Tanner Sloan
Cuts the cage, changes levels, drowns opponents in control time.
How much we trust this read
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Fight Plan: Tanner Sloan
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Can struggle to generate offensive finishes against elite defensive counter-wrestlers
- Occasional lapses in late-round stance discipline
- Drill takedown defense and wall scrambles
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
- Underhook battles and posture work off the bottom
Sub-Score Breakdown
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What Changed?
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Tactical Patterns
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Tactical Memory
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Fighter fingerprint
Wrestling attribute profile — only skills that matter in this sport are scored, and any axis we cannot evidence is left blank rather than scored as zero.
Takedown Offense and Takedown Defense are the highest scored axes; on the sample we have this is an early read, not a settled pattern.
- Takedown Offense98
- Takedown Defense96
- Top Control95
- Scrambling93
- Cardio90
- Fight IQ92
Strategic breakdown
Style fingerprint derived from the attribute ratings and finish rates on file. Each row is labelled with how Fight Blueprint reached it — none of these are measured from footage.
Fight Timeline
How Tanner Sloan has evolved year-by-year — milestones, camp changes, style shifts, and notable results.
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Observations & evidence
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Video Evidence Ledger
Timestamped tactical observations that back the analysis. Each item cites the fight, round, and moment.
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Prep for camp: Tanner Sloan
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- High escape efficiency, often scoring first points in the second period from the down position
- Elite scramble defense against top-tier opponents
- Heavy usage of hand-fighting to neutralize aggressive shooters
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Match their pace early, then turn the screws late
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Mix unscripted looks in sparring — they thrive on patterns
- Southpaw pressure partner
- Chain-wrestling partner
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
- Marathon partner — hard rounds, minimal rest
Timestamped breakdowns
Curated moments from Sloan's tape — each clip annotated with the technique on display.
How this fighter is changing
Computed only from individual fight results on file — earlier half of the recorded fights compared with the most recent half.
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Similar Fighters
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See it on film
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Status / Injuries
No recent injury or status information found.
Checked 6/22/2026
Recent Form
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Scouting Summary
Stephen Buchanan II is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. A five-time NCAA Division I qualifier, Buchanan was a four-time NCAA All-American and the 2025 NCAA national champion at 197 lb.
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- High escape efficiency, often scoring first points in the second period from the down position
- Elite scramble defense against top-tier opponents
- Heavy usage of hand-fighting to neutralize aggressive shooters
- U23 international experience brings a freestyle influence to his folkstyle neutral game
Signature Moves
- Escape from bottom
- Leg ride
- Ankle pick
- Tight waist Tilt
Weaknesses
- Can struggle to generate offensive finishes against elite defensive counter-wrestlers
- Occasional lapses in late-round stance discipline
Biography & Camp
Stephen Buchanan II is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. A five-time NCAA Division I qualifier, Buchanan was a four-time NCAA All-American and the 2025 NCAA national champion at 197 lb.