Iranian grappler wins Grappling World Champs

In the final match, Fahimi defeated his Polish rival and won the championships.

Due to injury in his leg, Iran's Salar Delfani was overpowered by Russia grappler and received a silver medal.

Grappling World Championships was held in two sections of GI and NO GI on October 18-21 in Baku.

Iranian male team attended the event in two fields of GI and NO GI and the female team in GI section.

In hand-to-hand combat, grappling is a close fighting technique used to gain a physical advantage such as improving relative position, or causing injury to the opponent. Grappling covers techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial arts that are practiced both as combat sports and for self-defense.

Grappling most commonly does not include striking or the use of weapons. However, some fighting styles or martial arts known especially for their grappling techniques teach tactics that include strikes and weapons either alongside grappling or combined with it.

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