2005 World Championships - Men's Freestyle Match Summaries

55 kg/121 lbs. - Sammie Henson (Flintstone, Ga./Sunkist Kids)
Preliminaries
def. Vytas Cumakov (Lithuania), 2-3, 2-0, 4-0
1st Period:
0:24 - Henson 1 point push out (1-0 Henson)
0:32 - Henson 1 point snapdown (2-0 Henson)
1:06 - Cumakov 1 point single leg (2-1 Henson)
1:23 - Cumakov 2 point leg lace (3-2 Cumakov)

2nd Period:
0:38 - Henson 1 point push out (1-0 Henson)
0:46 - Henson 1 point single leg (2-0 Henson)

3rd Period:
0:14 - Henson 1 point single leg (1-0 Henson)
1:30 - Henson 1 point go behind (2-0 Henson)
1:39 - Henson 2 point leg turk (4-0 Henson)


Preliminaries
lost to Zalimkhan Kutseev (Russia), 1-1, 7-0
1st Period:
0:29 - Henson 1 point single leg (1-0 Henson)
1:48 - Zalimkhan 1 point single leg (1-1 Zalimkhan)

2nd Period:
0:06 - Zalimkhan 1 point single leg (1-0 Zalimkhan)
0:28 - Zalimkhan 2 point gut wrench (3-0 Zalimkhan)
0:28 - Zalimkhan 1 point hold (4-0 Zalimkhan)
0:52 - Zalimkhan 2 point gut wrench (6-0 Zalimkhan)
0:52 - Zalimkhan 1 point hold (7-0 Zalimkhan)



60 kg/132 lbs. - Michael Lightner (Norman, Okla./Sunkist Kids)
Preliminaries
lost to Tevfik Odabasi (Turkey), 0-2, 1-0, 4-0
1st Period:
1:06 - Lightner 1 point single leg (1-0 Lightner)
1:30 - Lightner 1 point push out (2-0 Lightner)

2nd Period:
1:53 - Odabasi 1 point push out (1-0 Odabasi)

3rd Period:
0:26 - Odabasi 2 point crotch lift (2-0 Odabasi)
0:53 - Odabasi 1 point go behind (3-0 Odabasi)
1:33 - Odabasi 1 point go behind (4-0 Odabasi)



66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Chris Bono (Gilbert, Iowa/Sunkist Kids)
Preliminaries
lost to Evan MacDonald (Canada), 1-1, 1-1
1st Period:
1:06 - Bono 1 point single leg (1-0 Bono)
1:56 - MacDonald 1 point push out (1-1 MacDonald)

2nd Period:
1:20 - Bono 1 point single leg (1-0 Bono)
1:59 - MacDonald 1 point push out (1-1 MacDonald)




74 kg/163 lbs. - Joe Williams (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids)
Preliminaries
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)

Preliminaries
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)

Quarterfinals
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)

Semifinals
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)

Bronze Medal Match
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)
Preliminaries
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

Preliminaries
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)

Quarterfinals
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)
Preliminaries
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)

Preliminaries
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)




120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Tolly Thompson (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Sunkist Kids)
Preliminaries
lost to Aydin Polatci of Turkey, 1-0, 0-1, 5-1
1st period
2:06 - Polatci 1 point single leg from clinch (Polatci 1-0)

2nd period
1:40 - Thompson 1 point peak out to single leg (Thompson 1-0)

3rd period
0:53 - Polatci 3 point front head (Polatci 3-0)
1:11 - Thompson 1 point go behind (Polatci - 3-1)
1:54 - Polatci 2 point front head (Polatci 5-1)


Repechage 1
def. Vadim Tasoev of Ukraine, 3-1, 4-1
1st period
0:15 - Thompson 3 point double leg (Thompson 3-0)
1:54 - Tasoev 1 point single leg (Thompson 3-1)

2nd period
0:49 - Thompson 1 point single leg (Thompson 3-0)
0:53 - Tasoev 1 point scramble (Tasoev 1-1)
1:58 - Thompson 3 point double leg (Thompson 4-1)


Repechage 2
by fall over Rares Chintoan of Romania, 0:47
1st period
0:20 - Thompson 1 point double leg (Thompson 1-0)
0:37 - Thompson 3 point bear hug (Thompson 4-0)
0:47 - Thompson 3 point double leg (Thompson 7-0)
0:47 - Thompson fall


Bronze Medal Match
def. Kura Kuramegomedov of Russia, 1-0, 1-0
1st period
0:42 - Thompson 1 point out of bounds (Thompson 1-0)

2nd period
1:19 - Thompson 1 point out of bounds (Thompson 1-0)