Burroughs goes 5-0, leads USA to 3rd place at World Cup

            LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Jordan Burroughs, whose 69-match winning streak came to an end in February, got off to a good start on another winning run this past weekend as the World and Olympic champion won all five of his bouts at 163 pounds as the United States men’s freestyle team finished third at the World Cup, which was held March 15-16 at the Forum.

In pool matches, Burroughs defeated Vahe Tamrazyan (Armenia), 6-1; pinned Parveen Rana (India), 2:44; Ezzatollah Akbari Zarinkolaei (Iran), 7-1 and pinned Murat Erturk (Turkey), 2:17 before the former Nebraska wrestler won by technical fall over Giya Chykladze (Ukraine), 15-4.

Burroughs suffered his only loss on the men’s senior freestyle level on Feb. 15 in Istanbul, Turkey, when former Missouri All-American Nick Marable defeated Burrough, 4-4 criteria, in a quarterfinals match at the Yasar Dogu International.

For the second straight year, the United States finished third, losing only to eventual team champions Iran, 5-3, on Saturday night. The Iranians claimed the World Cup by defeating Russia, 6-2.

Placement Dual Meets

Championship — Iran 6, Russia 2

Third place — United States 7, Ukraine 1

Fifth place — Mongolia 5, India 3

Seventh place — Turkey 6, Japan 2

Ninth place — Georgia 4, Armenia 4 (Georgia wins on criteria)

American Results

Pool Matches

USA 7, Armenia 1

57 kg/125.5 lbs. – Angel Escobedo (USA) dec. Artak Hovhannisyan (Armenia), 11-4

61 kg/134 lbs. – Reece Humphrey (USA) dec. Valodya Frangulyan (Armenia), 5-4

65 kg/143 lbs. – Brent Metcalf (USA) dec. Artur Arakelyan (Armenia), 11-1

70 kg/154 lbs. – Davit Apoyan (Armenia) dec. Nick Marable (USA), 10-7

74 kg/163 lbs. – Jordan Burroughs (USA) pinned Varuzhan Kajoyan (Armenia), 3:38

86 kg/189 lbs. – Keith Gavin (USA) dec. Vahe Tamrazyan (Armenia), 6-1

97 kg/213 lbs. – Dustin Kilgore (USA) dec. Viktor Kazishvili (Armenia), 10-0

125 kg/275 lbs. – Tervel Dlagnev (USA) dec. Andranik Galstyan (Armenia), 11-0

USA 6, India 2

57 kg – Amit Kumar (India) dec. Andrew Hochstrasser (USA), 4-3

61 kg – Bajrang Bajrang (India) dec. Jimmy Kennedy (USA), 10-6

65 kg – Brent Metcalf (USA) dec. Rajneesh Rajneesh (India), 7-6

70 kg – Moza Fay (USA) dec. Amit Kumar Dhankhar (India), 11-0

74 kg – Jordan Burroughs (USA) pinned Parveen Rana (India), 2:44

86 kg – Clayton Foster (USA) dec. Pawan Kumar, 10-0

97 kg – J.D. Bergman (USA) dec. Saywart Kadian (India)

125 kg – Tervel Dlagnev (USA) won by forfeit

Iran 5, USA 3

57 kg – Hassan Rahimi (Iran) dec. Angel Escobedo (USA), 8-0

61 kg – Masoud Esmailpoor Jouybari (Iran) dec. Reece Humphrey (USA), 10-8

65 kg – Brent Metcalf (USA) dec. Meisam Nasiri (Iran), 11-8

70 kg – Mostafa Hosseinkhani (Iran) dec. Nick Marable (United States), 1-0

74 kg – Jordan Burroughs (USA) dec. Ezzatollah Akbari Zarinkolaei (Iran), 7-1

86 kg – Clayton Foster (USA) dec. Ehsan Lashgari (Iran), 7-5

97 kg – Reza Yazdani (Iran) dec. J.D. Bergman (USA), 8-0

125 kg – Komeil Ghasemi (Iran) dec. Tervel Dlagnev (USA), 1-0

USA 8, Turkey 0

57 kg/125.5 lbs. – Angel Escobedo (USA) pinned Nebi Uzun (Turkey), 2:50

61 kg/134 lbs. – Jimmy Kennedy (USA) tech. fall over Recep Topal (Turkey), 10-0

65 kg/143 lbs. – Brent Metcalf (USA) tech. fall over Selahattin Kilisalayan (Turkey), 10-0

70 kg/154 lbs. – Nick Marable (USA) tech. fall over Mustafa Kaya (Turkey), 13-0

74 kg/163 lbs. – Jordan Burroughs (USA) pinned Murat Erturk (Turkey), 2:17

86 kg/189 lbs. – Clayton Foster (USA) dec. Fatih Erdin (Turkey), 16-9

97 kg/213 lbs. – J.D. Bergman (USA) dec. Ali B­onceoglu (Turkey), 6-4

125 kg/275 lbs. – Tervel Dlagnev (USA) wins by forfeit

Third-place match

USA 7, Ukraine 1

57 kg – Angel Escobedo (USA) tech. fall over Sergiy Ratushny (Ukraine), 11-1

61 kg – Jimmy Kennedy (USA) dec. Vasyl Fedoryshyn (Ukraine), 5-1

65 kg – Brent Metcalf (USA) tech. fall over Ivan Petriv (Ukraine), 12-2

70 kg – Nick Marable (USA) dec. Andriy Kvyatkovskyy (Ukraine), 3-2

74 kg – Jordan Burroughs (USA) tech. fall over Giya Chykladze (Ukraine), 15-4

86 kg – Clayton Foster (USA) dec. Ibragim Aldatov (Ukraine), 7-2

97 kg – Pavlo Oliinyk (Ukraine) dec. J.D. Bergman (USA), 4-1

120 kg – Tervel Dlagnev (USA) won by forfeit

First-place match

Iran 6, Russia 2

57 kg – Viktor Lebedev (Russia) dec. Hassan Rahimi (Iran), 4-3

61 kg – Masoud Esmailpoor Jouybari (Iran) dec. Aleksandr Bogomoev (Russia), 12-6

65 kg – Sayed Ahmad Mohammad Pahnehkolaie (Iran) dec. Alibeggadzhi Emeev (Russia), 10-0

70 kg – Mostafa Hosseinkhani (Iran) dec. Khetik Tsabolov (Russia), 9-0

74 kg – Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (Russia) tech. fall over Ezzatollah Akbari Zarinkolaei (Iran), 11-0

84 kg – Ehsan Lashgari (Iran) dec. Anzor Urishev (Russia), 2-1

97 kg – Reza Yazdani (Iran) dec. Yuri Belonovskiy (Russia), 12-2

125 kg – Komeil Ghasemi (Iran) dec. Anzor Khezriev (Russia), 3-0