Amateur Wrestling/ Freestyle Wrestling Thread

Seeing  how Wrestling is one of the most popular bases in MMA, i thought that it would be goof if i started a thread that  would allow for people to understand and follow the storylines and techniques at the highest level collegiate and international level competition.  I will create a Ranking system and give scouting reports of the top 10 guys at each weight class and provide updated weekly rankings every Monday. The first event i'm covering is NWCA National dual finals between Iowa and Missouri. 

* Edited at 02.22.2015, 12:29 AM ET *

61kg – Men’s Freestyle
GOLD: No.1 Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) df. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO), 13-8
BRONZE: 12@ 65kg. Haji ALIEV (AZE) df. No.14 Muenir Recep AKTAS (TUR), 10-2
BRONZE: Radoslav VELIKOV (BUL) df. Vasyl SHUPTAR (UKR) by TF< 11-0

Semifinal: No.1 Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) df. 12@ 65kg. Haji ALIEV (AZE), 5-2
Semifinal: Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) df. Radoslav VELIKOV (BUL) by TF, 10-0

70kg – Men’s Freestyle
GOLD: No.13 Magomedrasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) df. No.2 Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL), 2-1
BRONZE: No.3 Yakup GOR (TUR) df. Zour EFENDIEV (SRB) by TF, 17-6
BRONZE: No.10 Ruslan DIBIRGADZHIYEV (AZE) df. Davit TLASHADZE (GEO), 6-2 

Semifinal: No.13 Magomedrasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) df. No.3 Yakup GOR (TUR), 6-0
Semifinal: No.2 Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) df. Davit TLASHADZE (GEO) by TF, 10-0

86kg – Men’s Freestyle 
GOLD: Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) df. Piotr IANULOV (MDA) by TF, 11-0
BRONZE: No.9 Radislow MARCINKIEW (POL) df. Nurmagomed QADJIYEV (AZE), 5-3
BRONZE: Sandro AMINASHVILI (GEO) df. Istvan VEREB (HUN), 3-2

Semifinals: Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) df. No.9 Radislow MARCINKIEW (POL) by TF, 10-0
Semifinals: Piotr IANULOV (MDA) df. Sandro AMINASHVILI (GEO), 5-3

125kg – Men’s Freestyle
GOLD: No.1 Taha AKGUL (TUR) df. Alexsi SHEMAROV (BLR), 6-0
BRONZE: No.16 Geno PETRIASHVILLI (GEO) df. Levan BERIANIDZE (ARM), 5-0
BRONZE:  No.14 Jamalladin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) df. No.20 Soslan GAGLOEV (SVK), 6-2

Semifinal: Alexsi SHEMAROV (BLR) df. No.16 Geno PETRIASHVILLI (GEO) by criteria, 5-5
Semifinal: No.1 Taha AKGUL (TUR) df. No.20 Soslan GAGLOEV (SVK) by FALL
57kg – Men’s Freestyle
GOLD: No.5 Viktor LEBEDEV (RUS) df. Marcel EWALD (GER), 8-0
BRONZE: Alexandru CHIRTOACA (MDA) df. Islam ISLAMAJ (ALB) by TF, 10-0- 
BRONZE:  No.12 Sezar AKGUL (TUR) df. Yashar ALIYEV (AZE) by FALL

Semifinals: Marcel EWALD (GER) df. Islam ISLAMAJ (ALB) by TF, 10-0 (Replacement for above semifinal)
Semifinals: No.5 Viktor LEBEDEV (RUS) df. Yashar ALIYEV (AZE)

65kg – Men’s Freestyle
GOLD: No.17 Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) df. No.10 Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) by FALL
BRONZE: No.9 Mustafa KAYA (TUR) df. George BUCUR (ROU) by TF, 10-0
BRONZE:  Ilias BEKBULATOV (RUS) df. No.7 Azamat NURIKOV (BLR), 6-0

Semifinals: No.10 Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) df. George BUCUR (ROU), 5-4
Semifinals: No.17 Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) df. No.7 Azamat NURIKOV (BLR), 7-2

