Cox Victorious at Beat the Streets
5/19/2016 11:09:00 PM | Wrestling
Cox defeats No. 10-ranked Joukar of Team Iran, 10-5
NEW YORK, N.Y. – For the second time in two months, Mizzou Wrestling junior and 2016 Team USA 86-kg freestyle wrestler J'den Cox (Columbia, Mo.) will walk away from New York City victorious. Cox defeated Meisam Mostafa Joukar of Iran, 10-5, at the Beat the Streets event in Times Square on Thursday evening.
The win over Joukar, who entered the event ranked No. 10 in the ASICS International rankings, comes two months to the day following Cox's second NCAA National Championship at 197 pounds at Madison Square Garden on March 19.
In the first period, Cox and Joukar each scored points on step outs, knotting the score, 1-1, at the break. The second period was full of action, as Cox scored four takedowns and added another step out point for the 10-5 victory. Cox stayed aggressive throughout the duration of the bout, scoring his final takedown with just eight seconds remaining in the match.
Team USA won seven of the nine matches in the "United in the Square" main event, which featured matches in men's freestyle, men's Greco-roman, junior men's freestyle and women's wrestling. 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs notched his sixth Beat the Streets victory in an 11-2 win over Iran's Pehman Yarahmadi.
Cox will next compete in the United World Wrestling World Cup, June 11-12 in Los Angeles, Calif., followed by an appearance at the Grand Prix of Germany July 2-3, before traveling to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in August.
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Beat the Streets "United In The Square" Results
At Times Square, New York City, May 19
Greco-Roman 75 kg/165 lbs. – Kim Hyeon-Woo (Korea) dec. Andy Bisek (USA), 3-0
Women's 53 kg/116.5 lbs. – Helen Maroulis (USA) pin Samantha Stewart (Canada), 2:41
Women's 75 kg/165 lbs.– Adeline Gray (USA) tech. fall Justina Di Stasio (Canada), 11-0
Junior men's freestyle 55 kg/121 lbs. – Daton Fix (USA) tech. fall Kheyrollah Ghahramani (Iran), 14-3
Junior men's freestyle 60 kg/132 lbs. – Mitchell McKee (USA) dec. Peiman Biabani (Iran), 8-8
Junior men's freestyle 74 kg/163 lbs. – Mark Hall (USA) dec. Ahmad Bazrighaleh (Iran), 8-5
Junior men's freestyle 84 kg/185 lbs. – Mojtaba Goleij (Iran) dec. Zahid Valencia (USA), 10-1
Men's freestyle 86 kg/189 lbs. – J'den Cox (USA) dec. Meisam Mostafa Joukar (Iran), 10-5
Men's freestyle 74 kg/163 lbs. – Jordan Burroughs (USA) dec. Pehman Yarahmadi (Iran), 11-2
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