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 *

97kg – Khetag GAZUMOV (AZE) beat Gadisov at European Games 4-2 reversing looses at last year's Europeans and World's. Kyle Snyder enters rankings at #15. Interesting to see Dato Marshagashvilli who was ranked #1 throughout the 2013 season at 86 KG's until he didn't do too well at worlds. He placed third at 2012 Olympics at 84 KG's.  Odikadze so high is just ******* hilarious same thing with Cortina Lacerra who has losses to Varner and Snyder. Yazdani could do really well or he could have what happened at last years worlds and the Olympics and get injured and DNP. granted last year he lost to Shamil(Makhov)Ergodon a Dagestani transfer wrestling for Turkey.  Worlds predictions mare: Gold: GAzumov or Gadisov, Bronze: Andriitsev 5th Radoslaw Baran Bronze:Snyder,5th Javier Cortina

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

1. Taha AKGUL (TUR) – Euro Games No.1 (1)
2. Aleksey SHEMAROV (BLR) – Euro Games No.2 (5)
3. Komeil GHASEMI (IRI) – Asia No.2 (4)
4. Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) – Euro U23s No.1 (3)
5. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) – Euro Games No.3 (16)
6. Jamalladin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) – Euro Games No.3 (12)
7. Aleksander KHOTSIANIVSKI (UKR) – Euro Games No.9 (2)
8. Alen ZASEEV (UKR) – Medved Prizes No.2 (6)
9. Parviz HADI (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (7)
10. Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ) – Asia No.1 (11)
11. Khadshimourad GATSALOV (RUS) – Euro Games No.13 (8)
12. Tervel DLAGNEV (USA) – World No.3 (9)
13. David MODZMANASHVILI (GEO) – Medved Prizes No.1 (13)
14. Soslan GAGLOEV (SVK) – Euro Games No.5 (20)
15. JARGALSAIKHAN Chuluunbat (MGL) – Yargyin GP No.3 (12)
16. Tanji GEMICI (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (13)
17. Levan BERIANIDZE (ARM) – Euro Games No.5 (nr)
18. Zachery REY (USA) – Pan America No.1 (15)
19. Daniel LIGETI (HUN) – Euro Games No.7 (nr)
20. Rares CHINTOAN (ROU) – Euro Games No.8 (nr)

Dlagnev needs to be a lot higher, Shemarov  this high is hilarious,Akgul is a ******* stud who's single is exceptional,  The Azerbaijani is actually mongolain. Gatsalov is a stud but he's too small and he's really old. hope he retires soon as he's had a great career.  Ghasemi isn't world rep this year, KAzakstani ahead of Tervel is the biggest **** up I've seen in a while. Zazeev 2013 world runner-up got pinned by Gatsalov in those finals. There's talks rumbling that the Russians might put in Bilyal Makhov in Gatsalov's palce as Makhov just destroyed everybody at the Ali Aliyev tournament,and GAtsalov has been showing his age as of late.

Chamizo beat Romanov here, Tsabolov won a rematch of world's finals against Yakup Gor. Selim Yasar beat Radoslaw Marcinkiewicz so he'll be going up. Kaya was up at 70 for this tourney and placed third, losing to Gor. Alireza Ghasemi beat world 
runner-up Sosuke Takatani in the 74 KG finals.  

57kg (15 entries)
GOLD: Yuki TAKAHASHI (JPN) df. Azamat TUSKAEV (RUS), 3-1
Bronze: Zoheir EL-OUARRAQUE (FRA) df. Emanuel KRAUSE (GER), 4-0
Bronze: Georgi VANGELOV (BUL) df. Juan Pablo GONZALEZ (ESP), 4-3

61kg (12 entries)
GOLD: Vladimir DUBOV (BUL) df. Masakazu KAMOI (JPN), 6-3
Bronze: Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) df. Radoslav VELIKOV (BUL), 9-1
Bronze: Munir AKTAS (TUR) df. Recep TOPAL (TUR), 2-1

65kg (15 entries)
GOLD: Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) df. George BUCUR (ROU), 3-3
Bronze: Tomotsugu ISHIDA (JPN) df. LING Haiwei (CHN), 4-1
Bronze: Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) df. Andrey KVIATKOVSKI (UKR), 8-0

