#WrestleBelgrade

WATCH: U23 World Championships 10 GR Finals

Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 09:40 By United World Wrestling Press

BELGRADE, Serbia (November 4) -- Ten new world champions were crowned at the U23 World Championships in the Serbian capital with Russia winning four gold medals. Georgia captured two gold medals while Iran, Hungary, Germany and Azerbaijan had one champion each.

Watch the 10 finals here:

1. GR 55kg - Mavlud RIZMANOV (RUS) vs Poya DAD MARZ (IRI)

2. GR 60kg - Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI) vs Anvar ALLAKHIAROV (RUS)

3. GR 63kg - Ahmet UYAR (TUR) vs Leri ABULADZE (GEO)

4. GR 67kg - Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) vs Mohammad REZAEI (IRI)

5. GR 72kg - Idris IBAEV (GER) vs Sergei KUTUZOV (RUS)

6. GR 77kg - Tamas LEVAI (HUN) vs Amin KAVIYANINEJAD (IRI)

7. GR 82kg - Ramon BETSCHART (SUI) vs Aivengo RIKADZE (GEO)

8. GR 87kg - David LOSONCZI (HUN) vs Aleksandr KOMAROV (RUS)

9. GR 97kg - Pavel HLINCHUK (BLR) vs Artur SARGSIAN (RUS)

10. GR 130kg - David OVASAPYAN (ARM) vs Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI)

#AmateurMMA, #Pankration

Novi Sad to host first-ever Amateur MMA World Championships

Friday, May 9, 2025 - 12:39 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.