Freestyle Wrestling USA vs. Iran Times Square May 2013

[Nariman]

Komeil Ghasemi wins the last match as well.

Final Result:

1-6 IRAN

Same result as in Tehran - dameshoon garm

[EKBATAN]

EY VAL.....good fights

but Jordan Burroughs wasnt fighting ha? his back up seemed to have won the only one we lost....seems like thats a weight class we cant beat lol


will jordan be in LA by any chance? god we need someone to beat his ass already

[Ab-Gosht]

US had a very inexperinced young team, Iran used all its weapons had to win by this score well done!

[onebloodfool]

Anyone else that thinks this whole scenario of wrestling (one of the worlds most ancient olympic sports) being dropped, and US-Iran alliance in "saving" the sport is a koreographed event?
Maybe this is some kind of setup and analogous to the ping pong diplomacy, when Nixon normalized ties with China?
Could US and Iran be moving towards rapprochement?

Just a crazy thought.

Anyway, the boys did an awesome job again, showing who is boss!

[Irannn]

EY VAL.....good fights

but Jordan Burroughs wasnt fighting ha? his back up seemed to have won the only one we lost....seems like thats a weight class we cant beat lol


will jordan be in LA by any chance? god we need someone to beat his ass already

He will wrestle in LA. this is the list of LA matchups

Hassan Rahimi vs Sam Hazewinkel
Masoud Esmaeilpour vs Coleman Scott
Mehdi Taghavi vs Jordan Oliver
Hassan Tahmasebi vs Jordan Burroughs
Ehsan Lashgari vs Clayton Foster
Hamed Tatari vs Chris Pendleton
Komeil Ghasemi vs Tervel Dlagnev

This US team is a little better, but I think they still will lose 6-1.

[Pedram88]

any highlights???

[Draco]

It doesn't look right without Yazdani...

[EKBATAN]

It doesn't look right without Yazdani...

i know man, im still gutted at what happened to him in the olympics...he desereved nothing but gold

[EKBATAN]

Anyone else that thinks this whole scenario of wrestling (one of the worlds most ancient olympic sports) being dropped, and US-Iran alliance in "saving" the sport is a koreographed event?
Maybe this is some kind of setup and analogous to the ping pong diplomacy, when Nixon normalized ties with China?
Could US and Iran be moving towards rapprochement?
Just a crazy thought.
Anyway, the boys did an awesome job again, showing who is boss!

NO man, if it was, it would get ALOT more coverage. I dont hear anything about it here.

[Team Melli Fan]

fvcking hell, i clicked on the live feed link right after the iran matches. any highlights?

[Draco]

^I watched it live on youtube, 95% of the viewers were Iranian, and comment box had a fun atmosphere but the coverage was abysmal. They kept cutting the sound off and switching back to the street view and only showed the replays of their 1 win. Looked really pathetic, half way in the fight when they're down 3-0, they brought someone in the middle of the mat to motivate their wrestlers and the crowd to cheer for the US team, when the majority of the crowd was Iranian. As far as the actual wrestling goes Taghavi was beasting, Lashgari was also very solid. The rest of them weren't as impressive as their last showing in the WC.

[webmaster]

Watch the matches here:
http://www.pfdctv.com/?p=8442

[Nariman]

INTERVIEWS:

[OFFSIDE_1]

wow ... it was a massacre :-)

[PERSIANMAFIA]

Footage: Kurt Angle at USA vs. Iran vs. Russia wrestling in NYC

On May 15, Olympic Gold Medalist, multi-time World Heavyweight Champion and TNA IMPACT WRESTLING (former wwe) superstar Kurt Angle attended "The Rumble On The Rails" - USA vs. IRAN vs. RUSSIA - at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The event aired on NBC Sports Network, and Angle was shown in attendance during ESPN coverage.