On February 25, a professional freestyle wrestling tournament, PWL-8, took place in Almaty, featuring two wrestlers from Armenia, Slavik Galstyan and Hayk Kloyan, as well as Hayk Mnatsakanyan representing Bulgaria. Additionally, freestyle wrestling star Kyle Snyder competed in two matches.
Slavik Galstyan defeated Olympic champion Luis Orta Sanchez, while Hayk Kloyan lost to Kirill Maskevich.
Results of All Matches at PWL-8
Greco-Roman Wrestling
97 kg: Kirill Maskevich (Belarus) — Hayk Kloyan (Armenia) 5:2
97 kg: Magomed Murtazaliev (Russia) — Gabriel Rosillo (Cuba) 4:11
77 kg: Hayk Mnatsakanyan (Bulgaria) — Sergey Stepanov (Russia) 1:3
77 kg: Akzhol Makhmudov (Kyrgyzstan) — Ibrahim Ghanem (France) 6:1
67 kg: Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba) — Slavik Galstyan (Armenia) 4:5
Freestyle Wrestling
97 kg: Kyle Snyder (USA) — Konstantin Pshenichnikov (Russia) 7:3
97 kg: Kyle Snyder (USA) — Rizabek Aitmukhan (Kazakhstan) 6:0
86 kg: Azamat Dauletbekov (Kazakhstan) — Magomedhabib Kadimagomedov (Belarus) 4:0
86 kg: Magomed Ramazanov (Bulgaria) — Arslan Bagaev (Russia) 5:0
79 kg: Avtandil Kentchadze (Georgia) — Ahmed Usmanov (Russia) 1:8
61 kg: Zaur Uguev (Russia) — Gulomjon Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) 11:0
Women's Wrestling
76 kg: Zhamilya Bakbergenova (Kazakhstan) — Ayperi Medet Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan) 1:5