Kyle Dake vs. Zahid Valencia, Helen Maroulis vs. Amanda Martinez headlines 2026 Final X, presented by Kerberos Capital Management

Luke Lilledahl vs. Spencer Lee and Adaugo Nwachukwu vs. Macey Kilty U.S. Open rematches set for co-main events.

The match order for 2026 Final X, presented by Kerberos Capital Management, has been set ahead of Friday night’s event at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Serving as the main events are the men’s freestyle 86 kg matchup between Zahid Valencia and Kyle Dake and the women’s freestyle 57 kg series featuring Helen Maroulis and Amanda Martinez.

Both contests are rematches from 2025 Final X, also held at Prudential Center, and were pivotal moments for the series winners, who both went on to win the World Championships.

Valencia swept the series against Dake last June, 5-3 and 4-1. Valencia comes into Final X this year as the reigning World champion and is now a two-time World medalist. Dake is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and four-time World champion.

Maroulis pinned Martinez in both bouts to complete the series sweep for the 2025 Senior World Team spot. Maroulis was the first Olympic champion in U.S. women’s wrestling history, is a three-time Olympic medalist, four-time World champion and eight-time World medalist. Martinez represented the U.S. at the 2021 U23 World Championships and is coming off a gold-medal performance at the Senior Pan American Championships last month.

Final X will feature two mats on the arena floor. Men’s freestyle will run on Mat A, located on the south end of the arena in front of sections 13 and 14. Women’s freestyle will run on Mat B, located on the north end of the arena in front of sections 2 and 3.

The co-main events feature a pair of U.S. Open finals rematches. On the men’s freestyle side, three-time age-group World champion and U.S. Open champion Luke Lilledahl faces 2024 Olympic silver medalist and returning World Team member Spencer Lee at 57 kg. In women’s freestyle, 2025 World Team members go head-to-head at 62 kg with age-group World medalist and U.S. Open champion Adaugo Nwachukwu battling two-time World medalist Macey Kilty.

A start-to-finish bout order for each style’s best-of-three series can be found below. Additionally, the bout order of the U.S. National Team’s true-third matches is listed below.

Of note, the men’s freestyle 65 kg series between Real Woods and Bo Bassett, along with the women’s freestyle 68 kg series between Kennedy Blades and Isabella Mir, and the 76 kg series featuring Kylie Welker and Dymond Guilford, have all been delayed and will not be wrestled in Newark.

The 92 kg men’s freestyle series between Trent Hidlay and Michael Macchiavello was contested on Saturday, June 13. Hidlay won the series two matches to none, to earn the U.S. Senior World Team spot.

2024 Olympic champion and two-time World champion Amit Elor will receive a forfeit from 2025 World Team member and U.S. Open champion Alexandria Glaude at 72 kg in women’s freestyle due to injury.

What’s at stake at Final X?

Final X will determine the 2026 U.S. Senior World Team in two-of-three international disciplines — men’s freestyle and women’s freestyle. In total, 20 weight classes will be contested, 10 in each discipline. The top two U.S. athletes in each weight class will wrestle a best-of-three series at Final X to determine the U.S. representative for the 2026 Senior World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit

Final X will serve as the 2026 Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit, its 16th to date. These unique electrifying events help BTSNY raise critical funds each year to support local youth wrestling programs, which empower young people in New York City. The BTSNY Annual Benefit after-party takes place at the conclusion of Final X.

Get Final X Tickets

BTSNY Annual Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages, which include access to premier seating at Final X, plus the exclusive after-party, are currently available at btsny.org. For more information on ticket packages, email BTSNY Executive Director Bob Seidel at bseidel@btsny.org. Donations and BTSNY Annual Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages directly help BTSNY make a lifelong impact on New York City youth in need.

Event-only tickets for Final X without access to the BTSNY after-party celebration are available on Ticketmaster.

Final X Event Schedule

12:30 p.m. (ET): U.S. National Team true-third matches

2 p.m. (ET): Session I (Round 1)

5 p.m. (ET): Session II (Rounds 2 & 3, if necessary)

Match order will be announced at a later date.

