This match will take place as part of the PWL 11 tournament, which will be held on March 27 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan).
The bout is scheduled in the weight category up to 82 kg.
To date, the athletes have already faced each other twice on the mat in official matches.
Their first encounter took place in the semifinals of the World Championship qualifiers held in Belgrade (Croatia), where the Kyrgyz wrestler won with a score of 7:5.
In 2024, they met again in the finals of the Asian Championship in Bishkek, where Kusaka managed to take revenge, winning with a score of 4:2.
The summer training camp of the Kyrgyzstan national team in Japan in 2025 also included a match between Makhmudov and Kusaka, which ended in a draw at 2:2, but with a slight advantage for the Japanese wrestler.
