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WATCH: Matteo Pellicone 10 Greco-Roman finals

Tuesday, June 28, 2022 - 09:43 By Vinay Siwach

ROME, Italy (June 28) -- The third Ranking Series of the year Matteo Pellicone finished with wrestling gaining the all-important ranking points. Azerbaijan brought a strong Greco-Roman team to Rome and clinched the team title with ease.

Here are the 10 Greco-Roman finals from Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series.

55kg: Round 1 - Mohammad HOSSEINVAND (IRI) vs. Florin TITA (ROU)

GOLD - 60kg: Murad MAMMADOV (AZE) vs. Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE)

GOLD: 63kg - Victor CIOBANU (MDA) vs. Taleh MAMMADOV (AZE)

GOLD: 67kg - Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) vs. Furkan YILDIZ (TUR)

GOLD - 72kg: Kristupas SLEIVA (LTU) vs. Ulvi GANIZADE (AZE)

GOLD: 77kg - Zoltan LEVAI (HUN) vs. Amin KAVIYANINEJAD (IRI)

GOLD: 82kg - Rasoul GARMSIRI (IRI) vs. Mihail BRADU (MDA)

GOLD - 87kg: Islam ABBASOV (AZE) vs. Erik SZILVASSY (HUN)

GOLD - 97kg: David LOSONCZI (HUN) vs. Nikoloz KAKHELASHVILI (ITA)

GOLD: 130kg - Sabah SHARIATI (AZE) vs. Riza KAYAALP (TUR)

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Lalovic awarded 'Dustlik' Order by Uzbekistan

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 17:17 By United World Wrestling Press

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (October 14) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC was awarded the Dustlik Order by President of Uzbekistan Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV on Monday in the Uzbekistan capital.

Lalovic was on an official visit to Uzbekistan and was awarded the order for significant contribution to the development of mass sports and support for martial arts in Uzbekistan.

During the meeting, Lalovic and Mirziyoyev also discussed increasing co-operation between UWW and Uzbekistan, providing expert support and promoting sports in the country, mainly wrestling, Kurash, and Mixed Martial Arts.

Uzbekistan, a country with rich history of wrestling, has seen exceptional results recently with its Greco-Roman team finishing inside top three in the world at various World Championships. It also won the Freestyle 74kg gold medal at the Paris Olympics through Razambek JAMALOV (UZB) who ended the 20-year drought for gold.

The recent success was also a point of discussion during the meeting in Tashkent with Mirziyoyev briefing Lalovic about Uzbekistan's success.

According to Uzbekistan media, the discussions were also around hosting major continental and world championships in Uzbekistan, establishing a Regional Wrestling Academy under UWW and partnership opportunities in sports medicine, nutrition, psychology, and other priority areas.