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Lee earns No. 1 seed in men’s freestyle at 2025 Senior World Championships

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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling

Spencer Lee works from top at 2025 Final X in Newark, N.J.

Spencer Lee works from top at 2025 Final X in Newark, N.J.

United World Wrestling has released its men’s freestyle seeds for the 2025 Senior World Championships based upon the preliminary entry list for the competition.


Four U.S. athletes garnered a seed, led by 2024 Olympic silver medalist Spencer Lee, who took the top spot at 57 kg. Olympic champion and three-time World champion Kyle Snyder slots in as the No. 3 seed at 97 kg. 2023 World bronze medalist Zahid Valencia holds the No. 4 seed at 86 kg. Two-time age-group World medalist Trent Hidlay snuck in with the No. 8 seed at 92 kg.


The remaining six U.S. entrants—Jax Forrest, Real Woods, PJ Duke, David Carr, Levi Haines and Wyatt Hendrickson—will enter the men’s freestyle tournament unseeded.


Seeds are determined based upon the aggregation of ranking points for the year, which are earned by placements at the previous year’s World Championships, plus continental championships and ranking series events.


A complete list of entries for the Senior World Championships is available at uww.org. Entries are subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the official draw.


The Senior World Championships will be held September 13-21 at Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. The men’s freestyle portion of the competition will lead off the week.

2025 Senior World Championships #

At Zagreb, Croatia, September 13-21 #


Men’s Freestyle Seeds #

57 kg #

1. Spencer Lee (United States)

2. Gulomjon Abdullaev (Uzbekistan)

3. Aman (India)

4. Roman Bravo Young (Mexico)

5. Darian Cruz (Puerto Rico)

6. Bekzat Almaz Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

7. Islam Bazarganov (Azerbaijan)

8. Munkh Erdene Batkhuyag (Mongolia)


61 kg #

1. Zavur Uguev (UWW)

2. Giorgi Goniashvili (Georgia)

3. Takara Suda (Japan)

4. Udit (India)

5. Leomid Colesnic (Moldova)

6. Dzmitry Shamela (UWW)

7. Nils Leutert (Switzerland)

8. Joshua Kramer (Ecuador)


65 kg #

1. Rahman Amouzad (Iran)

2. Kotaro Kiyooka (Japan)

3. Vazgen Tevanyan (Armenia)

4. Ali Rahimzada (Azerbaijan)

5. Khamzat Arsamerzouev (France)

6. Sebastian Rivera (Puerto Rico)

7. Ibragim Ibragimov (UWW)

8. Sujeet (India)


70 kg #

1. Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (Japan)

2. Akaki Kemertelidze (Georgia)

3. Nurkozha Kaipanov (Kazakhstan)

4. Kanan Heybatov (Azerbaijan)

5. Arman Andreasyan (Armenia)

6. Austin Gomez (Mexico)

7. Vasile Diacon (Moldova)

8. Iszmail Muszukajev (Hungary)


74 kg #

1. Chermen Valiev (Albania)

2. Taimuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia)

3. Yones Emami (Iran)

4. Orozobek Toktomambetov (Kyrgyzstan)

5. Murad Kuramagomedov (Hungary)

6. Giorgi Elbakidze (Georgia)

7. Magomedrasul Asluev (Bahrain)

8. Feng Lu (China)


79 kg #

1. Akhsarbek Gulaev (Slovakia)

2. Suldkhuu Olonbayar (Mongolia)

3. Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia)

4. Magomet Evloev (Tajikistan)

5. Mohammad Nokhodi (Iran)

6. Daulet Yergesh (Kazakhstan)

7. Khidir Saipudinov (Bahrain)

8. Zelimkhan Khadjiev (France)


86 kg #

1. Osman Gocen (Türkiye)

2. Arsenii Dzhioev (Azerbaijan)

3. Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau (UWW)

4. Zahid Valencia (United States)

5. Rakhim Magamadov (France)

6. Hayato Ishiguro (Japan)

7. Batbilguun Naadambat (Mongolia)

8. Gyeongyeon Lee (Korea)


92 kg #

1. Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia)

2. Benjamin Honis (Italy)

3. Batyrbek Tsakulov (Slovakia)

4. Osman Nurmagomedov (Azerbaijan)

5. Dauren Kurugliev (Greece)

6. Amirhossein Firouzpour (Iran)

7. Lars Schaefle (Germany)

8. Trent Hidlay (United States)


97 kg #

1. Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain)

2. Givi Matcharashvili (Georgia)

3. Kyle Snyder (United States)

4. Magomedkhan Magomedov (Azerbaijan)

5. Amirali Azarpira (Iran)

6. Zbigniew Baranowski (Poland)

7. Arash Yoshida (Japan)

8. Richard Vegh (Hungary)


125 kg #

1. Giorgi Meshvildishvili (Azerbaijan)

2. Amir Hossein Zare (Iran)

3. Dzianis Khramiankou (UWW)

4. Robert Baran (Poland)

5. Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur (Mongolia)

6. Shamil Sharipov (Bahrain)

7. Solomon Manashvili (Georgia)

8. Jonovan Smith (Puerto Rico)