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WATCH: Ten Freestyle Finals from #WrestleIstanbul

Sunday, March 6, 2022 - 13:51 By United World Wrestling Press

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (March 5) -- The freestyle competition at the Yasar Dogu Ranking Series event saw Turkey win the team title with three gold medals.

Kyrgyzstan finished second while the USA was third in the team rankings in Istanbul.

Five-time world champion Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) was once again a gold winner at a Ranking Series event while Taha AKGUL (TUR) won the 125kg after bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics and World Championships.

GOLD: 57kg - Beka BUJIASHVILI (GEO) vs Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ)

 

GOLD: 61kg - Ravi KUMAR (IND) vs Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB)

 

GOLD: 65kg - Zagir SHAKHIEV (RWF) vs Shamil MAMEDOV (RWF)

 

GOLD: 70kg - James GREEN (USA) vs Amir YAZDANI (IRI)

 

GOLD: 74kg - Fazli ERYILMAZ (TUR) vs Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR)

 

GOLD: 79kg - Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) vs Chance MARSTELLER (USA)

 

GOLD: 86kg - Osman GOCEN (TUR) vs Fatih ERDIN (TUR)

 

GOLD: 92kg - Ahmad BAZRIGHALEH (IRI) vs Erhan YAYLACI (TUR)

 

GOLD: 97kg - Alikhan ZHABRAILOV (RWF) vs Mohammad MOHAMMADIAN (IRI)

 

GOLD: 125kg - Taha AKGUL (TUR) vs Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL)

#AmateurMMA, #Pankration

Novi Sad to host first-ever Amateur MMA World Championships

Friday, May 9, 2025 - 12:39 By United World Wrestling Press

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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.