The 23-year-old Indian dominated Azerbaijan\u2019s Rashid Babazade 10-0 in the final. He had a convincing 11-0 win over USA\u2019s two-time Pan American champion Joseph McKenna in the semifinal after beating Nika Zakashvili of Georgia 10-0 in the quarter-finals and starting his campaign with a 16-4 victory over Endrio Avdyli of Albania. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
This is his second straight gold medal in the 2026 UWW Ranking Series, following his Zagreb Open victory in Croatia earlier this month. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sujeet warmed up with a 16-4 victory over Endrio Avdyli, who tossed the Indian for a four at the start of the bout. Nika Zakashvili (Georgia)) fell next, 10-0, before Sujeet defeated Joseph McKenna (USA), 11-0, the same scoreline as the one in the semifinals of the Zagreb Open.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rashid, who pulled off an incredible buzzer-beating four-pointer in the semifinals against Vitali Arujau (USA) to win 16-13, failed to put up a fight in the final. Sujeet laced him to win 10-0 to capture a second straight Ranking Series gold medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Overall, this was Sujeet\u2019s fourth gold medal in the UWW circuit, having clinched the top spot at the 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier and the 2025 Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India\u2019s Mohit Kumar, competing in the same category, could not make it past the qualifying round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Overall, this was Sujeet\u2019s fourth gold medal in the UWW circuit, having clinched the top spot at the 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier and the 2025 Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India sent a 48-member wrestling team for the Muhamet Malo 2026, with 16 each entered across the men\u2019s freestyle, the women\u2019s divisions and the Greco-Roman category.<\/p>\r\n\r\n