How to Watch Final X

FloWrestling will serve as the host broadcast partner for Final X. Fans can watch the event live or on-demand at FloWrestling.com. Online results for Final X will be available on USA Bracketing.

For more information about Final X, please visit TheMat.com.

2026 Final X, presented by Kerberos Capital Management

June 19 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey

Men’s Freestyle Best-of-3 Series Match Order

Match 1 - 125 kg - Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/U.S. Air Force WCAP) vs. Mason Parris (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 2 - 70 kg - Ridge Lovett (Post Falls, Idaho/Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Zain Retherford (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 3 - 79 kg - Levi Haines (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Chance Marsteller (Reading, Pa./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 4 - 74 kg - James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 5 - 97 kg - Kyle Snyder (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Stephen Buchanan (Coralville, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 6 - 61 kg - Marcus Blaze (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 7 - 57 kg - Luke Lilledahl (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 8 - 86 kg - Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Kyle Dake (Port Matilda, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

*The 92 kg men's freestyle series between Trent Hidlay and Michael Macchiavello has been moved to Friday, June 13, in Chantilly, Va., and will not be contested in Newark.

Women’s Freestyle

Match 1 - 65 kg – Kayla Miracle (Phoenix, Ariz./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Jennifer Page (Bellefonte, Pa./Titan Mercury WC)

Match 2 - 55 kg – Everest Leydecker (Phoenix, Ariz./Thorobred WC/New York AC) vs. Areana Villaescusa (Fountain, Colo./Army WCAP)

Match 3 - 59 kg – Abigail Nette (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) vs. Alexis Janiak (Plainfield, Ill./Titan Mercury WC)

Match 4 - 53 kg – Cristelle Rodriguez (Crete, Neb./Tiger WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Elena Ivaldi (Rocklin, Calif.)

Match 5 - 72 kg – Alexandria Glaude (Menlo Park, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif./New York City RTC/Titan Mercury WC)*

Match 6 - 50 kg - Katie Gomez (Van Nuys, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Morgan Turner (Chicago, Ill./All I See Is Gold Academy/ Titan Mercury WC)

Match 7 - 62 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) vs. Macey Kilty (North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 8 - 57 kg - Helen Maroulis (Scottsdale, Ariz./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amanda Martinez (Riverside, Ill./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC)

*Alexandria Glaude has withdrawn from Final X due to injury. Amit Elor must complete the Final X process by making weight and receiving a forfeit on the mat in Newark.

Men’s Freestyle True-Third Matches

Match 1 - 70 kg – Landon Robideau (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Caleb Henson (Cartersville, Ga./Southeast RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 2 - 79 kg – Evan Wick (Madison, Wis./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Patrick Kennedy (West Concord, Minn./Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 3 - 86 kg – Parker Keckeisen (Glendale, Wis./Panther WC-RTC) vs. Aeoden Sinclair (Columbia, Mo./Tiger Style RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 4 - 92 kg – Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Seth Shumate (Dublin, Ohio/Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 5 - 61 kg – Austin DeSanto (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Benjamin Davino (South Elgin, Ill./Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 6 - 65 kg – Joey McKenna (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Beau Bartlett (Hoboken, N.J./New York City RTC/Titan Mercury WC)*

*The 65 kg true-third match will be wrestled on Mat B alongside the 61 kg true-third match.

Women’s Freestyle True-Third Matches

Match 1 - 50 kg – Felicity Taylor (Coralville, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Samara Chavez (Arlington, Texas/Army WCAP)

Match 2 - 57 kg – Alex Hedrick (Pollock Pines, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amani Jones (Jonesboro, Ga./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 3 - 65 kg – Emma Bruntil (Vernon, Ill./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Reese Larramendy (Reno, Nev./Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Match 4 - 68 kg – Latifah McBryde (Buffalo, N.Y./Cobra Wrestling Academy) vs. Jasmine Robinson (Allen, Texas/Army WCAP)

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