Abas, Stemmet to compete at Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial on June 7

The United States will be represented by two athletes in men’s freestyle at the 2025 Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial in Sassari, Italy, on Saturday. The one-day event takes place at the Palestra Gigi Santoru.

At 70 kg, two-time NCAA All-American Jaden Abas is set to compete in his first international freestyle tournament. Abas placed third at the 2018 Junior Nationals in Fargo, N.D., and was the runner-up in freestyle at the 2016 16U Nationals.

Nick Stemmet, competing at 92 kg in Italy, is a 2023 U23 Nationals champion in freestyle. Stemmet, Abas’ teammate at Stanford, placed third at the 2024 U23 Nationals and was the runner-up at the event in 2022.

Stemmet has competed in one international tournament prior to this year’s event, earning a bronze medal at the 2023 Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial in Warsaw, Poland, at the Senior level.

For more information on this event, visit the event page here. USA Wrestling will provide details for a live stream once it becomes available.

At Sassari, Italy, June 7

U.S. Men’s freestyle roster

70 kg – Jaden Abas (Bakersfield, Calif./California RTC)

92 kg – Nick Stemmet (Yorkville, Ill./California RTC)

Event Schedule (all times listed local to Sassari, Italy)

10 a.m. – Qualification Rounds (MFS 57 kg, 61 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 74 kg, 79 kg, 86 kg, 92 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg)

3:30 p.m. – Finals and all medal matches (MFS 57 kg, 61 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 74 kg, 79 kg, 86 kg, 92 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg)