The 26-year-old Burroughs dominated Luis Esteban Quintana Martinez from start to finish and nearly had a technical fall before earning a fall with 1:10 remaining in the match.
"That dude was extremely athletic," said Burroughs. "He was quick as a cat and he wanted to keep the score close, and obviously I didn't."
It was Burroughs' third time competing in Times Square.
"It gets better every year," said Burroughs. "The crowd is more excited. I knew that the elements were a little bit different, a little bit colder in here than it is in the wrestling room or arena. But wrestling is the same, no matter if you're wrestling here or on top of the Empire State Building."
In another 74-kilo men's freestyle matchup, U.S. Open champion David Taylor showed that he is a force to be reckoned with by earning a technical fall victory over Livan Lopez Azcuy, an Olympic bronze medalist and three-time World medalist. Taylor scored an ankle pick takedown off the whistle and eventually raced out to a 6-0 lead. Lopez would battle back to tie the score 6-6 late in the first period on the strength of a throw. The Cuban would take a one-point lead early in the second period before the American took control of the match. Taylor used a four-point move to go up 10-7, and then continued to pour it on before earning the 18-7 technical fall.
"I wrestle my best when I'm wrestling the entire time," Taylor told USA Wrestling's Gary Abbott. "In that match I just tried to keep wrestling. I got up 6-0, we got in that scramble and he scored six, I gave up a four. He's a very explosive wrestler. In the break the coaches said, 'You've got to keep wrestling.' So I just went back out there and tried to get to my offense and kept scoring. I've just got to continue doing that as much as I can."
Nineteen-year-old Kyle Snyder, who won his first U.S. Open title last month, blanked World bronze medalist Javier Cortina Lacerra 4-0 at 97 kilos. Snyder used a pushout and takedown in the first period to go up 3-0 at the break. He added another point off a pushout in the final period.
"Gosh, that guy was strong," said Snyder. "It was good to wrestle a World bronze medalist and compete well against him. There are still a couple things I can fix, but it was good."
Also getting victories in men's freestyle for Team USA were Tervel Dlagnev (125 kilos) and Brent Metcalf (65 kilos). Dlagnev won by technical fall over Cuba's Yudari Sanchez Rodriguez. Metcalf earned a hard-fought 8-5 victory over Franklin Maren Castillo.
Cuba's two victories in men's freestyle came from Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez (57 kilos) and Reineris Salas Perez (86 kilos).
Bonne, a World bronze medalist, earned a 14-1 technical fall victory over U.S. Open champion Tony Ramos. It was Bonne's second win over Ramos in two months. His previous victory over Ramos came by fall at the World Cup in Los Angeles.
Salas, a three-time World medalist, handled 2009 World silver medalist Jake Herbert 8-4. The two wrestlers met twice in 2010, including once in the World Championships, with Salas winning both meetings.
USA and Cuba split the two Greco-Roman matches. World bronze medalist Andy Bisek opened the Greco-Roman matches with a 3-1 victory over Yurisandi Hernandez Rios. Cuba would take the second Greco-Roman match as Maykel Anache Lamout topped Spencer Mango 6-4.
In women's freestyle, Randi Miller (69 kilos), Clarissa Chun (48 kilos) and Helen Maroulis (55 kilos) picked up wins for Team USA. Cuba's lone victory in women's freestyle came from Yekelin Stornell Elastigue (Cuba), who won by technical fall over Rosemary Flores at 60 kilos.
In a special challenge match, two-time NCAA Division I champion Alex Dieringer claimed a convincing 9-0 victory over three-time undefeated NCAA Division II champion Joey Davis. Dieringer led 1-0 after the opening period and broke the match open in the second period with two takedowns and two turns.
Results
Women's freestyle:
69 kilos: Randi Miller (USA) tech. fall Yudari Sanchez Rodriguez (Cuba), 11-0
60 kilos: Yekelin Stornell Elastigue (Cuba) tech. fall Rosemary Flores (USA), 11-0
48 kilos: Clarissa Chun (USA) dec. Yusneylis Guzman Lopez (Cuba), 8-2
55 kilos: Helen Maroulis (USA) tech. fall Yamilka del Valle Alvarez (Cuba), 10-0
Special challenge match:
Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) dec. Joey Davis (Notre Dame), 9-0
Greco-Roman:
75 kilos: Andy Bisek (USA) dec. Yurisandi Hernandez Rios (Cuba), 3-1
59 kilos: Maykel Anache Lamout (Cuba) dec. Spenser Mango (USA), 6-4
Men's freestyle:
125 kilos: Tervel Dlagnev (USA) tech. fall Andres Ramos Dinza (Cuba), 11-0
57 kilos: Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez (Cuba) tech. fall Tony Ramos (USA), 14-1
97 kilos: Kyle Snyder (USA) dec. Javier Cortina Lacerra (Cuba), 4-0
65 kilos: Brent Metcalf (USA) dec. Franklin Maren Castillo (Cuba), 8-5
74 kilos: David Taylor (USA) tech. fall Livan Lopez Azcuy (Cuba), 18-7
86 kilos: Reineris Salas Perez (Cuba) dec. Jake Herbert (USA), 8-4
74 kilos: Jordan Burroughs (USA) pinned Luis Esteban Quintana Martinez (Cuba), 4:50
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