lol, i remember a while ago somene started another thread about turkish oil wrestling and a practicioner of the....errrmm, art, fighting style (?) got all offended. i guess the grips are necessary with all that fuckin grease!
i hope they never allow this style in mma lol that would def drive 90% of the fans away ... i don't get how any str8 guy could do this, it puts male chearleaders to shame lol
Yagli Gures - Turkish Wrestling. The Turkish national sport. You can win by: 1. Throwing the opponent with headlock. 2. Pinning. 3. A declaration by the opponent of defeat. They cover themselves with olive oil. Those pants are slick even without oil, so grabbing outside of them is impossible. The only way to get leverage is to go for third base. There was a special on it once on the Learning Channel or something. It didn't look so gay in that documentary, but that top photo is much the gheyness. I'd say these guys were friends of Dorothy if it weren't for the fact that they have hordes of female groupies in Turkey. C'mon guys, let's just embrace our fellow grappling brothers.
I remember watching some tribe in the jungle, and they would wrestle to train themselves, they were a warrior tribe. the goal of their wrestling was not to pin or throw the guy, but to grab the guy's nut sack. whoever does this wins. so the whole wrestling evolved around that concept. they could probably rip your testicles off. I would HATE to spar with them. much less fight them.
