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The men's freestyle finals are set at the 2026 Bill Farrell Memorial International at the New York Athletic Club, and two No. 1 seeds won't be in them. Jacob Cardenas edged top-seeded Stephen Buchanan at 97 kg, and unseeded Nathan Jackson beat No. 1 Mekhi Lewis at 86 kg.
Eight of the 10 finals are all-American. The medal matches start at 6:00 PM ET and stream live on FloWrestling.
Follow every bracket and result live: baschamania.com/bill-farrell
The Finals
Pre-seeds in parentheses.
- 57 kg: Zane Richards (1) vs. Grey Burnett (7)
- 61 kg: Austin DeSanto (1) vs. Usman Indirbaev, Russia (3)
- 65 kg: Beau Bartlett (2) vs. Adam Arkhiev, Russia (5)
- 70 kg: Ed Scott (3) vs. Melvin Miller (5)
- 74 kg: Quincy Monday (1) vs. Michael Caliendo (2)
- 79 kg: Patrick Kennedy (1) vs. Carson Kharchla (2)
- 86 kg: Tanner Hodgins (2) vs. Nathan Jackson
- 92 kg: Garavous Kouekabakilaho (1) vs. Zac Braunagel
- 97 kg: Jay Aiello (2) vs. Jacob Cardenas (4)
- 125 kg: Trent Hillger (1) vs. Taye Ghadiali (5)
The Semifinal Upsets
Cardenas over Buchanan, 4-4. The No. 4 seed got past the U.S. Open champion and No. 1 seed on criteria at 97 kg. He meets Jay Aiello, who teched Massoma Endene 15-4 in the other semifinal.
Jackson over Lewis, 5-2. Unseeded Nathan Jackson beat the 2018 U20 World champion to reach the 86 kg final, where he faces No. 2 Tanner Hodgins. Hodgins beat Michael Gasper 5-3.
Miller teches Molinaro, 11-0. No. 5 Melvin Miller beat 2016 Olympian and No. 2 seed Frank Molinaro by tech fall at 70 kg. No. 3 Ed Scott beat Chance Lamer 15-11 in a wild semifinal to set up the final.
Indirbaev over Suriano, 9-1. Russia's Usman Indirbaev beat No. 2 Nick Suriano at 61 kg and gets top-seeded Austin DeSanto, who teched Michael McGee 10-0.
Ghadiali over Thomas, 8-2. No. 5 Taye Ghadiali beat No. 3 Demetrius Thomas to reach the 125 kg final against No. 1 Trent Hillger, who beat Lucas Stoddard 6-3.
The Rest of the Semis
- 57 kg: Richards tech. fall Sheldon Seymour, 10-0. Burnett tech. fall Jacob Moran (Puerto Rico), 10-0.
- 65 kg: Bartlett dec. Brock Hardy, 7-0. Arkhiev dec. Julian Farber, 6-1.
- 74 kg: Monday tech. fall Peyton Hall, 10-0. Caliendo dec. Terrell Barraclough, 7-2.
- 79 kg: Kennedy dec. David McFadden, 6-1. Kharchla tech. fall Hunter Garvin, 11-0.
- 92 kg: Kouekabakilaho pinned Avtandil Tologonov (Kyrgyzstan) in 5:52. Braunagel tech. fall Uri Kalashnikov (Israel), 16-5.
The biggest name missing from the semis: 2023 World champion Vito Arujau, the No. 1 seed at 65 kg, fell 5-4 to Julian Farber in the quarterfinals.
A Trials Spot on the Line
American top-three finishers at the Bill Farrell qualify for the 2027 men's freestyle World Team Trials, so every American finalist has already punched his ticket. Bronze is still up for grabs at every weight tonight.
See every American qualified so far: baschamania.com/wtt-qualifiers