Greco-Roman legend Steve Fraser on Rulon Gardner's win over Aleksandr Karelin

[@bastionblackperformance3804]

'Beat Karelin's best move.' By getting so fat even Karelin couldn't reach around him, genius!

[@davejones8306]

@James Byrd i see your point. the clinch from a stationary position can give a particular wrestler an advantage. Jordan Burroughs beat kyle dake several times, primarily due to his speed and agility. however, i feel like if they were to be placed in the clinch position, dake would win 9 times out of 10.

[@bastionblackperformance3804]

@James Byrd it was definitely being fat that saved Rulon, well and a clinch rule change. Karelin had him loaded and nearly lifted but was unable to lock his hands. Which is a big deal for a guy whose freakiest attribute was his massive wingspan. Then to prove his elite athlete athlete status after 'besting' the greatest, Rulon decided to gain 150lbs and embarrass himself and wrestlers in general on the biggest loser...

[@DedicatedSpartan]

@James Byrd No offense against Rulon but he didn't really do much, Karelin still dominated the match, and Rulon scored no points against Karelin, Karelin was deducted 1 point only because the rules were changed. So Karelin really beat himself.

[@fifthfloorwanker]

@@DedicatedSpartan this

[@techmore5607]

Rulon Gardner winning against Karelin was like buying a multi million lottery and winning it.

[@HIMCULES]

Don't forget to mention, that the final was conveniently scheduled to be Karelin's third match of the day, but not Gardner's third...

[@pamirbadakhshan9934]

They made up nonsense ”clinch rule” for only one match. After Karelin left, they debunked that ”rule”. that's cheating

[@vingable]

And the puck used in 1980 was programmed by the imperialist country. Can we at least give credit where it’s due? But.... if we must be the little country that finally humbled you, so be it. Our citizens would love your citizens and vice-versa. It will never be about the citizens.

[@hunkyravi]

Gardner won by a point deduction

[@vingable]

😂

[@vingable]

Crazy huh?! I’m a Dallas Cowboys fan so I feel your pain. We ended up here because we suck.

[@jacklee6224]

Foreshadowing by Steve regarding Cuba’s Lopez. What a wrestling mind!

[@freddupont3597]

Much respect to Aleksandr Karelin!

[@williamprice2677]

Karlin stated it was to be his last match... Why: because Alexander at last knew his time would not last forever. Rulon was very good. "The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happens to us all" Congrats Rulon you got lucky...

[@williamprice2677]

@Letrano Then you haven't competed much. Even Loma lost twice, once as an amature and once as a professional. His opponents were lucky in both cases.

[@azanrashid2270]

Rulon didn't even scored a point against karelin, basically he won without scoring a single point a defeat would be better then this win.

[@gaffle-411]

Well... by your logic, Karelin didn't even score a point against Rulon.

[@azanrashid2270]

@@gaffle-411 it must be draw then

[@gaffle-411]

@@azanrashid2270 Nooo... not according to the rules that both wrestlers had to abide by.

[@exsashank2]

If you genuinely think that it was a fair match you are delusional. Karelin was given 2 prior matches that same day and Gardner had none. The score was 1-0 only because of a BS rule change because Karelin changed his grip. Never before has such a ludicrous rule existed in wrestling, only to have been removed after the match.

[@navigatingel6104]

When was the rule created?

[@GrislyAtoms12]

Karelin carried a full-sized refrigerator up 8 flights of stairs to his 9th floor apartment. That's who Rulon Gardner defeated

[@kasuaarikanava3446]

Russianrefri

[@MotoMaximus]

A refrigerator full of beer and donuts that he ate that evening.

[@GrislyAtoms12]

@@MotoMaximus LOL!

[@keysersoze5920]

Gardner should have been disqualified for stalling.

[@shoinbekshoinbekov3838]

Sounds like the rule was made just so Karelin would loose.

[@gaffle-411]

Rulon had Karelin definitely beat in conditioning. You could see Karelin needing that break when they were toweling them off. I took a HUGE gasp before coming back out on the mat!

[@gerhardschulzy]

Interesting take but Rulon had no matches that day and that was Karelins 3rd match of the day

[@gaffle-411]

@@gerhardschulzy How did that work out? Why would they have a person in a gold medal round on his third match of the day?

[@earlziemer6619]

Remember Carlin had a wrestle two matches that same day ruleon had none till then

[@vingable]

HILARIOUS! 😂 Typical reaction. Happened in 1980. When humans compete on a relatively even playing field the cream rises to the top. Every time, and without question.

[@seyyahaseyya6584]

Gardner is the best one...He had been a legend

[@timoskotopoulos1953]

This is awesome!!! He is probably the greatest!!! Shame on you .....

[@32ndStreetStudios]

Lot of broken hearted men in these comments

[@veritasaequitas2386]

nice story props to Rulon for slaying the beast

[@Karlojezo92]

veritas aequitas wheres Rulon today. And What Karelian is Rulin?😎

[@hanifibrahim460]

Ah yes, that old fairy tale of the brave knight who was too fat for the dragon to gets his arms around and then laid his gut on the floor for the rest of the match. A story as old as time....

[@GreyhairedOlddude]

@@hanifibrahim460 uneducated fool might be good idea to watch entire match right after you read all the rules

[@hanifibrahim460]

@@GreyhairedOlddude I watched it all live and still have the same opinion.

[@hanifibrahim460]

@@GreyhairedOlddude Just watched it again, and it was just as pathetic as I remember! RG had no offense whatsoever and and his tits are hanging all over AK the entire match. Even "attacking" par terre, he didn't offer ANYTHING and was simply going through the motions to run the clock. A complete joke!