Our three representatives for the non-Olympic weight world championships have received their draws for tomorrow. Below are the brackets for Alli Ragan (60kg FW), James Green (70kg MFS), and Pat Martinez (80kg GR).

United World Wrestling is streaming the event here starting at 3 a.m. central time. Mat A will be for Greco, Mat B for men's freestyle and Mat C for women's freestyle.

Day Two: 12/11

60kg

Alli Ragan lands right near the bottom of a 19-woman bracket. She will be the second match of the day and has Sarita (IND), who was second at last year's junior Asian championships at 59kg. This is her seventh world championship appearance and third on the senior level, though she has not won a medal in any so far.

A win puts her in the round of 16 against either Linda Morais (CAN) or Derya Bayhan (TUR). Morais has only two results this year, having won the Commonwealth Championship last month and getting second at the Torneo Citta a Sassari. Bayhan has been much more active, appearing for Turkey at both junior Euros and worlds, U23 Euros and University worlds, and senior Euros.

The favorite to come out of the upper quarter is Anhelina Lysaka (UKR), the junior world runner-up at 59kg. She still has a few years of junior eligibility left as she won cadet worlds last year. Lysak is a headlock specialist, so finishing shots clean and avoiding the big move will be key for Ragan to make the finals.


 

70kg

James Green starts off with Gitinomagomed Gadzhiyev (AZE), followed by Davit Tsashadze (GEO). Gadzhiyev was the Azeri rep for Euros this year, where he lost to Azamat Nurykau (BLR). Since then though, Gadzhiyev won the Grand Prix of Germany and just took second at the Golden Grand Prix. Green demolished Tlasahdze at the World Cup, very nearly breaking his back with a devastating leg lace.



Looking ahead to the quarters, Green is likely to face Rashid Kurbanov (UZB), a 2014 Asian Games champion. Kurbanov was up at 86kg as recently as last July at the Aliev tournament, and was Uzbekistan's 74kg rep at worlds from 2013-15, winning a bronze medal in 2013.

Being on the bottom side of an international bracket typically means you have the tougher half, which in this case means following up Kurbanov with another 2013 bronze medalist in Magomed Kurbanaliev (RUS). Opposite end of the spectrum as the Uzbeki though, as Kurbanaliev is a career 65kg who just won that weight at Golden Grand Prix.

80kg

Pat Martinez is in his second straight world championship at 80kg and will be the eighth match on Mat A. He starts off with Asian bronze medalist Ashkat Dilmukhamedov (KAZ).

The next opponent will be either Sargis Kocharyan (ARM) or Igor Besleaga (MDA). Kocharyan does not appear to have competed this year, but is a 74kg junior bronze medalist from 2014, as well as the U23 Euro silver medalist and world military games bronze medalist at 80kg last year. Besleaga has been Moldova's primary 75kg for the past several years.

Day One: 12/10

55kg

Sarah Hildebrandt ends up on the top half of her 17-woman bracket, starting with Mayu Mukaida (JPN). The junior world champ only gave up two points as she teched her way to a gold medal in France. They will be the fifth match on Mat C.



Mukaida is very crafty and positionally sound, as high level Japanese females tend to be. She primarily used a swing single to her opponent's right leg at junior worlds, with a secondary duck from lefty elbow control. On top, she only went left side on her guts, but also used it as a decoy to set up her lace.

Waiting in the quarters will be either Elena Yakimchuk (BUL) or Ramona Galambos (HUN). Yakimchuk was on Bulgaria's team at the Euro Nations Cup last month. Galambos struggled at Nations Cup and Golden Grand Prix last month, but has bronze medals from junior and university world this year. She did not meet Mukaida at junior worlds.

The favorite to make the semis is Tatyana Kit (UKR), who has been on a tear this year after winning a bronze medal last year in Vegas. She won the Ukraine Memorial, U23 Euro championship and Poland Open this year, as well as a silver at senior Euros and third place finish at the Golden Grand Prix.

61kg

Logan Stieber's lands on the top half of a 22-man bracket, but that doesn't make it easy. He has four of the top guys in the world his way to making the 61kg final tomorrow.

He starts off against 2015 world bronze medalist Vasyl Shuptar (UKR), who just a couple weeks ago defeated Olympic gold medalist Vladimer Khinchegashvili at the Clubs Cup. Shuptar has been very active the past few months, placing second at Military Worlds and helping Ukraine to a third place finish at the European Nations Cup. They'll be the eighth match on Mat B.

Should Logan win there, he'll advance to the quarterfinals against one of two very strong opponents. Dimitar Ivanov (BUL) was a junior world bronze medalist last year and was second at the U23 Euro championships in March. But the likely opponent will be the massive Akhmed Chakaev (RUS), normally a 65 who also holds a 10-0 win over Khinchegashvili. Stieber does have a win over Chakaev from the 2012 Beat The Streets.

The favorite to make the semis is Asian championships runner-up Behnam Ehsanpoor (IRI), who has a win over two-time world champ Haji Aliyev. Ehsanpoor has been on the fringe of breaking out for years, as he was a 2012 junior world champ and silver at the 2013 world university games. He was Iran's 61kg representative last year in Vegas, but was pinned in the first round by Shuptar.

71kg

Chris Gonzalez winds up on the bottom side of this 29-man field. He starts off with Filip Dubsky (CZE), who has spent most of this year down at 66kg. Dubsky was the Czech representative at 66kg for Euros this year and at 71kg for worlds last year. This will be the sixth match on Mat A.

A Gonzalez win would put him against either Denys Demyankov (UKR), a 66kg bronze medalist at last year's world military games or Ilie Cojocari (ROU), the Romanian's choice at 75kg for every Rio qualifying event.