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Uploaded by Craig Vitagliano | October 15, 2009

Russian superstar Buvaisar Saitiev takes on Hadi Habibi or Iran in the semi-final of the 2003 World Championships in NYC.

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31 comments

Zeke Cook 1 year ago

He's lost 4. Two international, two Russian.

PA 3 years ago

yo guru how many times did Buvaisar lose in his international career 4 maybe

aerk 4 years ago

no, hadi s father was wrestler too but the guy you mentioned is emamAli habibi,someone diffrent.

arm-spin 4 years ago

I humbly request more greco matches at some point in the future.. I don't really know greco history enough to think of specific matches; the only one I can think of off-hand is Samargashuev vs Cuban at the 2002 worlds, where the Russian hit a 5 pt throw right at the end to win... Karelin matches would be cool too.

5pointdouble 4 years ago

Because back at the time there was par terre, if it was given out like a caution where the more aggressive wrestler could choose to put the other wrestler down or keep them up. He had more time as kinda like a punishment where as when hadi took saitiev down he had about as much time as you normally would, i hope that made it clear

get 2 the legs and score 4 years ago

Why did the ref give Buvaisar 20 min for a turn and the other dude 2.3 seconds?

arm-spin 4 years ago

Saitiev has lost to Murtazaliev a couple of times, to another Russian at the nationals a few years back, to Ganev, to Slay, and to at least one guy while wrestling up at 84... BTW thewrestlingtalk.com has a ton of Saitiev matches on it for those looking for more.

Martin Floreani 4 years ago

Satiev Saturdays would be sweet. Poetry in motion.

Mike James 4 years ago

who has satiev lost 2?

CV 4 years ago

Saitiev Saturdays!!! mad respect for our brother in wrestling out there in Russia, 2 international losses and 2 domestic losses since 1995. Yikes.

Star 4 years ago

Yeah no doubt that saitiev would have made Askren look like a little boy amongst men but I like askrens style and colossal ego,makes watching him wrestle a little more interesting...both are 2 of my top favorites to watch.

Askren 4 years ago

It would have been amusing to watch Saitiev dismantle Askren and his colossal ego.

DaveP 4 years ago

Bring on the Saitiev Saturdays! I know it will be more work for you Guru, but it would be greatly appreciated.

In addition the Guru section is by far my favorite on flow...I really look forward to Thursdays, thanks for all your work Craig.

4 years ago

I must have Saitiev Saturdays!

sly 4 years ago

nice my man, you can never go wrong with saitiev. side note - is the name also spelled saytiev? wich is correct? i can never get enough of this guy. i see alot of dave schultz in his wrestling.

JLS 4 years ago

I agree - Bring on Satiev saturdays!!
I wonder if the Satiev's know or care that they have a USA fan base ?

Star 4 years ago

Bring on satiev saturdays!!

5pointdouble 4 years ago

Yes quick thanks for the match, especially with B saitiev you can not go wrong. and i am also voting for saitiev saturdays.
also for next week may request for terry brands and ali reza dabir?

yes 4 years ago

here's my vote for saitiev saturdays!

4 years ago

Very nice match. Interestingly Satiev hits a variation of the west point ride at around 3:00 mark. Not legal anymore in collegiate style but an interesting way to score a turn...

Sonny Close 4 years ago

some of those turns were as close to a chess match as your gonna see on a wrestling mat, and thats saying something.

Casey 4 years ago

ttt for Satiev Saturday

Mike James 4 years ago

i say we start having a satiev saturday...thatd be awesome

Jordan Stepleton 4 years ago

This is why I am starting to move into freestyle. I love the freestyle wrestlers technique. Great match. Cheers Guru!

arm-sp 4 years ago

Good example of a great wrestler adapting to accomodate an injury. Saitiev's gut wrench/west point combo looks really painful.

If I remember correctly the final vs Gaidrov went much the same way, Saitiev trying to tie up and Gaidrov having none of it, but neither guy was able to score so it went to ref's decision.
on a related note, anyone know how Saitiev/Gaidrov went in 2004? I know there was controversy and a fight but I don't know details of the match itself.

Aaron Gibson 4 years ago

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Shawn Enright 4 years ago

I wonder if this is the son/grandson of the Habibi that wrestled Doug Blubaugh in the 60 Olympics. Anyone?

Mark Bader 4 years ago

In the words of Mike Krause... The dude is just siiiiiiiick, thanks Guru!

Bulgarian_ WHRHS 4 years ago

Yea i was gona say that Saitiev's style in this match was much different than other matches of him. Great action!

Craig Vitagliano 4 years ago

Semi Final of the 2003 World Championships between Buvaisar Satieiv and Hadi Habibi. It was a hard fought match with some decent action on the feet and some nice pare terre turns by Saitiev.

Just for some background, Saitiev had broken a bone in his face in an earlier match against AUS. It was pretty nasty. Could be a reason why he looked a bit cautious and tried to tie up Habibi in order to limit any more injury to that area. That said, the strategy, if it was in fact his strategy, worked and he was able to draw some cautions on Habibi and put him down and work some turns.

Joe Williams had lost to Habibi 2nd round of the tounament when he got hit with a throw from the clinch.

Overall it was a good match and you gotta love the Iranian fans. They cheer for the Americans too.

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