Jesse Porter (82 kg, NYAC) was near incomes his second abroad medal of the yr however a troublesome bronze match on Sunday didn’t go his manner.
The second and final day of the 2026 Valamar Cup started at 10:00am native time from Porec, Croatia (4:00am ET) and streamed dwell on the wrestlePorec YouTube channel.
The US had three rivals within the event this morning following Dominic Damon‘s (67 kg, Outlaw WC) Fifth-place exhibiting on Saturday: Porter, Fritz Schierl (82 kg, Minnesota Storm), and two-time U23 Nationwide champ Keenan Wyatt (87 kg, Knights RTC).
First up for ’21 World Crew member Porter was one more in what has been a protracted line of matches towards Schierl. The 2 have engaged in myriad clashes through the years, together with this previous spring at Thor Masters, which was a call that went to Porter. On Sunday, Porter scored first when he deflected a Schierl try and ease round again for 2. Not lengthy after, Schierl was warned by the mat referee for chipping on the head — and the Storm rep wound up being penalized for a warning previous to the break, which offered to Porter a 4-0 lead. Schierl acquired the passivity/par terre probability within the second, however Porter countered Schierl’s strive at a reverse elevate to choose up two of his personal. That maneuver capped the scoring and Porter moved on to the semifinal the place he was defeated by well-decorated Hungarian Zoltan Levai.
With bronze on the road, Porter greeted younger Vikke Tarkkio (FIN), who collected the match’s first factors by changing a takedown. Tarkkio was subsequent in a position to make use of a excessive lock and rotate one intestine to place Porter behind by a rating of 4-0. The opening perio’ds passivity/PT additionally benefited Tarkkio, although Porter did handle to defend from backside. The officers favored Tarkkio as soon as once more within the second interval and awarded him one other passivity/PT. Porter didn’t yield a rating while susceptible and returned standing with, naturally, a heightened sense of urgency. He used an array of feints to attempt to crack Tarkkio’s posture however in the end needed to accept a step-out level on the buzzer en-route to a 6-1 determination loss. As alluded to within the intro, Porter was gunning for his second abroad medal of ’26 after having earned gold at Thor Masters (DEN) in March.
Wyatt
Wyatt tried to get his cash’s price in Valamar however was eradicated after his first and solely match of the event. Wyatt locked up with Abdulmasih Abdulmasih (BLR) and fell behind 7-0 following the primary interval passivity/par terre, throughout which the Belarusian scored 4 from a elevate and two extra from a flip. Quickly into the second interval, Wyatt discovered double overhooks and tried a salto — however Abdulmasih adjusted for a land-on-top 4 that ended issues prematurely. Abdulmasih was himself defeated by ’23 World champ David Losonczi (HUN) within the quarterfinal.
2026 Valamar Cup
September 19-20 — Porec, CRO
TEAM USA FULL RESULTS
67 kg: Dominic Damon (Outlaw WC) — Fifth
LOSS Rati Khozrevanidze (GEO) 10-1, TF
LOSS Gagik Snjoyan (FRA) 8-0, TF
82 kg: Jesse Porter (NYAC) — Fifth
WON Fritz Schierl (Minnesota Storm) 6-1
LOSS Zoltan Levai (HUN) 8-0, TF
LOSS Vikke Tarkkio (FIN) 6-1
82 kg: Fritz Schierl (Minnesota Storm)
LOSS Jesse Porter (NYAC) 6-1
87 kg: Keenan Wyatt (Knights RTC)
LOSS Abdulmasih Abdulmasih (BLR) 11-0, TF
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