#WrestleOslo

WATCH: 10 WW Finals Including Gray, Fujinami, Tynybekova, Maroulis

By United World Wrestling Press

The women's wrestling in Oslo saw 10 new world champions crowned in Oslo, Norway with Adeline GRAY (USA) and Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) retaining their 76kg and 62kg titles respectively. Watch all the final from the senior World Championships in which Japan was crowed the team winners and USA finished behind them. Mongolia finished third in the race.

1. 50kg - Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA) vs Remina YOSHIMOTO (JPN)

 

2. 53kg - Akari FUJINAMI (JPN) vs Iulia LEORDA (MDA)

 

3. 55kg - Tsugumi SAKURAI (JPN) vs Nina HEMMER (GER)

 

4. 57kg - Helen MAROULIS (USA) vs Anshu MALIK (IND)

 

5. 59kg - Akie HANAI (JPN) vs Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)

 

6. 62kg - Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) vs Kayla MIRACLE (USA)

 

7. 65kg - Irina RINGACI (MDA) vs Miwa MORIKAWA (JPN)

 

8. 68kg - Rin MIYAJI (JPN) vs Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)

 

9. 72kg - Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ) vs Masako FURUICHI (JPN) 

 

10. 76kg - Adeline GRAY (USA) vs Epp MAEE (EST)

 

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#AmateurMMA, #Pankration

Novi Sad to host first-ever Amateur MMA World Championships

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 8) -- The World Grappling and Amateur MMA Championships will be held in Novi Sad from October 15 to 19.

United World Wrestling will organize the World Grappling Championships on October 15 and 16 and the first-ever World Amateur MMA Championships from October 17 to 19 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Both these competition will be organized only in the senior category.

The Youth World Championships in Pankration, Amateur MMA and Grappling will also be organized by UWW in Greece. The dates for the Youth World Championships will be communicated later.

According to new structure, UWW will conduct Amateur MMA for U20 and Senior age-group while Pankration is limited to U17 and lower age-groups.

To test the revised ruleset, UWW will also conduct two international tournaments in all styles.

The first tournament will be held in Andijan, Uzbekistan from June 1 to 4. Grappling will be held in U17, U20 and Senior age-groups, Pankration in U17 and Amateur MMA in U20 and Senior age-groups.

The second international tournament will be held in Poland in June. The exact dates for the tournament will be communicated by UWW later.

For full list of events, refer to uww.org/events.