NBC ( I suppose?) had done a nice hype piece on him. It made him seem a real life Drago that trained in the snow. Dude looks scary as fuck. It was enough to hype him.
Same as when I saw just a pic of CroCop before he fought Wanderlai the very first time. It was enough to hype it up. Some guys just have that fear aura.
Isn’t Bo much lighter than Yoel?
Bo and Yoel both wrestled around 86kg when they were still wrestling competitively…
bo is the RAF champ at 205… that is what Yoel weighed in last weekend…
and you guys should know that Karelin has been firmly supplanted in the GOAT convo…
Lopez is hands down the GOAT… Gold in 5 olympics… nobody in the modern era of the olympics had ever won gold in 5 Olympics…
nobody in any sport…
you would have to go back to ancient times and Milo of Croton to best that number and Milo only did it by winning the youngster version once before his 5 in a row…
Who is Lopez ?
I will now look up.
this is why nobody should pay attention to your horrible wrestling takes…
“Mijaín López removed his shoes and left them gently on the mat. It was a moment of intimate solitude in front of 8,000 people reflecting the end of a legendary wrestling career in which he had just become the first athlete to ever win five straight Olympic gold medals in the same individual event.“
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Only in front of 8,000 people ?
How can I or anyone else be expected to know who this guy is when only 8,000 people in attendance for such an accomplishment ?
Renaissance Fairs attract more people.
Such a sad sack…
You don’t know anything about wrestling…
Absolutely nothing…
I get you going to a MS dual 40 years ago is your entire wrestling experience…
You seem like an angry fella
Unable to recognize that BJJ and MMA helped popularize wrestling.
It is still a niche sport nothing to be upset about.
Prior to MMA / NHB ( and BJJ) general public and sporting crowds did not even consider wrestling as a combat sport.
Popularity and publicity are not a requirement for something to be good sport.
Wrestling has been around for thousands and thousands of years…
Just because some nerd didn’t know about it until MMA proved it as the most effective martial art does not impact wrestling at all…
yoel is world class. beat cael twice and lost 2-3 to him for the gold. 5 time medalist at worlds including a gold
I see Riza’s suspension ends in a week
and gotta shout out Kevin Jackson - gold medal, two golds in the worlds, and 4-2 in mma with quality wins
Cael beat him in the semis and beat Moon from Korea in the finals. That was a surprise because everyone expected Sahizdov to make the finals, but Moon beat him pretty badly.
I did not realize that Yoel had wins over Cael.
Cael won the important one.
Another example of why no one should pay attention to your horrible wrestling takes…
You clearly don’t know anything about wrestling…
impressive no doubt…
but not in the same event 5 consecutive times and definitely not an individual sport…
Ultra close match between Saitiev and Romero:
Bo needs those Cuban suppliments
We all could use some of those if we are going to stand next to Yoel…
I’ve said it before, but, bears repeating…
I gave borrero a bro hug a few years ago and his back made absolutely no sense at all… I have been around high level athletes consistently for the last 25 years… nobody has ever felt like that…
Borrero is obviously 15 years removed from Yoel, but, Cuba was still a force in wrestling at the time…
What is the ratio of just better humans vs just better chemistry, I will not presume to comment on…
