LINCOLN, Neb. - Jordan Burroughs (74 kg) and James Green (70 kg) each won their best-of-3 series during Final X at the Devaney Center on Saturday. With the victories, both Burroughs and Green advance to the 2019 UWW Freestyle World Championships.
Burroughs, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist and four-time World Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017), made his ninth-consecutive World Team for the United States. The two-time NCAA Champion at Nebraska and three-time All-American was in a battle in his best-of-three series against two-time NCAA Champion Isaiah Martinez, but won the best-of-3 series 2-1. Burroughs will now have the opportunity to become the first American in any style to win five World titles.