ROUND ROCK, Texas - Kyle Dake punched his ticket to the 2019 Senior World Championships after defeating Alex Dieringer in a best-of-three Final X Special Wrestle-Off on Saturday at Round Rock High School. Dake will be the U.S. men's freestyle representative at 79 kg.
Dake, the reigning World champion, faced perhaps the second-best 79 kg wrestler in the world in Dieringer and swept the series in two matches.