Muhamet Malo Ranking Series 2026 Entries

Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 10:44 By United World Wrestling Press

TIRANA, Albania (February 12) -- The second Ranking Series of the year -- Muhamet Malo -- will see around 500 wrestlers. The tournament will take place in Tirana from February 25 to March 1.

All the action from Muhamet Malo Ranking Series event will be live on UWW+ on uww.org and the UWW App.

Here's the full schedule of the Muhamet Malo Ranking Series.

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Freestyle Entries

57kg
Ajndi KRYEZIU (ALB)
Islam BAZARGANOV (AZE)
Ivaylo TISOV (BUL)
Guesseppe REA VILLARROEL (ECU)
Roberti DINGASHVILI (GEO)
Horst LEHR (GER)
Niklas STECHELE (GER)
Akshay DHERE (IND)
SUMIT (IND)
Atish TODKAR (IND)
Abzal OKENOV (KAZ)
Abdymalik KARACHOV (KGZ)
Darian CRUZ (PUR)
Muhammet KARAVUS (TUR)
Yusuf DEMIR (TUR)
Liam CRONIN (USA)
Spencer LEE (USA)
Ramiz GAMZATOV (UWW)

61kg
Endrio AVDYLI (ALB)
Ersjan KASHIKU (ALB)
Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)
Georgii OKOROKOV (AUS)
Nuraddin NOVRUZOV (AZE)
Erdal GALIP (BUL)
Giorgi GONIASHVILI (GEO)
Ramaz TURMANIDZE (GEO)
RAHUL (IND)
Simone PIRODDU (ITA)
Meirambek KARTBAY (KAZ)
Merey BAZARBAYEV (KAZ)
Bekzat ALMAZ UULU (KGZ)
Leomid COLESNIC (MDA)
Caleb SMITH (PUR)
Azatberdi ASHYRGULYYEV (TKM)
Michael MCGEE (USA)
Nathan TOMASELLO (USA)
Chermen TAVITOV (UWW)
Zavur UGUEV (UWW)
Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB)

65kg
Gjete PRENGA (ALB)
Rashid BABAZADE (AZE)
Shannon HANNA (BAH)
Alibeg ALIBEGOV (BRN)
Mikyay NAIM (BUL)
Peiman BIABANI (CAN)
Joshua KRAMER (ECU)
Nika ZAKASHVILI (GEO)
Mikheili BERDZNISHVILI (GEO)
Nico MEGERLE (GER)
Gamzatgadzsi HALIDOV (HUN)
SUJEET (IND)
Mohit KUMAR (IND)
Assylzhan YESSENGELDI (KAZ)
Bilol SHARIP UULU (KGZ)
Oskonbai ABDISAMATOV (KGZ)
Pavel GRAUR (MDA)
Krzysztof BIENKOWSKI (POL)
Stefan COMAN (ROU)
Ahmet DUMAN (TUR)
Joseph MCKENNA (USA)
Real WOODS (USA)
Vitali ARUJAU (USA)
Umidjon JALOLOV (UZB)

70kg
Islam DUDAEV (ALB)
Kaloyan ATANASOV (BUL)
Akaki KEMERTELIDZE (GEO)
SIDDHARTH (IND)
Maiis ALIYEV (KAZ)
Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ)
Rustamzhan KAKHAROV (KGZ)
Zalkarbek TABALDIEV (KGZ)
Vasile DIACON (MDA)
Austin GOMEZ (MEX)
Alec PANTALEO (USA)
Ridge LOVETT (USA)
Tyler KASAK (USA)
Ibragim IBRAGIMOV (UWW)

74kg
Kanan HEYBATOV (AZE)
Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE)
Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN)
Petar PETROV (BUL)
Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO)
Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN)
PARVINDER (IND)
Yones EMAMI (IRI)
Yegor ANCHUGIN (KAZ)
Yernur NURGAZY (KAZ)
Adilet AKYLBEKOV (KGZ)
Orozobek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ)
Kamil RYBICKI (POL)
Vatan ANNAORAZOV (TKM)
Omer CAYIR (TUR)
Quincy MONDAY (USA)
William LEWAN (USA)
Yahya THOMAS (USA)
Inalbek SHERIEV (UWW)
Farhad NOURI (UWW)
Begijon KULDASHEV (UZB)

