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DJ Hamiti | The Bader Show (Ep. 477)

Mar 18, 2026

Dean Hamiti earned two All-American honors at Wisconsin before transferring to Oklahoma State where he became an NCAA Champion for the Cowboys. 0:32 - Excited for the NCAAs to start tomorrow! 1:05 - Started wrestling to help with football, then quit football 2:50 - DJ’s 9 year old match on FloWrestling, not so good 4:15 - Progression of success 5:00 - Goal of 4x state champion 6:10 - COVID cancelled his chance at 4x state champ 8:00 - Recruiting and committing to Wisconsin 10:30 - Solid freshmen campaign and All-American 11:25 - Blood round experience is not fun 14:50 - Transferring to Oklahoma State 20:00 - Wrestling with David Taylor 21:15 - A Big 10 Season vs Big 12 Season 22:25 - Hamiti felt no pressure last season 26:30 - Hamiti had O’Toole and Haines in his path to NCAA title 29:10 - DJ watching Wyatt Hendrickson upset Gable Steveson 30:35 - Hamiti is the RAF 175 LBS Champion 31:50 - Making a jump in his freestyle wrestling 33:00 - Hamiti would like to wrestle Kadi 34:30 - Hamiti watching NCAAs as a fan, 133 predictions 37:00 - How does Hamiti use AI? 38:00 - Sweat it out 41:50 - Who is DJ’s all-time favorite wrestler? 42:50 - Wins and whoopins