Reza Yazdani (Iran) vs Jake Varner (USA) 96kg 2012 Freestyle World Cup

[@LexingtonPlummer]

Yazdani is enormous! Thick arms, legs, and swift as hell for any size. What a great wrestler!

[@falcon12]

Arguably the best wrestler of our present decade. Reza Yazdani.

[@PersianSelection]

Burroughs has something to say about that as well, its pretty close but these 2 are so far head of everyone else.

[@thomaspetrov4294]

+PersianSelection Sadulaev

[@GlobalPeaceOnly]

Thank you Reza. Made us proud. You are the BEST in the world .

[@aminm.d.i6705]

Holy shit just watched it after 9 years , yazdani was an absolute beast. !

[@saidmoshiri3589]

Reza yazdani was one the best in the world; always I enjoy his match. To my idea he is more better than Hassan yazdani. I love him ; if one day I can go to Iran I will go to his home town jouybar and find him. Reza I love you man. You are retired after so many years but still I’m watching your match’s and enjoy it. God bless reza

[@ijioji6661]

he’s a good guy and have fair behavior and absolutely he hosts of you very well

[@hamidbahmanabadi5087]

3:50 this guy is a beast

[@erwinschrodinger8125]

Lawl. First thought USA would dominate 97kg, but thef i saw Yazdani steppin' on The mat and thought: "No, literally its Iran" If Yazdani hadnt been injured, he would Be Olympic Champ.

[@michaelgrimm]

+Erwin Schrödinger That's the problem. He is always hurt. Not to mention faking hurt on the mat to get time. He's a delicate flower and an amazing wrestler. lol

+michael Grimm Ah Grimm you sound so grim. Yazdani can wrestle with two american boy scots at the same time and still win. People at these highest levels of sport get injured all the time in all sports. The refs have always the power to show the yellow card to any time waster and so long as I know Yazdani has never even been cautioned. You are a beginner in the world of wrestling, like 2000 years a beginner, what the hell do you know about it?

[@nikaamir7679]

Very good . ❤❤❤

[@GBDazzler]

Oldest and toughest sport on earth.

[@ASubF83]

I'm a huge fan of Jake's (has been since he was at ISU) but he got absolutely man-handled. Great match.

[@ciamackkhajeh]

Yazdani is the tiger of north it takes a miracle to defeat him. US has big ambitions in wrestling but for iran it's been bonded with history. America is a great nation but some americans are total disappointment with making ignorant comments. It's a shame talking badly of a different nation. Viva iran peace from iran

[@mahdihabibi8855]

yazdani is the man

[@zadeh100]

one of the bestest of best wrestlers

[@patriotir]

3:49 WTF?????

[@fitedude]

varner was lucky this dude blew his knee out in the quarter finals... he probably wouldn't have that gold medal had Reza never hurt his knee

[@sardeepsinghkalsi431]

He is the best I have ever seen IRANIAN TIGER

[@Persiatic]

Persian lion..well done Yazdani.. took that yankee to earth! fadaye iran, irani, va iranidoost..

[@MrLilipili]

3:52 yazdani just lifts varner and makes it look like a 2 years old kid!!!

[@bobklein571]

I would have loved to see Reza and Kyle go at it at both in their prime

[@Mehrad11Almelo]

Yazdani ye Pahlevan. Shir e Iran Champion in the Hearts of the Iranians!

[@Diablo6Diablo]

There you have IT. The TRUE OLYMPIC CHAMPION !!!! REZA YAZDANI Is he Toying with # 12 ranked guy ( IF in Russia alone) or is he WRESTLING him !

[@yggiz06]

Yazdani was a very good sport after he had his hand raised. he very much deserved the win and made Iran look classy with how he acted. All athletes (and youtube posters) should try to have half as much class as this man.

[@yggiz06]

yeah they are. he's one powerful man...he lifted varner like it was easy.

[@kiarashjahanpour3964]

Yazdani`s wrestling style is so hard to be defeated.

[@JudoMateo]

These dudes can really move for big guys!

[@ShogunRuaFights]

Yazdani blew out his knee in the quarter finals but still carried on and won the match, he came out and tried to wrestle in the semi final but his knee just collapsed when he attempted a throw and he had to forfeit.

[@makradars8150]

And the fun fact is that Varner took the Olympics gold in that year... Reza Yazdani has the worst luck :(

[@ijioji6661]

he’s bad hurt in that tournament

[@HashBandicoot356]

Absolute unit.

[@samanmmdi7943]

The gold medal of london olympic is absolutly for reza yazdani .if he didnt get injured in semi final he could get gold gold medal . Jack is olampic medalist but you can see reza yazdani destroyed him before and after london olympic with great points

[@swimhurl]

I wish these guys could have competed in the gold medal match...hopefully we will see at rematch at 2013 Worlds.

[@abzrg]

you don't need to be the best in the world. sometimes being ready enough to not get injured can get you a olypmic gold

[@xfun3539]

The grateful reza yazdani

[@yggiz06]

I wish wrestling was as big in the US as it was in other countries...and on top of that, we wrestle Folkstyle growing up (the rules are astoundingly different). Just imagine if people in the USA loved wrestling as much as football and we only wrestled freestyle/greco.

