UPDATED AFTER BRONZE MEDAL MATCHES- Play by play desciptions of the U.S. matches at the World Champi

74 kg/163 lbs. - Joe Williams (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids)
def. Kunihiko Obata of Japan, 2-0, 4-0
1st period
0:03 - Williams 1 point ankle pick (Williams 1-0)
1:50 - Williams 1 point butt drag (Williams 2-0)

2nd period
0:08 - Williams 1 point ankle pick (Williams 1-0)
0:57 - Williams 1 point double leg (Williams 2-0)
1:02 - Williams 2 point gut wrench (Williams 4-0)

def. Ahmet Gulhan of Turkey, 1-0, 1-0
1st period
2:04 - Williams 1 point push out from clinch (Williams 1-0)

2nd period
1:55 - Williams 1 point low single (Williams 1-0)

def. Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan, 0-1, 1-0, 1-0
1st period
2:12 - Tigiev 1 point single leg from clinch (Tigiev 1-0)

2nd period
1:11 - Williams 1 point counter shot single leg (Williams 1-0)

3rd period
2:30 - Williams 1 point - opponent failed to score from clinch (Williams 1-0)

lost to Arpad Ritter of Hungary, 1-0, 1-0
1st period
2:04 - Ritter 1 point single/lift from clinch (Ritter 1-0)

2nd period
1:19 - Ritter 1 point on Williams step out (Ritter 1-0)

def. Alexandru Burca of Muldova, 3-0, 0-3, 3-1
1st period
1:44 - Williams 3 point double leg (Williams 3-0)

2nd period
0:42 - Burca 1 point arm spin (Burca 1-0)
0:52 - Burca 2 point gut wrench (Burca 3-0)

3rd period
0:32 - Williams 3 point double leg (Williams 3-0)
1:31 - Burca 1 point arm spin/scramble (Williams 3-1)


84 kg/185 lbs. - Mo Lawal (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC)
by fall over Ibrahim Al Khatib (Libya), 0:22
1st period
0:16 - Lawal 2 point arm throw to back (Lawal 2-0)
0:22 - Lawal pin

def. Ruslan Sumenkov of Kyrgyzstan, 6-0, 1-0
1st period
0:38 - Lawal 3 point ankle pick (Lawal 3-0)
1:21 - Lawal 3 point double leg (Lawal 6-0)

2nd period
0:13 - Lawal 1 point butt drag (Lawal 1-0)

lost to Sazhid Sazhidov of Russia, 1-0, 0-1, 1-1
1st period
1:59 - Sazhidov 1 point single leg (Sazhidov 1-0)

2nd period
1:59 - Lawal 1 point single leg defense, push out (Lawal 1-0)

3rd period
1:15 - Lawal 1 point single leg (Lawal 1-0)
1:59 - Sazhidov 1 point caution against Lawal for fleeing (Sazhidov 1-1)


96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Daniel Cormier (Stillwater, Okla./Gator WC)
def. Peter Pecha (Slovakia), 4-0, 3-0
1st period
0:14 - Cormier 1 point ankle pick (Cormier 1-0)
0:34 - Cormier 2 point gut wrench (Cormier 3-0)
1:34 - Cormier 1 point double leg (Cormier 4-0)

2nd period
0:40 - Cormier 1 point double leg (Cormier 1-0)
1:04 - Cormier 1 point single leg (Cormier 2-0)
1:28 - Cormier 1 point high crotch (Cormier 3-0)

lost to Aleksei Krupnykov of Kyrgyzstan, 2-1, 8-1
1st period
0:51 - Krupnykov 1 point takedown/scramble (Krupnykov 1-0)
0:55 - Cormier 1 point reversal (Cormier 1-1)
1:22 - Krupnykov single leg (Krupnykov 2-1)

2nd period
0:28 - Krupnykov 3 point bear hug (Krupnykov 3-0)
0:33 - Krupnykov 1 point hold (Krupnykov 4-0)
1:06 - Cormier 1 point body luck (Krupnykov 4-1)
1:27 - Krupnykov 1 point push out (Krupnykov 5-1)
1:36 - Krupnykov 3 point double overhook throw (Krupnykov 8-1)