74kg – Men’s Freestyle
GOLD: Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) df. No.12 Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) by TF, 10-0
BRONZE: No.11 Yabrail HASANOV (AZE) df. Kiril TERZIEV (BUL), 9-0
BRONZE: Jumber KVELASHVILI (GEO) df. Ali SHABANAU (BLR), 6-5

Semifinals: No.12 Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) v. Kiril TERZIEV (BUL), 6-3
Semifinals: Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) df. Jumber KVELASHVILI (GEO) by FALL

97kg – Men’s Freestyle
GOLD: No.2 Khetag GAZYUMOV (AZE) df. No.7 Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO), 3-1
BRONZE: Valerii ANDRIITSEV (UKR) df. Jozef JALOVIAR (SVK) by TF, 10-0
BRONZE: No.1 Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) df. No.14 Radoslaw BARAN (POL), 4-0

Semifinals: No.7 Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) df. Valerii ANDRIITSEV (UKR), 4-3
Semifinals: No.2 Khetag GAZYUMOV (AZE) df. No.1 Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS), 4-2

1. Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (1)
2. Haji Aliyev(World Number 1)
3. Masoud Esmailpour*(Didn't win nationals won't represent Iran at worlds.)
Voldoya Frangulyan5. Dyamal Otarsultanov
6. Bekkhan Goigereev
7. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) – Asia No.1 (11)
8. Behnam Ehsanpoor(Iran's world rep this year, beat Haji Aliyev at world cup)
9. Bajrang BAJRANG (IND) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (6)
10.ENKHSAIKHAN Nyam-Ochir
11. Iman SADEGHIKOUKANDEH (IRI) – Paris GP No.1 (8)(placed fifth at Iranian nationals)
12. Krzysztof BIENKOWSKI (POL) – Paris GP No.2 (10)
13. Artas SANAA (KAZ) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (12)(fifth place at worlds to ENKHSAIKHAN)
14. Muenir Recep AKTAS (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (14)
15. Murshid MUTALIMOV (RUS) – Olympia No.1 (19)
16. Andrei PERPELITA (MDA) – Olympia No.2 (18)(fifth placer at worlds)
17. Rustam AMPAR (RUS) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (16)
18. Vladimir DUBOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (17)
19. Nomin BATBOLD (MGL) – Asia No.3 (19)
20. Abdelrahim SAYED (ALG) – Africa No.1 (nr)

* Edited at 06.19.2015, 11:41 AM ET *

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57 KG'S: Hassan Rahimi is your man(2013 world champ, 2014 bronze medalist, #8 in the world right now)
61 KG: Behnam Ehsanpour(world cup champ this year, beat Haji Aliyev and Coleman Scott there.)
65 KG's: Sayed Mohammadi(World runner-up last year)
70 KG's: Hassan Yazdani(2014 junior world champion, beat Pico in finals, has wins ove #2  Gadziev(POL), #11 Marable, and one over Israil Kasumov i believe as well.
74 KG's:  Alieza Quesami(IDK his credentials but he beat 2013 world runner-up Ezzatollah Akbari so he's pretty good.)
86 KG's: Alireza Karimemachiani(beat #2 in the world Meisam Moustafa Joukar and finished ahead of world bronze medalist Mohammad Mohammadian, is a 2014 junior world champ,  a 2011 cadet worlds runner-up, and 2013 and 2014 asian championship winner 2013 at juniors.)
97 KG's: Reza Yazdani
125 KG's: Parviz Hadi(finished ahead of 2014 world runner-up Khomeil Ghasemi)

