The Iranian wrestler followed by Russian Aniuar Geduev and Azerbaijan’s Yabrail Hasanov.

In 125kg, Iran’s Komeil Ghasemi is second after Taha Akgul from Turkey. Georgian Geno Petriashvili is third.

And Moustafa Hosseinkhani is third in the 70kg. Magomed Kurbanaliev from Russia is first in the category and Kazakhstan’s Nurlan Bekzhanov sits second.

Only a handful of wrestlers ranked in the top 10 competed during January, according to UWW, leaving the vast majority of the rankings unchanged.