High school 2022–2023 Originally from
Michigan, Blaze started
wrestling at an early age alongside his brother Joey before moving to
Perrysburg, Ohio. A four-time
OHSAA state champion out of
Perrysburg High School, Blaze is one of the top-ranked high school wrestlers in his weight class. In 2023, he defeated top-ranked in
NCAA Division I Matt Ramos during a college open while a high school junior. In the U17 freestyle age group, Blaze claimed a U.S. national championship and a
world championship at 55 kilograms in 2023.
2024 Making his senior level debut, Blaze competed at the
US Olympic Team Trials at 57 kilograms in April 2024, as a high school
junior. After a first-round loss to two-time
NCAA champion Nick Suriano, he came back to defeat NCAA champion Nico Megaludis and
U20 World finalist Luke Lilledahl before receiving a forfeit to make the third-place match, where he defeated
U17 World finalist
Jax Forrest to make the US National team. Back to the age group, now in his first year of U20, Blaze made the US World Team at 61 kilograms in August and earned a bronze medal from the
U20 World Championships in September, only losing to eventual
2024 world champion Masanosuke Ono from Japan. A week after his bronze-medal performance, Blaze went back to the senior level to compete at the US World Team Trials. Storming to the finals, he took out
2018 NCAA champion Seth Gross,
2016 NCAA champion Nahshon Garrett, and
2021 world silver medalist Daton Fix to make the best-of-three. In the finals, he was defeated back to back by
reigning world champion Vito Arujau, earning second.
2025 In April, Blaze placed third at the US Open National Championships, notably defeating NCAA champion
Nathan Tomasello and three-time All-American Michael McGee, though falling to NCAA champion Seth Gross. In May, Blaze bumped up to 65 kilograms to compete at the US World Team Trials, where he was victorious in four out of five matches, notably defeating U17 World champion
Bo Bassett and falling to
two-time NCAA champion Jesse Mendez. In June, he defeated Brock Hardy in a true-third match at Final X to earn a spot on the US National Team.
2026 Blaze won the 2026 US Open at 61 kilograms, qualifying him for
Final X in June. == Freestyle record ==