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Wrestling Releases Media and Fan Guide for 2019 Senior World Championships

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 10:11 By United World Wrestling Press

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NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (September 10) – In an effort to better serve the press and the sport’s growing fan base, United World Wrestling has released its Media and Fan Guide for the 2019 Wrestling World Championships held September 14-22 at the Barys Arena in Nur-Sultan.

The guide has several helpful features for fans or media looking to learn more about the championships including the tournament schedule, links to prior results, downloadable event photos, graphics, entry lists, seeding, and a glimpse at all the anticipated matchups across the 30 championship weight categories.

Users can choose to download a PDF version of the guide, or access the most recent version of the guide via Google Docs, HERE.

New to this year’s guide is a direct link to a searchable photo database with images from United World Wrestling’s top photographers. Outlets and individuals are kindly asked to attribute any published photos to United World Wrestling, the photographer, and any associated social media accounts. For ease of reference the guide also includes links to all United World Wrestling social media accounts.

Wrestling at the 2019 Senior Wrestling World Championships is set to begin September 14 and will continue for nine days, concluding September 22. For a full, day-by-day schedule, please see below.

Tournament Schedule

Date                                         Preliminary Rds            Gold, Bronze Finals      
Saturday, September 14:          GR: 55-63-72-82kg                     //
Sunday, September 15:            GR: GR: 67-87-97kg       GR: 55-63-72-82kg
Monday, September 16:           GR: 60-77-130kg             GR: 67-87-97kg
Tuesday, September 17:          WW: 50-53-55-72kg        GR: 60-77-130kg          
Wednesday, September 18:     WW: 57-59-65-76kg        WW: 50-53-55-72kg     
Thursday, September 19:         WW: 62-68/FS: 57-65     WW: 57-59-65-76kg     
Friday, September 20:              FS: 70-74-92-125kg        FS: 57-65kg /WW: 62-68kg                   
Saturday, September 21:          FS: 61-79-86-97kg          FS: 70-74-92-125kg
Sunday, September 22:                         //                         FS: 61-79-86-97kg

 

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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.