Final X is Saturday, June 14, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and will be streamed LIVE on FloWrestling. Final X determines the 2025 U.S. Senior World teams in two Olympic disciplines: men’s and women’s freestyle.

Below is a women’s freestyle preview of the 57-kilogram match between Helen Maroulis and Amanda Martinez.

Key Credentials

Helen Maroulis, 33
2016 Olympic gold medalist
2x Olympic bronze medalist (2021, 2024)
3x World champion (2015, 2017, 2021)
2x World silver medalist (2012, 2022)
2x World bronze medalist (2014, 2023)

Amanda Martinez, 26
2025 Pan-Am bronze medalist
2025 US Open champion
2x NCWWC (NCAA) finalist (2020, 2021)
2021 U23 World Teamer

Match History

Maroulis leads, 1-0

2022 Zouhaier Sghaier: Maroulis fall over Martinez

How They Reached Final X

Maroulis received an automatic Final X bid as a returning Olympic medalist. 

Martinez reached Final X by winning this year’s US Open. She entered as the two seed and won 11-0 over Gabby Weyhrich (R16), 9-0 over Carolina Moreno (quarters), 6-0 over Lorianna Piestewa (semis), and by forfeit over Jacarra Winchester (finals).

What Should You Expect? 

Maroulis has done it all. In 2016, she became the first American to win the Olympics in women’s freestyle wrestling. She’s also a three-time World champion, a two-time Olympic bronze medalist, and a 10-time World and Olympic medalist. 

The Rockville, Maryland, native hasn’t competed in a women’s freestyle event since the 2024 Olympics on August 8-9, but won the lightweight blue belt division (61.5 kg) at the no-gi Worlds on December 13, 2024.

There is every reason to believe that Maroulis will make her 15th World/Olympic this year. She is technically savvy and positionally sound. And her track record speaks for itself. Her last domestic loss was to Jenna Burkert at the 2020 Olympic Trials.

Almost everyone is the underdog against Maroulis, so a series win by Martinez would mark one of the biggest upsets in U.S. history. 

The Riverside, Illinois, native is a fighter, so expect her to wrestle like it’s a phone booth rather than a wrestling mat. 

Her best chance is to push the pace, take selective shots, and test Maroulis’s conditioning. Time is still undefeated, and Martinez needs to double down on its spotless record.

Until proven otherwise, Maroulis will continue to make World and Olympic teams. 

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Amanda Martinez won a bronze medal at the 2025 Pan-Am Championships