The Yasar Dogu International is next on the international FS calendar. It will be held in Antalya, Turkey, on Jan 10 through Jan. 11, 2026. Please use this thread for all pre-tournament, in-tournament, and post-tournament discussion.
Yasar Dogu tournament thread (1/10-11/2026)
- Thread starter Tom McAndrew
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I did some digging and there is a Youtube channel available for this event, just search Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu on Youtube (cut and paste recommended). Even though women's and Greco is going on right now, I could not find any brackets available for any style. It'd be fun to see Greg on the mat again and find out how Beau does.
I've similarly struck out on finding brackets, but if USA Wrestling sends anything out, I'll be sure to post it here.
Beau won his qualifier by tech 10-0 with seconds left in the first period. Looked great.
Beau won his quarter final by fall in the first period.
Beau lost his hard fought semi final 10 10. He had a caution.
Monday to finals, Green lost his semi. Thomas won his repechage match.
Medals round screenshot. Leaving for a trip, so I'm not sure if my Tracfone will support checking the results.
Beau - bronze
Monday - gold
Green - bronze
Thomas - 5th (Green was his opponent in the bronze match)
Monday - gold
Green - bronze
Thomas - 5th (Green was his opponent in the bronze match)
Greg pinned his opponent to win his qualifier.
Greg got a tech fall in 2 minutes to advance to semis.
Greg tech fall 12-0. He’s going to finals.
Just noticed Tim Levine was in this for Canada. He has lost his repechage match. It’s an all USA final, Greg vs Jordan Wood. Lance lost his quarterfinal and was not pulled back in.
There must have been a forfeit - Woods came to the mat alone and got his hand raised. Silver for Greg. Hope he is OK.
I know we've been told Kerk isn't mean enough ... but here his immediate instinct is to go for the bow and arrow when he didn't need to.
That still wasn’t mean. Levi or Zain would’ve made that foot touch his head. Kerk did look aggressive though
I believe they are now "teammates". I am betting that Kerk is not injured and the final for Gold/Silver was agreed upon. Was it a coin flip? Rock Paper Scissors? It wouldn't shock me to hear that Kirk just said "You take this one". He is that giving
If true, that’s a nice thing that Kerk did. I wonder if Jordan wood.
This would make sense if Kerk is closer to leaving wrestling than merely signing with an MMA agent.
Yasar Dogu is a UWW Ranking Event. Medalists get seeding points for 2026 Worlds by making the World Team (and Team USA qualifies the weight). Kerk still gets Silver points, but why throw away Gold points?
If he were to make Worlds, those seeding points could be the difference between randomly drawing Zare in Round 1 vs the semis.