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Originally Posted by themaiden
Ughh no Pehlwani wrestling isnt better than catch wrestling. Goho was just a once in a century specimen just like Ad Santel was an incredible grappling prodigy. The point here is that grappling at a high level isnt about styles anymore but actually about the fighter.
Ito did beat Santel in their second match so your argument goes out the window anyway.
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The techniques are not superior, but the training (or more correctly, the conditioning) the fighters receive is more intense, and therefore, the fighters are heartier that most catch wrestlers or judokai. From what I have read, Pehlwani wrestlers train 8-12 hours a day from the time they are children. That is pretty hardcore conditioning...but impractical for MMA.
As for Ito winning in the rematch, I hadn't read that, and I don't think you supplied a source, although you looked be directly quoting from somewhere. Where did you pull that data from?
What read said Santel was never beaten by a Kodokan representative.