Burhan Akbudak, who competed in the World Championship for the first time in the seniors category, faced the European champion and Olympic third runner-up, Azerbaijani Rafig Huseynov, in the final.

Defeating the American Benjamin Provisor in the quarter-finals with a 10-0 point key, the national wrestler won the match with Iranian Pejman Soltanmorad Poshtam 5–2 in the semi-finals and made his mark in the final.

[4] In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.

[5] Burhan Akbudak beat Uzbekistan's Jalgasbay Berdimuratov 7–6 in men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, scoring his first-ever gold in the tournament.

Burhan Akbudak, who started the championship from the last 16 round, defeated his Serbian opponent Branko Kovacevic with 9-0 technical superiority and reached the quarterfinals.