COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - After becoming a YouTube sensation and reaching No. 3 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 moments of 2011 for his “flying squirrel” takedown, Ellis Coleman is settling back down and focusing on wrestling.

This weekend’s Kiki Cup provides Coleman and the rest of Team USA an opportunity to see how they stack up against international competition. 

“It’s a big benefit,” Coleman said after he defeated India’s Sandeep Yadav in his first-round match. “You get a lot of experience and different feels to see what works for you and what you need to adapt and change. It’s definitely a benefit before the national matches.”

Coleman is one of USA Wrestling’s promising young stars in Greco-Roman and is poised to get back into the swing of things after suffering a concussion a few months ago. 

“I see a pretty bright future right now. I feel confident at the weight and I’m just trying to stay healthy and bounce back from the concussion. I got a little roughed up in that first match today but I’m just trying to stay healthy,” Coleman said.

Prior to this year, Coleman had been wrestling at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. With this being an Olympic year, Coleman decided to drop down a weight class to 60 kg/132 lbs.

“I was always in-between (with my weight), near 66, 67 and 68 (kgs). I had been wresting at 66 kg and did pretty well,” Coleman said. “I wrestled at 66 my first year when I moved out here to Colorado my coaches said since I was young to stay at 66 kg and work on more technique and just getting better. That whole year I felt like I just got better and with this being an Olympic year I felt this would be a good year to drop down a weight class.”

Coleman gained national attention after hitting his "flying squirrel" move at the 2011 Junior World Championships.

The two time Junior World medalist has already qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on April 21-22 in Iowa City, but he and Team USA have to first focus on qualifying his weight class for the Olympics. 

“I didn’t wrestle at the U.S. Open, so I’m not sure what the coaches are going to do about (qualifying),” Coleman said of his chances of being the guy who qualifies his weight class for London. “I was No. 1 before that because I had beat (2011 World Team member) Joe Betterman, so I’m pretty confident.”

Coleman and Team USA’s first chance to qualify the weight class for the Olympics will come at the Pan American Olympic Qualifier on March 23-25 in Orlando, Fla. The U.S. still need to qualify six weights for the Olympics in Greco-Roman.