Building up to their World team wrestle-off at Final X: Rutgers, we’ve already taken a look at recent matches from both Yianni Diakomihalis and Zain Retherford. In their first meeting in April at the US Open, Diakomihalis capped off his eye-opening run with a 6-4 victory.
Since then, the two-time NCAA champion and two-time Cadet World champion Diakomihalis took on World #1 Bajrang Punia in an exhibition match at Beat the Streets. You can check out a breakdown of his incredible performance here.
Three-time NCAA champion, two-time Hodge Trophy winner and 2017 World team member Retherford battled his way through a loaded World Team Trials bracket to earn another shot at Diakomihalis at Final X.