Bulldozer Without Brakes

17 year old Ferasati (U17 world champion) beat 21 year old Yousefi (U23 world champion) 12-6 today Crazy win over a current U23 world champion. Ferasati is a serious prospect.

It’s not a factor lol but it’s fun trivia.

Yeah, I said multiple soviet teams beat that record. But none since the dissolution of the USSR

The freestyle draws have just been released Terrible draws for most Iranians except for Nokhodi and Zare

More team title trivia: worlds returned to 10 weight classes in 2018. Since then, no other country has medaled in 9/10 weight classes in Greco. Although worlds also had 10 weight classes between 1969-1996, and multiple soviet teams beat this record before the USSR’s dissolution in 1991 (but Russia as a country never achieved 9/10 medals in GR). Therefore, this Iranian Greco team is arguably the best Greco Roman team in the 10 weight era since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.

More trivia: this is the first time Iran has won the Greco Roman team title for two years in a row. The only other countries who have done this are Russia/USSR, Japan and Azerbaijan Iran has never won the freestyle team title two years in a row

More trivia: Iran reached the finals in 7/10 weight classes, the most ever for freestyle or Greco

The USA won the Greco Roman team title in 2007.

For the record, there is an argument to be made that his kid is the best Greco Roman wrestler in the USA right now. And he is the only greco wrestler who won any team title points for the USA this year. Without his kid, team USA would have picked up ZERO (0) team title points for Greco.

More trivia: Esmaeili becomes only the fourth Iranian wrestler (and the second Greco Roman wrestler) ever to win three titles in a row, after Rasoul Khadem and Movahed for FS and Hamid Sourian for GR

Hadi Saravi has now won 7 world/Olympic medals. Unless I am missing someone, that’s the joint highest for any Iranian Greco wrestler along with Hamid Sourian (although Sourian won 7 golds…) That puts Saravi as joint #1 Iranian GR wrestler of all time in number of medals and #2 overall

Yes true, they are well matched since Jafarov’s parterre defence is very well. But Jafarov has never scored any technical points against Esmaeili in three matches. That’s pretty bad news for him.

I actually remember that match happening. Agree it was obvious back then that Esmaeili could be special. Didn’t know about Gomi though. Now that’s a bad draw lol.

Rasoul Khadem is very petty, didn’t congratulate the Iranian Greco team at all and instead limited comments on his posts he is ashamed that Dabir is leading Iranian wrestling through a golden age

The greats win when they have to, and that’s what Esmaeili does. if the rules were different, Esmaeili would wrestle differently too…