Some people see all the badass videos and pictures of Karelin, and yes his resume is incredible, so was his abilitys. He was built to lift, and throw. That is how he won his matches. But when you wrestle in the highest weightclass, the competition is no where as hard as in the lower weight classes, Karelin alot of times wrestled just a big 120-130 mid-guy that a country sent because they had like 3-4 guys at that weight.
Saitievs resume is more impressive when you look at the people he wrestled, I don't think people understand.. Those weightclasses he was in have hundreds of killers competing for a spot in the national team, and they send just the most amazing wrestlers to the world championships, and the olympics.
Im more of a greco guy myself, I know how brutally hard the sport is but watching people like Saitiev, Dave Schultz, it's art.. RIP.