79kg
Dzhabrail GADZHIEV (AZE)
Aykan SEID (BUL)
Tariel GAPHRINDASHVILI (GEO)
Luka CHKHITUNIDZE (GEO)
Sagar JAGLAN (IND)
Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI)
Adilet MARATBAEV (KGZ)
Akhsarbek GULAEV (SVK)
Cameron AMINE (USA)
Dean HAMITI (USA)
Akhmed USMANOV (UWW)

86kg
Ibrahim SULA (ALB)
Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE)
Khidir SAIPUDINOV (BRN)
Christopher FOCA MEJIA (DOM)
Dachi PAPINASHVILI (GEO)
Vladimeri GAMKRELIDZE (GEO)
Joshua MORODION (GER)
Lars SCHAEFLE (GER)
Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)
ARYAN (IND)
Bolat SAKAYEV (KAZ)
Eugeniu MIHALCEAN (MDA)
Cezary SADOWSKI (POL)
Shane JONES (PUR)
Boris MAKOEV (SVK)
Alp Arslan BEGENJOV (TKM)
Osman GOCEN (TUR)
Kyle DAKE (USA)
Ibragim KADIEV (UWW)

92kg
Albin PEPOSHI (ALB)
Mate KOLA (ALB)
Ahmed BATAEV (BUL)
Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO)
Zaur BERADZE (GEO)
Punit KUMAR (IND)
Amirhossein FIROUZPOUR (IRI)
Uri KALASHNIKOV (ISR)
Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)
Kamil KURUGLIYEV (KAZ)
Iakov CHAPLIN (KGZ)
Filip ROGUT (POL)
Dovletgeldi MYRADOV (TKM)
Jacob CARDENAS (USA)
Dustin PLOTT (USA)

97kg
Thomas BARNS (AUS)
Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)
Andro MARGISHVILI (GEO)
Erik THIELE (GER)
Ertugrul AGCA (GER)
Nikolaos KARAVANOS (GRE)
Richard VEGH (HUN)
AKASH (IND)
Jointy KUMAR (IND)
VICKY (IND)
Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI)
Benjamin HONIS (ITA)
Nurdaulet BEKENOV (KAZ)
Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)
Radu LEFTER (MDA)
Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK)
Shatlyk HEMELYAYEV (TKM)
Emirhan KILIC (TUR)
Rifat GIDAK (TUR)
Hayden ZILLMER (USA)
Jonathan AIELLO (USA)
Kyle SNYDER (USA)
Abdulrashid SADULAEV (UWW)
Mukhamed KHANIEV (UWW)

125kg
Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)
Georgi IVANOV (BUL)
Mohsen SIYAR (GER)
RONAK (IND)
Rajat RUHAL (IND)
Nursultan AZOV (KAZ)
Kamil KOSCIOLEK (POL)
Omar Ihab SAREM (ROU)
Zyyamuhammet SAPAROV (TKM)
Feyzullah AKTURK (TUR)
Hakan BUYUKCINGIL (TUR)
Mason PARRIS (USA)
Trent HILLGER (USA)
Wyatt HENDRICKSON (USA)
Khasanboy RAKHIMOV (UZB)
Abdulla KURBANOV (UWW)

World champion Aleksandr KOMAROV (SRB) will return to action at 87kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Greco-Roman Entries

55kg
Andi MUCA (ALB)
Elmir ALIYEV (AZE)
Rashad MAMMADOV (AZE)
LALIT (IND)
Vishvajit MORE (IND)
Payam AHMADI (IRI)
Arsen ZHUMA (KAZ)
Marlan MUKASHEV (KAZ)
Ulan MURATBEK UULU (KGZ)
Rasul JORAYEV (TKM)
William SULLIVAN (USA)
Emin SEFERSHAEV (UWW)

60kg
Bajram SINA (ALB)
Nihad GULUZADE (AZE)
Nihat MAMMADLI (AZE)
Marat GARIPOV (BRA)
Dimitri KHACHIDZE (GEO)
Vakhtang LOLUA (GEO)
Udit PATEL (IND)
SURAJ (IND)
Amirreza DEHBOZORGI (IRI)
Mohammad ASHIRI (IRI)
Akzhol TUYAKOV (KAZ)
Iskhar KURBAYEV (KAZ)
Yerbol KAMALIYEV (KAZ)
Kurmanbek ZHAPAROV (KGZ)
Georgij TIBILOV (SRB)
Azatjan ACHILOV (TKM)
Dalton ROBERTS (USA)
Maxwell BLACK (USA)
Sadyk LALAEV (UWW)
Suner KONUNOV (UWW)

