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Kazakhstan, Hungary Have Pair of New No.1's in World Greco-Roman Rankings

Tuesday, July 3, 2018 - 04:57 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (July 3) -- The July 2018 Ranking Series for Greco-Roman has some faces at the top of the rankings. Kazakhstan and Hungary have two new No.1-ranked wrestlers. 

Kazakhstan wrestlers Almat KEBISPAYEV (67kg) and Khussein MUTSOLGOV (87kg) earned No.1 rankings. Kebispayev has had a very strong year, winning gold medals at the Takhti Cup and Asian Championships, and most recently a bronze at the Grand Prix of Hungary. Mutsolgov, a silver medalist at the Asian Championships, recently placed fifth at the Grand Prix of Hungary.

Hungarian upperweights Balazs KISS and Lam BALINT climb to No.1 at 97kg and 130kg respectively. They join fellow Hungarian Balint KORPASI (72kg) atop the rankings.


Kiss, a returning world bronze medalist, recently captured a gold medal at the Grand Prix of Hungary after picking up a bronze at the European Championships in late April. Balint is coming off a bronze-medal performance at the Grand Prix of Hungary. He also won medals this year at the World Military Championships and Cerro Pelado International. Korpasi, a 2016 world champion, is coming off a gold-medal performance at the Grand Prix of Hungary. 

Kyrgyzstan wrestlers K. ZHOLCHUBEKOV (60kg) and U. AMATOV (63kg) remain No.1. Zholchubekov won a gold medal at the Grand Prix of Hungary after winning a bronze at the Asian Championships and gold at the Takhti Cup.  Amatov has earned medals at the Takhti Cup (bronze), Asian Championships (silver) and Grand Prix of Hungary (bronze). 

Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) holds his No.1 ranking at 77kg after adding a silver medal at the Grand Prix of Hungary to go along with a silver at the Asian Championships and a gold at the Takhti Cup.


Other No.1-ranked wrestlers include Ekrem OZTURK (TUR) at 55kg and Daniel ALEKSANDROV (BUL) at 82kg. 

For more on the Ranking Series format, be sure to check out this article. 

View all the rankings on United World Wrestling's homepage.

55kg
1. Ekrem OZTURK (TUR) // 30 Points
2. Khorlan ZHAKANSHA (KAZ) // 30 Points
3. Abdelkarim FERGAT (ALG) // 27 Points
4. Reza KHEDRI (IRI) // 24 Points
5. Liguo CAO (CHN) // 24 Points

60kg
1. K. ZHOLCHUBEKOV (KGZ) // 50 Points
2. Luis Alberto ORTA SANCHEZ (CUB) // 35 Points
3. Sergey EMELIN (RUS) // 27 Points
4. Murad MAMMADOV (AZE) // 25 Points
5. Shinobu OTA (JPN) // 23 Points

63kg
1. U. AMATOV (KGZ) // 41 Points
2. Hassan Hassan Ahmed MOHAMED (EGY) // 29 Points
3. Mihai Radu MIHUT (ROU) // 28 Points
4. Stig-Andre BERGE (NOR) // 26 Points
5. Zaur KABALOEV (RUS) // 24 Points

67kg
1. Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ) // 52 Points
2. Ismael BORRERO (CUB) // 47 Points
3. Artem SURKOV (RUS) // 32 Points
4. Shmagi BOLKVADZE (GEO) // 30 Points
5. Karen ASLANYAN (ARM) // 28 Points

72kg
1. Balint KORPASI (HUN) // 57 Points
2. Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ) // 49 Points
3. Adam KURAK (RUS) // 33 Points
4. Rasul CHUNAYEV (AZE) // 31 Points
5. Iuri LOMADZE (GEO) // 29 Points

77kg
1. Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) // 38 Points
2. Ariel FIS BATISTA (CUB) // 34 Points
3. Roman VLASOV (RUS) // 34 Points
4. Viktor NEMES (SRB) // 32 Points
5. Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) // 30 Points

82kg
1. Daniel ALEKSANDROV (BUL) // 40 Points
2. Laszlo SZABO (HUN) // 31 Points
3. Atabek AZISBEKOV (KGZ) // 30 Points
4. Zarko DICKOV (SRB) // 29 Points
5. Maksim MANUKYAN (ARM) // 29 Points

87kg
1. Khussein MUTSOLGOV (KAZ) // 37 Points
2. Roberti KOBLIASHVILI (GEO) // 33 Points
3. Bekkhan OZDOEV (RUS) // 31 Points
4. Daniel GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA (CUB) // 29 Points
5. Kristoffer Zakarias BERG (SWE) // 29 Points

97kg
1. Balazs KISS (HUN) // 44 Points
2. Orkhan NURIYEV (AZE) // 42 Points
3. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) // 38 Points
4. Luillys Jose PEREZ MORA (VEN) // 34 Points
5. Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) // 33 Points

130kg
1. Lam BALINT (HUN) // 42 Points
2. Ciurariu alin ALEXUC (ROU) // 40 Points
3. Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB) // 36 Points
4. Behnam mahdizadeh ARPATAPEH (IRI) // 34 Points
5. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) // 27 Points


 

Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 Day 1 Highlights

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 06:57 By Vinay Siwach

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (November 18) -- The Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 are the sixth edition of the Games and are being held in Riyadh. The first day of wrestling saw four Greco-Roman weight class -- 60kg, 67kg, 77kg and 87kg.