70kg (22 entries)
GOLD: Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) df. Yakup GOR (TUR), 6-2
Bronze: German USTINOV (RUS) df. Oleksey MELNIK (UKR), 10-7
Bronze: Mustafa KAYA (TUR) df. Sharap GITINOV (RUS), 5-4

74kg (25 entries)
GOLD: Alireza GHASEMI (IRI) df. Sosuke TAKATANI (JPN), 4-0
Bronze: George HARTH (GER) df. Miroslav KIROV (BUL), 5-2
Bronze: Morteza REZAEI GHALEH (IRI) df. Martin OBST (GER), 8-2

86kg (25 entries)
GOLD: Selim YASAR (TUR) df. Radoslaw MARCINKIEWICZ (POL), 8-2
Bronze: Amarhadshi MAGOMEDOV (BLR) df. Rene MATEJOV (SVK) by TF, 10-0
Bronze: Ahmet BILICI (TUR) df. Sebastian JEZIERZANSKI (POL), 8-4

97kg (22 entries)
GOLD: Tahan ABBAS (IRI) df. Elizbar OIDIKADZE (GEO), 3-1
Bronze: Radoslaw BARAN (POL) df. Alexey KRUPNIAKOV (KGZ) by Default
Bronze: Mohammadhossein MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) df. Ibrahim BOLUKBASI (TUR) by Default

125kg (13 entries)
GOLD: Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) df. Aleksei NIKOLAEV (BLR), 6-0
Bronze: Nick MATUHIN (GER) df. Khaled Omar MOHAMED (EGY) by Default
Bronze: DENG Zhiwei (CHN) df. Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) by Default

GOLD: Kazakhstan df. Mongolia, 4-4
57 kg Bekenbayar ERDENEBAT (MGL) df. Rassul KALIYEV (KAZ) 7-2
61 kg Nomin BATBOLD (MGL) df. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) 6-6
65 kg Mandkhnaran GANZORIG (MGL) df. Meirzhan ASHIROV (KAZ) 9-2
70 kg Nurlan BEKZHANOV (KAZ) df. Ankhbayar BATCHULUUN (MGL) by TF, 10-0
74 kg Zhiger ZAKIROV (KAZ) df. Gambodorj DORJVACHIG (MGL) 6-2
86 kg Uituman ORGODOL (MGL) df. Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ) 6-5
96 kg Alikhan DZHUMAYEV (KAZ) df. Khuderbulga DORJKHAND (MGL) 5-2
125 kg Daulet SHABANBAI (KAZ) df. Chuluunbat JARGALSAIKHAN (MGL) by TF, 10-0

BRONZE: Kazakhstan df. India, 5-3
57 kg Artas SANA (KAZ)  df. Amit KUMAR (IND) 8-2
61 kg SONU (IND) df. Yeldos ABIKENOV (KAZ) 8-4
65 kg Sayatbek OKASOV (KAZ) df. Maan RAHUL (IND) 8-4
70 kg Azamat OMIRZHANOV (KAZ) df. Arun KUMAR (IND) 3-1
74 kg Panchmyadav NARSINUH (IND) df. Akzhurek TANATAROV (KAZ) by TF, 13-2
86 kg Aslan KAKHIDZE (KAZ) df. Naresh KUMAR (IND) by TF, 11-1
96 kg Mamed IBRAGIMOV (KAZ) df. Khatri MAUSAM (IND) 7-6
125 kg Kumar KRISHAN (IND) df. Yermukhambet INKAR (KAZ) 4-2
Shake-ups from this tournament in the rankings are:  #20 Nomin Batbold over #7 Daulet Niyazbekov, UR Alikhan Dzhumayev over #20 Dorjkhand Khuderbulga,  UR Daulet Shabanai over #15 Jargalsaikhan Chuluunbat, Sanaa is down a weight from what he's been competing most of the year, he got robbed at last years worlds against Enkhsaikhan so good to see him back at 57 KG's.

Here's tape of each of the #1 guys at each weight class.

4x all-american for Minnesota, Logan Storley is going to make his amateur MMA debut at RFA 29. Storley is a huge prospect right now and he hasn't even taken his first fight. Storley's ability to scramble,vast array of takedowns and mat awareness make me very very excited to see what he can do in MMA. Here's a highlight video of him Wrestling. 

dude looks explosive as **** ... and his scrabling is pretty awesome even for a DI all-american westler. Gonna be interesting. 

His scrabling is amazing. He really knows how to get those triple word scores.

forgot to say it's his Pro debut, and it's at RFA 29 at the end of the month. He's already had 3 amateur fights in high school. So far based on pure folkstyle accomplishments he's one of the top 15 guys to ever go in MMA. Here's my tier of best wrestlers, in order of best/most accomplished.: 3 time NCAA champions(Mark Schultz,Jake Rosholt), 2x NCAA Champions(Alger,Hendricks,Randleman, Askren,Mocco,Konrad) 1x NCAA Champions(Lesnar,Kerr,Coleman,Davis,Van Arsdale who to me looks like Twayne Bone****r from Ugly Americans,Munoz,Koscheck,Jenkins,) and AA's(Storley,Bunch,Hughes,Mendes,Velasquez, Lawal,Cormier Couture.)

57kg – World bronze medalist Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) won the Pan American Games at 57kg with a fall and a pair of technical falls and makes the move from No.3 at 61kg to the same position as a bantam.

1. YANG Kyong-Il (PRK) – World No.1 (1)
2. Viktor LEBEDEV (RUS) – European Games No.1 (5)
3. Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) – Pan American Games No.1 (3@61)
4. Hassan RAHIMI (IRI) – World Cup No.2 (5)
5. ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar (MGL) – Asia No.1 (3)
6. JONG Hak-Jin (PRK) – Asia No.5 (4)
7. Ismail MUSUKAEV (RUS) – Ali Aliev No.1 (6)
8. Vladimir KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) – Stepan Sargsyan No.1 (10)
9. Sezer AKGUL (TUR) – Euro Games No.3 (No.7)
10. Samat NADYRBEK UULU (KGZ) – Asia No.2 (8)
11. Artas SANAA (KAZ) – Ali Aliev No.3 (16@61)
12. Yuki TAKAHASHI (JPN) – Ziolkowski Memorial No.2 (not ranked)
13. Fumitaka MORI****A (JPN) – Asia No.3 (9)
14. Marcel EWALD (GER) - Euro Games No.2 (13)
15. Georgi VANGELOV (BUL) – Ziolkowski No.3 (nr)
16. Vladislav ANDREEV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (14)
17. Anthony RAMOS (USA) – Paris Grand Prix No.1 (15)
18. Zoheir EL OUARRAQE (FRA) – Ziolkowski No.3 (19)
19. KIM Sung-Gwon (KOR) – Spanish Grand Prix No.1 (nr)
20. Alexandru CHIRTOACA (MDA) – Euro Games No.3 (17)

61kg – Volodya FRANGULYAN (ARM) climbs to No.2 in the rankings with a victory at home at the Stepan Sargsyan tourney along with the moves of Pan American Games gold medalist Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) to 57kg and Asia champion Masoud ESMAILPOUR (IRI) to 65kg.
 
1. Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) – Euro Games No.1 (1)
2. Volodya FRANGULYAN (ARM) – Stepan Sargsyan No.1 (5)
3. Bekhan GOIGEREEV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.2 (4)
4. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) – Euro Games No.2 (8)
5. Behnam EHSANPOOR (IRI) – Asia No.2 (9)
6. Dyamal OTARSULTANOV (RUS) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (6)
7. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) – Asia No.1 (7)
8. Vladimir DUBOV (BUL) – Ziolkowski No.1 (nr)
9. Masakazu KAMOI (JPN) – Ziolkowski No.2 (nr)
10. Muenir Recep AKTAS (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (10)
11. Vasyl SHUPTAR (UKR) – Euro Games No.3 (11)
12. Nachyin KUULAR (RUS) – European Jrs No.1 (12)
13. Murshid MUTALIMOV (RUS) – Ali Aliev No.3 (17)
14. ENKHSAIKHAN Nyam-Ochir (MGL) – World No.3 (13)
15. Bajrang BAJRANG (IND) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (14)
16. Iman SADEGHIKOUKANDEH (IRI) – Paris GP No.1 (15)
17. Radoslav VELIKOV (BUL) – Ion Corneanu No.2 (nr)
18. Krzysztof BIENKOWSKI (POL) – Paris GP No.2 (18)
19. Andrei PERPELITA (MDA) – Olympia No.2 (19)
20. BATBOLD Nomin (MGL) – Asia No.3 (20)