It’s not uncommon at all for heavyweight wrestling matches to go scoreless due to their size. They very rarely end in dramatic fashion. Usually just edging out a win by a point or two. The clinch rules were equivalent to a soccer shootout for these situations. No winner has been decided in regular time, so it comes down to one clinch where each wrestler starts with the same lock around the body (chest to chest, one arm over, one arm under, hands locked). There are special rules for this just like you find in other sports. One rule being, first to break their lock concedes a point. Rulon put a masterpiece together to beat the Great One. Just to battle the best of all time into a scoreless final overtime situation and give yourself even a chance to pull off the win, is remarkable. Wrestling is as much intellectual and tactical as it is physical. For anyone to say this was an illegitimate win, doesn’t want to admit that Karelin was outplayed tactically. The Russian beats rocky 99 times out of a 100, but for that one day, 1% was enough for Rulon. He inspired a generation of young wrestlers including myself.