Another New Opponent For Daton Fix

Another New Opponent For Daton Fix

Daton Fix has a new opponent and he's coming from Illinois on the first thing smokin'.

May 17, 2017 by Ryan Holmes
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nullFinding an opponent for two-time World bronze medalist Daton Fix has looked like the last few seconds of a game of musical chairs.

Last night, it was confirmed that two-time Pennsylvania State champ Julian Chlebove would be replacing Austin DeSanto after he was forced to back out due to injury. Then after there was some miscommunication between the camps of Fix and Chlebove about what style they would wrestle (freestyle, folkstyle, or first to five takedowns), Chlebove was then replaced.

Fast forward to this morning and another replacement has taken the spot. Montini Catholic's (IL) No. 4-ranked Joey Melendez is stepping up to the plate. Upon getting the call, Melendez and coach Izzy Martinez hopped on a plane and made their way to New York City. [tweet url="https://twitter.com/IzzyStyle/status/864894112021053440" hide_media="0" hide_thread="1"] Now, it will be Fix vs Melendez that will get things started before Team USA's men and women take on Japan.

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Full Beat The Streets Order of Matches

WT
Match-up
EX
Daton Fix (USA) vs. Joey Melendez (USA)
48kg
Victoria Anthony (USA) vs. Yuki Irie (Japan)
69kg
Tamyra Mensah (USA) vs. Miwa Morikawa (Japan)
58kg
Helen Maroulis (USA) vs. Yuzuru Kumano (Japan)
65kg
Jordan Oliver (USA) vs. Frank Chamizo (ITALY)
57kg
Anthony Ramos (USA) vs. Steven Takahashi (Canada)
61kg
Logan Stieber (USA) vs. Shingo Arimoto (Japan)
65kg
Zain Retherford (USA) vs. Daichi Takatani (Japan)
70kg
James Green (USA) vs. Nobuyoshi Takojima (Japan)
86kg
David Taylor (USA) vs. Takahiro Murayama (Japan)
97kg
Kyle Snyder (USA) vs. Koki Yamamoto (Japan)
125kg
Nick Gwiazdowski (USA) vs. Katsutoshi Kanazawa (Japan)
74kg
Jordan Burroughs (USA) vs. Sohsuke Takatani (Japan)