1. Sayed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) – World No.2 (1)
2. Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.2 (2)
3. Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) – World No.1 (3)
4. Magomed MUSLIMOV (AZE) – Paris GP No.1 (4)
5. Brent METCALF (USA) – World Cup No.1 (5)
6. GANZORIG Mandakhnaran (MGL) – Asia No.3 (6)
7. Azamat NURIKOV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (7)
8. Borislav NOVACHKOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (8)
9. Mustafa KAYA (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (9)
10. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) – Europe U23s No.1 (10)
11. Ilyas BEKBULATOV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (11)
12. Haji ALIEV (AZE) – Paris GP No.3 (13)
13. Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS) – Olympia No.1 (nr)
14. Mihail SAVA (MDA) – Olympia No.2 (14)
15. Tomotsugu ISHIDA (JPN) – Asia No.2 (20)
16. Alexandr KONTOEV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (12)
17. Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) – World Cup No.3 (15)
18. Yogeshwar DUTT (IND) – Asian Games No.1 (16)
19. Jordan OLIVER (USA) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (19)
20. Jean Bernard DIATTA (SEN) – Africa No.1 (nr)

1. Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (2)
3. Yakup GOR (TUR) – World No.2 (3)
4. Israil KASUMOV (RUS) – World Cup No.1 (4)
5. Bekzod ABDURAKHMANOV (UZB) – Asia No.1 (9)
6. Zelimkhan YUSUPOV (TJK) – Asia No.2 (5)
7. Hassan YAZDANI CHARATI (IRI) – World Cup No.2 (6)
8. Evgheni NEDEALCO (MDA) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (8)
9. Rasul ARSANALIEV (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (7)
10. Ruslan DIBIRGADZHIYEV (AZE) – Paris GP No.3 (10)
11. Nicholas MARABLE (USA) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (11)
12. Rasul DZUKAEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (12)
13. Magomed GADZHIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.1 (13)
14. Andrey KARPACH (BLR) – European U23s No.3 (14)
15. Dustin SCHLATTER (USA) – Pan America No.1 (15)
16. Miroslav KIROV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (17)
17. Dejan MITROV (MKD) – Macedonia Pearl No.1 (nr)
18. Saeed DADASHPOUR (IRI) – Yarygin GP No.2 (16)
19. Elaman DOGDURUBEK UULU (KGZ) – Asia No.3 (nr)
20. Takafumi KOJIMA (JPN) – Asia No.3 (nr)

1. Denis TSARGUSH (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) – World Cup No.1 (2)
3. Livan LOPEZ AZCUY (CUB) – World Cup No.2 (3)
4. Peyman YARAHMADI (IRI) – Asia No.1 (9)
5. Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) – Asia No.3 (5)
6. Sosuke TAKATANI (JPN) – World No.2 (4)
7. Akhmed GADZHIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (6)
8. Jumber KVELASHVILI (GEO) – Takhti Cup No.2 (7)
9. Krystian BRZOZOWSKI (POL) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (8)
10. Morteza REZAEI GALEH (IRI) – World Cup No.3 (10)
11. Yabrail HASANOV (AZE) – World Cup No.4 (11)
12. Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (12)
13. Ali SHABANOV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (13)
14. Yakob MAKARASHVILI (GEO) – Medved Prizes No.2 (14)
15. Daisuke SHIMADA (JPN) – Asia No.2 (nr)
16. Narasingh YADAV (IND) – Asia No.3 (nr)
17. Zurab ERBOTSONASHVILI (GEO) – European U23s No.1 (16)
18. Grigor GRIGORYAN (ARM) – European U23s No.2 (17)
19. Georgi ZLATOV (BUL) – Macedonian Pearl No.1 (nr)
20. Augusto MIDANA (GBS) – Africa No.1 (nr)

