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#WrestleTokyo Day Six Preview

Friday, August 6, 2021 - 02:37 By Eric Olanowski

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Here are the biggest storylines to follow heading into the sixth day of action in Tokyo:

- The colossal matchup between Olympic champions Abdulrashid SADULAEV (ROC) and Sharif SHARIFOV ?? will happen in the first round at 97kg.
- World champion Gadzhimurad RASHIDOV (ROC) will meet the red-hot Vazgen TEVANYAN ?? in the first round at 65kg.
- ’18 world finals opponents Yui SUSAKI ?? and Mariya STADNIK ?? sit on the same side of the bracket at 50kg.

#WrestleTokyo ?‍♀️ action starts at 11:00am (local time ??).

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U15, U17 Pankration & U20 Amateur MMA World C'ships in Greece

Friday, July 25, 2025 - 05:45 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (July 25) -- United World Wrestling will host the Pankration and Amateur MMA World Championships for U15, U17 and U20 age groups in Loutraki, Greece from November 5 to 9.

This is the first time that UWW will be hosting an Amateur MMA event. As announced earlier, the senior Amateur MMA World Championships will be held in Novi Sad, Serbia from October 17 to 19.

After restructuring the styles, UWW decided that Pankration will be conducted for U17 and lower age-groups and Amateur MMA will be for U20 age-group. 

Following the same rule set, the Pankration World Championships to be held in Loutraki will only be for the U15 and U17 wrestlers and the Amateur MMA World Championships will only be for the U20 wrestlers.

The event will be held after the U15, U17, U20 and Veteran Grappling World Championships which will be held from November 1 to 4 at the same venue.

The detailed schedule of the U15, U17 & U20 Pankration and Amateur MMA World Championships will be available here. For all events, click uww.org/events.