Fat Bear Week bracket is set: meet the heavyweights, underdogs and defending champ in this year's tournament

The annual Fat Bear Week tournament at Katmai National Park in Alaska features 16 brown bears competing in a bracket-style competition beginning Wednesday. Chunk, the defending champion, faces Bucky in the first round. The tournament runs through the week with bears ranked and matched based on their weight and condition observed during the salmon season.

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