[@combatsambonyc]

What does "twi time NCAA All-American" mean. Give us your name.

[@mersedas9812]

واقعا پلنگه👍👍👍👍

[@TWM2975]

I'm a Yazdani fan, but why hate on Varner for earning gold? He beat every guy he faced along the way and, at the end of the tournament, was the only guy at 96 kilos without a loss. To me, he EARNED that medal, unlike Slay in 2000. That said, I don't think Jake's among the top three at 96 kilos this year, but for a slew of reasons, from injury to flat out underperformance, none of those other guys beat Varner. It's time to get over it. Varner won Olympic gold and that will never change.

[@falcon12]

Reza buddha bless you!

[@yggiz06]

What happened to yazdani in 2014?

[@PersianSelection]

Won the World Cup of wrestling and Asian Cup....what do you mean what happened

[@yggiz06]

Didn't hear about him at the World championships.

[@usalife8588]

In Uzbakistan his rival from Turkey had used drugs and had done doping. so Turkish medal was cancelled by wrestling federation. plus Yazdani was suffering from an injury. thats it.

[@IAM-hs1yg]

yggiz06 he said ILL BE BACK

[@mohammadrezarezaei6751]

real pahlevan.and humble man., you have to remember ,he has not the facilities in Iran as American wrestlers have.

[@pouriashahbazi]

♥️

[@darkhero5296]

Yazdani is like (John Cena) a real champ. but in real wrestling..

[@138Kingpin]

Once a driller always a driller

[@energyexecs]

.Reza Yazdani is Height: 5′ 8″, Weight: 212 lbs = tank = World Champion.

[@GBDazzler]

they wrestled in world cup(team event) a few times and everytime iran beat them easily.

[@caveman726]

Damn! What a BULL

[@toddcosta8192]

I was surprised to see Varner win gold, but good for him anyway. I thought Jake Herbert would medal, but he was on the tough side to the bracket. I also thought Simmons is and was better than Haze and had a better chance to medal. Varner is so defensive, I wish he would open up more because it seems like he can score when he opens up. He is and always will be an olympic champ now and to the end of time, its the books so to speak.

[@BitTheBulletNow]

Damn!!!!!!Reza legs are big

[@ШамильГаджиев-б4б]

Порвал иранец действующего Олимпийского чемпиона на тот момент

[@asdfghjkldfghjhgcgyuigfyui9792]

never seen varner get handled like this

[@ShogunRuaFights]

Exactly and you got this guy coming here trying to rub it in like Varner just pinned Yazdani in the final lol.. If I would rank the division I wouldn't even put Varner in the top 5, and very low on Top 10... but either way he's the Olympic champ now, so let the Americans blow smoke up each others asses and enjoy the moment.

[@arzhangemamifar7702]

i mean , it was like man and a boy . what else did Yazdani NOT do with him i say.... did you catch that at 00:32 reza was getting out of bounds and puts Jake down with one Arm only??? check it out again and see the MAN . IT WAS A " ALL WRESTLING TECHNIQUES COLLECTION MATCH UP ".

[@spoonce]

guess what, the fact is that yazdani did get hurt and varner did place first at the most important tournament of every 4 years. the odds are very good that yazdani would have beaten varner, but there's always a small chance varner would have had the match of a lifetime and still win. how many people picked azgarov over kudukhov before the tournament? please tell me that. yet give credit where it's due, both of them won

[@thepr1ntgnome430]

Really sad how injury destroyed yazdanis career, otherwise he would be olympic champ for sure

[@yggiz06]

So much hate...it's sad really. The kid WON the olympics. I admit it's a shame Yazdani was injured, but give credit where it's due. He's young too, and can get better. Could beat the living shit out of any of our asses, that's for sure.

[@GBDazzler]

Not to mention gogshelidze gifted it him, should've handled him like he did in the 1st period.

[@توبهنصوح-ط1م]

Tiger of my area

[@HayabusaPlay]

wrestling is a traditional sport of iran yo, actually it comes from iran, so you dont expect us to fight like pussies

[@GBDazzler]

Yazdani blew his knee and all the best wrestlers were beaten by yazdani and were on his side of the draw, only tough guy varner wrestled was gogshelidze and he himself had a torn acl.

[@Villanforsome]

Varner winning gold was probably the biggest fluke of this Olympics. Only good wrestler he beat was old Gogshelidze with a torn ligament.

[@Lions4322]

43 year old man, sitting behind the computer acting tough.. Nice life, fam.

[@سورنااحمدی-ه6ي]

واقعا پلنگی بود

[@GodKing5]

holy crap, ive never seen varner get beat so bad. where was reza in the olympics or was this just a bad match by varner

[@bobklein571]

GodKing5 he's been Tech fault twice by azadani

[@Ninjass4Life]

Wow I watched the olympics and thats all I can say. I saw the bracket and I said wow it almost looked like a set up to get the American to the final. This guy is nowhere close to being even the top 5 in his weight class. Gatsalov and Yazdani where there lol. This Olympic was BS.

