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2025 World Championships Day Nine Match Notes

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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling

Payton Jacobson walking to the mat at the 2025 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

Payton Jacobson walking to the mat at the 2025 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

The 2025 Senior World Championships conclude on Sunday from Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. Today will feature Greco-Roman group three (63-67-87 kg) repechage and medal matches. Updates and results from each Team USA match can be found below.



Event Schedule 

4:30 p.m. – Repechage (GR 63-67-87 kg)

6 p.m. – Medal Matches (GR 63-67-87 kg)


*Listed times reflect local time in Zagreb, Croatia, which is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.

Match Notes 

87 kg Repechage – Islam Yevloyev (Kazakhstan) dec. Payton Jacobson (United States), 5-1 

The match is stopped early as the officials warn Jacobson for grabbing fingers. Jacobson scores first from passivity and gets a chance on top, 1-0 at 4:28. Jacobson gets his lift up in the air, but unable to step off the side for an attempt. We are back to standing. The 1-0 score holds until the break. Passivity on Jacobson, point to Yevloyev, at 2:26. This is the critical sequence coming up. Yevloyev with a straight lift. He steps off the side for a four-point lift. Jacobson nearly avoided exposure on that one. Jacobson is now down 5-1 with just under two minutes to go. A hard hand-fight goes to the end of the match with. No more points. Jacobson falls, 5-1.


87 kg Repechage – Payton Jacobson (United States) tech. fall Soh Sakabe (Japan), 9-1 

Jacobson gets put down on passivity first at 4:39, 1-0 Sakabe. Jacobson steps over a gutwrench, millimeters close to getting a pin. He decides to lift Sakabe up from the back and goes big with an arching toss off the mat for four points. Jacobson leads it 6-1 with a minute to go in the period. Pummel to the break and it’s 6-1 Jacobson. Passivity on Sakabe, Jacobson gets a point and position up 7-1. A turn would win it. Jacobson is unable to find a score from top. We are back standing at 1:56. Takedown Jacobson—works under a front headlock attempt from Sakabe—to ice it with 59 seconds left, 9-1.

U.S. Greco-Roman Results 

Group Three 
63 kg – Ellis Coleman (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), 11th Place

WIN Moamen Mohamed (Egypt), tech. fall, 10-2

LOSS Azatjan Achilov (Turkmenistan), tech. fall, 12-1


67 kg – Alston Nutter (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), 33rd Place

LOSS Dominik Etlinger (Croatia), tech. fall, 10-0


87 kg – Payton Jacobson (Marquette, Mich./NMU-National Training Center/New York AC), 7th Place

WIN Karan Kamboj (India), tech. fall, 8-0

LOSS Aleksandr Komarov (Serbia), 5-1

WIN Soh Sakabe (Japan), tech. fall, 9-1

LOSS Islam Yevloyev (Kazakhstan), 5-1