Iranian Wrestling

[AhuraMazda1]

I think the time for this suggestion was a few years ago, which didn’t materialize. He does tend to run out of gas and time (age) is not on his side.

Yes, he has a bad knee which kills cardio exercises and now he has a bad shoulder that we know of. Plus he doesnt have access to the same treatments as DT

[PEJ]

I think Kamran is finished. He has looked awful in his last two tournaments. I don't see him improving unfortunately. Vafaei, the guy who withdrew from the tournament is lobbying for the chance to compete against DT.

Which tournaments are you talking about? He won the worlds in 2022. Later that year at the World Cup in the US he beat the Japanese guy and went up a weight division to lose to Snyder. Mind you he had weighed in 92KG. I am not aware he did any international tournaments in 2023 due to his injury? Zagreb Open he went up to 97KG and finished 3rd. I do think that he is a bit small for that weight division, but I don’t believe he is washed up. It’s just so messed up that there is no 92KG in the Olympics. Even today he walks through that division easy.

[AhuraMazda1]

Which tournaments are you talking about? He won the worlds in 2022. Later that year at the World Cup in the US he beat the Japanese guy and went up a weight division to lose to Snyder. Mind you he had weighed in 92KG. I am not aware he did any international tournaments in 2023 due to his injury? Zagreb Open he went up to 97KG and finished 3rd. I do think that he is a bit small for that weight division, but I don’t believe he is washed up. It’s just so messed up that there is no 92KG in the Olympics. Even today he walks through that division easy.

He got man-handled and I would say humiliated by Snyder who actually bullied him the first time and lost to him the second time, the same Snyder that Azarpira and Mohamaddian beat convincingly. And finishing 3rd for Iran is not considered good by any stretch of the imagination. We along with Russia and the U.S. are the leaders of the sport.

What I love about wrestling is that we have so many wrestlers in each category, the solution to all this is to see who wins out of Azarpira and him at 97kg as well as other wrestlers.

I actually like Kamran and I believe in meritocracy so if he beats his competition then by all means he should go to the Olympics. I just do not believe he has the ability to win an Olympic Gold medal anymore.

Yazdani is on another planet in comparison to everybody else that we have. DT will go down as one of the greatest wrestlers in history and Yazdani goes toe-to-toe with him and loses towards the end when he gasses out and has beaten him once already. Plus, we can be pretty sure that Yazdani is one of the very few wrestlers that is clean.

[PEJ]

He got man-handled and I would say humiliated by Snyder who actually bullied him the first time and lost to him the second time, the same Snyder that Azarpira and Mohamaddian beat convincingly. And finishing 3rd for Iran is not considered good by any stretch of the imagination. We along with Russia and the U.S. are the leaders of the sport.

What I love about wrestling is that we have so many wrestlers in each category, the solution to all this is to see who wins out of Azarpira and him at 97kg as well as other wrestlers.

I actually like Kamran and I believe in meritocracy so if he beats his competition then by all means he should go to the Olympics. I just do not believe he has the ability to win an Olympic Gold medal anymore.

Yazdani is on another planet in comparison to everybody else that we have. DT will go down as one of the greatest wrestlers in history and Yazdani goes toe-to-toe with him and loses towards the end when he gasses out and has beaten him once already. Plus, we can be pretty sure that Yazdani is one of the very few wrestlers that is clean.

I agree with everything you say, but you cant discount the fact that Kamran is actually a natural 86kg and his only loss at 97kg was to Snyder. What he has done at 92Kg is super impressive. He just doesn't have the frame to carry the weight correctly for 97kg. Also its not like he got teched against Snyder. His first loss was 5-0 and the recent one 4-0.

I don't believe Kamran is better than Yazdani, however if he was our 86kg Olympic representative he would run the table till he got to Taylor. Additionally, just because he cant beat Yazdani, doesnt mean he cant beat Taylor. Styles make matches, and I think Taylor is in Yazdani's head right now.

Having said all that I also believe in meritocracy and believe Kamran has to beat Yazdani in order to be on the Olympic team.

[AhuraMazda1]

I agree with everything you say, but you cant discount the fact that Kamran is actually a natural 86kg and his only loss at 97kg was to Snyder. What he has done at 92Kg is super impressive. He just doesn't have the frame to carry the weight correctly for 97kg. Also its not like he got teched against Snyder. His first loss was 5-0 and the recent one 4-0.

I don't believe Kamran is better than Yazdani, however if he was our 86kg Olympic representative he would run the table till he got to Taylor. Additionally, just because he cant beat Yazdani, doesnt mean he cant beat Taylor. Styles make matches, and I think Taylor is in Yazdani's head right now.

Having said all that I also believe in meritocracy and believe Kamran has to beat Yazdani in order to be on the Olympic team.

Ham fekrim mashti. Che lezati dare dar baraye koshti harf mizanim. Man tazegi shoroo kardam koshtiro jedi dombal kardan va danesham shayad be andazeye shoma narese. Az koja dombal mikoni khabarha?

[PEJ]

Ham fekrim mashti. Che lezati dare dar baraye koshti harf mizanim. Man tazegi shoroo kardam koshtiro jedi dombal kardan va danesham shayad be andazeye shoma narese. Az koja dombal mikoni khabarha?

Damet garm. Chakerim. Too Amrica. Flo Sports kheily bahale. Har sal hameye jam bazi donya koshti ro neshoon mideh. Nakhand, vali to IG hamishe khabar koshti iran hast.

[AhuraMazda1]

Damet garm. Chakerim. Too Amrica. Flo Sports kheily bahale. Har sal hameye jam bazi donya koshti ro neshoon mideh. Nakhand, vali to IG hamishe khabar koshti iran hast.

Chakerim. IGam man hamaro dombal mikonam. Babak Wrestling mishnasi? Agar na dombal kon aleeye.

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Here's the SF of Masoumi vs. Parris (Gable's replacement at the Worlds')

[AhuraMazda1]

Here's the SF of Masoumi vs. Parris (Gable's replacement at the Worlds')

Great that we have two world class heavyweights. But is it just me that doesn't particularly enjoy watching the heavyweights in action? They mostly push the opponents out of the circle to get a point. With Masoumi's athletic build, I would expect him to perform more like a 97kg wrestler but alas he has adopted this style as well.

[PEJ]

Iranians are famous for the underhook and single leg shot. Massoumi is just way too tall not to utilize the underhook game. It just wouldnt be as effective trying to get lower than his opponent. He is just a giant out there.

[AhuraMazda1]

Iranians are famous for the underhook and single leg shot. Massoumi is just way too tall not to utilize the underhook game. It just wouldnt be as effective trying to get lower than his opponent. He is just a giant out there.

Do you think he will ever be able to beat Zare?

[PEJ]

Do you think he will ever be able to beat Zare?

Obviously it is so hard to predict the future. But I just don’t see him beating Zare anytime soon. Zare is so special. The guy is a tank. Only guy in the world that might give him problems could be Gable Stevenson. But Gable hasn’t wrestled in over a year.

If we sit back and truly analyze, this might be the most stacked generation of wrestlers we ever had. Which is crazy in itself. We have Zare, Kamran, Yazdani at the top weight classes. The young guys like Amouzad, Nokhodi and Azaripara are future stars. I think Masloumi would be a household name in the world if it wasn’t for Zare.

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"Kyle Snyder Took On Two Tough Iranians At Zagreb"

[AhuraMazda1]

Obviously it is so hard to predict the future. But I just don’t see him beating Zare anytime soon. Zare is so special. The guy is a tank. Only guy in the world that might give him problems could be Gable Stevenson. But Gable hasn’t wrestled in over a year.

If we sit back and truly analyze, this might be the most stacked generation of wrestlers we ever had. Which is crazy in itself. We have Zare, Kamran, Yazdani at the top weight classes. The young guys like Amouzad, Nokhodi and Azaripara are future stars. I think Masloumi would be a household name in the world if it wasn’t for Zare.

You're right. Plus we have so many domestic wrestlers that could easily come onto the squad a win a big match or two.

I hope Amouzad comes back to his full capacity. He's injured now but his game plan last year against Muszukajev in Belgrade was awful. Nokhodi looked good this time round. I hope he builds on this momentum.

[PEJ]

Today they announced the participants for a new camp. Some interesting news. Younes Emami and Mojtaba Goleij were not invited. Apparently Emami and Dabir had a disagreement over how Emami acted when he lost his last match in Iran.

Amouzad was invited to camp, so we can assume he is healthy. Great news. Savadkouhi, only Iranian to beat Jordan Burroughs, is at 86KG now along with Vafaipour.

Ghasempour is still training at 97kg. One interesting fact is that Ghasempour weighed in at only 91Kg for the Zagreb Open. I guess he is going to spend the next few months gaining weight with the hopes of beating Azarpia for the 97 spot.