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World Elite Sumo issued the following:
WORLD ELITE SUMO LOCKS IN SEVEN MORE ATHLETES FOR ONE-NIGHT TOURNAMENT FIELD IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
NEW ENTRANTS TO THE OPEN WEIGHT TOURNAMENT INCLUDE U.S. ARMY VETERAN, 15-YEAR MMA VETERAN, FORMER COLLEGIATE ALL-AMERICAN WRESTLER AND PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING STAR
Orlando, Fla. – November 4, 2026 – World Elite Sumo today announced seven new competitors for its previously announced one-night, 12-man, open weight professional sumo wrestling tournament in Orlando on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Tickets for “World Elite Sumo: Pro Era V” event at Caribe Royale Orlando are on sale at VBO Tickets.
Among the new entrants are U.S. Army veteran and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion, Brian Dina; 15-year fight veteran and two-time martial arts black belt, Duke “The Viking” Webb; former collegiate All-American wrestler, Jahsua Marsh; and professional wrestling star and World Elite Sumo veteran, “Juicy Finau”.
“World Elite Sumo has assembled for this event a very diverse group of athletes with high-level skills and accomplishments in a variety of martial arts and sports, making this one-night tournament something no sports fan should miss,” said Alaa Okasha, World Elite Sumo spokesperson.
The other three new tournament entrants announced today were World Elite Sumo veterans Rui, Jr. from Brazil; Josh “Siua” Tuitupou from Union City, Calif.; and Gilberto “El Coloso Aztec” De La Torre of Los Angeles, Calif.
Also announced today was the withdrawal of previously announced tournament fighter, Brennen Moorefield, due to a training injury sustained, as well as the withdrawal of previously announced, Jakob “Mosin” Alekseyev.
The 6-foot-3, 360-pound Dina hails from Melbourne, Fla, and is a lifelong athlete who served in the Army as an infantryman during the Afghanistan War.
He trains out of Carlson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu where he has earned a blue belt in the grappling discipline.
Webb, 32 years old, is a 6-foot-3, 312-pound resident of Merritt Island, Fla., as well as a 15-year veteran of combat sports competition that spans amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments and kickboxing.
A multiple-time winner of submission grappling tournament events, Webb’s most noteworthy victory came in 2022 when he defeated 412-pound wrestling stylist, Thomas Riggins, in an MMA rules bout.
The 35-year-old Marsh is a 6-foot-3, 285-pound Brentwood, N.Y. native, who holds a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. He is a former, two-time heavyweight champion in the sport of MMA.
Marsh graduated from Midland, University in Fremont, Nebraska where he was a 2012 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national champion in the sport of wrestling as well as a two-time All-American there.
The 30-year-old Finau is a massive, 6-foot-4, 465-pound native of Chino, Calif. and a descendant of parents who are from the Kingdom of Tonga.
Finau brings five years of Greco Roman and freestyle wrestling experience to World Elite Sumo, in addition to his professional wrestling experience that spans several different organizations, including AAA Lucha Libre, which was acquired by the WWE last year, and Major League Wrestling (MLW).
The seven new tournament entrants join previously announced Makini “Big Mak” Manu, the number one-ranked super heavyweight in Dana White’s Power Slap organization, fighting out of Carson, Calif.; former Japanese top-division sumo wrestler Hidenoumi “The Iron Wall” Takuya of Tokyo; and Soslan “Big Bear” Gagloev of Russia, by way of Orlando.
Doors at Caribe Royale Orlando will open at 6 p.m. local time for the World Elite Sumo event on November 21. The first bout will begin at 7 p.m.
For more information on World Elite Sumo, log onto www.worldelitesumo.com.
About World Elite Sumo (WES)
World Elite Sumo is a professional combat sports league redefining sumo for a global audience. Founded by former top-division sumo wrestler Abdelrahman “Sandstorm” Shalan, WES combines tradition, discipline, and elite athletic performance with modern production, storytelling, and live entertainment.
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