Purdue's Matt Ramos Upsets Iowa's Spencer Lee

At Friday night's NCAA Championships semifinal round, Spencer Lee's quest for a fourth national championship was shockingly ended.

In the final seconds of their semifinal bout at the BOK Center, Purdue's Matt Ramos pinned Iowa's star 125-pounder Lee, a three-time NCAA champion.

This result will go down as one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Wrestling history.

Ramos, a redshirt sophomore for the Boilermakers, had a 4-1 advantage against Lee in the opening frame after throwing Lee to the ground for a takedown and two nearfall points.

Lee chose to go on top in the second quarter and then fought back by scoring four back points for a 5-4 advantage. With about a minute left in the third, Lee scored a takedown on t

The bout was then tied at 7-7 until Ramos easily made his way out of that situation and brought Lee to the ground for a takedown with 30 seconds left.

Back in January, these two faced off in a tense encounter in which Ramos defeated Lee twice in the opening frame to take an 8-1 advantage.

Ramos has a tendency for exciting endings. After defeating Jarrett Trombley of N.C. State 3-2 in the opening round, he prevailed 6-5 in tiebreaker overtime to progress to the quart

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