Jamie Reidy shares an impressive video of the biggest wrestling match of the year in Senegal.
This match between Yekini and Balla Gaye 2 mixes sumo, MMA and voodoo.
In Senegal, athletes at this level only wrestle once a year. Heck, even Manny Pacquiao fights twice a year.
The entire nation focuses on this bout. Like, everything stops. You can read all about it in this NY Times article by Nicholas Loomis.
http://youtu.be/sbqfW9pV3Ro
What did you think?
I stayed in Senegal for around a year in the 90s. I really like Africa … but don’t know enough about wrestling to give an opinion on it.