August 2023 U.S. Men's Freestyle Wrestling Rankings

57 KG

#1 Zane Richards took bronze at the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament. #7 Cooper Flynn (USA) took gold at the Ziolkowski Open over 2017 125 LB NCAA Champion Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico. 

61 KG

#1 Vito Arujau took bronze at the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament and notched significant wins over 2022 Senior World bronze medalist #19 Narankhuu Narmandakh (MGL) in repechage. #3 Daton Fix won the Ziolkowski Open over #4 Austin DeSanto. #2 Nahshon Garrett took bronze but did not face either Fix or DeSanto and lost to #15 (57) Aliabbaz Rzazade (AZE), due to the nordic style bracket he was in, Garrett was still eligible for repechage.

65 KG

#1 Nick Lee took silver at the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament to #4 Tulga Tumur Ochir (MGL). Andrew Alirez enters the rankings at #3 after notching a dominant 8-0 upset win over three-time world champion #10 Haji Aliyev (AZE) at the Ziolkowski Open. Alirez took gold at the Ziolkowski Open against European runner-up Mikyay Naim (BUL) and was an NCAA champion this year for Northern Colorado at 141 pounds. #3 Joey McKenna moved up to 70 KG where he took silver at the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament. 

70 KG

#3 (65) Joey McKenna debuts in the 70 KG rankings at #3 for taking silver at the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament. Doug Zapf won the Ziolkowski Open over U23 European Champion Magomed Bashir Khaniev (AZE) to return to the rankings at #7. 

74 KG

Julian Ramirez was eliminated in the round of 16 by Byungmin Gong (KOR) at the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament. #6 Derek Gilcher took ninth at the Ziolkowski Open. 

79 KG

#1 Chance Marsteller took bronze at the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament. #5 David McFadden took gold at the Ziolkowski Open.

86 KG

#8 Max Hale seventh at the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament with a 1-2 record, losing to #7 Dauren Kurugliev (GRE) in the qualification round, beating Suhe Gang (CHN) in the first round of repechage, and being eliminated by Tariel Gaphrindashvili (GEO) in the second round of repechage. #6 Dylan Fishback took bronze at the Ziolkowski Open. Brayden Thompson took 13th at the Ziolkowski Open. 

92 KG

#1 Zahid Valencia took gold at the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament over Matthew Finesilver (ISR). #2 Michael Macchiavello and #10 Nick Stemmet took bronze at the Ziolkowski Open. 

97 KG

#1 Kyle Snyder won the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament. #6 Morgan Smith took fifth at the Ziolkowski Open. 

125 KG

#2 Mason Parris won the Budapest Ranking Series Tournament. #3 Nick Gwiazdowski won the Ziolkowski Open. 

Pound for Pound

Andrew Alirez returns to the pound for pound rankings at #16. Joey McKenna is back in the pound for pound rankings at #17.