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Poullas is a former collegiate wrestler who rose to fame by offering random people $1,000 to take him down. Poullas faced Tsarukyan, who is considered among the best wrestlers in the UFC, in a freestyle wrestling match at RAF 6 last weekend.
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Poullas started slapping Tsarukyan, poking his eyes, and grabbing his fingers from the beginning of the match. Askren, a former Olympian, expressed his thoughts while watching the match live. Askren thinks Poullas is an average wrestler who was afraid of getting exposed against Tsarukyan. “Funky” predicted that Poullas’ best chance to win was to make Tsarukyan angry enough to get him disqualified.
Average at Best
“Georgio is a very average wrestler,” Askren said. “If you look at his college record, it’s not very good. And I think he’s afraid of getting exposed. And I think his best way to win is to get Arman mad and get him disqualified. That’s what I think his strategy is. Then maybe Georgio could still claim he is a good wrestler.”
Poullas was penalized on points and also had his fingers taped after trying to grab Tsarukyan’s fingers. Askren thought Poullas was trying to get some rest as he tired out quicker because of alleged steroid use. Meanwhile, Chael Sonnen, who was a part of the commentary team and has been caught using PEDs, caught a stray from Askren.
“I think he is trying to get a little extra rest right now, because those steroids don’t help you go for long,” Askren said. “… Chael knows about this. Chael what do you think?”
Tsarukyan managed to maintain his composure until the end of the match, which he won by points. “Ahalkalakets” then landed a clean punch on Poullas, leading to utter chaos in the entire arena.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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