In the Azerbaijan Greco-Roman wrestling championship in the 97 kg. weight category, Murad Ahmadiyev, who defeated Mahammad Ahmadiyev in the final (3:1) and became the champion, gave an interview to journalists.

Offsideplus.az presents the interview:

- The first part did not go as I wanted, in the second part I increased it a little and put it in the ground position. I won 2 points with a flip on the ground. I won with a score of 3:1 and became the champion.

- In the final, your brother turned out to be your opponent...

- Yes. It seems that this is the first time in the history of Greco-Roman wrestling that two brothers faced each other in the final of the Azerbaijan championship.

- Everyone expected that brother would compromise brother, but it turned out that way...

- No matter how many brothers we are, brotherhood does not exist on the mat. There was no talk of compromising between us. We had to wrestle and whoever was stronger had to win.

- Would you like to face your brother on the mat again?

- No (laughs). I wouldn't want to face each other again.

- Did you promise each other before the competition that you would reach the final?

- Yes, we prepared well. My brother was in one group, and I was in the lower group. We knew that we would be able to meet in the final. Fate happened, we came face to face.

- Is one of the two brothers thinking of changing weight classes?

- No. The upper weight class is 130 kg., and the lower is 97 kg. My brother and I weigh 100 kg. We can't change our weight, so we both wrestle at 97 kg.

- How would you assess the competition at the championship?

- There were very strong wrestlers in our weight class. Today we were strong and won.

- What is the next goal?

- The European Championship will be in April. Hopefully, we will prepare for it, the goal is to win.