1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) - World No.1 (1)
2. Meisam MOSTAFA JOUKAR (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (2)
3. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (3)
4. Mohammad MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) – World No.3 (3)
5. Aleksandr HUSHTYN (BLR) – European U23s No.1 (5)
6. Shamil KUDIYAMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – European U23s No.3 (6)
7. Alireza KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI) – Asia No.1 (11)
8. Dauren KURUGLIEV (RUS) – World Cup No.1 (12)
9. Radoslaw MARCINKIEWICZ (POL) – Oueslati Memorial No.1 (10)
10. Atsushi MATSUMOTO (JPN) – Asia No.2 (14)
11. Selim YASAR (TUR) – World No.3 (7)
12. Anzor URISHEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (8)
13. ORGODOL Uitumen (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.2 (9)
14. Aleksander GOSTIEV (AZE) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (13)
15. Clayton FOSTER (USA) – Cerro Pelado No.2 (15)
16. Amarhadshi MAGOMEDOV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (16)
17. Sebastien JEZIERZANSKI (POL) – Oueslati Memorial No.2 (17)
18. Halil ZUBAIROV (MKD) – Macedonian Pearl No.1 (nr)
19. Mohamed Aly ZAGHLOUL (EGY) – Africa No.1 (nr)
20. Georgi SREDKOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.2 (19)

1. Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Khetag GAZUMOV (AZE) – Medved Prizes No.1 (2)
3. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) – Medved Prizes No.2 (3)
4. Valeri ANDRIITSEV (UKR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (4)
5. Reza YAZDANI (IRI) – Asian Games No.1 (5)
6. Javier CORTINA LACERRA (CUB) – World Cup No.3 (6)
7. Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) – Takhti Cup No.1 (7)
8. Omar GUSOSHIVILI (GEO) – European U23s No.1 (8)
9. Yuri BELONOVSKI (RUS) – World Cup No.2 (9)
10. Magomed MUSAEV (KGZ) – Asia No.2 (11)
11. Pavlo OLIYNIK (UKR) – Paris GP No.3 (10)
12. Ibragim SAIDOV (BLR) – Yarygin GP No.1 (12)
13. Zainulla KURBANOV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.2 (14)
14. Radoslaw BARAN (POL) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (15)
15. Dato MARSAGISHVILI (GEO) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (16)
16. William HARTH (GER) – Dan Kolov No.1 (17)
17. Jakob VARNER (USA) – World Cup No.4 (18)
18. DORJKHAND Khuderbulga (MGL) – Asian Games No.3 (13)
19. Dragomir STOICHEV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (20)
20. Nikolae CEBAN (MDA) – Olympia No.1 (nr)

1. Taha AKGUL (TUR) – World No.1 (1)
2. Aleksander KHOTSIANIVSKI (UKR) – Paris GP No.1 (3)
3. Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (4)
4. Komeil GHASEMI (IRI) – Asia No.2 (2)
5. Aleksey SHEMAROV (BLR) – World Cup No.1 (5)
6. Alen ZASEEV (UKR) – Medved Prizes No.2 (6)
7. Parviz HADI (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (7)
8. Khadshimourad GATSALOV (RUS) – World No.3 (8)
9. Tervel DLAGNEV (USA) – World No.3 (9)
10. David MODZMANASHVILI (GEO) – Medved Prizes No.1 (13)
11. Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ) – Asia No.1 (17)
12. JARGALSAIKHAN Chuluunbat (MGL) – Yargyin GP No.3 (10)
13. Tanji GEMICI (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (11)
14. Jamalladin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) – Paris GP No.2 (12)
15. Zachery REY (USA) – Pan America No.1 (14)
16. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) – Olympia No.1 (nr)
17. DENG Zhiwei (CHN) – Asia No.3 (nr)
18. Daulet SHABANBAY (KAZ) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (18)
19. Robert BARAN (POL) – European U23s No.3 (19)
20. Soslan GAGLOEV (SVK) – Dan Kolov No.1 (20)

1. Kyong Il Yang9returning 2014 world champ,placed third at 2012 olympics at 55,2009 world champ as well

2. Viktor Lebedev(2010,20-11 world champ at 55 KG’s,2015 Yarygin Champ,

3. Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez(2014 bronze medalist at 61 KG’s ,

4. Erdenebat Bekhbayar(beat former #1 Jong Hak Jin at Asian Championships, placed third at worlds at 57 KG last year.

5. Hassan Rahimi(2013 world champ)

6. Jong Hak Jin(ranked #1 early in the year just because there was rumors tat PRK would put him in place of Kyong Il yang in the starting spot at 57KG,won the 2014 Asian Games)

