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.
What did you think?
About Jamie Reidy
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.