63kg
Ergi UKU (ALB)
Mikel TROPLINI (ALB)
Murad MAMMADOV (AZE)
Sakit GULIYEV (AZE)
Ziya BABASHOV (AZE)
Pridon ABULADZE (GEO)
CHETAN (IND)
SAURABH (IND)
Ali HAJIVAND (IRI)
Bakytzhan KABDYL (KAZ)
Yerkebulan ARDAKOV (KAZ)
Yernur FIDAKHMETOV (KAZ)
Aftandil TAALAIBEK UULU (KGZ)
Morten THORESEN (NOR)
Aref MOHAMMADI (QAT)
Ildar HAFIZOV (USA)
Sergey EMELIN (UWW)

67kg
Gjete PRENGA (ALB)
Tsuchika SHIMOYAMADA (AUS)
Mahammad SHUKURZADE (AZE)
Andres MONTANO ARROYO (ECU)
Diego CHKHIKVADZE (GEO)
Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO)
Witalis LAZOVSKI (GER)
ANKIT (IND)
Karanjit SINGH (IND)
Seyyedmostafa REZAEI (IRI)
Meiirzhan SHERMAKHANBET (KAZ)
Yerzhet ZHARLYKASSYN (KAZ)
Baiaman KARIMOV (KGZ)
Haavard JOERGENSEN (NOR)
Sebastian NAD (SRB)
Jan OEHLEN (SWE)
Kakabay KAKABAYEV (TKM)
Alston NUTTER (USA)
Otto BLACK (USA)
Erzu ZAKRIEV (UWW)
Hleb MAKARANKA (UWW)

72kg
Xhord GJONI (ALB)
Ruslan NURULLAYEV (AZE)
Iuri LOMADZE (GEO)
Krisztian VANCZA (HUN)
Sourav MALIK (IND)
Hojat REZAEI (IRI)
Mohammad REZAEI (IRI)
Almatbek AMANBEK (KAZ)
Daniyar KALENOV (KAZ)
Nikolay KHAPKO (KAZ)
Amantur ISMAILOV (KGZ)
Razzak BEISHEKEEV (KGZ)
Kamil CZARNECKI (POL)
Didar ORAZBERDIYEV (TKM)
Benjamin PEAK (USA)
Kamil AKHMETVALEEV (UWW)
Magomed BARAKHOEV (UWW)

77kg
Kevin KUPI (ALB)
Klodjan SHEHU (ALB)
Davud MAMMADOV (AZE)
Ramaz ZOIDZE (GEO)
Samuel BELLSCHEIDT (GER)
Levente LEVAI (HUN)
Robert FRITSCH (HUN)
AMAN (IND)
Nishant PHOGAT (IND)
Alireza ABDEVALI (IRI)
Amir ABDI (IRI)
Mohammad NAGHOUSI (UWW)
Kaharman KISSYMETOV (KAZ)
Merey MAULITKANOV (KAZ)
Ilgis KANYBEKOV (KGZ)
Alexandrin GUTU (MDA)
Mateusz BERNATEK (POL)
Konrad KOZLOWSKI (POL)
Aleksa ILIC (SRB)
Britton HOLMES (USA)
Evgenii BAIDUSOV (UWW)
Imran ALIEV (UWW)
Sergei STEPANOV (UWW)
Shuai MAMEDAU (UWW)

82kg
Marjan KOLA (ALB)
Tunjay VAZIRZADE (AZE)
Gela BOLKVADZE (GEO)
PRINCE (IND)
Mohammadamin HOSSEINI (IRI)
Almir TOLEBAYEV (KAZ)
Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ)
Dias KALEN (KAZ)
Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ)
Yryskeldi MAKSATBEK UULU (KGZ)
Shahin BADAGHIMOFRAD (QAT)
Viktor NEMES (SRB)
Kamal BEY (USA)
George SIKES (USA)
Adlet TIULIUBAEV (UWW)
Dmitrii DZHIOEV (UWW)
Iraklii KALANDIIA (UWW)

