Match Notes: Senior World Championships Day Three

Session One Match Notes

79 kg R32 – Jordan Burroughs (United States) dec. Zelimkhan Khadjiev (France), 4-0

Burroughs takes the opening attack, gets caught underneath in a chest lock, no points. Khadjiev is put on the shot clock at the 4:25 mark in the first period. The shot clock expires and Burroughs goes up 1-0. Burroughs converts on his signature double leg going out of bounds. The move is called four points and France challenges with 32 seconds left in the period. The points are reversed from a four to a two, making it 3-0 Burroughs, which holds to the break. Blood time for Khadjiev at the 2:39 mark. Burroughs pounces for a step out point with 1:54 to go, his lead up to 4-0. Some great action there going back and forth on the edge of the mat. Burroughs takes the match, 4-0.

70 kg R32 – James Green (United States) dec. Peiman Biabani (Canada), 5-2

Biabani put on the shot clock at the 4:32 mark in the first period. The shot clock expires, and Green takes the 1-0 lead. An uneventful first period stays 1-0 for Green at the break. Biabani is put on the shot clock a second time 56 seconds into the new period. The shot clock expires, and Green is up 2-0 heading into the back half of the second period. Biabani gets in on a low-level single leg, his first shot attempt of the match, and converts it to take a 2-2 criteria lead with 50 seconds to go. Green drives through an underhook going out-of-bounds with 20 seconds left to regain the lead, 4-2. Green is close to a step out with 2.2 seconds left on the clock, but it’s called grounded. The Canada corner is challenging the call, loses it, and Green goes up 5-2, which ends the match.  

92 kg R32 – Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Individual Neutral Athlete) dec. David Taylor (United States), 7-0

Taylor gets in deep on head inside single, Saduleav counters and pops out of it for no points. Snap down for Sadulaev, working front headlock and goes behind for the first takedown in the match. Fresh start at 4:37 with Sadulaev up 2-0. Another snap down, go-behind for Sadulaev, no turn and he takes a 4-0 lead with 46 seconds left in the first period. It’s 4-0 at the break. Taylor goes for a right-side single leg, Sadulev spins around going for another go-behind, they go out of bounds and Sadulaev scores a step out point from the exchange to go up 5-0. Taylor shoots a left-side high-c this time and gets countered for another set of two. The match runs to the finish with Sadulaev taking it, 7-0.

65 kg Repechage – Macey Kilty (United States) tech. fall Elis Manolova (Azerbaijan), 12-2

A low-level attack, head outside finish attempt for Manolova, Kilty cuts the corner and works a crotch lift, which is called two for both wrestlers. Kilty ends up on top and secures a leg lace for four turns. Kilty transitions to an arm turk and claw to get a final exposure. There is some serious confusion on the score from the officials. The U.S. challenges the score as the officials convene. The jury looks over the replay and Kilty wins by technical fall, 12-2.