The Iranian team Bimeh Razi took advantage of big wrestlers namely, Masoud Esmaeilpour, Reza Yazdani, Komeil Ghasemi and Meisam Mostafa-Jokar in the finals of the second Freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup on Friday in Azadi Sports Complex, Tehran, in order to defeat USA’s Titan Mercury 7-1 and claimed the world champion title.
The results of the final match are as follow:
57 kg – Vladimir Kenchiashvili (Iran) df. Tony Ramos (USA), 4-1
61 kg – Behnam Ehsanpour (Iran) df. Daniel Dennis (USA), 5-1
65 kg – Masoud Esmaeilpour (Iran) df. Morteza Ghiyasi (USA), 5-1
70 kg – Magmed Haji Rasoul (Iran) df. Dustin Schlatter (USA), 4-0
74 kg – Andrew Howe (USA) df. Alireza Ghasemi (Iran), 7-2
86 kg – Meisam Mostafa-Jokar (Iran) df. Mojtaba Goleij (USA), 3-2
97 kg – Reza Yazdani (Iran) df. Jake Varner (USA), 10-0
125 kg – Komeil Ghasemi (Iran) df. Bobby Telford (USA) 3-0
Earlier on Friday, Kefayati Mashhad from Iran had snatched the bronze medal of the World Wrestling Clubs Cup after defeating Tashir club of Armenia 7-1.
A total of 15 teams took part in the two-day tournament including Bimeh Razi (Iran), Setaragan (Iran), Kefayati Mashhad (Iran), Shahrdari Hamedan (Iran), Latin America, Hungary, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Bulgaria , Georgia, Titan Mercury (USA), Brazil and Azerbaijan.
The winning team at the World Wrestling Clubs Cup took a $50,000 prize while the second place squad was awarded $30,000 with the third place team earning $20,000.
The competitions was conducted under UWW regulations in 2015 freestyle in senior 8 weight categories in Azadi Sport Complex on November 26-27.
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