87kg
Islam ABBASOV (AZE)
Lachin VALIYEV (AZE)
Turpal BISULTANOV (DEN)
Lasha GOBADZE (GEO)
Istvan TAKACS (HUN)
Sunil KUMAR (IND)
Jamal ESMAEILI (IRI)
Baurzhan MUSSIN (KAZ)
Islam YEVLOYEV (KAZ)
Shamil OZHAEV (KAZ)
Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ)
Azat SALIDINOV (KGZ)
Exauce MUKUBU (NOR)
Adam GARDZIOLA (POL)
Aleksandr KOMAROV (SRB)
Payton JACOBSON (USA)
Spencer WOODS (USA)
Ihar YARASHEVICH (UWW)
Alan OSTAEV (UWW)
Islam ALIEV (UWW)
Milad ALIRZAEV (UWW)

97kg
Arif NIFTULLAYEV (AZE)
Mahammad AHMADIYEV (AZE)
Murad AHMADIYEV (AZE)
Artur OMAROV (CZE)
Mathias BAK (DEN)
Giorgi MELIA (GEO)
Darius KIEFER (GER)
Alex SZOKE (HUN)
Vikrant BHORIYA (IND)
Amirreza MORADIYAN (IRI)
Iussuf MATSIYEV (KAZ)
Nurassyl AMANALY (KAZ)
Raiymbek TURSYN (KAZ)
Melis AITBEKOV (KGZ)
Uzur DZHUZUPBEKOV (KGZ)
Gerard KURNICZAK (POL)
Uros KRSTIN (SRB)
Amanberdi AGAMAMMEDOV (TKM)
Keith MILEY (USA)
Michial FOY (USA)
Kiryl MASKEVICH (UWW)
Adlan AMRIEV (UWW)
Artur SARGSIAN (UWW)

130kg
Griseldi KODRA (ALB)
Beka KANDELAKI (AZE)
Sarkhan MAMMADOV (AZE)
Konsta MAEENPAEAE (FIN)
Matti KUOSMANEN (FIN)
Sulkhan BUIDZE (GEO)
Jello KRAHMER (GER)
Darius VITEK (HUN)
HARDEEP (IND)
Uttam RANA (IND)
Fardin HEDAYATI (IRI)
Alimkhan SYZDYKOV (KAZ)
Jokhar UZAROV (KAZ)
Olzhas SYRLYBAY (KAZ)
Oskar MARVIK (NOR)
Aden ATTAO (USA)
Dzmitry ZARUBSKI (UWW)
Marat KAMPAROV (UWW)
Ali ILIASOV (UWW)

World champion Genesis REASCO (ECU) will be the favorite at 76kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

Women's Wrestling Entries

50kg
Kamila BARBOSA (BRA)
Thalia OLIVEIRA (BRA)
Jacqueline MOLLOCANA (ECU)
MUSKAN (IND)
Priyanshi PRAJAPAT (IND)
SWEETY (IND)
Emanuela LIUZZI (ITA)
Miyu NAKAMURA (JPN)
Maral TANGIRBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Zeinep BAYANOVA (KAZ)
Agata GOLUCHOWSKA (POL)
Natalia WALCZAK (POL)
Svenja JUNGO (SUI)
Oksana LIVACH (UKR)
Erin GOLSTON (USA)
Kendra RYAN (USA)
Valeriia TIUKPIEKOVA CHEPSARAKOVA (UWW)

53kg
Annika WENDLE (GER)
MEENAKSHI (IND)
Ayazhan MARKASHEVA (KAZ)
Roksana ZASINA (POL)
Zeynep YETGIL (TUR)
Natalia MALYSHEVA (UWW)

55kg
Anastasia BLAYVAS (GER)
PUSHPA (IND)
Laura ALMAGANBETOVA (KAZ)
Shugyla OMIRBEK (KAZ)
Beatrice FERENT (ROU)
Liliia MALANCHUK (UKR)
Jacarra WINCHESTER (USA)
Aleksandra SKIRENKO (UWW)
Ekaterina VERBINA (UWW)

57kg
Samantha STEWART (CAN)
Luisa VALVERDE (ECU)
Jenna HEMIAE (FIN)
Tamara DOLLAK (HUN)
Neha SHARMA (IND)
NEHA (IND)
Nilufar RAIMOVA (KAZ)
Zeltzin HERNANDEZ (MEX)
Felicitas DOMAJEVA (NOR)
Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR)
Amanda MARTINEZ (USA)
Kristina MIKHNEVA (UWW)

59kg
Elena BRUGGER (GER)
Erika BOGNAR (HUN)
NITIKA (IND)
Othelie HOEIE (NOR)
Bediha GUN (TUR)
Dilan TAN (TUR)
Mariia VYNNYK (UKR)
Abigail NETTE (USA)
Michaela BECK (USA)
Svetlana LIPATOVA (UWW)

62kg
Lais NUNES (BRA)
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)
ANJLI (IND)
MANSI (IND)
SAVITA (IND)
Tynys DUBEK (KAZ)
Grace BULLEN (NOR)
Amina CAPEZAN (ROU)
Sara LINDBORG (SWE)
Ilona PROKOPEVNIUK (UKR)
Adaugo NWACHUKWU (USA)
Macey KILTY (USA)
Amina TANDELOVA (UWW)
Anastasiia SIDELNIKOVA (UWW)
Valeriia DONDUPOVA (UWW)

65kg
Apeksha PATIL (IND)
Aizhan SUIDUOVA (KAZ)
Gulnura TASHTANBEKOVA (KGZ)
Kriszta INCZE (ROU)
Emma BRUNTIL (USA)
Jennifer PAGE ROGERS (USA)
Nina KEMU MAKEM (USA)
Alina KASABIEVA (UWW)

68kg
Albina DRAZHI (ALB)
Yuliana YANEVA (BUL)
Aleah NICKEL (CAN)
Laura KOEHLER (GER)
Noémi SZABADOS (HUN)
KIRTI (IND)
Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)
Kateryna ZELENYKH (ROU)
Tindra SJOEBER (SWE)
Nesrin BAS (TUR)
Destiny ADEYELE LYNG (USA)
Solin PIEARCY (USA)

72kg
Daniela BRASNAROVA (BUL)
Diksha MALIK (IND)
Reshma MANE (IND)
Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Nurzat NURTAEVA (KGZ)
Wiktoria CHOLUJ (POL)
Buse TOSUN (TUR)
Skylar GROTE (USA)

76kg
Vanesa GEORGIEVA (BUL)
Genesis REASCO (ECU)
Jennifer ROESLER (GER)
KAJAL (IND)
Enrica RINALDI (ITA)
Gulmaral YERKEBAYEVA (KAZ)
Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ)
Alexandra ANGHEL (ROU)
Kadriye KOCAK AKSOY (TUR)
Elmira YASIN (TUR)
Anastasiya ALPYEYEVA (UKR)
Dymond GUILFORD (USA)

Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 Day 4: Tazhudinov, Ghasempour lose

Friday, November 21, 2025 - 06:59 By Vinay Siwach

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (November 21) -- The final day at the Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 will see four Freestyle weight classes in action -- 74kg, 86kg, 97kg and 125kg. Every weight class has a world champion wrestling today.

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12:50: Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) drops his semifinal against Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) 15-3. Aitmukhan with three exposure for six points in the second period. Tazhudinov struggled to finish his attacks. We have a Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) vs Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) final.

12:40: World silver medalist Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) with a lace to beat Rifat GIDAK (TUR) 11-0 and enter the final at 97kg.

12:37: Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE) reaches the 86kg final with an 5-1 win over Magomet EVLOEV (TJK) in the semifinal. Dzhioev will now take on Saipudunov for the gold medal.

12:33: Another Bahrain wrestler in the final as Khidir SAIPUDINOV (BRN) survives an late onslaught from Osman GOCEN (TUR) and wins 8-6 at 86kg. Gocen got a four-pointer which kept him in the match which was otherwise dominated by Saipudinov

12:30: Top match at 74kg semifinal as Younes EMAMI (IRI) holds off Norkhoza KAIPONOV (KAZ) 6-5. Kaiponov was up 4-1 and scored a stepout to make it 5-1. Emami got a stepout to make it 5-2 and a beautiful duckunder to close it to 5-4. He continued the action and used a gut-wrench to make it 6-5 with less than a minute remaining. He defended his lead to enter the final in which he will take on Aghanazar NOVRUZOV (AZE)

12:22: Aghanazar NOVRUZOV (AZE) with a takedown in the final 10 seconds to upset Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN) who was leading 5-2 till the last 30 seconds. The takedown gave Novruzov a 5-5 criteria lead before Asluev tried to hit exposure. Novruzov got an counter exposure for the 7-5 win.

12:15: Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI) is into the 125kg final after a 7-0 blanking of Hakan BUYUKCINGIL (TUR) in the semifinal. Easy win for the world champion

12:11: World silver medalist Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE) goes down 7-6 against Shamil SHARIPOV (BRN) in the 125kg semifinal. Sharipov scored a four-pointer and led 5-0. But in Meshvildishvili comes back in the second period to make it 6-4 and needed three points for a win. He scored a takedown to make it 6-6 but was down on criteria. In the final 10 seconds, he was close to scoring two times but Sharipov managed to defend. A lost challenge gave him another point.

12:06: Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) downs Olympic bronze medalist Mogomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE) 12-2 at 97kg. Aitmukhan with a four-pointer and three takedowns in his victory. Solid defense as well whenever Magomedov seemed threatening.

11:55: Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) with a cradle to get the fall over Abossolo CEDRIC (CMR) in the second period of his 97kg quarterfinal.

11:50: Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) wins his quarterfinal at 97kg against Muhammad GULZAR (PAK) 11-0 after three rolls from par terre. He will wrestle Rifat GIDAK (TUR) who defeated Oucif HOUSSEM (ALG) 13-2

11:42: After taking out Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI), Arsenii DHZIOEV (AZE) continues his winning run and enters the semifinal at 86kg with an 11-0 victory over Benferdjallah FATEH (ALG)

11:30: Younes EMAMI (IRI) with an strong defensive performance as he beats Orozbek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ), 5-2, at 74kg. Emami got a point every time he seemed passive in the match.

11:20: Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI) powers his way to a 10-0 victory over Arslanbek TURDUBEKOV (KGZ) at 125kg. World champion Zare is a strong favorite to win gold here.

11:18: Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN) stops Shams QURAISHI (AFG) from more upsets but not after an incredible match. Quraishi managed to score 9 points on Asluev before dropping his bout 12-9

11:10: Olympic champion Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) opens his 97kg with an 11-1 technical superiority win over 92kg U20 world champion Sherzod POYONOV (UZB).

11:00: Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) works his incredible underhook and manages an easy 11-0 victory over Iqbal AHMADI (AFG) at 97kg. Azarpira is a world silver medalist from Zagreb.

10:50: Former world 92kg champion Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) makes it look easy rolling to a 10-0 win over Mohamed SALAHELDIN (EGY) at 97kg.

10:45: Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE) takes out Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI) in the opening bout at 86kg. In a bout of two halves, Ghasempour got a takedown and passivity point in opening period before Dzhioev scored a takedown during Ghasempour's activity time to lead 3-3 on criteria with just over a minute left. Ghasempour tried a desperate leg attack at the end only to give a takedown and hand the win to Dzhioev

10:37: Osman GOCEN (TUR) hangs on for a 2-2 criteria win over Bobur ISLOMOV (UZB) at 86kg. It was a scramble in which both wrestlers were awarded two points each with Gocen getting it later and holding the criteria. No points were scored in the second period but both wrestler were involved in scrambles. Gocen manages to hold off and win.

10:33: Haider BUTT (PAK) led 3-0 against Farhad MALIK ZADA (AFG) and on the way to give Afghanistan it's first win of the tournament. However, Malik Zada with a comeback and beats the Pakistan wrestler 8-4 at 86kg.

10:25: Orozbek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ) took his own time but he manages to beat Khaireddine BEN TLILI (TUN), 11-1, in their 74kg. A four-pointer in the first period for Toktomambetov

10:15: Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ), one of the four world champs in action today, starts off with an 11-0 victory over Jafar CHULIBOYEV (UZB) at 74kg. He got a stepout before a takedown and four turns.

10:10: Afghanistan is really having a solid Games for itself. After some impressive wins yesterday and a fifth-place finish, Shams QURAISHI (AFG) gets a fall at 74kg against Omar MOURAD (EGY).

10:00: Last day of the ISG 2025 with four weight classes in Freestyle. Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) vs Amirali AZARPIRA (IRI) likely to face in the 97kg.

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Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 Day 4: Tazhudinov, Ghasempour lose