[@mostafakaraji4592]

پلنگ خشمگین

[@buffbag32]

I meant Iran vs Russia

[@mostafakaraji4592]

هل من مباااااااااااااارز

[@JUSTINTRIPjl]

I have noticed your user name, and much Jake Varner bothers you. I sounds like you aren't from America so at that I feel as though you are just trying to find excuses. Shogun needs to retire by the way.

[@IAM-hs1yg]

Jake Varner, NO WRESTLING MEANER, HE SHOULD QUIT WRESTLING.

[@chrispieters9488]

Oh dear. 1:48 against the hinge!!!!!! Poor refereeing!! Clever Reza!! US wrestler is so impatient!! How did he get to the WC?

[@isayevra]

I STILL CANT BELIEVE THAT VERNER WON A GOLD MEDAL. LUCKY PRICK! GADISOV AND YAZDANI ARE SO MUCH BETTER. MUSLIMS WRESTLING DOMINATES ! ALLAH AKBAR

[@yggiz06]

Well said brother. There are cheap words coming from idiots in both countries. Lets just hope the rest of us "smart" people make up for their foulness.

[@satiar-mirshafiei]

ماشالا پلنگ جویبار

[@Diablo6Diablo]

Just watch the TRUE OLYMPIC CHAMPION AT 5:10 in action and be quiet please. Varner would be ranked 12 in Russia alone !

[@vusal.aliyev597]

hoqqa verire)

[@JUSTINTRIPjl]

I want to see Jon Jones wrestle greco roman in the Olympics. I want to see how Ben Askren also does.

[@kallikilla3026]

Iran is #1. always will be

[@impsire]

Jesus Quintana? Is that you?

[@yggiz06]

We need to switch to freestyle/greco at the high school level in my opinion...either that or have the rest of the world switch to folkstyle, haha.

[@thechocolatebunny77]

ISU supreme!

[@TalaBaIa]

IRAN

[@yggiz06]

Actually Russia is the top wrestling nation internationally. But yes, Iran is very good too...and the USA is right behind you guys ;)

[@mostafakaraji4592]

Angry Panther

[@swimhurl]

Ok never mind...just watched the 2nd period lol

[@gageherron9661]

Mohamad, wrestling comes from Greece.

[@ohajijoiner9322]

***** greece dude

[@HayabusaPlay]

othello joiner LOL greece ? iran's one of the oldest countries that have practicing wrestling, so be quite.

[@ohajijoiner9322]

greece not iran was before iran b.c.

[@ohajijoiner9322]

300 b.c.

[@gageherron9661]

I guess if you really wanted to get technical Soroush wrestling never originated in Iran because cave drawings depicting wrestling are dated at 15,000 plus years old.

[@GBDazzler]

Guess what genius only 1 wrestler from a country can enter hence why saidov, muradov or akhmedov weren't in it otherwise they would've beat varner, saidov and akhmedov already have, and no they would be more deserving than varner, had varner been in the bottom bracket he wouldn't have made the bronze medal match.

[@GBDazzler]

Slay beat satiev, varner didn't wrestle anybody other than an injured gogshelidze.

[@swimhurl]

The difference between these two isn't that great....Varner took a horrible shot in the first period and Yazdani got an easy point.

[@hellgate1981]

well......now we see why Warner never does any offense when he wrestles --- he stinks! When forced to grapple..........he ain't got it

[@bo2780]

damn jake varner got hos ass kicked by the iranian and he still won gold wtf

[@yggiz06]

you mean like Jordan Burroughs defreating an Iranian wrestler in 2011 and 2012 for a world championship and olympic gold? There's no need to compare the two countries based on a sport any ways. If you want to do that, but 24 Iranians in football (american football) pads and have them play an NFL team in that sport. Shit, have them play a really good high school team and they would get their asses handed to them. See how dumb that sounds though? You probably never wrestled anyways...

[@Lions4322]

If you knew shit about Iran, you would know that Iran ain`t no North-Korea. He would probably go back where he was before this olympics. And really, no need to act as Mr.Obvious, we all know Varner won it. I won`t discuss if he should have won it. The End, go to sleep now.

[@the103wrestling]

USA USA USA

[@samanmm]

LOL Varner himself probably knows he aint the best 96kg in the world, otherwise he is delusional.

[@h.schikhan5850]

Hi,s a bist

[@bobklein1665]

Varner a bad loser, just got totally destroyed and could not handle it

[@latifzad]

mashala iran

[@bo2780]

ass kicked *

[@ALLSTARAZ]

WTF Varner? - Nice helicopter 8th grade go behind?????

[@GBDazzler]

Varner is nowhere near the best wrestler in the world it's embarrasing he's olympic champ, Yazdani, gazyumov, sheikov, gadisov, gatsalov, saidov, balci, muradov, akhmedov etc are all better than him, just shows the olympics is a complete joke of a competition.

[@TcpiLz]

Lol... USA ! USA ! USA!!!