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If they let Tevanyan headbutt he could stifle Bo's pace and attacks, but if there are points going and they open up Bo will run through him

I thought Tevanyan was a potential sneaky bronze medal pick, turns out he I was underestimating him.

Predictions: 86KG Gold: Kadiev Silver: Dzhioev Bronze: Gamkre. Bronze: Okazawa 5th: Kougi 5th: Dake On the top I have Dzhioev making quarters, where he runs into the winner of Foca and Kougi. I have Kougi in that one. But I think Dzhioev is too good for what we have seen out of 86KG Kougi so far. For the bottom quad, I have Gamkre. making the semis over Magamadov in the quarters. Then in that semi I have Dzhioev making the finals. On the bottom side I am sticking with Kadiev, I think he puts it all together here. His tough match is rd. 1 but I think he makes semis easy enough after that. On the bottom side, I have Dake making it to the quarters where he will run into Ghasemopour, who I think is able to make 86KG effectively for the first time ever this year and beat Ramazonov. In that quarter give me Dake to outlast Ghas, and then Kadiev taking out Dake again in the semis before winning it all.

Yes I see a bunch of guys who could take him out, especially with his weight cut challenges, but also, he is just so freaking good

Im notn sure how I feel about Okazawa vs. Kadiev first, because if Okazawa's gas tank issues are weight related off the scale could make them worse. But also it could enable him to go on an offensive blitz quickly. I am conflicted heavily on 86KG at the moment. Such a stacked bracket and the bottom side has 5 of the top 6 guys IMO, though the top side is FAR from being weak.

Predictions: 65 KG- Gold: Amouzad Silver: Sujeet Bronze: Mamedov Bronze: Magomedov 5th: Tanabe 5th: Kudiev USA: Bo Bassett DNP Give me Amouzad until someone takes him out, although 65kg is so stacked and so deep someone could definitely take him out. I think he wins Rd. 1 beats Tanabe Rd. 2, then goes through Tevanyan in the quarters and will have the Zhumashbek vs. Mamedov winner. Mamedov has looked good as of late and I think he takes out KGZ. Then give me Amouzad over Mamedov to make the finals. Sujeet is hot and I think he finally breaks through on the world stage to make finals on bottom side. I think his path to the quarters is clear, where he should see Kudiev. This was close last time they hit, but I think Sujeet makes it 3 for his last 3 at worlds. The other quarter has some nice first round matchups. I think Bassett bounces back and takes out Biabani, then cruises in QT before seeing Magomedov who should cruise there. I think that Bo could break Magomedov, but that the Russian's technique and finesse will be too much and we see Bo go down here. Then I have Sujeet over Magomedov in semis sending Bo out. Then Amouzad over Sujeet in a banger final.

Predictions 97KG- Gold: Snyder Silver: Yaz Bronze: Sadulaev Bronze: Yoshida 5th: Givi 5th: Taz This is the most stacked bracket in my opinion, at least in terms of past success. Some insane matchups in this one. I think Aitmukhan tests Sadulaev rd.1 but Sad is able to get it done before beating Tsakulov next. He would then see Snyder in the Quarters and I am riding with the hot hand(job) and taking Mr. Snyder who has been on fire in RAF and I think brings that over to worlds. I think he could see any of Givi, Magameav or Baranowski in the Semi's but I will take Givi to make it there. On the bottom side, Yoshida vs Yaz early is super interesting. I think winner of that sees Vicky in the Qts. For the bottom quad I think we see Taz vs either Olympic bronze Magomedov, or a guy who has not lost since last years worlds that I can find, Arturo Silot Torres, whos wins include a dominant tech over Buchanan. I think Silot Torres gets the W in that one to face Taz in the Qts. Yoshida just lost to Azaprira at Asians, and I think Yaz is able to replicate that success (even though I don't know how he is able to win up at 97KG). On the bottom quarter I will have to go with Taz, though I would not be shocked to see Cuba get that win. I think we see Snyder over Givi and Yaz over Taz (gassing him out) in the semis. Then Snyder over Yaz in the finals. I could get every one of those predictions wrong and would not be surprised, that is how good this weight is.

@Truzzcat Curious how your predictions are changed with these draws- especially at 86KG

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Yes he got bigger, but I question the move up. I hope it works out hes a great kid, but he intuitively seems small for 174, which is just as, if not more, stacked than 157

Some of these brackets were insane. 126 might be my favorite in terms of parity, Gallegos has lost to Dom Morrison (who DNP'd) 3x in the last year, and multiple guys beat people at S32 who ended up outplacing them, I think this bracket could have gone a lot of different ways if it was wrestled 10X. Lots of close overtime matches

https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2026/10/23/pitt-wrestling-holds-annual-blue-gold-match-at-victory-heights-arena

I don't think that list is accurate for senior worlds at all based on the entrants I can see

He also didn't actually go to U23s so that could be why

Bachmann at 74KG is super interesting. He is registered at 190 for Super 32