#ThrowBackThursday

#TBT: Monday Stops Fadzaev From Winning Fifth World Title

By Eric Olanowski

In a battle of reigning Olympic champions, Kenny MONDAY ?? defeated Arsen FADZAEV ?? in the 74kg gold-medal match at the ’89 World Championships. At the time of their meeting in Martigny, Switzerland, Fadzaev won world titles in ’83, ’85, ’86, ’87 and a gold medal at the ’88 Seoul Olympic. After the loss to Monday in ’89, he rebounded and went on to win additional world titles in ’90 and ’91 and a second Olympic gold in ’92.

#WrestleBudapest

#WrestleBudapest Day Two Finals Preview Show

By Eric Olanowski

Tuesday night’s European finals will be highlighted by the Individual World Cup semifinal rematch between three-time world champ Haji ALIYEV ?? and world bronze-medal winner Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV ?? at 65kg.

Tonight's freestyle finals kick off at 18:00 (?? local time) on www.uww.org.

Day Two Finals:
- 57kg: Vladimir EGOROV ?? vs. Aliabbas RZAZADE ??
- 65kg: Haji ALIYEV ?? vs. Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV ??
- 70kg: Zurabi IAKOBISHVILI ?? vs. Arman ANDREASYAN ??
- 79kg: Ashraf ASHIROV ?? vs. Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS ??
- 97kg: Vladislav BAITSAEV ??vs. Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV ??