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Arguably the hottest combat sports prospect outside of MMA, has a recent social media update by Olympic Gold medallist Jordan Burroughs closed the door that could have eventually lead to a UFC title?

In an extremely important event for the sport of wrestling, The United States freestyle wrestling team was defeated by Iran at the World Cup of Wrestling last week. Here is how it happened.

Wonder who will win gold medals in Olympic wrestling? A preview of the 74 kilogram weight class in freestyle wrestling in London.

Team USA took on Team Russia in New York City, New York for the second year running, and again won the dual at the Beat The Streets Gala in Times Square. Find out more on how they did, as well as who made the final spot on the USA Olympic Freestyle Wrestling team, at Bloody Elbow.

Grapple In The Big Apple: USA Vs. Russia In Freestyle Wrestling How To Watch & Live Discussion

Team USA has just beat Russia to take Bronze at the 2012 FILA World Cup of Freestyle Wrestling in Baku, Azerbaijan. Find out the results and more at Bloody Elbow.

Bloody Elbow's in-house wrestling coach Michael Riordan previews the 2012 FILA freestyle wrestling world cup.

Bloody Elbow wrestling writer Mike Riordan looks at Josh Koscheck's controversial history of UFC eye pokes and speculates it's a habit he picked up as an amateur wrestler.

With the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials set to kick off, Bloody Elbow looks at each division and some of the potential breakout stars in this preview.

Jordan Burroughs wins his first Wolrd Championship Gold Medal and Team USA's first in 5 years at the World Freestyle Championships in Istanbul, Turkey