Coleman gets No. 6 seed in Greco-Roman at 2025 Senior World Championships

United World Wrestling has released its Greco-Roman seeds for the 2025 Senior World Championships based upon the preliminary entry list for the competition.

One U.S. Greco-Roman wrestler received a seed, 2012 Olympian and four-time Senior World Team member Ellis Coleman, received the No. 6 seed at 63 kg.

The remaining nine U.S. entrants — Jayden Raney (55 kg), Max Black (60 kg), Alston Nutter (67 kg), Alejandro Sancho (72 kg), Kamal Bey (77 kg), Beka Melelashvili (82 kg), Payton Jacobson (87 kg), Michial Foy (97 kg) and Cohlton Schultz (130 kg) - will enter the Greco-Roman 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 Greco-Roman 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 Greco-Roman portion of the competition will close out the week on the last four days, Sept. 18-21.

2025 Senior World Championships

At Zagreb, Croatia, September 13-21

Greco-Roman Seeds

55 kg

1. Eldaniz Azizli (Azerbaijan)

2. Emin Sefershaev (UWW)

3. Poya Dad Marz (Iran)

4. Denis Mihai (Romania)

5. Manvel Khachatryan (Armenia)

6. Artiom Deleanu (Moldova)

7. Ulan Muratbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

8. Ikhtiyor Botirov (Uzbekistan)

60 kg

1. Se ung Ri (North Korea)

2. Georgij Tibilov (Serbia)

3. Nihat Mammadli (Azerbaijan)

4. Sadyk Lalaev (UWW)

5. Amiran Shavadze (Georgia)

6. Enes Basar (Turkey)

7. Alisher Ganiev (Uzbekistan)

8. Victor Ciobanu (Moldova)

63 kg

1. Karen Aslanyan (Armenia)

2. Vitalie Eriomenco (Moldova)

3. Kerem Kamal (Turkey)

4. Mohammad Keshtkar (Iran)

5. Aytjan Khalmakhanov (Uzbekistan)

6. Ellis Coleman (USA)

7. Hanjae Cjung (Korea)

8. Aref Mohammadi (Qatar)

67 kg

1. Saeid Esmaeili (Iran)

2. Valentin Petic (Moldova)

3. Hasrat Jafarov (Azerbaijan)

4. Slavik Galstyan (Armenia)

5. Luis Orta (Cuba)

6. Joni Khetsuriani (Georgia)

7. Razzak Beishekeev (Kyrgyzstan)

8. Haavard Joergensen (Norway)

72 kg

1. Ulvi Ganizade (Azerbaijan)

2. Ali Arsalan (Serbia)

3. Ibrahim Ghanem (France)

4. Abdullo Aliev (Uzbekistan)

5. Iuri Lomadze (Georgia)

6. Mehmet Sahin (Turkey)

7. Danial Sohrabi (Iran)

8. Mihai Petic (Moldova)

77 kg

1. Aram Vardanyan (Uzbekistan)

2. Sanan Suleymanov (Azerbaijan)

3. Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia)

4. Nao Kusaka (Japan)

5. Ahmet Yilmaz (Turkiye)

6. Yryskeldi Maksatbek Uulu (Kyryzstan)

7. Sergei Kutuzov (UWW)

8. Albin Oloffson (Sweden)

82 kg

1. Erik Szilvassy (Hungary)

2. Gela Bolkvadze (Georgia)

3. Gurban Gurbanov (Azerbaijan)

4. Mihail Bradu (Moldova)

5. Karlo Kodric (Croatia)

6. Taizo Yoshida (Japan)

7. Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (Uzbekistan)

8. Ramon Betschart (Switzerland)

87 kg

1. David Losonczi (Hungary)

2. Turpal Bisultanov (Denmark)

3. Aleksandr Komarov (Serbia)

4. Alireza Mohmadi (Iran)

5. Islam Abbasov (Azerbaijan)

6. Exauce Mukubu (Norway)

7. Milad Alirzaev (UWW)

8. Arkadiusz Kulnynycz (Poland)

97 kg

1. Mohammadhadi Saravi (Iran)

2. Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia)

3. Alex Szoke (Hungary)

4. Gabriel Rosillo (Cuba)

5. Arvi Savolainen (Finland)

6. Lucas Lazogianis (Germany)

7. Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (Kyrgyzstan)

8. Giorgi Melia (Georgia)

130 kg

1. Amin Mirzazdeh (Iran)

2. Hamza Bakir (Turkey)

3. Heiki Nabi (Estonia)

4. Abdellatif Mohamed (Egypt)

5. Mantas Knystautas (Lithania)

6. Darius Vitek (Hungary)

7. Beka Kandelaki (Azerbaijan)

8. Sergei Semenov (UWW)