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there is a school of thought with some of the Iranian wrestling commentators that if Kadiev had drawn Valencia first then the outcomes may have been completely different for a multitude of reasons ( Kamran may have been in better shape against Valencia or even Kadiev may have even beaten Valencia Etc) but these are ifs and buts. Regardless I think as you say Ghassempour may just let Kadiev do some of the talking on the mat in his stead. sadly I agree with you - the odds are not that high that Yazdani after all his trials and tribulations will be guaranteed to get past his domestic competition in the form of Firouzpour, Azarpira or possibly Ghassempour whichever weight he goes with. I’m sure he would do his best though to prove us doubters wrong. Regardless of the outcomes it’s probably an interesting space to watch.

Yes quite possibly. Reasons why he might stay put are i-he a few days ago said cutting to 86 was not that difficult- he just hadn’t done it for a bit ii- wanting another go at Zahid Valencia iii- Hassan Yazdani may come back at 92. Otherwise I agree 92 might be easier.

Is Amouzad going to go up to 86?

Doth the lady protests too much? Ah me thinks so

Oh- I haven’t gone with that look for ages- it was so 1980’s. Anyway sorry- my comment seems to have vexed you…

May be it’s not so much a getting a vote but having an opinion - which has far less formal restrictions and generally considered allowed….

Is the irony you have in mind -the named Kurugliev Vs Anonymous Greek Guy?

Iran GR team… Ooph… Did not expect that level of performance

Yes- I do

The 4 GR guys who competed today managed to make GR wrestling interesting … https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOwH8FgCHMp/?igsh=MTAzMTA5eGZ6b2Jlaw==

Thank you- this is very helpful statistics. Can I deduce that in 23 years there have been 6 occasions that the title was won by a wrestler older that 25 so an average probability of 26% per year to have a champ older than 25. I can see it gets harder as you get older but certainly not impossible?

It seems a bit odd to write someone off so decidedly when he did a decent job of winning the title. He probably has as good a chance as anyone in 2028 if not better….

Surely you jest- I was being led to believe it would be Hendrickson. They even had a fancy press conference a meagre few days ago.

They are diluted as a lot of top Russians are wrestling for other countries.

A little while ago there was a sparring video of Snyder with Akgul- he was being manhandled by Akgul. Snyder will be at a significant disadvantage at 125 let alone winning it