Alex Facundo falls to Erfan Elahi of Iran in a very close match of the opening round in the junior world championships.
Match Overview-
Elahi would find his way to double underhooks and work for the pushout point taking the lead 1-0
Facundo would counter a somewhat head pinch attempt and score the two point exposure to take the lead 2-1
Elahi gets in on a single and works to the feet, finishes and takes back the lead with the takedown 3-2
Elahi would get a snap down and run the corner to a single which he would be able to finish to score his second takedown of the bout and extend his lead 5-2
Facundo able to score off of a nice duck and start closing the with Elahi leading 5-4 now
Facundo takes a shot with 20 seconds left but Elahi is able to get to his underhook and run out the time knocking off Facundo 5-4