Olympic and world champion Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI) needed an insane comeback to beat Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) in the 67kg final while Alisher GANIEV (UZB), Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) and Gholamreza FAROKHI (IRI) won golds at 60kg, 77kg and 87kg with rather ease.

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12:35: Gholamreza FAROKHI (IRI) finds a way to score a takedown with a 30 seconds remaining and beat Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ), 7-6, in the 87kg semifinal. Zhanyshov was leading 6-5 at the break. Farokhi, struggling slightly with his conditioning, wrapped his arm around Zhanyshov's waist before slamming him on the mat for two points.

12:30: Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) takes out Hassan ABDELREHIM (EGY) in the 67kg semifinals and sets up a mouth-watering final against Olympic champion Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI)

12:25: Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) bounces back from 2-0 down to beat Shahin BADAGHIMOFRAD (QAT) 5-3 in the 87kg semifinal and reach final.

12:20: Olympic champion Saied ESMAEILI (IRI) lifts Aytjan KHALMAKHANOV (UZB) against gravity and completes the suplex for four points. He once again hits the four-pointers and wins his 67kg semifinal 9-0.

12:10: Alisher GANIEV (AZE) makes it to the final at 60kg after an 8-0 win over Ali AHMADI VAFA (IRI). Big four-pointer in that match from Ganiev. He will face Ekrem OZTURK (TUR) for the gold medal.

11:51: Former world U20 champion Islam YEVLOYEV (KAZ) starts off with a Sukhrob ABDULKHAEV (TJK) and moves into the semifinals at 87kg. Too easy for him.

11:50: World 82kg champion Gholamreza FAROKHISENJANI     (IRI), who moved up to 87kg and won U23 World Championships gold as well, begins with a 3-0 win over Islam ABBASOV (AZE) at 87kg in Riyadh

11:45: Olympic champion Saied ESMAEILI (IRI), placed directly in the quarterfinals, starts with a big 8-0 win over Aref MOHAMMADI (QAT) at 67kg. He is expected to face Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) in the final, a rematch of the final at World Championships.

11:24: World 63kg champion Aytjan KHALMAKHANOV (UZB), who had move up to 67kg for the Games, beats Mustafa YILDIRIM (TUR), 5-2, and moves into the semifinals

11:10: Quarterfinal at 67kg between Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) and Razzak BEISHEKEEV (KGZ). The first par terre advantage goes to Beishekeev who scores two points using a front headlock. Jafarov gets the par terre in second period and scores two turns and leads 5-3, which will be his winning score as well.

10:52: World bronze medalist Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ) hangs on for 1-1 Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB) victory having got the first criteria.

10:45: Big match at 60kg as Nihat MAMMADLI (AZE) faces U23 world champion Alisher GANIEV (UZB). Ganiev with a over-under control and hits a throw for two points to lead 2-0. Mammadli tries to find some attacks going but fails to get Ganiev down. Ganiev goes into the break leading 2-0. Mammadli is put in par terre in the second period, giving Ganiev 3-0 lead. Mammadli goes down in the quarterfinals as Ganiev defends his 3-0 lead and wins at 60kg.

10:30: Olympic bronze medalist and world silver medalist Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) gets going with a 9-0 victory over Ashraf ASLAM ZADA (AFG) at 67kg.

10:25: Amir ABDI (IRI) hits a front headlock throw for four and then a turn for two to win 8-0 against 72kg world champion Ulvi GANIZADE (AZE) in their 77kg bout. Just one minute and 35 seconds needed for him to win 9-0.

10:21: World champion and Olympic bronze medalist Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ), who has not wrestled in international competition since the Paris 2024, returns to mat in Riyadh. In his first bout at 77kg, he warms up with an 9-0 technical superiority over Sami SLAMA (TUN).

10:10: European champion Nihat MAMMADLI (AZE) gets the first par terre position and then scores the four gut-wrenches to win 9-0 against Latuf MADI (COM) in the first bout at 60kg.

10:00: Hello from Riyadh! The first day of wrestling at the Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 and there will four Greco-Roman weight classes in action.