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MEDIA ALERT: Wrestling Press Conference Scheduled for 4pm at Papp László SportArena

Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 09:29 By Tim Foley

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BUDAPEST (October 20) -- United World Wrestling will host the kickoff press conference for the 2018 Wrestling World Championships Saturday afternoon in the media center of the Papp Laszlo SportArena. The press conference will start immediately following the 3:45pm draw for the 57kg, 65kg, 79kg and 92kg weight categories.

Attendees will include United World Wrestling president Nenad LALOVIC, Hungary National Wrestling Federation president Peter BACSA, and 2013 world champion wrestler Marianna SASTIN (HUN) -- who will be competing this week at 62kg in women’s wrestling.

Nenad LALOVIC (SRB)
United World Wrestling president
IOC Executive Board Member

Peter BACSA (HUN)
Bureau Member, United World Wrestling
President, Hungary National Wrestling Federation

Marianna SASTIN (HUN)
Women’s Wrestling, Hungary
2013 World Champion

Sastin, who won the 2013 world championships in Budapest, gave birth to her son Oliver in February. She will be competing at the 62kg weight category Wednesday, October 24 and Thursday, October 25 // STORY

 

#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.