16 wrestlers who defeated their opponent in the 661. Historical Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling head wrestling second round competition advanced to the next round. Ali Gürbüz, who is on the way to become the eternal owner of the golden belt, lost to Mehmet Yeşil Yeşil in the 2nd round and was eliminated. The chief wrestlers matched by drawing lots from the ball.
According to the draw, the 2nd round pairings were as follows:
Süleyman Başar-Orhan School, Mehmet Yeşil Yeşil-Ali Gürbüz, Süleyman Aykırı-Serhat Gökmen, Abdullah Güngör-Mustafa Batu, Mustafa Taş-Faruk Akkoyun, Hüseyin Gümüşalan-İsmail Koç, Hamza Köseoğlu-Yusuf Can Zeybek, İsmail Balaban-Atilla Güzel, İsmail Erkal-Fatih Atlı, Osman Aynur-Özkan Yılmaz, Tanju Gemici-Şaban Yılmaz.
Ertuğrul Dağdeviren, Cengizhan Şimşek, Recep Kara, Yalçın Öncül, Semih Turgut had their names written to 16 without wrestling due to the draw number they drew.
22 chief wrestlers got into wrestling after they were saluted
The earliest match of the tour ended between Yusuf Can Zeybek and Hamza Köseoğlu. Zeybek suppressed his opponent from the first minutes of the match and captured the victory in the 7th minute.
The “early final” came in the second round
The most curious match was the “early final” match with Ali Gürbüz, who was on the way to the golden belt, and Mehmet Yeşil Yeşil.
Mehmet Yeşil Yeşil was the winner in these competitions of two wrestlers from Antalya who met in the 2010 final and 2016 semi-finals in Kırkpınar.
In the first minutes of the match, Mehmet Yesil Yesil showed an active wrestling, while he made great efforts to prevent Ali Gurbuz from holding the hoop. In the next minutes of the wrestling, Mehmet Yesil Yesil reduced the tempo of the wrestling as a tactic, and the tower referee gave a warning to Yesil for this reason.
Two wrestlers could not win in the regular time.
In the scoring section, where the scorer will win, the wrestling was animated by Ali Gürbüz’s attacks of diving into the pulley. Mehmet Yeşil Yeşil was given two warnings for wrestling passively in this episode.
Mehmet Yeşil Yeşil attacked and defeated Ali Gürbüz in the 56th minute of the match.
Saban Yılmaz bids farewell to Kırkpınar with a red card
The fight between Tanju Gemici and Şaban Yılmaz also stopped due to the tension experienced from time to time.
Şaban Yılmaz, who received a yellow card for foul wrestling, was disqualified with a second yellow card for drinking water during the match as per the rules. After the red card decision, gatherings and objections took place in front of the tower referee.
Şaban Yılmaz bid farewell to Kırkpınar with a red card due to the age rule.
At the end of the competitions, Yusuf Can Zeybek, İsmail Balaban, Orhan School, Serhat Gökmen, Osman Aynur, Tanju Gemici, Hüseyin Gümüşalan, Mehmet Yeşil Yeşil, Mustafa Taş, Mustafa Batu, Fatih Atlı, Ertuğrul Dağdeviren, Cengizhan Şimşek, Recep Kara, Yalçın Öncül, Semih Turgut advanced to the third round.