By Jason Bryant April 13, 2015 – 04:34 LOS ANGELES (April 12) – Anywhere Iran wrestles, the horns, the chants and the singing follows. Whether it be at World Championships in Turkey or World Cups in Los Angeles, Iran is regarded as having some of the most engaged wrestling fans in the world. On Sunday […]
Gold Medal Match – United States vs. Iran Iran came into the finals on fire and beat team USA. 57kg #8 Rahimi over (Iran) over #19 Ramos (USA) 5-5 criteria 61kg #2 Esmailpour (Iran) over Scott (USA) Scott had a huge move in the first period, fought off his back for a 4 point throw […]
57kg Tony Ramos (USA) over Omak Syuruun (Russia) 4-2 Was it a slip? Ramos had one of the deepest double legs I’ve ever seen. 61kg Mutalimov over Scott 10-1. Scott seems on a different level than the rest of the US team. maybe not as much training time? 65kg Metcalf over Chakaek 13-3 Techfall. Metcalf […]
The highlight of the match was Ed “the Truth” Ruth over Reineris Salas. What a match, the positions, shots, throws and mental toughness. Salas my have been hurt at the opening whistle from a Ruth shot off the whistle. Team USA looked strong, winning 6-2. 57KG: Bonne Rodriguez (CUBA) pinned Tony Ramos (USA). In a […]