swap_horiz Aba Wrestling Alternatives

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Oil Wrestling

Oil wrestling, known in Turkish as yağlı güreş, is a traditional Turkish sport in which competitors wrestle while coated...

Traditional Festival Turkish Grappling

7.72 Good

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Kazakh Küres

Kazakh Küres, also written Kazakh Kuresi, is a traditional jacket-wrestling style from Kazakhstan. Competitors wrestle w...

Traditional Grappling Wrestling Kazakh

7.58 Good

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Lutte Traditionnelle

Lutte Traditionnelle is a style of folk wrestling native to West Africa, featuring distinct regional variations such as...

Traditional Folk African Grappling

7.20 Good

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Kuresh

Kuresh (also spelled koresh, kurash, or köräş) refers to a family of traditional belt-wrestling styles practiced across...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

7.08 Good

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Belt Wrestling

Belt wrestling is a family of grappling sports in which competitors maintain a prescribed grip on an opponent's belt, sa...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

7.05 Good

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Turkish Karakucak

Karakucak is a traditional Turkish folk-wrestling style practiced in outdoor competitions and regional festivals. Wrestl...

Traditional Folk Turkish Grappling

7.05 Good

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Mongolian Khapsagai

Mongolian Khapsagai is a Mongolian folk wrestling style, notable for stand-up bouts in which touching the ground with an...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

6.95 Fair

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Karakucak Wrestling

Karakucak is a traditional Turkish form of folk wrestling practiced at festivals and organized competitions. Wrestlers c...

Traditional Folk Turkish Grappling

6.84 Fair

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Tatar Koresh

Tatar Koresh is a traditional form of belt wrestling originating from the Tatar people of the Volga-Ural region in Russi...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

6.74 Fair

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Gatta Gusthi

Gatta Gusthi is a traditional submission-wrestling style associated with Kerala, India. Bouts take place in a godha, a p...

Indian Traditional Folk Grappling

6.70 Fair

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Kyrgyz Kurosh

Kyrgyz Kurosh is a traditional Kyrgyz standing-wrestling style in which opponents hold one another’s belts and try to th...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

6.66 Fair

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Kushti

Kushti is a traditional style of wrestling practiced in the Indian subcontinent, particularly in India and Pakistan. Wre...

Indian Traditional Grappling Wrestling

6.62 Fair

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Malakhra

Malakhra is a traditional belt-wrestling style associated with Sindh in Pakistan. During a bout, wrestlers grip a belt o...

Traditional Belt Grappling Wrestling

6.20 Fair

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Leonese Wrestling

Leonese wrestling, or lucha leonesa and aluche, is a traditional belt-wrestling style from León Province and nearby cult...

Spanish Traditional Belt Grappling

6.18 Fair

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Ristynes

Ristynes is a Lithuanian folk wrestling tradition. It was popular from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century an...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

6.04 Fair

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Pahlavani

Pahlavani is an Iranian martial and physical training tradition practiced in the zurkhaneh, or house of strength. Its tr...

Traditional Iranian Grappling Wrestling

5.98 Mediocre

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Boli Khela

Boli Khela is a traditional form of Bengali wrestling associated with Chittagong, Bangladesh. Competitors grapple in an...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

5.96 Mediocre

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Mukna

Mukna is a traditional Meitei folk wrestling style from Manipur, India. It is associated with the Lai Haraoba festival a...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

5.88 Mediocre

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Inbuan Wrestling

Inbuan wrestling is a traditional Mizo wrestling style associated with Mizoram in northeastern India. Matches generally...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

5.79 Mediocre

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Turkish Oil Wrestling

Turkish oil wrestling, or yağlı güreş, is a traditional wrestling style in which competitors cover their bodies with oli...

Traditional Turkish Grappling Oil

5.70 Mediocre