Budapest – Three years after being forced to refuse to fight Israeli Sagi Muki, judoka Saeid Mollaei, a former Iranian turned Azerbaijani, faced his opponent on Saturday at the Grand Slam Hungary.
Mollaei, 30, won in the third round of the tournament, and the two men, who had become friends, hugged after the fight.
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