Freestyle Brackets For 2016 Golden Grand Prix
Freestyle Brackets For 2016 Golden Grand Prix
Men's freestyle draws for the 2016 Golden Grand Prix
Check out the draws for Team USA's delegation of men's freestyle at the 2016 Golden Grand Prix. There are no Americans at 70kg or 74kg. Brackets are not available at this time. Streaming starts at 1 a.m. EST and we will embed the streams from YouTube.
Rich Perry was third at Bill Farrell and has, on paper, the best draw of any American. He starts with Toby Fitzpatrick (NZL) and then has another winnable match next. Perry will face either, Saiakbai Usupov (KGZ) was a 74kg who just moved up recently and took bronze at the Pune Mayor's Cup, so he should have a big size advantage. The other possibility is Ahmet Belici (TUR), who Perry beat 12-5 at the Medved back in February.
Dustin Kilgore has one of the world's strongest wrestlers in Reineris Salas Perez. The Cuban is normally an 86kg, but made the finals of all tournaments he entered last year at this higher weight.
57kg
Tony Ramos drew Mirjalal Hasan-zade (AZE), who most recently was fifth at 61kg in the World Military Championships. The two have never met, but Ramos finished ahead of Hasan-zade at the 2015 Paris Grand Prix. The Azeri was also a 2014 junior world silver and the 57kg U23 Euro champ this year. He will certainly be a good first round test for Ramos, who would have either Rustam Ampar (RUS) or Reza Atri (IRI) in his second match.61kg
Alan Waters had had a very busy fall cycle. He won a bronze medal over in Russia at the intercontinental cup down at 57kg, but then had a tough go at 61kg the Bill Farrell a couple weeks ago. He is staying at 61 for this event, and is on the top half of a 12-man bracket. He'll have Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez (CUB) first, one of the most explosive and entertaining wrestlers in the world.65kg
This is the first time we have seen Frank Molinaro in action since being razor close to winning bronze at the Rio Olympics. He will face an opponent familiar to US fans in Agahueseyin Mustafayev (AZE), who has been in several overseas tournaments with Americans. In last year's GGP semis, Logan Stieber pinned Mustafayev.86kg
Both Americans end up on the bottom side of a 16-man bracket, but luckily they would not meet until the semis. Austin Trotman is fresh off a title at the Bill Farrell, and will be battle tested early against London bronze medalist Dato Marsagishvili (GEO)Rich Perry was third at Bill Farrell and has, on paper, the best draw of any American. He starts with Toby Fitzpatrick (NZL) and then has another winnable match next. Perry will face either, Saiakbai Usupov (KGZ) was a 74kg who just moved up recently and took bronze at the Pune Mayor's Cup, so he should have a big size advantage. The other possibility is Ahmet Belici (TUR), who Perry beat 12-5 at the Medved back in February.
97kg
The two Americans here are both on the bottom side of a 13-man bracket. JT Felix starts with the always tough Erik Thielie (GER) and should he win would have Elizbar Odidkadze, the perennial fifth placer from Georgia.Dustin Kilgore has one of the world's strongest wrestlers in Reineris Salas Perez. The Cuban is normally an 86kg, but made the finals of all tournaments he entered last year at this higher weight.
125kg
Zach Rey closes out the American contingent as our only heavyweight. He starts off Ali Isaev (AZE), a 2009 Euro champ. Should he win there, he'll have either Yadollah Mohebbi, the Takhti Cup runner-up from earlier this year, but more likely Geno Petriashvili (GEO). The Georgian is a high volume shooter and has three world/Olympic bronze medals to his name on the senior levelRelated Content
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