These are the Kings of the Mountain, the Mightiest of the Mighty.
Şoban Yilmas
Champion for 2005
Video Grabs
Part One opens the following year’s Kirkpinar. The famous Topkapi Palace band opens the tournament, then it’s back again to the sweat and spectacle of the world’s most uninhibited and unyielding scrappers. This tape captures both the fights and the pre-combat ritual of the Turks before they tie up. We have identified some standouts, and follow their climb up the elimination ladder toward Kirkpinar glory.
Images from Turk Fights #02, Part 1
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