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 72-kilogram match between Amit Elor and Alex Glaude.

Key Credentials

Amit Elor, 21
2024 Olympic gold medalist
2x Senior World champion (2022, 2023)
2x U23 World champion (2022, 2023
3x U20 World champion (2021, 2022, 2023)
2021 Cadet World champion
2019 Cadet World bronze medalist

Alex Glaude, 28
2025 US Open champion
2021 Pan-Am champion
2020 NCWWC champion
2019 Final X
2019 WCWA champion
2018 U23 World bronze medalist

Match History

First meeting

How They Reached Final X

Glaude reached Final X by winning the US Open. She entered as the two seed and won by fall over Kasandra Villarreal (R16), 11-0 over Olivia Pizano (quarters), 7-0 over Joye Levendusky (semis), and 4-3 over Skylar Grote (finals).

Elor reached Final X by winning the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. She entered as the one seed, winning 10-0 over Elleni Johnson (semis) and 2-1 over Skylar Grote (finals). 

What Should You Expect? 

Elor’s career is legendary.

She has won every major international wrestling title, including U17 World, U20 World, U23 World, Senior World, and Olympic gold. The Walnut Creek, California, native twice won three World golds (U20, U23, and Senior) in the same year (2022-23), and she hasn’t dropped a match since a semifinal loss to Japan’s Honoka Nakai at the 2019 Cadet Worlds. 

The 21-year-old returned to competition for the first time since winning the 68 kg division at the 2024 Olympics, moving into her preferred 72 kg weight class at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. 

Skylar Grote gave Elor all she could handle in the finals, falling 2-1 after getting teched 10-0 twice at 2022 Final X. Elor mentioned injuries and sickness in her interview, but praised Grote for implementing a style similar to hers. 

Elor works from a two-on-one and an underhook — and she might be the best wrestler in the world from those positions. Her suffocating style wears down opponents as she maintains constant pressure. 

Perhaps Grote gave Glaude the blueprint to compete with Elor: stay solid, bury an underhook, don’t force the action, and keep it close. Elor is an exceptional counter wrestler, and an extended shot could be costly. 

Glaude hit a double on Grote in the closing seconds of the US for a come-from-behind 4-3 win. That probably won’t work on Elor, whose hips are like lead when she sprawls. 

This is not a clash of styles; rather, a reflection of similar strategies. Glaude may shoot from space more, and Elor has a better two-on-one, but these matches are more about position than points. 

Whoever establishes position will win. 

Watch Elor's 2023 Senior World gold medal match

Glaude won a come-from-behind match against Skylar Grote to reach Final X