Bulldozer Without Brakes Posted February 7 Posted February 7 good wins from Jarkani at 63kg and Oskou at 77kg Jarkani can compete with Keshtkar (2025 world bronze) for the 63kg spot Oskou can compete with Abdevali (2025 world 5th) for the 77kg spot Our weakest GR weights remain: 60 and 77. We have medal threats at every other weight. If Oskou can fill the 77kg gap and Ahmadi Vafa can fill the 60kg gap then our GR team will be unreachable
StillUndefeated Posted February 7 Posted February 7 5 minutes ago, Bulldozer Without Brakes said: Yousefi had a great 2025 and broke every wrestler he faced except for Hedayati in national trials, who beat him 3-0 True. But Yusefi’s wrestling is only useful for number crunchers who wanna track who he beat and what medals he earned- not for fans who just wanna enjoy six minutes of wrestling .
Irani Posted February 7 Author Posted February 7 https://www.facebook.com/reel/26396624156596908?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e Amazing performance and second gold for Iran GR team
Bulldozer Without Brakes Posted February 7 Posted February 7 2 hours ago, StillUndefeated said: True. But Yusefi’s wrestling is only useful for number crunchers who wanna track who he beat and what medals he earned- not for fans who just wanna enjoy six minutes of wrestling i find his style of melting wrestlers pretty fun to watch it is heavyweight greco roman wrestling after all, not expecting anything crazy lol
GrandOlm Posted February 7 Posted February 7 1 hour ago, Irani said: https://www.facebook.com/reel/26396624156596908?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e Amazing performance and second gold for Iran GR team Hungary has a lot of these tier 2 level wrestlers (Zoltan, Szoke, Takas....) without a break through star. The curse of Bardos.
StillUndefeated Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Nejati was arrested by the Islamic Republic for supporting protesters. Does anyone know if he’s been released? .
Bulldozer Without Brakes Posted February 8 Posted February 8 12 hours ago, GrandOlm said: Hungary has a lot of these tier 2 level wrestlers (Zoltan, Szoke, Takas....) without a break through star. The curse of Bardos. Tamas Lorincz was an Olympic and world champion
GrandOlm Posted February 8 Posted February 8 2 hours ago, Bulldozer Without Brakes said: Tamas Lorincz was an Olympic and world champion He retired right after his olympic gold by which point he was in his mid 30s and a 1x world champion. So he was never a transcended his sport star or even the towering figure in his weight classes. He's exactly the mold that I am talking about.
Bulldozer Without Brakes Posted February 8 Posted February 8 1 hour ago, GrandOlm said: He retired right after his olympic gold by which point he was in his mid 30s and a 1x world champion. So he was never a transcended his sport star or even the towering figure in his weight classes. He's exactly the mold that I am talking about. wrestlers generally don't become superstars that transcend the sport. Sadulaev, Yazdani and David Taylor could walk around most cities in the world and no one would have a clue who they are. So you are expecting a lot for a Hungarian wrestler to become the next Conor McGregor.
GrandOlm Posted February 9 Posted February 9 8 hours ago, Bulldozer Without Brakes said: wrestlers generally don't become superstars that transcend the sport. Sadulaev, Yazdani and David Taylor could walk around most cities in the world and no one would have a clue who they are. So you are expecting a lot for a Hungarian wrestler to become the next Conor McGregor. Well you said that, not me. I never said I expected a wrestler to become world on the street famous. By transcend the sport, I just meant something like Karelin or even Sadualev. Meaning that at least some non wrestling interest spheres have heard of you. I think it's reasonable to expect Hungary to have a Mirzazadeh, Borrerro, type wrestler. They haven't had one solid favorite or clear number one at an olympic weight class that I can think of in a long time. Which is strange given how they produce so many quality wrestlers.
Bulldozer Without Brakes Posted February 9 Posted February 9 21 hours ago, GrandOlm said: Well you said that, not me. I never said I expected a wrestler to become world on the street famous. By transcend the sport, I just meant something like Karelin or even Sadualev. Meaning that at least some non wrestling interest spheres have heard of you. I think it's reasonable to expect Hungary to have a Mirzazadeh, Borrerro, type wrestler. They haven't had one solid favorite or clear number one at an olympic weight class that I can think of in a long time. Which is strange given how they produce so many quality wrestlers. you think non wrestling interest spheres have heard of Mirzazadeh or Borrero?
Irani Posted February 9 Author Posted February 9 Oskou refuses to celebrate after winning the gold, in solidarity with the people of Iran https://www.facebook.com/reel/1434405028083004/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e
StillUndefeated Posted February 10 Posted February 10 45 minutes ago, Irani said: Oskou refuses to celebrate after winning the gold, in solidarity with the people of Iran https://www.facebook.com/reel/1434405028083004/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e He totally burned the Basijis' asses .
GrandOlm Posted February 10 Posted February 10 6 hours ago, Bulldozer Without Brakes said: you think non wrestling interest spheres have heard of Mirzazadeh or Borrero? No. I think they were the number ones and favorites at their weights though.
Irani Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 Iran is sending 4 FS wrestlers to the Albania Ranking Series https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUnLnhPiIb9/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== 97 will be interesting with Sadulaev, Snyder and Azarpia i hope Buchanan and Taj join them.
