#ThrowBackThursday

#TBT​: Burroughs Blasts His Way to First of Four World Titles

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 15:41 By Eric Olanowski

Share this article

Jordan BURROUGHS ?? battled his way to a two-period-to-none victory over Sadegh GOUDARZI ?? in the ’11 74kg world finals and reached the top of the world podium for the first time in his career. The eventual four-time world champion’s win in Istanbul, Turkey, ended a five-year USA world title drought. Can you name the USA's last world champion before Burroughs' win in '11?

You can catch Burroughs back in action March 4-7 at the first Ranking Series event of the year, the Matteo Pellicone ??.

’11 World Championship Scores:
- Dmytro ROCHNIAK ?? (3-1, 4-2)
- Denis TSARGUSH ?? (1-3, 1-0, 2-1)
- Ricardo ROBERTY ?? (2-1, 1-0) |
- Sadegh GOUDARZI ?? (3-2, 4-1)

#Grappling

U15, U17, U20 & Veteran Grappling World Championships 2025 Guide

Thursday, October 30, 2025 - 15:27 By United World Wrestling Press

Share this article

LOUTRAKI, Greece (October 30) -- The Grappling World Championships in U15, U17, U20 and Veteran will begins in Loutraki, Greece from November 1 to 4.

The tournament will begins on November 1 with U15 and U20 competition in Grappling No-Gi with the medal bouts also scheduled on the same day.

Grappling

On November 2, the competition will be held in U15 and U20 age-group in Grappling Gi with finals scheduled on the same day.

The U17 and Veterans competition will begin on November 3 with Grappling No-Gi with all matches, including medal matches, to be conducted on the day.

The final day -- November 4 -- will see all bouts in U17 and Veterans in Grappling Gi.

All the matches will be live on uww.org. Follow UWWCombat on Instagram.