By Ali Feiz
KERMANSHAH (February 17) -- Iran won their sixth-straight Freestyle World Cup last night in Kermanshah defeating the United States 5-3 in the night's gold medal final. Azerbaijan took team bronze with a victory over Turkey.
Four-time world medalist and Olympic bronze medal winner Hassan RAHIMI opened the dual meet against the Americans with a 6-0 victory over Anthony RAMOS (USA) at 57kg.
Masoud ESMAEILPOUR (above) returned to international competition after a long layoff due to injury, upsetting 2016 world champion Logan STIEBER (USA) 6-2.
At 65kg, Olympic team member Meisam NASIRI (IRI) fought back from several troublesome positions his match against Frank MOLINARO (USA), storming back from a 4-0 deficit to find the 5-4 victory.
Returning to the mats for the first time since a lackluster outing at the Rio Games, 2012 Olympic champion Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) broke the consecutive win streak of Iran, defeating Peyman YARAHMADI, 3-2 and earn the first victory for USA.
The night's most exciting match (and surprising result) came at 86kg, where David TAYLOR upset 2016 Olympic champion Hassan YAZDANI by fall.
YAZDANI had a good start and collected four points, but fell behind in the second period and was pinned by TAYLOR, shocking the 5,000+ Iranian fans in attendance.
Olympic champion Kyle SNYDER (USA) kept the USA hopes alive at 97kk, besting Amir MOHAMMADI (IRI), 6-0.
At 125kg, Komeil GHASEMI (IRI), a 2016 Olympic silver medalist, used his experience to defeat Nicholas GWIAZDOWSKI, 5-0, giving the Iranians their sixth-straight World Cup title.
In the third-place match, Azerbaijan came out strong, defeating Turkey 7-1.
Giorgi EDISHERASHVILI, Ali RAHIMZADE and Haji ALIYEV gave three consecutive wins to Azerbaijan, while Yakup GOR defeated David SUYNYUCHKHANOV, 10-2, to earn the first and only win for Turkey.
Murad SULEYMANOV, 2012 Olympic champion Sharif SHARIFOV, Aslanbek ALBOROV (AZE) and Jamaladdin MAGOMEDOV won their bouts to secure Azerbaijan victory over Turkey.
Final - IRAN (IRI) df. UNITED STATES (USA), 5-3
57 kg - Hassan Sabzali RAHIMI (IRI) df. Anthony Joseph RAMOS (USA), 6-0
61 kg - Masoud Mahmoud ESMAEILPOORJOUYBARI (IRI) df. Logan Jeffery STIEBER (USA), 6-2
65 kg - Meisam Abolfazl NASIRI (IRI) df. Frank Aniello MOLINARO (USA), 5-4
70 kg - Mostafa Mohabbali HOSSEINKHANI (IRI) df. James Malcolm GREEN (USA), 2-0
74 kg - Jordan Ernest BURROUGHS (USA) df. Peyman Morteza YARAHMADI (IRI), 3-2
86 kg - David Morris TAYLOR III (USA) df. Hassan Aliazam YAZDANICHARATI (IRI) by FALL, 10-4
97 kg - Kyle SNYDER (USA) df. Amir MOHAMMADI (IRI), 6-0
125 kg - Komeil GHASEMI (IRI) df. Nicholas Edward GWIAZDOWSKI (USA), 5-0
Third Place - AZERBAIJAN (AZE) df. TURKEY (TUR),7-1
57 kg - Giorgi EDISHERASHVILI (AZE) df. Sezar AKGUL (TUR), 8-7
61 kg - Ali RAHIMZADE (AZE) df. Cengizhan ERDOGAN (TUR) by forfeit, 0-0
65 kg - Haji ALIYEV (AZE) df. Safa AKSOY (TUR) by TF, 12-2
70 kg - Yakup GOR (TUR) df. David SUYNYUCHKHANOV (AZE), 10-2
74 kg - Murad SULEYMANOV (AZE) df. Islam KILIC (TUR), 5-0
86 kg - Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) df. Selim YASAR (TUR), 2-1
97 kg - Aslanbek ALBOROV (AZE) df. Faruk AKKOYUN (TUR), 9-1
125 kg - Jamaladdin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) df. Salim ERCAN (TUR) by FALL, 4-0
Fifth Place - RUSSIA (RUS) df. MONGOLIA (MGL),7-1
57 kg - Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (RUS) df. Batbold SODNOMDASH (MGL) by TF, 10-0
61 kg - Dzhamal OTARSULTANOV (RUS) df. Tulga TUMUR-OCHIR (MGL), 4-1
65 kg - Alan GOGAEV (RUS) df. Batmagnai BATCHULUUN (MGL), 9-2
70 kg - Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (MGL) df. Magomedkhabib KADIMAGOMEDOV (RUS), 14-7
74 kg - Atsamaz SANAKOEV (RUS) df. Ankhbayar BATCHULUUN (MGL) by TF, 12-1
86 kg - Akhmed MAGAMAEV (RUS) df. Unurbat PUREVJAV (MGL) by TF, 10-0
97 kg - Rasul MAGOMEDOV (RUS) df. Batzul ULZIISAIKHAN (MGL), 11-3
125 kg - Vladislav BAITCAEV (RUS) df. Zolboo NATSAGSUREN (MGL), 6-0
Seventh Place - GEORGIA (GEO) df. INDIA (IND),7-1
57 kg - Otari GOGAVA (GEO) df. Amit KUMAR (IND) by forfeit, 0-0
61 kg - Giorgi REVAZISHVILI (GEO) df. Harphool HARPHOOL (IND) by FALL, 12-11
65 kg - Bajrang BAJRANG (IND) df. Iveriko JULAKIDZE (GEO) by TF, 16-6
70 kg - Levan KELEKHSASHVILI (GEO) df. Amit Kumar DHANKHAR (IND), 7-6
74 kg - Jakob MAKARASHVILI (GEO) df. Jitender JITENDER (IND), 5-3
86 kg - Dato MARSAGISHVILI (GEO) df. Deepak DEEPAK (IND) by TF, 10-0
97 kg - Zviad METREVELI (GEO) df. Roublejit Singh RANGI (IND), 8-0
125 kg - Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) df. Krishan KRISHAN (IND) by forfeit, 0-0
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