Development

Wrestling Hosts Virtual Educator Meeting

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (February 12) -- The United World Wrestling development department hosted three virtual educator meetings Tuesday with UWW educators conducting each meeting in a different language (French, English, Russian and Spanish).

The meetings were focused on informing attendees on how to use the new Academy platform and become familiar with its functions and how it will be used in future courses. The groups reviewed administrative requirements for conducting courses and discussed future training opportunities for educators over the course of the year.  

The meetings also provided an opportunity for the department to provide updates on Olympic Solidarity courses and NF courses.  

“This UWW Academy platform is a great tool which advances education of new generations of coaches and referees to a higher level, in line with trends of today’s modern world,” said UWW Referee Educator Davor Petanjek (CRO). “I look forward jumping into this train to a brighter future!”  

"The meetings were great," said UWW Education Manager Zach Errett. "It gave us an opportunity to connect with all the outstanding educators around the world and to hear the great projects they have been working on during the pandemic. Many of them are excited and hopeful to get back to conducting courses and helping to develop and improve wrestling around the world."  

It is also important to notify that despite the Covid 19 pandemic, educators have kept their motivation to develop the fight in their country, either through seminars during events, or through training organized spontaneously by their federations. They took advantage of the opportunities available to them to continue to make their contribution to our sport. 

To conclude Madam Déqa Niamkey Director of the Development Department to congratulate them and encourage them to continue on this positive side. And to say "we are a team, a family and I am proud to belong to this great family of wrestling."
 

#AmateurMMA

Amateur MMA World Championships 2025 Entry List

By United World Wrestling Press

NOVI SAD, Serbia (September 30) -- United World Wrestling's senior Amateur MMA World Championships will be held in Novi Sad, Serbia from October 17 to 19.

Both men's and women's competition will be held in nine weight classes. All matches will be live on the UWW Website.

Men's Amateur MMA

57kg
Aboubakary COULIBALY (FRA)
Nidhan JUNAIZ (IND)
Arian BABAEI (IRI)
Mansur SEPTEGEN (KAZ)
Stanislav DREMLIUHA (UKR)
Ilia RAIU (UWW)

62kg
Fakhri ALIYEV (AZE)
Scott HEATHCOTE (CAN)
Cedrick BISSOUT (CMR)
Abdoulmalick BAILLOT (FRA)
Aayush DIPU (IND)
Reza GHOLINIA (IRI)
Olzhas YERLANOV (KAZ)
Denis PALANCICA (MDA)
Karo GABRIEL (NGR)
Pawel GRZESZCZAK (POL)
Ferit GOKTEPE (TUR)
Mykhailo KAZYMERCHUK (UKR)
Aleksandr MARIENKO (UWW)

66kg
Sardar SARDARLI (AZE)
Daniel GOMBOS (CAN)
Cedric EYENGA (CMR)
Matej DRAVINAC (CRO)
Adil IKHLAZOV (FRA)
Alexander LUSTER (GER)
Arash SAMIEI (IRI)
Nurbolat ABU (KAZ)
Chukwuemerie OKOLI (NGR)
Arsen NASLYAN (POL)
Yurii PASYCH (UKR)
Magomed ELZHARKIEV (UWW)

71kg
Nihad GULIYEV (AZE)
Max KAMA (CMR)
Antoni GONCZ (FRA)
Ali GUENDUEZ (GER)
Rudransh AZAD (IND)
Mohammadreza FADAEE (IRI)
Koshen AKANOV (KAZ)
Emmanuel NWORIE (NGR)
Kaan ACAR (TUR)
Oleksandr HULIAIEV (UKR)
Safar RAMAZANOV (UWW)
Anvarjon GOYIBOV (UZB)

77kg
Kieto PACHECO (ANG)
Vasif AHLIMANOV (AZE)
Salomon MAYENGUE (CMR)
Mathys DEGOULET (FRA)
Sayyed CHERDEYAN (IRI)
Niko RIZZO (ITA)
Olzhas YESKARAYEV (KAZ)
Gheorghe BALAUR (MDA)
Kyryl KYSELOV (UKR)
Gabriel MUSCAT (USA)
Andrei MIADZUN (UWW)
Gairbek DALGATOV (UWW)

84kg
Gunduz NABIYEV (AZE)
Mike KANCEL (FRA)
Dominic KYLE (IND)
Amirali SAYAD (IRI)
Samandar RUZMATOV (KAZ)
Eduard Yani ZAHARIA (ROU)
Ruslan ARSLANGEREEV (TUR)
Oleksii STRYZHKO (UKR)
Eduard KUTSKO (UWW)
Magomed MAKHAMAEV (UWW)

93kg
Abdoulkhadre DRAME (FRA)
Sina VARMAGHANI (IRI)
Maxim KONOVALOV (KAZ)
Vadym ZHUKOV (UKR)
Artsiom ZHURAULIOU (UWW)
Makhmud MAKHMUDOV (UWW)

100kg
Joao SALOMAO (ANG)
Yanko FALEU (FRA)
Elvis GROHMANN (GER)
Javad REZAEI (IRI)
Mahsun SEHZADE (TUR)
Yurii BOHORODCHENKO (UKR)
Said GUTAEV (UWW)
Asrorbek ANVARJONOV (UZB)

130kg
Nezar ALKHABBAZ (GER)
Amir FARHADPOR (IRI)
Rassul KHATAYEV (KAZ)
Liviu MALUDA (MDA)
Oleksandr KHODAKOV (UKR)
Vladimir DAINEKO (UWW)

Women's Amateur MMA

50kg
Pernelle ABOMO (CMR)
Anna BEZHENAR (UKR)
Daria ROMANOVA (UWW)

53kg
Aigerim TOREKHANOVA (KAZ)
Wiktoria ANDRUCH (POL)
Veronika VYKHVATEN (UWW)

57kg
Katarina KUFEK (CRO)
Justine TAILFER (FRA)
Divya RAHI (IND)
Zhuldyzay IBRAYEVA (KAZ)
Daria CHIBISOVA (UKR)
Viktoriia DUDAKOVA (UWW)

61kg
Sonia BOUCHAIR (FRA)
Lorena CUBERO (GER)
Yana MELNYCHUK (UKR)
Veronika SUSHINA (UWW)
Khilola SOBIROVA (UZB)

65kg
Ismahane BOUZIDI (FRA)
Oliwia STAWSKA (POL)
Yuliia MELNYCHUK (UKR)
Khalida TIMOFEEVA (UWW)
Natalie KUTZLI (USA)

70kg
Fanny MOUNGOUN (CMR)
Sofiia ZHENEVSKA (UKR)
Lilit TAMAZIAN (UWW)

75kg
Anna ERSHOVA (UWW)

80kg
Mereke ZHUNUSSOVA (KAZ)
Dana DROZHZHINA (UWW)