The 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic presented by Nike Wrestling will take place on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 7:00 pm (ET) in Rec Hall on the campus of Penn State. 

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This event can be viewed only on FloWrestling and will feature 10 highly ranked Division 1 folkstyle matchups along with 5 cross-divisional women’s freestyle matches.

One of the matchups of the night is a match between 133-pound All-Americans #2 Nasir Bailey and #5 Evan Frost. Check out the article below for a full preview and prediction of this incredible match. 

Nasir Bailey, Little Rock

• Hometown: Park Forest, Illinois
• True Sophomore
• 29-4 career record
• 4th place finisher at 2024 NCAAs

Evan Frost, Iowa State

• Hometown: Metairie, Louisianna
• Redshirt Sophomore
• 22-7 career record
• 6th place finisher at 2024 NCAAs

Breaking Down This Matchup

One of the few underclassman on underclassman matchups at the All-Star Classic, this bout features two sophomores who had breakout freshmen seasons. Eight months after Nasir Bailey became the first ever All-American in Little Rock history, he’s giving them their first ever All-Star Classic participant. He’ll be taking on Iowa State’s Evan Frost in a bout that is likely to excite fans—Bailey’s dangerous double leg and top game vs Frost’s scrappiness. 

Bailey dominated this match last year when the two met 15-0. Bailey has a nice double leg and is extremely good from the top position with cross-wrist tilts. And that’s exactly what he did to dominate Frost.

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However, while I don’t know who will win this match, I don’t think it will be a blowout like last year. That match was in December and Frost was still developing early. He really showed a lot of improvement by the end of the season. Look at his results against Daton Fix as evidence - 11-3 loss in January, 8-5 loss at Big 12s, and razor-thin controversial 2-1 tiebreaker loss at NCAAs. Has he improved enough to reverse a 15-0 tech fall from less than a year ago? That’s what we’ll find out on November 16th.

Other NWCA All-Star Classic Matches

Mens

125: #3 Jore Volk, Wyoming vs #6 Tanner Jordan, South Dakota State

133: #2 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock vs #4 Evan Frost, Iowa State

141: #2 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State vs #3 Beau Bartlett, Penn State

149: #2 Shayne Van Ness, Penn State vs #3 Ty Watters, West Virginia

157: #4 Tyler Kasak, Penn State vs #5 Peyten Kellar, Ohio

165: #3 Hunter Garvin, Stanford vs #4 Peyton Hall, West Virginia

174: #2 Levi Haines, Penn State vs  #3 Cade DeVos, SDSU

184: #1 Carter Starocci, Penn State vs #2 Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa

197: #5 Stephen Little, Little Rock vs #9 Zac Braunagel, Illinois

285: #3 Nick Feldman, Ohio State vs #7 Taye Ghadiali, Campbell

Womens

110: 1 Emma Baertlein, Southern Oregon vs #4 Kendra Ryan, North Central

124: #1 Amani Jones, North Central vs #2 Maya Davis, Grand View

145: #1 Jamilah McBryde, Life vs #2 Aine Drury, King

160: #1 Cheyenne Bowman, King vs #1 Latifah McBryde, Life

131: #1 Victoria Baez Dillion, King vs #1 Carolina Moreno, Southern Oregon