7. Ismail musukaev(Ali Aliuyev champ, YArygin Runner-up this yer to Lebedev)

8. Fumitaka Mori****a(beat Jong in third palce match at Asian Championships)

9. Sezxar Akghul(placed bronze at 2013 worlds,runner-up at 2009 worlds to kyong Il yang, brother of Sezar Akghul

10. Vladamir Khinchegashvili(dropped due to being DQ’d from Europeans for excessive fouling, basically he got in a fist fight with Vladislav Andreev in the semis.2012 olympic runner-up to Dzahamal Otarsultanov,2014 world runner-up

11. Yasar Aliyev(placed third at European Games)

12. Tony Ramos

13. Vladislav Andreev(palced fifth at 2014 worlds)

14. Damdinzabar Tsogtbaatar

15. Marcel Ewald

16. Younes Sarmtidizaji

17. Alexandru C hitoaca

18. John  Pineda

19. Zoheir Al Quarraque

20. Levan Metrevilli

Its cool to see this rankings.  Which American do you think has a chance to medal in 2016?

1. Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) – Euro Games No.1 (1)
2. Masoud ESMAILPOUR (IRI) – Asia No.1@65 (2)
3. Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) – World Cup No.1 (3)
4. Bekhan GOIGEREEV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.2 (4)
5. Volodya FRANGULYAN (ARM) – Medved Prizes No.1 (5)
6. Dyamal OTARSULTANOV (RUS) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (6)
7. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) – Asia No.1 (7)
8. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) – Euro Games No.2 (nr)
9. Behnam EHSANPOOR (IRI) – World Cup No.1 (10)
10. Muenir Recep AKTAS (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (14)
11. Vasyl SHUPTAR (UKR) – Euro Games No.3 (nr)
12. Nachyin KUULAR (RUS) – European Jrs No.1 (nr)
13. ENKHSAIKHAN Nyam-Ochir (MGL) – World No.3 (8)
14. Bajrang BAJRANG (IND) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (9)
15. Iman SADEGHIKOUKANDEH (IRI) – Paris GP No.1 (11)
16. Artas SANAA (KAZ) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (13)
17. Murshid MUTALIMOV (RUS) – Olympia No.1 (15)
18. Krzysztof BIENKOWSKI (POL) – Paris GP No.2 (12)
19. Andrei PERPELITA (MDA) – Olympia No.2 (16)
20. BATBOLD Nomin (MGL) – Asia No.3 (19) 

1. Magomedrasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Euro Games No.1 (13)
2. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – Euro Games No.2 (2)
3. Yakup GOR (TUR) – Euro Games No.3 (3)
4. Israil KASUMOV (RUS) – World Cup No.1 (4)
5. Bekzod ABDURAKHMANOV (UZB) – Asia No.1 (5)
6. Zelimkhan YUSUPOV (TJK) – Asia No.2 (6)
7. Hassan YAZDANI CHARATI (IRI) – World Cup No.2 (7)
8. Ruslan DIBIRGADZHIYEV (AZE) – Euro Games No.3 (10)
9. Rasul ARSANALIEV (RUS) – Euro U23s No.1 (9)
10. Zaur EFENDIEV (SRB) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
11. Evgheni NEDEALCO (MDA) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (8)
12. David TLASHADZE (GEO) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
13. Zsombor GULYAS (HUN) – Euro Games No.8 (nr)
14. Miroslav KIROV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (16)
15. Andrey KARPACH (BLR) – Euro U23s No.3 (14)
16.James Green(USA)
17. Rasul DZUKAEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (12)
18. Saeed DADASHPOUR (IRI) – Yarygin GP No.2 (18)
19. Elaman DOGDURUBEK UULU (KGZ) – Asia No.3 (19)
20. Takafumi KOJIMA (JPN) – Asia No.3 (20)

