but he probably wouldn’t know when to stop