Reza Dilmaghanian: Mixed Martial and Armwrestling Art (part 2) 07:00 08/19/2016 Is it easy to be a sportsman and a referee at the same time? Reza Dilmaghanian answers in the second part of the interview. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. Why did you decided to be a referee? I became a referee because I was losing to the same people over and over again. This was about two years into my arm wrestling. So I felt the only way to understand how they manipulated me was to ref, to see how they manipulated others up close... Reffing and arm wrestling have their own separate challenges. When I ref, I’m nobody else. I pretend I don’t know anyone at the table. I’m clear, straight forward and stern. I believe communication is an athlete’s best tool to working with the refs... Arm wrestling is a complement to my martial arts in my opinion. And I love arm wrestling. The action of testing your mind along with muscle memory has always fascinated me to train. What is harder – to be