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I knew that Fadzaev had gone up to 74 kg in 1989 and won the Soviet Nationals but was unaware that he was up at 74 kg for the 1990 Nationals as well. Anyway, a good friend sent me these matches.

Arsen Fadzaev v. Adlan Varaev 1 1990 Soviet Nationals


Arsen Fadzaev v. Nasir Gadjikhanov 1990 Soviet Nationals


Arsen Fadzaev v. Adlan Varaev 2 1990 Soviet Nationals

5pointcrossankle

Not as entertaining as some of fadzaevs other matches but a great find indeed, thanks quick.

bert kops

Very nice post!

Thanks!

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This footage is a rare because a) it was held in the Buryat Republic (E. Siberia) and was most likely not filmed or televised and b) very few Russians owned a cam-corder ca. 1990.

Interesting because Gadjikhanov should have been World champ that year, he screwed up in his match against the Bulgarian Sofiyadi (Sukra) in the World Finals. And at the 1991 Worlds Gadjikhanov was in a double DQ match with Monday (score 0-0). Just shows you how great Fadzaev actually was.

Fadzaev was down at 149 for the Worlds that year and didn't surrender a single point. Amazing.

BTW I'm still trying to figure out how Fadzaev won the match against Gadjikhanov. I know he was penalized for grabbing Fadzaev's singlet, but was that his 3rd caution or something and thus DQ'ed? Because the match ended 1-1 and it should have been OT.

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Here's another interesting one:

Arsen Fadzaev v. Alexander Leipold 1989 World Championships

henry

Same mistake twice by Leipold.

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Arsen Fadzaev v. Buyandelger Bold 1985 World Championships