Metcalf Leads US at Yarygin

Brent Metcalf won a silver medal at 65 kg going an impressive 4-1 at the tournament known as the "toughest in the world". Metcalf lost to Ilyas Bekbulatov for the second time in as many years in the finals of this tournament, this time by a score of 6-8. 

The proposed AGON match between Metcalf and Aaron Pico got an interesting look in this bracket. Pico lost his first match and was not pulled in to repechage. It's great to see Pico wrestling despite signing the Bellator MMA contract. However, him being able to beat Metcalf appears to be a stretch and the doubters received more fuel to that sentiment with the results this weekend. 

The Americans had two in the 86 kg bracket, Jake Herbert and Phil Keddy. Herbert went 1-1 and didn't get pulled in to repechage. Keddy found himself falling in the bronze medal match with an impressive 3-2 record in the tournament. 

IVAN YARYGIN GRAND PRIX
At Krasnoyarsk, Russia, January 24

Men’s freestyle results

61 kg
GOLD: Alexander BOGOMOYEV (RUS) v. Nachyin KUULAR (RUS), 7-0
BRONZE: Dymal OTARSULTANOV (RUS) v. Gadjimurad RASHIDOV (RUS), 11-7
BRONZE: Vegor PONOMAREV (RUS) df. Bulat BATOYEV (RUS) by FALL 
Semifinal: Alexander BOGOMOYEV (RUS) df. Dymal OTARSULTANOV (RUS), 8-2 
Semifinal: Nachyin KUULAR (RUS) df. Bulat BATOYEV (RUS), 3-2

Men's Freestyle -- 65kg
GOLD: Ilias BEKBULATOV (RUS) df. Brent METCALF (USA), 8-6 
BRONZE: Zaurabek SIDAKOV df. Ali EMEYEV (RUS), TK
BRONZE: Evgeni JERBAEV (RUS) df. Ahmed CHAKAEV by FALL
Semifinal: Brent METCALF (USA) df. Ali EMEYEV (RUS) by TF, 12-2
Semifinal: Ilias BEKBULATOV (RUS) df. Evgeni JERBAEV (RUS) by TF, 13-3

Men's Freestyle -- 70kg
GOLD: Rasul DZHUKAEV (RUS) df. Said DADASHPUR (IRI), 9-2
BRONZE: Rasul ARSANALIEV df. Arsalan BUDAZHAPOV (RUS), 16-12
BRONZE: Israil KASUMOV df. Rasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS), 8-4
Semifinal: Said DADASHPUR (IRI) df. Arsalan BUDAZHAPOV (RUS), 10-9
Semifinal: Rasul DZHUKAEV (RUS) df. Rasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS), 6-5

Men's Freestyle -- 86kg

GOLD: Anzor URISHEV (RUS) df. Khitumen ORGODOL (MGL), 11-4
BRONZE: Akmet MAGOMEDOV (RUS) df. Alexander GUSHTYN (BLR), 12-4
BRONZE: Dauren KURUGLIYEV (RUS) df. Phillip KEDDY (USA), 9-0
Semifinal: Khitumen ORGODOL (MGL) df. Alexander GUSHTYN (BLR), 5-0
Semifinal: Anzor URISHEV (RUS) df. Dauren KURUGLIYEV (RUS), 6-5

Men's Freestyle -- 97kg
GOLD: Ibragim SAIDOV (BLR) df. Kaynula KYRBANOV (RUS), 6-1
BRONZE: Mamed IBRAGIMOV (KAZ) df. Azret SHOGENOV (RUS), 2-2
BRONZE: Yuril BELONOVSKIY (RUS) df. Khuderbulga DORZHKHAND (MGL), 3-3
Semifinal: Kaynula KYRBANOV (RUS) df. Mamed IBRAGIMOV (KAZ), 5-2 
Semifinal: Ibragim SAIDOV (BLR) df. Yuril BELONOVSKIY (RUS), 2-0 

Men's Freestyle -- 125kg
GOLD: Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) df. Alan KHUGAEV (RUS), 2-1 
BRONZE: Chuluunbat ZHARGALSAIKHAN (MGL) df. Zolboo NATSAGSUREN, 4-1
BRONZE: Timur KOTSOEV (RUS) df. Alan DZAMPAEV (RUS), 5-5
Semifinal: Alan KHUGAEV (RUS) df. Zolboo NATSAGSUREN (MGL), 2-0
Semifinal: Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) df. Timur KOTSOEV (RUS), 10-1

U.S. men’s freestyle performances

65 kg/143 lbs – Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (NYAC/Hawkeye WC), 2nd
WIN Ghadjimurad Abakarov (Russia), 3-1
WIN Viktor Stepanov (Russia), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Sidakov (Russia), 9-1
WIN Alibetgadzi Emeev (Russia), 13-2
LOSS Ilyas Bekbulatov (Russia), 6-8

65 kg/143 lbs. – Jimmy Kennedy, Ann Arbor, Mich. (NYAC/Cliff Keen WC), did not medal
WIN Victor Sereda (Belarus), 5-4
WIN Rustam Beslatcev (Russia), 7-2
LOSS Evgeni Jherbaev (Russia), 3-8

65 kg/143 lbs – Aaron Pico, Whittier, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), dnp
LOSS Akhmed Chakayev (Russia), 8-14

86 kg/189 lbs – Jake Herbert, Ann Arbor, Mich. (NYAC/Cliff Keen WC)
WIN Aslan Kakhidze (Kazakhstan), 8-4
LOSS Soslan Ktsoev (Russia), 10-0

86 kg/189 lbs – Phillip Keddy, Iowa City, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC), 5th
WIN Shinja Matsumoto (Japan), 9-8
LOSS Anzor Urishev (Russia), 0-9
WIN Bat-Erdene Bayasgalan (Mongolia), 10-0
WIN Soslan Ktsoev (Russia), 5-4
LOSS Dauren Kurugliyev (Russia), 0-9