Zahid Valencia has been good since elementary school when he was making Tulsa finals. Now, he’s a Junior World medalist, 2X NCAA champion, and Senior Nationals champion. On Saturday night he’ll have his biggest test yet when he takes on 5X World/Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs.

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Below are some of Zahid’s biggest and best wins since first strapping the St. John Bosco singlet as a 106 lbs freshman. Lucky for wresting fans, because Zahid is so young almost all of these big matches have been captured on video. Click on a wrestler's name to open the match in a new tab.   

High School

Vincenzo Joseph

Myles Martin

Hayden Hidlay

Nick Piccininni

Stevan Micic

Joe Smith

Kollin Moore

Matthew Kolodzik

Chaz Tucker

Chandler Rogers

AJ Nevills

Nick Lee

Ronnie Bresser

Ben Darmdstadt

Ke-Shawn Hayes

With how much Zahid grew in high school, his range of wins is almost shocking. He defeated college career 125-pounder Nick Piccininni just two years before beating college career heavyweight AJ Nevills.

Watch Zahid beat 2X NCAA champion Vincenzo Joseph at the 2011 Ironman below.

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College

Mark Hall

Daniel Lewis

Bo Jordan

Myles Amine

Brian Realbuto

Jordan Kutler

Taylor Lujan

Zahid Valencia will go down as one of the greatest 2X NCAA champions of all time. He was one headgear pull and a suspension away from being a 4X NCAA champion. He only ever lost to Mark Hall and Daniel Lewis, both of which he also beat.

Watch Zahid beat Mark Hall in the 2018 NCAA finals below.

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International

Bo Nickal

Alex Dieringer

Deepak Punia (2019 World silver medalist)

Fatih Erdin (2018 World silver medalist)

Myles Martin

Gadzhimurad Magomedsaidov (2019 U23 World silver and 2X Junior World bronze medalist)

Mark Hall

Nate Jackson

Aaron Brooks

Nick Reenan

Jordan Kutler

Zahid only has a couple of senior level tournaments under his belt, but he has already wrestled in Final X and won Senior Nationals. In addition to his senior level success, Zahid made three-straight Junior World Teams starting in 2015. After beating Nick Reenan for the spot in 2017, he earned a silver medal from Tampere, Finland.

Watch Zahid beat 2018 World silver medalist Fatih Erdin at the 2020 Matteo Pellicone below.

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