By David Gerhart
USA Wrestling

ZAGREB, Croatia – After a big opening session with a win over an Olympic bronze medalist, Payton Jacobson was unable to keep the momentum going in the evening session and finished fifth at 87 kg in the Zagreb Open.

In the bronze medal match, the 2025 U23 World bronze medalist took on 2024 World silver medalist Erik Szilvassy of Hungary. In a low-scoring affair, Jacobson and Szilvassy traded passivity penalties to start.

With the score tied at one, Szilvassy scored a step-out point against Jacobson to take the lead. The American tried to rally late with offensive attacks but was unable to score, and Szilvassy earned the 2-1 decision.

Zac Braunagel joined Jacobson at 87 kg and finished ninth. Kamal Bey represented the U.S. at 77 kg. Bey finished 0-2 but dropped a 7-0 decision to eventual gold medalist Ali Oskou. Bey’s decision against Oskou was one of two decisions Oskou faced throughout the tournament after winning by technical fall in three of his five contests.

Greco-Roman competition continues tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. local time / 4:30 a.m. ET. The final day of the Zagreb Open features the final six Greco-Roman weight classes (55-60-72-82-97-130 kg).

A live broadcast of the event is available to the U.S. market through FloWrestling.

Brackets and match-by-match results can be found on UWW Arena.

2026 Zagreb Open 

At Zagreb, Croatia, February 7 

Reference Links 

• Live stream

• Brackets

• Event schedule

Greco-Roman Results 

Weight Class Ranking 

77 kg 

Gold – Ali Oskou (Iran)

Silver – Zoltan Levai (Hungary)

Bronze – Abdullo Aliev (Uzbekistan)

Bronze – Robert Fritsch (Hungary)

5th – Stoyan Kubatov (Bulgaria)

5th – Temuri Orjonikidze (Georgia)

7th – Tamerlan Shadukayev (Kazakhstan)

8th – Aram Vardanyan (Uzbekistan)

9th – Merey Maulitkanov (Kazakhstan)

10th – Levente Levai (Hungary)

Gold – Ali Oskou (Iran) tech. fall Zoltan Levai (Hungary), 9-1

Bronze – Abdullo Aliev (Uzbekistan) dec. Stoyan Kubatov (Bulgaria), 1-1

Bronze – Robert Fritsch (Hungary) dec. Temuri Orjonikidze (Georgia), 4-0

87 kg 

Gold – Ivan Takacs (Hungary)

Silver – Tamas Levai (Hungary)

Bronze – Mukhammadkodir Rasulov (Uzbekistan)

Bronze – Erik Szilvassy (Hungary)

5th – Matej Mandic (Croatia)

5th – Payton Jacobson (United States)

7th – Mahmoud Ibrahim (Egypt)

8th – Fares Ghaly (Egypt)

9th – Zach Braunagel (United States)

10th – Rahimjon Uzokov (Uzbekistan)

Gold – Ivan Takacs (Hungary) dec. Tamas Levai (Hungary), 3-1

Bronze – Mukhammadkodir Rasulov (Uzbekistan) dec. Matej Mandic (Croatia), 6-1

Bronze – Erik Szilvassy (Hungary) dec. Payton Jacobson (United States), 2-1

U.S. Greco-Roman Results 

77 kg – Kamal Bey (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP), 21st place 

LOSS Ali Oskou (Iran), 7-0

LOSS Yehia Abdelkader (Egypt), 2-1

87 kg – Zac Braunagel (Arnold, Md./Navy WC), 9th place 

LOSS Istvan Takacs (Hungary), tech. fall, 9-1

WIN Rahimjon Uzokov (Uzbekistan), 10-6

LOSS Mukhmmadkodir Rasulov (Uzbekistan), 6-3

87 kg – Payton Jacobson (Marquette, Mich./NMU National Training Center), 5th place 

WIN Ivan Huklek (Croatia), 3-1

WIN Antonio Lukac (Croatia), tech. fall, 9-1

LOSS Tamas Levai (Hungary), 4-1

WIN Maksat Sailau (Kazakhstan), tech. fall, 8-0

LOSS Erik Szilvassy (Hungary), 2-1