2026 UWW Men's Freestyle World Championships Discussion

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

8 minutes ago, oldschool said:

65kg bo vs magomedov and 97kg snyder vs sadulaev were both AMAZING matches

bo stuck in there and wore him down. still gives up too many points haphazardly, but you can't fault his mentality or results

really proud of snyder. i feel like this is the first win over sadulaev in a long while (discounting injury victories) where he was really just strategically and tactically so sound the whole way through

amazing start for team USA, and both very winnable semis

Peek out from Saduleev was excellent and really had me quite worried!

Snyder's 2 on the edge made me believe.

Edited 6 hours ago by Interviewed_at_Weehawken

[D3 for LU]

Bassett was just ONE POINT away from being teched by Magomedov... but even after the break, the Russian was sucking oxygen deeply into his intake!

Mags fuel tank was rapidly going towards "E"...

D3

[Rassling]

43 minutes ago, Lleynor said:

Holy Crap Bo! Well done!!!

 

and Snyder too?!?! Let’s go!!!!!! USA!!!

two thrilling matches and great early morning commentary too. 

[AnklePicker]

Not sure I saw it mentioned here but Amouzad lost for Iran. 

[AnklePicker]

That little Armenian hammer Tevanyan beat him.  He’s a tough out. 

[PortaJohn]

Pleasure to see our hard core junkies posting this morning.  Go team USA!

[AnklePicker]

And my god what a warrior Snyder is.  He’s taken some tough losses to Sadulaev but to keep grinding and to pull that match out.  So much respect for that dude!  Keep it rolling. 

[Dark Energy]

That 4 against Bo - was that 4?  Can one knee be down and still have 4 awarded?  Honest Q.  Was thinking had to be on feet.

[AnklePicker]

Yoshida Taz semi opposite Snyder. That’s a good match. Taz has looked pretty good. 

[d3grappler]

What an unbelievable match from bassett. Even at the end when Bo gutted the Russian and he tried to hold Bo on his back to get exposure He was able to kick back the other way.

[AnklePicker]

2 minutes ago, d3grappler said:

What an unbelievable match from bassett. Even at the end when Bo gutted the Russian and he tried to hold Bo on his back to get exposure He was able to kick back the other way.

That was wild. 

[AnklePicker]

Btw Amouzad kinda screwed although I have seen similar calls.  Up 1 with 4 secs left they bang him with a caution and 1 for not engaging. 

[AnklePicker]

Also Yoshida beat Yazdani earlier in a last second TD. 

[PortaJohn]

3 minutes ago, AnklePicker said:

Also Yoshida beat Yazdani earlier in a last second TD. 

That was tough to watch.  Yazdani at 97kg no bueno

[nhs67]

7 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

That was tough to watch.  Yazdani at 97kg no bueno

Yoshida is pretty good...

[Lleynor]

When do Semis start???

[The Kid]

12 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

That was tough to watch.  Yazdani at 97kg no bueno

His frame is too small for 97kg.  Great talent though.

Edited 5 hours ago by The Kid

[BruceyB]

3 minutes ago, Lleynor said:

When do Semis start???

NOW

[Simpleman424]

Snyder match…

Edited 4 hours ago by Simpleman424

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

29 minutes ago, d3grappler said:

What an unbelievable match from bassett. Even at the end when Bo gutted the Russian and he tried to hold Bo on his back to get exposure He was able to kick back the other way.

Listened to a recent interview, where Bassett said that Frayer has a ton of "old man tricks" (my words) when you try to gut him, so Bo probably had some experience with being in trouble while hitting a gut.

[AlderPeak]

6 minutes ago, Lleynor said:

When do Semis start???

[BruceyB]

Everest Leydecker.. not exactly an offensive dynamo, eh?

[AlderPeak]

Nette with the pin to make the finals.

[AlderPeak]

Bo with the 12-2 tech fall over Kudiev.

Amazing.

[PortaJohn]

35 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Yoshida is pretty good...

He certainly is