Alan Dudaev v. Mavlet Batirov, 2005 Aliev Tournament

dam did u see that scramble? that was crazy i was surprised that mavlet didnt score...thats the first time ive seen him loose it was a good match

Mavlet Baitirov. He was a 2x Olympic Champion. We don't have many of those here in the US.

J.Smith
B.Baumgardner
who else?

dudaev v ribalta here 2005 title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm_lU1UemiQ&feature=related

for those who want to know more info on these wrestlers, batirov beat dudaev last year in the russian nationals after alan beat the younger batirov. thus Mavlet went on to the 08 olympics where he won his second gold medal.

Pretty sure there's a Dudaev vs Quintana match on youtube (world finals) but I can't find it.

Here's the Russian Nationals match before the last Olympics, great scrambling again, with Batriov coming out on top.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRUFh6SUrL0
Za vs Dudaev
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwWzMG2OBzk

oh really twice in one year, thats impressive. now this is a little off topic but i figured you would know, the second match between gia and kendall cross at the 97 world cup where kendall beat him again, what was the score?

Makes sense. The Aliev tournament is held in Dagestan, where Batirov is from. Dudaev is Ossetian.

Man, the crowd really wanted Mavlet Batirov to win.

No Dudaev also beat him in the finals of Russian Nationals that year. In fact Dudaev won the first period after losing the coin toss on the clinch (giving up the leg). Dudaev went on to win the Worlds.

Yeah, they're great, but does anyone else think we need some kind of rule in international wrestling to penalize stalling? What some call "great defense," others call stalling. Dudaev is master of both, in my opinion.

Ankle Picker, Thanks for the link to your Jantzen/Dudaev match!

AND THE CROWD GOES completely silent

4:56 to 5:08 is amazing. There is so much going on. I'd love to see it in slow motion.

sanderson lost to les gutches in freestyle

Dave Shultz at the worlds or Pan Am games... If you want to study a technical freestyle wrestler his matches are the best...

Dudaev is a master of keeping his elbows real tight to his side which is a key to his defense. I taped a match of him wrestling Jesse Jantzen where he hits one of his patented chest locks. Jantzen actually gave him a good go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBk_46en_zI&feature=PlayList&p=C17B17D567AEA286&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=41

here's a vote for Davis/Heard.

Cael lost in the 2003 worlds and took a silver.

mike james,

Here's a Sanderson vs. Gatsalov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8AE14U7WA&feature=channel_page

After that match - more Dudaev!

My vote for next week is Dudaev v. Mourad Umakhanov, 2004 Russian Nationals
There are Cadet & Junior level athletes that I know studying and practicing the techniques they see in these matches and throwing around the names of these international all-time greats. Thanks for sharing Craig and showing these young men and their coaches the best of the best!
I look forward to Thursday every week!

would love for you to post the barry davis match

once again thanks quick for these awesome and rare matches, i am assuming that this was the match that decided who was going to the worlds that year?

how did he win? wasnt it 1 1? shoulndt it have gone to a 3rd period?

how bout some international cael? anybody ever give cael a fight? i've seen his gold medal match but did anyone almost beat cael before it?

Would love sajidov-sanderson! Love to see the US guys wrestling internationally! If you have any Mo Lawal, that'd be awesome!

it's the great match ....... when i could see some videos of saitiev

I'd like to see all of them but would like to see Barry Davis and Charlie Heard. Heard was from Georgia as I am and I never got to see him wrestle in his prime.

I agree... Dudaev can scramble like no other. Do you know what the all time series was between these two?

I chose this match because there aren't too many out there with Batirov losing. This is a great match with a lot of action in the second period. The first period was just ok. Dudaev's defense is unreal.

Anyway, I was debating between this match and:

M. Murtazaliev v. I. Farniev, 2004 Russian National Finals
S. Sajidov v. C. Sanderson, 2004 Yarygin Finals
Dudaev v. Mourad Umakhanov, 2004 Russian Nationals
Barry Davis v. Charlie Heard, 1988 US Olympic Trials.
Alexander Leipold v. Alberto Hernandez, 1991 World Championships

Let me know if you guys are interested in any of these for next week.

Craig