# 2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 125 kg

The men's freestyle 125 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 16 and 17 September 2023.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* WO — Won by walkover

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Taha Akgül (TUR) | 0 | | |
| Amir Hossein Zare (IRI) | 4 | Amir Hossein Zare (IRI) | 11 |
| Mason Parris (USA) | 6 | Geno Petriashvili (GEO) | 0 |
| Geno Petriashvili (GEO) | 8 | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Taha Akgül (TUR) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Eduardo García (MEX) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Taha Akgül (TUR) | 2 | | |
| | | | | Giorgi Meshvildishvili (AZE) | 0 | | |
| | | Islam Adizov (BUL) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Giorgi Meshvildishvili (AZE) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Taha Akgül (TUR) | 3 |
| Paris Karepi (ALB) | 1 | | | | | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR) | 0 |
| Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ) | 11 | Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Johannes Ludescher (AUT) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR) | 8 | | |
| | | Kim Dong-hwan (KOR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR) | 10$^F$ | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Amir Hossein Zare (IRI) | 7 | | | | |
| Dzianis Khramiankou (AIN) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Amir Hossein Zare (IRI) | 10 | | |
| | | Jonovan Smith (PUR) | 0 | | |
| Jonovan Smith (PUR) | 4 | | | | |
| Aaron Johnson (JAM) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Amir Hossein Zare (IRI) | 11 |
| | | | | Dániel Ligeti (HUN) | 4 |
| José Daniel Díaz (VEN) | | | | | |
| Sardorbek Kholmatov (UZB) | WO | | | | |
| | | Sardorbek Kholmatov (UZB) | 0 | | |
| | | Dániel Ligeti (HUN) | 11 | | |
| Zyýamuhammet Saparow (TKM) | 0 | | | | |
| Dániel Ligeti (HUN) | 5 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL) | 1 | | | | |
| Deng Zhiwei (CHN) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Deng Zhiwei (CHN) | 2 | | |
| | | Diaaeldin Kamal (EGY) | 1 | | |
| José Cuba (ESP) | 0 | | | | |
| Diaaeldin Kamal (EGY) | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | Deng Zhiwei (CHN) | 4 |
| | | | | Mason Parris (USA) | 8 |
| Abraham Conyedo (ITA) | 8 | | | | |
| Gennadij Cudinovic (GER) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Abraham Conyedo (ITA) | 0 | | |
| | | Mason Parris (USA) | 3 | | |
| Mason Parris (USA) | 11 | | | | |
| Yusup Batirmurzaev (KAZ) | 0 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Robert Baran (POL) | 11$^F$ | | | | |
| Joel Tukai (KEN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Robert Baran (POL) | 3 | | |
| | | Sumit Malik (UWW) | 0 | | |
| Sumit Malik (UWW) | 3 | | | | |
| Taiki Yamamoto (JPN) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Robert Baran (POL) | 1 |
| | | | | Geno Petriashvili (GEO) | 3 |
| Abdulla Kurbanov (AIN) | 11 | | | | |
| Catriel Muriel (ARG) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Abdulla Kurbanov (AIN) | 5 | | |
| | | Geno Petriashvili (GEO) | 6 | | |
| Sou Bali (CAM) | 3 | | | | |
| Geno Petriashvili (GEO) | 9 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Dzianis Khramiankou (AIN) | 10 | Dzianis Khramiankou (AIN) | 3 | Dániel Ligeti (HUN) | 0 |
| Jonovan Smith (PUR) | 0 | Dániel Ligeti (HUN) | 7 | Taha Akgül (TUR) | 5 |
| Sou Bali (CAM) | 1 | Abdulla Kurbanov (AIN) | 6 | Abdulla Kurbanov (AIN) | 2 |
| Abdulla Kurbanov (AIN) | 11 | Robert Baran (POL) | 1 | Mason Parris (USA) | 12 |
| Olympic wrestle-off | Olympic wrestle-off |
| Dániel Ligeti (HUN) | 3 |
| Abdulla Kurbanov (AIN) | 8 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Amir Hossein Zare (IRI) |
| | Geno Petriashvili (GEO) |
| | Taha Akgül (TUR) |
| | Mason Parris (USA) |
| 5 | Abdulla Kurbanov (AIN) |
| 5 | Dániel Ligeti (HUN) |
| 7 | Robert Baran (POL) |
| 8 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR) |
| 9 | Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ) |
| 10 | Deng Zhiwei (CHN) |
| 11 | Dzianis Khramiankou (AIN) |
| 12 | Sardorbek Kholmatov (UZB) |
| 13 | Giorgi Meshvildishvili (AZE) |
| 14 | Diaaeldin Kamal (EGY) |
| 15 | Abraham Conyedo (ITA) |
| 16 | Jonovan Smith (PUR) |
| 17 | Sumit Malik (UWW) |
| 18 | Sou Bali (CAM) |
| 19 | Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL) |
| 20 | Taiki Yamamoto (JPN) |
| 21 | Aaron Johnson (JAM) |
| 22 | Johannes Ludescher (AUT) |
| 23 | Gennadij Cudinovic (GER) |
| 24 | Paris Karepi (ALB) |
| 25 | Kim Dong-hwan (KOR) |
| 26 | Zyýamuhammet Saparow (TKM) |
| 27 | José Cuba (ESP) |
| 28 | Islam Adizov (BUL) |
| 29 | Yusup Batirmurzaev (KAZ) |
| 30 | Eduardo García (MEX) |
| 31 | Joel Tukai (KEN) |
| 32 | Catriel Muriel (ARG) |
| — | José Daniel Díaz (VEN) |
* Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics