Three Former Cowboys to Wrestle at RAF 04

Captain America is set to main event another wrestling card this weekend, and he isn’t the only former Cowboy who will grapple at the event.

Wyatt Hendrickson will take on Mason Parris for the RAF heavyweight title on Saturday at RAF 04. The event starts at 7 p.m. on FOX Nation. Dustin Plott and Dean Hamiti will also wrestle at the event, as will Cowboy RTC athlete Zahid Valencia.

The Hendrickson-Parris bout could provide a solid preview for some down-the-line matches as the two try to represent the United States at the 2028 Olympics.

Hendrickson is coming off being the American representative at the most recent World Championships, while Parris won world bronze in 2023.

Both guys are NCAA champions, with Hendrickson winning his title in 2025 while Parris won in 2023 while at Michigan. Both are also age-level world champions, with Hendrickson winning a U23 world title in 2023 and Parrish winning U20s in 2019.

This will be Hendrickson’s second time on a RAF card after he bested Mostafa Elders. Hendrickson then had a bit of a faceoff with Parris after the match. Parris then beat Alexandr Romanov at RAF 02 to set up this bout.

Plott is set to wrestle Mahamedkhabib “Kadik” Kadzimahamedau. The winner will wrestle Kyle Dake for the Cruiserweight title.

Plott was a four-time All-American at Oklahoma State and finished as high as second at NCAAs. He took fifth at the U.S. Open this year at 92 kg before taking fourth at the World Team Trials.

Kadik competed at worlds this year and took home silver at the 2020 Olympics for Belarus.

Hamiti will get a U.S. Open final rematch with Evan Wick. Wick won that meeting 9-1. Hamiti then got to the World Team Trials finals but lost to Levi Haines 10-2 before Haines went on to win silver at worlds.

Hamiti won a national title for OSU last season at 174 pounds.

Valencia is coming off his world title and will wrestle NCAA champ Parker Keckeisen on Saturday.

Keckeisen will be best known in OSU circles as Plott’s biggest college rival, as Keckeisen beat Plott in the 2024 NCAA final. Keckeisen finished fourth at the U.S. Open at 96 kg, a bracket Valencia won but didn’t have to wrestle Keckeisen at. Keckeisen then placed third at the World Team Trails, with his only loss being to Dake.