The last four finals of the 15th Asian Games featured the sport's lightweights and leviathans in a packed programme of grappling action. From the small and nimble 55kg category to the huge and ponderous 120kg, via the middling 66kg and 84kg, the full range of freestyle wrestlers was on show at ASPIRE Hall 4.

The first fight of the evening, in the 55kg category, pitted Hyon Guk Jon of DPR Korea against Dilshod Mansurov of Uzbekistan, the reigning Asian Games gold medallist.

Jon, with two fingers strapped up, was unable to score a single point and lost the match 3-0. Reigning champion Mansurov secured his second Asian Games gold.

An ecstatic Mansurov told reporters, "I am very happy to win this medal. This is my second gold medal at an Asian Games. I wanted this medal for my birthday, which is on 19 December. I have been in the sport since I was 15 and I have only one aim in my life - to win an Olympic gold medal."

In the 66kg bout, Jin Kuk Baek of Korea met Takafumi Kojima of Japan and easily defeated the Japanese strongman, 3-0. Kojima seemed of incapable of getting to grips with his wily opponent.

For Baek, too, it was the second gold in an Asian Games, ascribing his victory to his family, "Everyday I watch my wife and son in the digital camera - this gives me the power to win. In today's match I didn't want any gold medal to go to Japan because there is always a fight [for medals] between the Japanese and Korea. I want Korea to stay in the second spot in the medal tally."

The 84kg match pitching Zaurbek Sokhiev of Uzbekistan against Reza Yazdani of IR Iran was a hard-fought and close-run affair, with Yazdani finding it difficult to come to grips with Sokhiev. He finally succeeded, but not before conceding a point to finish the bout 1-3.

"I am very happy to win the gold medal," Yazdani told reporters. "I'm very glad for all the people in Iran for this victory. I want to thank my mother and father and I want to thank all the Iranian coaches for all the very careful and professional coaching.

"The Uzbekistan player [Zaurbek SOKHIEV] was very difficult, but because of our professional training I could beat him. I want to get the 2008 Olympic gold medal. I want to give a tough fight in the world championships at Baku in 2007."

The final bout of the evening brought out the leviathans, Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan against Fardin Masoumi Valadi of IR Iran. Masoumi stood no chance, easily dominated by the tough Uzbek, who won 3-0 after two rounds.

"My impression was very good from the start," said Taymzov. "Iran's player was strong, I put in a lot of effort to defeat him. There were many Iranian supporters in the audience, which put a lot of pressure on me, but I overcame this. I'm a two-time world champion. I won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics and I want to win a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics in 2008."

And so ended the wresting competition at the 15th Asian Games. Korea clearly dominated, winning five of the 18 gold on offer, followed closely by IR Iran with four and Japan with four - three from the women's, where they dominated.

15th Asian Games, Doha 2006