A bout between Georgian and Ukrainian individuals on the Yasar Dogu freestyle wrestling event in Turkey was a boxing battle which escalated into an enormous mass brawl, with coaches and workers members concerned.
A semifinal battle within the males’s below 79kg class between Georgian athlete Zurab Erbotsanashvili and Khasan Zakariev took an surprising flip when conventional wrestling was changed with a fierce fist battle on the mat.
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The brutal scuffle broke out after the Ukranian slapped his opponent within the face scary Erbotsanashvili to answer with a number of punches.
Zakariev’s coach who witnessed the brutal scenes was fast to react operating onto the mat and knocking the Georgian rival onto the bottom.
The duel shortly escalated into an uncontrollable mass brawl with members of each groups flooding the ring to ‘shield’ their individuals.
The scuffle which interrupted the battle was stopped with the assistance of referees who have been compelled to intrude.
Each wrestlers prematurely completed their performances in Istanbul as they have been disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct proper after the incident.
