Orange County Grappling Masters Wrestlers Defend their U.S. Open Titles - Updated

Orange County Grappling (OCG) Masters Wrestlers, Dr. Petros Petrosyan and Bryan Jones Defend their U.S. Open Titles on April 19 in Las Vegas, NV. Editor's Note: This article has been updated following the victories of Dr. Petrosyan and Mr. Jones at the U.S. Open, who will now go on to defend their titles at the World Championships. Dr. Petrosyan won gold in freestyle and Greco-Roman at 88 Kilos, while Mr. Jones took Bronze in Freestyle and Gold in Greco-Roman Wrestling in the 130 Kilos weight class.

In 2022, Dr. Petros Petrosyan and Brian Jones competed on behalf of Orange County Grappling (OCG) at the U.S. Open Wrestling tournament in Las Vegas. At that year's tournament, both Dr. Petrosyan took gold while Mr. Jones won bronze in their respective weight classes in the Masters Division for Freestyle Wrestling. 

Upon entering the World Championships, Mr. Jones had a horrible first round match in Freestyle, where he immediately switched to Greco-Roman Wrestling and became the new World's Heavyweight Champion in the Masters Division. Dr. Petrosyan won yet another world title in the 88 kilos weight class and brought home two championships to the United States.

This year, Dr. Petrosyan and Mr. Jones will be aging out of the their divisions allowing them to go one more run as both will be competing in Freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling in Las Vegas, NV, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

Dr. Petrosyan is the head coach for OCG, who hold their practices at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach, CA. Mr. Jones, an assistant coach with Orange County Grappling has downplayed his wrestling skills claiming to be just an average wrestling, but being able to pivot from a loss at the world championships in Freestyle to comeback and bring home the gold to the good ol' U.S. of A. proves otherwise. 

Both men plan on repeating at the U.S. Open, with Dr. Petrosyan competing in both styles will put him at 10 U.S. Championships. 

If you live in the Southern California Area and wish to train with two world champions, visit www.oc-grappling.org for their full training schedule from youth wrestling to the masters division.

Follow Orange County Grappling on Instagram @orangecountygrappling. 

The U.S. Open begins in Las Vegas, NV, on Wednesday April 26, 2023 and runs through April 30, 2023.

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