Bajrang, who had survived a scare in the pre-quarterfinals against Akmataliev Ernazar of Kyrgyzstan and had outplayed Ghiasi Cheka Morteza of Iran in the semifinals, went behind 1-4 on points in the first period and then came under repeated attacks from the Azerbaijani in the second to lose by a big margin.

 

Bajrang did fight back in the second period by claiming four points but the Azerbaijani grappler proved too strong with late attacks.

 

Bajrang will face the winner of the repechage rounds in the bronze-medal match on Saturday.