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Sagid Murtazaliev v. Islam Bairamukov 2000 Olympic Games

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by Craig Vitagliano on September 3, 2009

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craigv

Yes I've seen it. Goes over some of the finer points of the Garr series. He's speaking Chechen here.

moo

These Muslim guys are beasts!

anklepicker

Speaking of Adam Saitiev, have you seen this yet qs?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS2GKT4etXw

craigv

Yeah I know exactly what you are talking about. I think the constant level changing/faking keeps the opponent on the defense and he's more worried about defending his leg than attacking yours. In the situation of Adam Saitiev (who seems to do this more than his brother) he does it to keep the opponent on the defensive, but also to bait him to take a bad shot. This can be seen in the first match I posted here with Alexander Leipold: http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234578-the-guru-archives-match-of-the-week/132390-adam-saitiev-v-alexander-leipold-1999-world-championshipsSaitiev keeps faking and level changing and Leipold drops his head and takes his hips back slightly with every fake. Eventually Leipold catches on and tries to time Saitiev's upward motion and takes a shot on Saitiev. Saitiev knows this and is ready to bring that leg back as Leipold commits to the leg, resulting in Leipold taking a half-assed shot and falling on his face and hanging on to the leg. Keep in mind that these guys practice these positions and defense to that leg, so that when a guy does shoot in, they know what to do based upon the muscle memory developed from practicing these scenarios.Another example is Alan Dudaev who will take a shot on his opponent to purposely end up in an under/over position. He will then limp his arm out to purposely expose his leg so that his opponent will take it. This sets ups his chest lock. It's like the complete opposite of what we are taught here: Dudaev seemingly puts himeself in a bad position in order to score 2 or 3 points. To Dudaev, however, it is good position. He particularly does this when he is behind in a match and the opponent knows not to take his leg. Instead of just standing straight up (which he also does sometimes), he'll go into that position to trick the guy into taking it. That's called thinking outside the box.

anklepicker

The position probably developed out of a Russian 2 on 1 tie up which puts you in a similar position.

mikeloveswrestling

the guy in red and satiev and many other international wrestlers ive seen do that alot, they, red wrestler hear seems to turn his left cheek almost ear to ear and that right lead leg of his is so far out and has no hand blocking it. sorry this is very hard to explain lol

mikeloveswrestling

hey craig maybe you can help me out with this, ive noticed this in every match of satiev and basically everyone but americans do this. at the 4:38ish mark is what i mean. alot of russian wrestlers it seems like almost as there hand fighting theyl turn there cheeck stick there hip in and be almost standing up straight and theyl be faking shots, some times tlike the 4:38 mark, hell be hand fighhting the with the left and had banging/level changing with his right. but what i dont understand is how guys dont go after that lead leg cuz it seems to be there. i am obviosley not saying satiev is not good he is the best wrestler ive ever seen but the ffirst ferw matches ive seen him wrestle i used to always think why cant they take him down his leg is so close and hes up straight and has no hand to down block it.

craigv

97 kg Gold Medal match at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney between Russia's Sagid Murtazaliev and Kazakhstan's Islam Bairamukov.This guy Murtazaliev makes it look so easy. He's so light on his feet for a light heavy. He constantly puts pressure on his opponent with push/pull, & head fakes and level changes. This allows him to set up the limp arm techniques he uses in this match. For example, he'll grab a wrist with his left hand and then right and as Bairamukov tries to control his right arm, Murtazaliev fakes a quick leg attack and quickly limps his right arm out as Bairamukov pressures down with an over hook. It's really slick. The slickest move is the limp arm off the double at the 6:50 mark. The timing on that thing is simply incredible. He made Bairamukov look foolish. Again this is the Olympic final. Bairamukov is obviously no slouch and made the finals by beating a multiple World medalist and European champion.Enjoy.