1. Sayed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) – World No.2 (1)
2. Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.2 (2)
3. Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) – World No.1 (3)
4. Magomed MUSLIMOV (AZE) – Paris GP No.1 (4)
5. Brent METCALF (USA) – World Cup No.1 (5)
6. Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) – Euro Games No.1 (17)
7. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) – Euro Games No.2 (10)
8. Ilyas BEKBULATOV (RUS) – Euro Games No.3 (11)
9. Mustafa KAYA (TUR) – Euro Games No.3 (9)
10. Azamat NURIKOV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (7)
11. Haji ALIEV (AZE) – Euro Games No.3@61 (12)
12. GANZORIG Mandakhnaran (MGL) – Asia No.3 (6)
13. Borislav NOVACHKOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (8)
14. Yogeshwar DUTT (IND) – Sassari Tournament No.1 (18)
15. Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS) – Olympia No.1 (13)
16. Mihail SAVA (MDA) – Olympia No.2 (14)
17. George BUCUR (ROU) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
18. Tomotsugu ISHIDA (JPN) – Asia No.2 (15)
19. Alexandr KONTOEV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (16)
20. Jean Bernard DIATTA (SEN) – Africa No.1 (20)

For 65 KG's notes. Kurbanaliev is and has been massively over ranked for the past two years hasn't made the world team in 2014 or 2015 has been coasting off of beating unranked 2013 world champ David Safaryan in University worlds,an d he won Yarygin. Romanov and Muslimov aren't world reps either. Guys to watch at worlds are Mohammadi,the singlet pulling,underhook savvy,technical savant Togrul Asgarov,Metcalf,Novachkov,Nurikov,and Chamizo. The Moldovan Mihaiol Sava and Mustafa Kaya(TUR) are my dark horse picks to make runs as Sava placed third last year beating Kaya who beat Metcalf. 

* Edited at 07.24.2015, 10:04 PM ET *

1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) – Euro Games No.1 (1)
2. Meisam MOSTAFA JOUKAR (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (2)
3. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (3)
4. Mohammad MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) – Asia No.1@97 (4)
5. Shamil KUDIYAMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Euro U23s No.3 (6)
6. Alireza KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI) – Asia No.1 (7)
7. Dauren KURUGLIEV (RUS) – World Cup No.1 (8)
8. Piotr IANULOV (MDA) – Euro Games No.2 (nr)
9. Aleksandr HUSHTYN (BLR) – Euro U23s No.1 (5)
10. Radoslaw MARCINKIEWICZ (POL) – Euro Games No.3 (9)
11. Atsushi MATSUMOTO (JPN) – Asia No.2 (10)
12. Sandro AMINASHVILI (GEO) – Euro Games No.3 (nr)
13. Istvan VEREB (HUN) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
14. Aleksander GOSTIEV (AZE) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (14)
15. Nurmagomed GADZHIEV (AZE) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
16. Anzor URISHEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (12)
17. ORGODOL Uitumen (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.2 (13)
18. Selim YASAR (TUR) – World No.3 (11)
19. Halil ZUBAIROV (MKD) – Macedonian Pearl No.1 (18)
20. Georgi SREDKOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.2 (20)

86 KG's notes: World medalists here are Mohammadi,Sadulaev,Vereb,Selim Yasar,Salas Perez, Ianulov had a nasty European games taking out Vereb and Husthyn but he can't really jump out in front of  established studs like Kudiyamagomedov,Kurguliev,or the Iranians. Right now even though he isn't ranked i'd put Jake Herbert right around #11 or #10. For the ability to place at worlds i can definitely see Herbert giving Salas problems but i don't see him beating him there as Salas is stupid good at defending and keeping position when Herbert tries to finish out the back door. But Herbert is better IMO then Karimimaachiani. I'd really really like to see him against Sadulaev who is legitimately 20 years old. world predictions are: gold: Sadulaev,Silver:Herbert or Salas most likely Salas, Bronze:Herbert,5th:Ianulov, bronze:Karimimachiani,5th: Marcinikiewicz