'Thunder God' Zakhar dominates the wrestling ring, netizens call on Vietnamese experts to challenge him

Zakhar Dzmitrychenka has become a sensation on social media after continuously participating in wrestling at traditional festivals in the early spring of At Ty 2025. After the Belarusian MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter continuously defeated Vietnamese wrestlers in friendly matches, the online community waited for Vietnamese masters to "fight".

Many athletes and former athletes of wrestling and MMA were named such as Can Tat Du, Ha Van Hieu, Pham Van Nam... Among them, Ha Van Hieu with the nickname "Giant Hieu" is a famous face in the village wrestling rings and is mentioned the most.

Zakhar interacts at a wrestling arena in Hanoi . (Photo: Grappling Vietnam)

The SEA Games champion said that this competition is entirely possible because the northern provinces still have many village festivals featuring traditional wrestling. Zakhar will stay in Hanoi until the end of February and continue to visit festival locations to exchange and learn more about Vietnam's traditional wrestling culture.

A few days ago, Zakhar attended an event in Bac Ninh with Ha Van present. However, at that time, the famous Vietnamese wrestler was acting as an organizer so he did not participate in the competition.

Zakhar Dzmitrychenka is nicknamed "Thunder God" by the online community with his tall, muscular body and blond hair like the character Thor in Marvel movies and comics. The 1997-born boxer's forte is classical wrestling and traditional Central Asian wrestling, which has many differences compared to Vietnamese traditional wrestling. Therefore, when fighting with local wrestling masters, the Belarusian boxer will not win as easily as when fighting with "village boys".

At the recent Chau Phong festival (Hanoi), Zakhar Dzmitrychenka competed with Nguyen The Cu - a professional wrestler who has won the national championship many times. After 17 minutes of exchange, the two sides were in a draw.

Xiao Ming

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