Lucho Posted February 12 Posted February 12 38 minutes ago, Irani said: Iran is sending 4 FS wrestlers to the Albania Ranking Series https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUnLnhPiIb9/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== 97 will be interesting with Sadulaev, Snyder and Azarpia i hope Buchanan and Taj join them. 97 seems to be the World Champs very high level tournament with us possibly seeing Azarpira vs Sadulaev. I'm not sure why we didn't send anymore guys for freestyle as many of the high level Russian guys are competing at this tournament. We have sent a lot more guys for Greco though.
Irani Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 21 minutes ago, Lucho said: 97 seems to be the World Champs very high level tournament with us possibly seeing Azarpira vs Sadulaev. I'm not sure why we didn't send anymore guys for freestyle as many of the high level Russian guys are competing at this tournament. We have sent a lot more guys for Greco though. I am guessing they have a limited budget
Lucho Posted February 12 Posted February 12 4 hours ago, Irani said: I am guessing they have a limited budget Yeah maybe but it just seems weird because they sent such a large greco contingent. I'm interested to see the match ups though especially Firouzpour since he could wrestle against Amanulla Gazdhimagomedov again which would be a fun rematch. Also Nokhodi could wrestle Usmanov again as well.
Lucho Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Before Zagreb I thought Yazdani could be a contender at 97kg but it looks unlikely that would happen. The ideal situation would be to have Rahmani at 86, Ghasempour at 92 and Azarpira at 97. This is assuming Ghasempour is still a top level 92 at this stage of his career.
Irani Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 11 hours ago, Lucho said: Before Zagreb I thought Yazdani could be a contender at 97kg but it looks unlikely that would happen. The ideal situation would be to have Rahmani at 86, Ghasempour at 92 and Azarpira at 97. This is assuming Ghasempour is still a top level 92 at this stage of his career. I think 92 will be close between Firouzpour, Azimi and Ghassempour. Azimi did well against Hilday
Bulldozer Without Brakes Posted February 12 Posted February 12 (edited) Iran is sending a relatively strong GR team to Albania. 60kg and 77kg remain our only (?) weak weight classes in GR. 55kg: Ahmadi (2025 junior world champion, 2025 senior world silver) 60kg: Dehbozorgi (cadet and junior world champion and the last guy to beat the Japanese guy who dominated in Zagreb recently) 77kg: Abdevali (2x junior world champion, 2025 world 5th), Naghousi (2024 U23 world champion, 2025 asian champion), Abdi (2025 ISG silver) 130kg: Fardin Hedayati (junior world champion, 2x U23 world champion, 2025 asian champion, 2025 ISG champion) Edited February 12 by Bulldozer Without Brakes
Bulldozer Without Brakes Posted February 12 Posted February 12 (edited) 14 hours ago, Lucho said: Before Zagreb I thought Yazdani could be a contender at 97kg but it looks unlikely that would happen. The ideal situation would be to have Rahmani at 86, Ghasempour at 92 and Azarpira at 97. This is assuming Ghasempour is still a top level 92 at this stage of his career. Ghasempour is 'only' 29 and hasn't been competing at a senior international level for that long, it would be strange if he was suddenly washed we are strong at 97 with Azarpira and fine at 92 with Azimi / Firouzpour / Yazdani but at 86 we are weaker with Rahmani and Shamsipour, neither of whom are good enough yet. so I think Ghasempour will have to stay at 86 again and try to make the weight better this year Edited February 12 by Bulldozer Without Brakes
Lucho Posted February 12 Posted February 12 49 minutes ago, Bulldozer Without Brakes said: Ghasempour is 'only' 29 and hasn't been competing at a senior international level for that long, it would be strange if he was suddenly washed we are strong at 97 with Azarpira and fine at 92 with Azimi / Firouzpour / Yazdani but at 86 we are weaker with Rahmani and Shamsipour, neither of whom are good enough yet. so I think Ghasempour will have to stay at 86 again and try to make the weight better this year I would prefer Ghasempour to compete at 92 and let Rahmani and Shamsipour compete at 86 tbh. Rahmani and Shamsipour both impressed me quite a bit. I don't think Ghasempour can make 86 anymore but even then he isn't a shoe in at 92 considering Azimi and Firouzpour are very good wrestlers.
Lucho Posted February 12 Posted February 12 54 minutes ago, Bulldozer Without Brakes said: Iran is sending a relatively strong GR team to Albania. 60kg and 77kg remain our only (?) weak weight classes in GR. 55kg: Ahmadi (2025 junior world champion, 2025 senior world silver) 60kg: Dehbozorgi (cadet and junior world champion and the last guy to beat the Japanese guy who dominated in Zagreb recently) 77kg: Abdevali (2x junior world champion, 2025 world 5th), Naghousi (2024 U23 world champion, 2025 asian champion), Abdi (2025 ISG silver) 130kg: Fardin Hedayati (junior world champion, 2x U23 world champion, 2025 asian champion, 2025 ISG champion) 77 is going to be interesting since Oskou won Zagreb so I'm assuming he is the front runner. I think Abdi won Vehbi Emre this year as well so our 77's aren't looking too bad at the moment. I'm more concerned about our 60 wrestlers tbh. Especially since Ahmadivafa doesn't look too good at 60 since moving up from 55.
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